

You know that this is a mere pop film, not just because it's by no means sweeping enough to be an actual epic, but because it features Josh Hutcherson fulfilling his obligation to be in as many family fantasy/sci-fi films as possible, Beyoncé Knowles and Pitbull fulfilling their roles of selling this to the hip-hop heads, and Steven Tyler fulfilling his destiny of being a cartoon. Forget you, Drake, and forget Blue Sky Studios for this film, not because I don't like this film, but because, with this effort, they just have to be trying to revive both that meme movement of using the term "epic" as an informal adjective, as well as Homer, just long enough to roll over in his grave. Man, this title would have been lazy years ago, long before the web geeks came along and started applying it as an adjective to just about everything, to where the once-awesome term became annoying, which isn't that surprising, seeing as how kids have lately figured out a way to make "You only live once" grating. Oh yeah, kids, this is going to be totally. Rating: PG (Mild Action|Brief Rude Language|Some Scary Images) joins a race of beings known as the Leafmen in their battle to protect their queen (Beyoncé Knowles) from their enemies, evil Mandrake (Christoph Waltz) and his crew of Boggans. She loses patience with her dad's tales of unseen people who live in the woods, but when she is magically transported to that mythic realm, she gains new perspective. Mary Katherine (Amanda Seyfried), or M.K., is a headstrong, spirited teenager who has a strained relationship with her father (Jason Sudeikis).
