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Clickable Emoticons	valkasboy wrote: > [quote=Skywalker,(time=1402959261)]I always thought her being the > antagonist was a very interesting idea. But even if we take the character > and idea presented in the film, they could have done a lot more with her > imo. Does Dreamworks have some sort of mandate on the length of their > films? Because this film could have done with another 15-20mins easily. A > lot of exposition dumping in this film, and a lot of glossing over what > should be more serious sources of conflict, like Valka running away from > her family. > > Valka also qualifies as the worst natural mother I can remember in an > American animated film.[/quote] > > She's a terrible mother. First conversation I had with Cate Blanchett when > we were just getting started we talked about her being a terrible mother, > someone who had lost her priorities, who probably hides a lot of guilt, > someone who became blinded by a cause they were pursuing. > > And yes, there is an absolute mandate on the length of the films. If they > go over ninety minutes minus end credits (which we did) there are some very > serious conversations happening. It's entirely budgetary. Early versions > were, as you rightly felt, 15-20 minutes longer.
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underwater-smiles 17 Jun 2014, 02:10

okay so, as much as I like the idea of Valka being a good mother and a badass and all that stuff, what do you guys think she would be like/how would she have changed if she was the main antagonist? What would her motives be for the things she did? how would she go about doing all the villain-y thing she was doing?

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