The Journey to Melonia
Swedish film
Voyage to Melonia[1] (Swedish: Resan till Melonia; full English title: Voyage to Melonia: A fantasy loosely based on Shakespeare's 'The Tempest') is a Swedish-Norwegian animatedadventurefantasy film directed by Per Åhlin, loosely based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest, with further inspiration from Jules Verne's Propeller Island and Charles Dickens' Oliver Twist. It was Åhlin's first fully animated feature film, as his earlier films Out of an Old Man's Head and Dunderklumpen! had both used a mix of animation and live action.
The film won two Guldbagge Awards for Best Creative Achievement (a category with three awards for technical achievements without their own categories); the first to Åhlin for the animation, the second to Björn Isfält for the score.[2]
Plot
[edit]The beautiful paradise island Melonia is inhabited by the sorcerer Prospero with his daughter Miranda, the albatross Ariel, the good-natured vegetable-faced gardener Caliban and William the dog-nosed poet. They live a generally peaceful life, except for Caliban who has to work hard with the garden. A few miles away lies the d
Resan till Melonia
Resan till Melonia är en svensk-norsk animerad film från i regi av Per Åhlin[5] och med manus av Per Åhlin och Karl Rasmusson, fritt efter William ShakespearesStormen. Den är även inspirerad av bland annat Oliver Twist och Jules Vernes bok Maskinön.[6]
Resan till Melonia var Per Åhlins första helt animerade långfilm, då I huvet på en gammal gubbe () och Dunderklumpen () båda var filmer som var uppblandade med vanlig spelfilm. Resan till Melonia blev med sina 22,5 miljoner kronor i budget en av de dyraste svenska filmerna vid sin premiär Filmen belönades med två Guldbaggar för Per Åhlins kreativa insatser och Björn Isfälts musik.[7][8]
Handling
Genom en fruktansvärd storm, till Jordens sista natursköna plats - ön Melonia - styr ett lastfartyg med en del till en stor maskin som ska exploatera öns rikedomar. På fartyget härskar den vresige kapten Julgransfot över sin besättning, rorsman och kockan. Med på fartyget är också Julgransfots uppdragsgivare, de giriga kapitalisterna Slug och Slagg, samt den unge fripassageraren Ferdinand, som rymt från slavarbete på Slugs och Slaggs vapenfabrik på den miljö
8/10
Nobody Shall Rule!
Resan Till Melonia is an early masterpiece from Per Åhlin. The Swedish readers probably recognize his other work "Dunderklumpen" or "Karl Bertil Johnsson".
The plot is simple, there are two islands, Plutonia and Melonia. Plutonia is ruled by two villains named Slug and Slagg, and Melonia is ruled by Prospero the all powerful wizard. Slug and Slagg has made Plutonia into an island made of machines, and made the children operate the machines like slaves.
One boy named Ferdinand escapes and makes the trip to Melonia, where he meets Prospero and all the other creatures that live there. Together they decide to rescue all of Ferdinands friends.
If you have seen "Dunderklumpen" you know what to expect. Pure magic. Åhlin is the real all powerful wizard. Don't let the language discourage you to watch this, I know that subtitles do exist. This is a true work of art by one of the Swedish wizards of animations.
10/10
Excellent movie
This movie reflects the culture and intelligence of distinguished European animated filmmakers. Per Ahlin's personal drawing style and characters are unique. The f
Resan till Melonia (The Journey to Melonia) is a Swedish/Norwegian animated film which is very loosely based on William Shakespeare's The Tempest. It was the first fully animated film Per Åhlin directed and one of the most expensive Swedish animated films.
On the pristine and beautiful paradise island called Melonia, a wizard, Prospero, lives with his daughter Miranda, his garderner Caliban (who happens to have the appearance of a vegetable garden himself), the bird-like spirit Ariel and the artsy, theatre loving poet William. They live a peaceful life, thanks to Prosperos magic and Melonias lifeforce, which powers the magic. Among the magical inventions of Prospero is a magical elixir, which has the potential to make anything grow large in size, which is given to Caliban for using in the garden.
At the beginning of the film, this peace is disturbed when the greedy Slug and Slag from the nightmarish factory island Plutonia is about to arrive on Melonia for colonization and resource exploiting. With them they have not only Captain Tree-stand (Kapten Julgransfot), a female cook and a helmsman - They also have a refugee from Plutonia, Ferdinand, who had just escaped a li
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