Movie Review - "Extraordinary Tales" 02/28/13 Luxembourg

 This is a movie review for "Extraordinary Tales", originally released in Luxembourg {Europe} on February 28, 2013 and later released October 23, 2015 in the United States. I watched this on Netflix.

Trailer:

Cast:

Christopher Lee ("The Lord of the Rings" (Movie Franchise, 2001/2002/2003) Saruman, "Star Wars: Episode II - Attack of the Clones" (2002) / "Star Wars: Episode III - Revenge of the Sith" (2005) Count Dooku / Darth Tyranus)     -   Narrator (segment "The Fall of the House of Usher") (voice)
Bela Lugosi ("Dracula" (1931) Count Dracula, "Bride of the Monster" (1955) Dr. Eric Vornoff)     -      Narrator (segment "The Tell-Tale Heart") (voice) (archive footage)
Julian Sands ("The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo" (2011) Young Henrik, "Ocean's Thirteen" (2007) Greco Montgomery)                 -               Narrator (segment "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar") (voice)
Guillermo del Toro ("Pan's Labyrinth" (2006) (written by), "The Hobbit" (Movie Series, 2012/2013/2014) (Screenplay writer))        -                   Narrator (segment "The Pit and the Pendulum") (voice)
Stephen Hughes ("Justin and the Knights of Valour" (2013) Copas / Gustav (voice), "The Missing Lynx" (2008) Newmann / Gus / Nurse 1 / ... (voice))          -                  Crow / Poe (voice)
Cornelia Funke ("Inkheart" (2003 novel, 2008 movie) (Author/writer), "The Thief Lord" (2000 novel, 2006 movie based on the novel) (Author/writer))                -              Death (voice)

Plot:

This is a collection of Edgar Allan Poe tales: "The Fall of the House of Usher", "The Tell-Tale Heart", "The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar", "The Pit and the Pendulum" and "The Masque of the Red Death".

Criteria:

0/5 – No value whatsoever. Absolute waste of time.

1/5 – Barely worth any time.

2/5 – Pathetic but has a bit of something to hold the attention a little.

3/5 – Somewhat kept the attention but could definitely have used more.

4/5 – Good, but not awe-strikingly amazing. Could have maybe used a bit more to the movie.

5/5 – Go see it! Wonderful movie all around – characters, music, theme, storyline, etc.

4/5 - The characteristics of each of these segments are different but they do portray the tales. Each tale is animated but one has a 'comic book' like feel to it. There is a conversation between Death and Poe throughout the whole 'movie' but it is like a transition between one tale and the next.

If you like Edgar Allan Poe's writings, I suggest that you watch this. If not, I would say don't waste your time. It is the presentation of Poe's writings: It doesn't have major interesting points (no special effects nor actual actors acting; all animated; some differences between the different tales) if you don't like Poe.





~yume