The best part about any movie is that it hits both kids and adults at the same time. I think the blame can be sourced at how this film is aimed at kids. Since we are talking about jokes, the jokes never made me laugh. The picture at hand might appear for a few seconds, but it’s enough to be noticeable. Yeah, let’s just say that apparently, Spain does not share the same ideals of racial sensibility that Americans do. The first picture that shows up is this family from Africa. It doesn’t help either that a running gag at the beginning of the film is where Freddy tries to convince people he has a family to feed, and each time he says this, he pulls out a photo of him taped onto another picture with a random family. It’s like saying “hey, all of my people are cowardly con artists!” Not that he is trying to be a positive role model, but still. It doesn’t really help that in a film that takes place in Peru, Freddy doesn’t really portray a likable character. There is never a time where Freddy isn’t either trying to sell you something, running away like a coward, only doing something for money, or attempting to be the comic relief of the film. Well, I did find some uncomfortably offensive moments with Cheech Marin’s character, Freddy. I mean, how many times must I say how boring the characters in a film like this are? Let’s see if I can come up with something new to say about the boring characters. Even the villains, who are usually the most interesting and entertaining characters of an animated film, are as stale as a loaf of ciabatta that has been outside in the sun for four days. Tad is your eccentric hopeful, the main female, Sara is your plain Jane character, and Cheech Marin’s character is your con artist with a heart of gold. Well, if you really wanted something like Indiana Jones, but for a younger audience, you are better off finding a copy of the Ducktales movie, since the characters in Tad the Lost Explorer are very boilerplate for this kind of movie. So, with all the Indiana Jones name dropping, it should be a fun action movie for kids. Along the way, Tad meets up with a female archeologist voiced by Ariel Winter of Modern Family fame, a “quirky” con man voiced by Cheech Marin, and a voiceless parrot, as they try to stop an evil group of modern day pirates from reaching the lost city first. After bringing a bottle that was buried underground to a professor at a museum, Tad ends up taking the professor’s place on a plane to Peru to solve some long lost puzzle that could lead the archeologist group to a mysterious city and the power of immortality. Unfortunately, his aspiring goals seem to get him in a lot of trouble at his construction job. He is an aspiring archeologist who wants to hit it big and find treasure from all over the world. The story revolves around Tad, voiced by Kerry Shale, who you might know better as Rufus from the popular Deponia adventure games. It’s at least better than Temple of Doom, though. It’s harmless and entertaining to an extent, but it’s also not as good as the really good Indiana Jones movies. It’s essentially baby’s first Indiana Jones. Directed by Enrique Gato, Tad the Lost Explorer was released in 2012 to a positive reception in its home country of Spain, but to a more lukewarm reception everywhere else. For example, today’s review will cover one of the winners of the Goya award for animation. I have seen a lot of these movies that won a Goya award, and they are usually those movies that are brought over and slapped onto the early morning run of Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon when no one is watching the channel. For now, I just want to say that the standard of entry for a Goya must be rather low. Chico & Rita, Nocturna, and Wrinkles, are obviously going to appear later on down the review line. I decided to do some digging to see what other films won, and you won’t believe how many other animated films that I want to cover, ended up winning this award. I bring this up because Nocturna was a film that won the Goya award for best animated feature back in 2007. It’s basically Spain’s answer to the Oscars. While doing research for a film I want to review, Nocturna by Adrià Garcìa and Victor Maldonado, I came across Spain’s film award system known as Goya.
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