Kubo (Art Parkinson), a young, one-eyed boy living in a small village in
a fairy-tale-like Asian land, embarks on a journey with Monkey
(Charlize Theron) and Beetle (Matthew McConaughey) to find an ancient
sword, helmet and
armor in order to defeat his aunts and grandfather
who have become cold evil spirits, seeking Kubo's second eye and who Kubo's mother turned against in the past.
Having in the past not thoroughly enjoyed Laika's past efforts like
ParaNorman and
The Boxtrolls (for story reasons),
Kubo and the Two
Strings comes in as a definite improvement on them, with a far more
touching narrative which adds a brilliant tribute to Asian cinema, even
though some of the story problems I had in the past still emerge from
this animated beauty.
