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With Laika’s newest film, Wildwood, finally here – and more brutal than we all expected – it brought me to a realization about Children’s Fantasy as a genre. It should strive to be more like Wildwood. But why?
Children’s Fantasy is a vast genre that can be split among different levels of maturity. Wildwood sits at the highest level of that ladder as a dark, sophisticated and mostly-serious adventure based around themes of loss, family and grief. And it’s this ‘brutal’ aspect that really makes the story so tremendous. This video will explain how and why. Please, take a look.
