The Secret of Kells: Difference between revisions

← Older edit

The Secret of Kells (view source)

Revision as of 00:20, 19 November 2021

220 bytes added , 2 years ago

no edit summary

Automoderated users, Autopatrolled users, Bureaucrats, Comment administrators, Confirmed users, Moderators, Rollbackers, Administrators

213,951

edits

Revision as of 14:10, 21 September 2018 (view source) InternetArchiveBot (talk \| contribs) (Rescuing 1 sources and tagging 1 as dead. #IABot (v2.0beta9)) ← Older edit		Latest revision as of 00:20, 19 November 2021 (view source) Robkelk (talk \| contribs) No edit summary
(4 intermediate revisions by 2 users not shown)
Line 15: A fictionalized version of the history of the Book of Kells, the story focuses on Brendan, a young monk wanting to join his fellow monks in working on illuminating texts. But with the rising threat of [[Horny Vikings\|Viking invasion]], his uncle, Abbot Cellach, is far more focused on fortifying the Abbey for the [[A Storm Is Coming\|inevitable attack]]. The arrival of Brother Aidan, a master illuminator from Iona, allows Brendan to finally have a teacher and gives him an opportunity to leave the Abbey's wall when he is asked to get materials for ink. Brother Aidan has [[Hell Follows With Me\|fled the Viking onslaught]] and is the keeper of the [[I Am'm Dying, Please Take My ~~Macguffin~~MacGuffin\|legendary book of Iona]] — the greatest work of illustration yet produced in Northern Europe, soon to be the Book of [[Genius Bonus\|Kells]]. Befriending an [[The Fair Folk\|enigmatic fairy]] named [[Meaningful Name\|Aisling]] in [[Ghibli Hills\|the forest]] and taking a part in assisting Aidan with the Chi Rho page, things go well for him until he encounters the evil Celtic god Crom Cruach, and the Viking threat continues to slowly move closer to the Abbey... Praised for its gorgeous visuals and music (it even got a standing ovation from the staff at [[Pixar]]), it managed to surprise everyone and get a Best Animated Feature nomination at the Oscars in 2010. The film is now up on [https://web.archive.org/web/20120601102011/http://www.hulu.com/watch/337397/the-secret-of-kells Hulu,] meaning you can watch this gem for free! ---- {{tropelist}} Line 85: * [[Horny Vikings]] * [[Hypocritical Humor]]: "You can't learn everything from books." "I think I read that somewhere." * [[I Am'm Dying, Please Take My ~~Macguffin~~MacGuffin]]: {{spoiler\|Aidan's reputation is as "the perfect illuminator," and Brendan calls his book the work of angels. But his eyesight's going and his hands are too unsteady to finish the book, hence enlisting Brendan's help.}}{{context}}<!-- How is this an example of the trope as written? --> * [[Implacable Man]]: The Vikings. Every shot we see them in is basically them slowly moving. We never see them run at all, or even show any sort of fear, {{spoiler\|except for the two that are killed by Aisling's wolves.}} * [[Karma Houdini]]: The Vikings, {{spoiler\|with the exception of the two killed by Aisling's wolves}}. Line 131: * [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Brendan decides to investigate Crom's hideout despite the continued insistence of Aisling that he stay away. * [[Uncatty Resemblance]]: The sheepherder. "Baaaaa!" * [[Very Loosely Based on a True Story]]: Scholars put the creation of the book around the year 800, which means Colmcille (d. 597) can't have had a hand in it, and the historical [~~http~~https://web.archive.org/web/20210301064216/https://www.bedesworld.co.uk/~~aidan.htm~~ St. Aidan]{{Dead link}} lived over 150 years earlier. Also, the cover wasn't stolen for another 200 years or so. There's not much we know for sure about the creation of the book (it might have been produced entirely at Iona or Kells, or some combination, or even Lindisfarne), so they had to take some liberties in order for there to be any plot. [[Lampshade Hanging\|Lampshaded]] when the monks at Kells can't agree on the history, either, including Colmcille's methods (third eye? three hands? 36 FINGERS?!), and simply get their facts wrong. One monk says the book was begun 300 years ago by Colmcille; impossible if Aidan knew him. And Pangur Bán was owned by an anonymous Irish monk in a ''German'' monastary. Line 149: {{DEFAULTSORT:Secret of Kells, The}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Western Animation of the 2000s]] [[Category:Western Animation]]