| Title |
Overall |
DVD |
Review |
Gay Content |
| A
Charlie Brown Christmas |
••••• |
•• |
This
is one of my favorite childhood television specials, and it
holds up well. The legend of Charlie Brown is firmly rooted
in his choice of Christmas trees. 05/01 |
None. |
| Chicken Run |
••••• |
••••• |
The people who made this apparently were "Absolutely Fabulous" fans, given the casting. And bottoms, too. The animation is remarkably transparent, and the story is referential in an unobnoxious way. While less surreal than the Grommet series, it is nonetheless the finest animation work I've seen and a true labor of love. 05/01 |
None. |
| Fantasia 2000 |
•••• |
•• |
Surprisingly modern animation for Disney. The most heavily publicized segment is of flying whales, but the Rhapsody in Blue segment is a beautiful extension of a Hirschfield caricature.
Intros be celebs like Steve Martin, Penn & Teller, and Bette Midler are short and sweet. A very good film for children and adults, unlike the original, at which I remember being bored silly.
01/02
|
None. |
| Fantastic Planet |
••• |
•• |
The design is imaginative, but overall the effect is too juvenile for anyone older than 12. 09/01 |
None. |
| The Iron Giant (1999) |
•••• |
•• |
A nearly perfect story for young and old. If you can ignore the very Japanese ending (sanseis will recall the tale of the rabbit in the moon), it's both visually lovely and touching. Voices are well-cast. 01/02
|
None. |
| It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown (1966) |
•••• |
• |
Another of the cartoons that shaped my childhood. Not as sentimental as the Christmas special, Linus' Great Pumpkin theory supported every hairbrained belief I came up with as a child. 11/01
|
None. |
| Titan A.E. (2000) |
••• |
••• |
I thought this was a live action feature when I rented it, but I was pleasantly surprised at the beauty of the animation. While the story is dumb, the space iceberg sequence is remarkable.
11/01 |
The bad guy is a bearded dream daddy |
| Wallace
and Grommet - The first three adventures |
••••••
|
•••••• |
The best
of the best: A Grand Day Out, The Wrong Trousers, A Close
Shave. The leap in animation quality between A Grand
Day Out and The Wrong Trousers is remarkable, and
later to be found in Chicken Run. The Wrong Trousers
is my great favorite; the train track scene is mouth-droppingly
amazing, and the humor dry as cracking toast. 06/01 |
None. |
