The animation is not outstanding, but it is good enough.
The story has its problems. There are people saying this movie is underrated cause it is too dark, and I dont understand why. I think there are dark movies, even Disney movies like Pinocchio or Bambi, but the Black Cauldron is not one of those. It is not the most colorful, neither a the most childish, but is not the darkest one
Anyway, that's not why this is a bad movie: There are irrelevant characters, there is not an evolution arc in the main character, also he didn't even resolve the conflict, there is a flat villain, a predictable conclusion, even back in 80s.
I think that they didn't really care about the story, so, the not outstanding but good enough animation is the only good thing in this.
You can watch it and forget it.
The story has its problems. There are people saying this movie is underrated cause it is too dark, and I dont understand why. I think there are dark movies, even Disney movies like Pinocchio or Bambi, but the Black Cauldron is not one of those. It is not the most colorful, neither a the most childish, but is not the darkest one
Anyway, that's not why this is a bad movie: There are irrelevant characters, there is not an evolution arc in the main character, also he didn't even resolve the conflict, there is a flat villain, a predictable conclusion, even back in 80s.
I think that they didn't really care about the story, so, the not outstanding but good enough animation is the only good thing in this.
You can watch it and forget it.