Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (2010)

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

Boring as all the hells it represents, no story, no cadence, no nothing after an eternal wait. You will feel you are in the all of the hells for the good hour and a half it lasts. Do not watch it.

As someone who has never watched an anime, or an animated epic I was actually impressed by the amount of change and variations that were in the animation style. Not to mention the film was able to provide great imagery to the confusing description of Dante's divine comedy. Also the writer was able to keep to main points of Dante's inferno and leave a cliffhanger for the possible next film of purgatory. In general the film was the best animated epic that I have ever seen with its great animation style and plot development.

I didn't play the game... I'm scared of religious fanatics. But I am glad that this movie showed me the story. It's better than expected, it actually denounces the abuses done by the catholic church. So I liked the twists as it revealed Dante's memories every time he met someone he knew.Dante's girl gets kidnapped by Lucifer and he needs to go to the deepest layer of hell to fight him and get her back. But it's actually more original than it sounds...My first thought is that there was something weird with the animation style... and then it changes at every layers of hell, with completely different directors, teams, and Dante's clothes even look different.So I think that this movie was made as an art form, and that makes the fact that the animation wasn't perfect acceptable.It's not the best I've seen, I liked Bayonetta more but it's probably because I played that one. I don't feel the urge to play the Dante game, but I wouldn't mind watching the movie again eventually.

Based on Electronic Arts' video game entitled, Dante's Inferno – taken from Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy comes an epic gameplay battle through the hounds of hell.Dante's Inferno – An Animated Epic is an essential walk-through on animation platform. Each scenes has a different chapter title similar to the game and the written book.The scene begins with Dante returning from the Third Crusade to find his home in a bloody mess, his father died. And his beloved Beatrice was on her last breathe. Then she turn into a spirit and before she could ascend to Heaven – a demonic shadow: Lucifer appeared and take her away into Hell.The film is like an indirect walk-through to the game. Setting on a journey to save the soul of your love because you betrayed your trust. I mean "you" as the character itself.Battling foul demons and all those sinners via the stages of Hell and lastly Lucifer himself. Each chapter was directed by various directors and you can see the difference of the animated art in it. Fascinating doesn't it?However, if you have not played the game – watching this does not give you real kick because not everything on the game is on the animation.