As far as i know this was an adaptation of a book and the author themselves said they didn't liked this movie since it mixed stuff and it felt more like a different thing...and i can see why.
This movie is SO SLOW, that's not really a bad thing if you really know how to do it, like whisper of the heart, but Tales of the Earthsea just feels slow every second, even in the action scenes it feels slow. I watched this on netflix so i don't know if its the subtitles or what but there's stuff about the plot that i never understood at all, and i don't mean that i didn't understood the concept, but its just that there was stuff that came out of nowhere, mainly the end plot twist.
There's stuff about the plot that appears and you have to assume its just like that but they never try to explain anything most of the time, things just happen and that's just that.
Also even if this is a ghiblie movie, the fact that its extremely slow makes it feel like the animation is not that good but is not like you can do much with this kind of script , the animation IS very good but it just doesn't shine like others.
I guess there's people who can like this film and if this is your case good for you! but i think this is the worst ghibli movie in my opinion
