We here are Suspicious Sources had heard some good things about The Secret of Kells, but I hadn't seen it and Source T couldn't remember much of it. Personally, I think something must be wrong with Source T's brain, since the only way she could possibly forget The Secret of Kells is if the part of her brain where it was being stored was scooped out of her head with a ladle.
The Secret of Kells will Blow Your Mind. It's like Foster's House for Imaginary Friends on Early Irish Christian Crack combined with Illuminated Manuscript Acid. Take the vector-graphic style of Foster's, add in a heavy dose of Irish-Christian manuscript texture and bring the whole thing to life in eye-popping combinations of color, shape, texture, line and motion. That's the Secret of Kells. It's amazing. Amazingly amazing.
Maybe there could have been a TOUCH more background and exposition, but really, who cares? The story was solid, the characters were all nicely personable and Holy Shit It Was Gorgeous!, did I mention that?
Normally, I'd go further into the plot, but I just can't give anything away. You, each and every one of you, need to go watch this movie. Right now. In fact, you should have been watching it since before you started reading this. Why aren't you? Go go!
