Slow pace in the most part of the movie.

A Major Disappointment

Although it has its amusing moments, in eneral the plot does not convince.

If the ambition is to provide two hours of instantly forgettable, popcorn-munching escapism, it succeeds.

When it comes to the Redwall animated series, the first season was terrible. Mattimeo more than makes up for it. There is a splendid soundtrack, great action and wonderful animation. The voice actors, for the most part, are wonderful. And with the background music, some scenes almost make you jump out of your seat. There is a notable lack of gore, sometimes I do wish Nelvana hadn't been so shy about showing a little blood. The considerable amount of violence in the film is handled tactfully. There are several sad character deaths. An infant was scared once, although it isn't very scary for most kids. Ironbeak is probably one of the most exiting animated bad guys, and Slagar is majestic in his part. Tim Curry makes him deeply menacing, for example when he snarls "The truth? Do you want to know the truth, mouse? Matthias, Warrior of Redwall, will know pain, when his only son is made to suffer as Slagar has suffered. That is the truth, and that is a promise."

Brian Jacques was well known for making his Redwall series as well as the Castaways of the Flying Dutchman series. His novels sold twenty million copies worldwide and has been published in twenty-eight languages making the series very successful until later in February 5 2011, he was admitted to the Royal Liverpool Hospital for an aortic aneurysm and died of a heart attack, but that didn't stop him for selling his rights to Nelvana (the company who did Maurice Sandak's Little Bear) to adapt his first Redwall book into an animated TV show.At that time before the first Harry Potter film was released, this TV show manages to bring the imaginative and innovative world from the book series and combines it with top-notch animation, a sense of humor, solid voice acting, and amazing action scenes. But not only that, it manages to have a darker tone and managed to treat its younger viewers like adults.The characters were very likable. Everything you see gets thrown at you. Matthias was a heroic warrior, Cornflower was very lovely, Father Abbot was wise and peaceful, Basil Stag Hare was very funny and brave Constance Badger was a lot of fun, and the rest of the protagonists were great.The villains (including Sela and Asmodeus) were great, but the only villain that I like the best was Cluny The Scourge because he shows his intimidation and he was so terrifying which makes him a very popular Redwall character.Let's not forget about the music in this show composed by Jack Procher and Daniel Fernandez. It was so catchy I'll be able to hum it every day of my life.Redwall is the most popular animated TV show from the early 2000s that captures the spirit of the book ever since I watched it as a little youngling or child for that matter and it will live on in my memory forever. A solid thumbs up from me.10/10

As an older fan I think I speak for many people my age (20 years old) when I say that this show focuses more on the entertainment of younger children and therefore left the rest of us older viewers feel as though we were forgotten. Although the animation was clean and well done and the music did have that mid evil/epic aspect to it, the re-written story lacked maturity. I think it is safe to say that even though the book series is geared toward young adults, a child's cartoon only hinders the epic potential that this story contains. If someone where to try and bring the series to the big screen, I would recommend using the TV series as a reference, but not a template because it did do some things right.If you are a fan of the books, you are kind of taking a gamble with the TV series; either you'll like it or you'll hate it.

I was thrilled when I first heard about this projects, since I love the books. After suffering through the three-year wait for it to finally reach the local PBS affiliate, I was completely disappointed in the result.The animation quality, for starters, was pathetic. The characters had no character. It was as bad as any cartoon-based-on-a-toy that disgraces Saturday afternoons on WB. I was hoping for something at least on par with 'Watership Down', which itself could have been much better.Too much of the book was left out, also. There weren't enough scenes in the enemy camp to give the viewer a feel for their motivations. They were just bad guys. And JUST bad guys. They hardly even seemed dangerous. The violence and threat were bowdlerized shamefully. Brian Jacques' books depict death and battle in an exciting way, without being too disturbing for young readers; surely we could have gotten a little more realism for the animated series. The sense of urgency to defeat the bad guys is lost.I didn't like the lack of Jacques' wonderful dialects among the various species, but I can grudgingly understand why it was necessary to homogenize them for spoken lines. The moles and sparrows would have been nearly unintelligible, to audiences who hadn't read the books.The Redwall books are such a wonderful literary series; they deserve better treatment in animation. Maybe we'll see a full-length, full-budget theatre movie, in the future.