Unicorn Wars
- heavy
- brisk
- extreme
- inventive
- bleak
- cold
Heavy, kinetic, extreme animation / war, surreal in texture. Nihilistic, mid-stakes, cold, hand-scored across twelve axes of taste.
How every film is hand-scored →An army of bear cubs train and indoctrinate young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluey and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced cadets, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.
Our read · Unicorn Wars (2022) reads as a heavy, kinetic, surreal animation · war · horror entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, cold in temperature, nihilistic in outlook, with a strong directorial signature. Hand-scored on twelve axes of taste — mood, pacing, weirdness, hope, stakes, humour, reality, density, warmth, auteur, intensity, and era — with a derived palette drawn from its dominant cinematography.
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“You want a brutally gory adult animated war between teddy bears and unicorns.”
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