Review of Strange World (2022) by Indieinsights — 24 Dec 2022

I'm watching many films with my kids, so I am used to the most cheesy kid films (most are bad, by adult standards). Strange World. My daughter asked if Strange World was made by the Avatar creator... And I guess that this is its biggest weakness: The story is not unique enough, too much "Pando" with Pandorian tropes in it.

Also, the main story between the son and the father... Am I suppose to tell my kids that being a farmer is as exciting as being an explorer and scientist? And that the father is bad because he was captured underground for 25 years? The latter surprised me in particular on how selfish and ignorant the son was.

One would imagine if your (however difficult) father disappears for 25 years, that you would search for him (which he didn't), at least worry about him (which apparently, was not a topic at all), and then when you find him and he tells you that he was kept underground that the father would be at least disappointed that the son gave up on him, like all of us.

Yet, in this film... The father is bad, and it is the father's fault that the son did not find the courage or interest to search for him, in 25 years? Disney, please. Not okay.