Hi i'm Chris, im 23 years old and i'm one of those peeps with an ambition to work in TV. (tsk)
Hi i'm Chris, im 23 years old and i'm one of those peeps with an ambition to work in TV. (tsk)
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I like A BUG’S LIFE. It is not TOY STORY. Of course it should probably never ever even be thought of together. They are different stories. This is a play on THE MAGNIFICIENT SEVEN more so than TOY STORY.
I think A BUG’S LIFE is a charming film, a likable film. I just don’t love it. Why?
The backgrounds are stunning, some of the best CGI work I’ve ever seen. The colors and textures of the Grasshoppers and the non-ant bugs are all stunning and beautiful. But the ants are blue. Why are the ants blue? I don’t know. But they are. Of course that only bothered me for about 15 minutes, then I was like... into the story.
The thing that kept me from LOVING the film has nothing to do with the blueness of it. (I love Yellow Submarine) Imagine TOY STORY, if Woody and Buzz were not in it. For me, this is a character actor film, where you have all these characters, but no central voice. Flick just doesn’t do it for me. If Flick’s character was fantastic, this movie would go through the roof with me, but it just didn’t do it.
Sure, as it stands, I saw a rough cut of the film. The final music wasn’t in place. That could go a LOOOOOOOONNNNNNNGGGGGG way to helping Flick. Just imagine Woody or Buzz with out those song montages. They added so much soul, so much elegance to the characters. I hope that would work here.
Is there nothing to like?
Who the hell said that? Not me. There’s tons to enjoy. All of it is non-ant though for me. The circus bugs, each and everyone of them is dead on. Kevin Spacey as the lead Grasshopper is classic. The ‘action’ sequences are perfect. There is an equivalent to a T-REX in this film that will genuinely scare the bejeesus out of you. The animation is top notch. The characters emote so effortlessly.
But... It didn’t leave me stunned. It didn’t kick my ass. My cheeks are not cramped. My eyes were dazzled. It is pure unadulterated eye-candy. And by all means go see it. What I’m trying to do for you, is lower your expectations just a tad. Get you to not think, “THIS IS GONNA BE BETTER THAN TOY STORY” cause if you go in like that... well, you may come out a bit on the disappointed side.
On a separate note Hallenbeck was also at the screening, and he loved the film. Hopefully he’ll be writing up his thoughts on it soon. I hope so, cause he saw it with different eyes from me. The group we saw it with was split a bit on it. Most people my age loved it. Why the generations older than us, didn’t love it.
What I didn’t do was compare this to ANTZ. They are not even the same genre. Don’t fall into the media trap of doing that. ANTZ is for an older crowd, it’s a satire. A BUG’S LIFE is a juvenile adventure story.
A BUG’S LIFE is a good watch, it’s a fun film. It’s a helluva way to spend your time.
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Production Year: 1999 - Family - Director: Rob Minkoff - Original Language: English - Classification: Universal - Starring: Hugh Laurie, Geena Davis, Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane, Chazz Palminteri
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