what about Bob?

20 years later, it's still my favorite movie of all time. As a kid, I was fascinated by the technology that blended cartoon characters and live actors so seamlessly that you really could believe that there was a place you could actually meet Bugs Bunny in person. And in this day of CGI, the work on "Roger" is still a marvel when you consider that every cel of animation on this was hand-drawn and painted. Bob Hoskins deserved an Oscar for his performance in this; the fact that he was able to make us believe he was driving a cartoon cab and yanking a cartoon rabbit around by his ears, and the amount of concentration and talent it took to do so is a feat few actors could have pulled off (for example, all the scenes where he was handcuffed to Roger, they used a spring-loaded handcuff, meaning Hoskins had to adjust his wrist to move where Roger's wrist would eventually be, all while doing the rest of the acting as well, talking to an imaginary bunny). Amazing, and Hoskins to this day is still my favorite actor because of it. And to top it all off, a smart, clever, funny script with shades of "Chinatown" that puts the story first and lets the very special effects accent it rather than letting the wow factor make the story take a backseat. Great, great movie, a shining example of the magic that can be made in Hollywood when they really set their minds to it.

A pretty dry retelling of one of the most stunning defeats in history. But it moves at a decent clip, and it's got Bob Hoskins in an early role and he's awesome, so there's that. Peter O'Toole and Burt Lancaster are all right, but they don't have much to work with and feel very much like they're phoning it in. My suggestion, watch this first with a double feature of "Zulu", a superior film that will also give you much more appreciation for those events after witnessing the crushing defeat in this one.