{"id":67964,"date":"2026-10-23T23:32:35","date_gmt":"2026-10-23T21:32:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/?p=67964"},"modified":"2026-10-23T23:32:35","modified_gmt":"2026-10-23T21:32:35","slug":"a-review-of-wildwood-a-stop-motion-fantasy-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/10\/23\/a-review-of-wildwood-a-stop-motion-fantasy-film\/","title":{"rendered":"A review of 'Wildwood', a stop-motion fantasy film"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays, it is very rare to see a traditionally animated film\u2014that is, one created frame by frame\u2014in movie theaters.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p><rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/10\/13\/a-commentary-on-i-object-a-curious-fantasy-film-shot-in-new-zealand\/\">A commentary on 'I, Object', a curious fantasy film shot in New Zealand<\/a><\/rel><br \/>\n<rel><a href=\"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/2026\/10\/09\/a-review-of-the-social-reckoning-and-the-issues-the-film-fails-to-address\/\">A review of 'The Social Reckoning' and the issues the film fails to address<\/a><\/rel><\/p>\n<p><strong>This Friday saw the premiere of a film of this kind: \"Wildwood.\"<\/strong> It was produced by Laika, a studio that, back in 2009, created another film of this type\u2014\"Coraline\"\u2014which I really enjoyed. That prompted me to go see this new movie, which is set in the very city where the studio is based: Portland, Oregon.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55608413025_98320a5687_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Directed by Travis Knight, the film is a highly original fantasy tale.<\/strong> It is based on the book \"Wildwood\" by Colin Meloy\u2014illustrated by the author himself\u2014which was published in 2011. From what I\u2019ve read, development on the film began the same year the book was released. <strong>The feature film also boasts an excellent soundtrack composed by the Italian composer Dario Marianelli.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55608413020_7818ca82ec_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Beyond its superb music, <strong>\"Wildwood\" features a highly original story, excellent cinematography, and a spectacular setting.<\/strong> It is one of the most impressive examples of traditional animation I have ever seen; the scenes are so grand in scale and populated by so many characters that it is hard to believe everything was crafted using puppets.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/65535\/55608135603_a34cb1e203_z.jpg\" style=\"width:100%; height:auto; border:0px;\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>I thought it was an excellent film<\/strong>, despite a few minor details that didn\u2019t quite win me over. <strong>In this era of artificial intelligence and CGI, making a film like this is a significant achievement in itself<\/strong>\u2014but the fact that it also features a great, well-told story and such spectacular visuals is truly impressive. <strong>That said, I should warn you that it\u2019s not suitable for young children.<\/strong> Here is the trailer:<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Wildwood \u2013 Official Teaser Trailer\" width=\"665\" height=\"374\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/POneS8h1jyU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nowadays, it is very rare to see a traditionally animated film\u2014that is, one created frame by frame\u2014in movie theaters.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[27639],"tags":[28142,28143,8386,4429,3769,149,28141,10431],"class_list":["post-67964","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animation","tag-colin-meloy","tag-dario-marianelli","tag-laika","tag-oregon","tag-portland","tag-stop-motion","tag-travis-knight","tag-united-states"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-10-31 01:39:01","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67964","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67964"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67964\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67964"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67964"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.outono.net\/elentir\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67964"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}