This bizarre and unique film could only have come from the mind of Bakshi. Throw all of your preconceptions of animation aside and enjoy this artistically different film. It has the good fairies and elves battling the evil mutants. All goes wrong when the mutants uncover footage ...( read more)
Really cool artwork. liked the use of different styles. enjoyed it more knowing the movie was made on a shoe string budget by a handful of animators. It made the twenty minutes of looped, roto scoped soldiers bearable.
Pretty neat at times. The rotoscoped marching of innumerable troops got old real fast, but otherwise you can't deny a story that involves cartoon wizards resurecting the nazis.
Was my favourite cartoon for a lot of my childhood, and seeing it as an adult I realize it is one of the few times I had good taste when I was younger. Bakshi does a great job with this, blending modern day fears with a Lord of the Rings type story. Excellent.
Goofy and stupid, in a bad way. It?s like they took the plot to a Final Fantasy game and gave it to the Care Bears.
This movie was the first thing that made me realize that there was more to cartoons than Bugs Bunny or The Flintstones (not that they weren't great as well). With innovative animation, a grown up storyline, and a cynical sense of humor, this movie floored me when I was seven, a...( read more)
I remember watching this film as a kid countless times on cable access. Wizards is a unique animation film that uses several different types of animation in the telling of this Tolkien adventure. Many great actors of the time lend their voices to this neat little film. The film i...( read more)
NOT AS GOOD AS EXPECTED , GREAT FILM WORK, BUT THE STORY WAS THROWN TOGETHER.
Not sure what to say about this movie. It is a strange trip that is well worth watching. Of course watching it means getting over the animation style.
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