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Wizards
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by 20th Century Fox
Sales Rank: 13799
Price: $19.98
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Far from the masterful treatment that groundbreaking animator Ralph Bakshi gave the similarly themed <I>The Lord of the Rings</I> just a year later, <I>Wizards</I> feels amateurish. A simplistic distillation of fantasy tropes, the scenario is millions of years after nuclear war wipes out civilization. Middle Earth fairies, elves, and magic emerge from the "good lands," while dimwitted mutants with poor comic timing emerge from the nuclear wastes. In the ultimate confrontation between good and evil, a hippie-ish wizard named Avatar defends his utopia against the technological and neo-Nazi revival of his bad-seed twin, Blackwolf. With volleys of jokes that couldn't hit a barn door, elves with Brooklyn accents, and the dubious climax that sees the kindly old wizard using one of the hated machines of war to triumph over evil, <I>Wizards</I> is one of fantasy animation's least successful examples. <I>--Alan E. Rapp</I>
Viewer Reviews
I enjoyed Wizards the first time I saw it and I enjoyed it the last time. Generally it was well done but Mr. Bakshi's intension that it be for children I find a little off. The amount of violence would seem to be more suited for adult fantasy enthusiasts or, maybe, adolescents.
The priests segment is rather calculated to offend a wide variety of religious adherents. I couldn't really think of a single major religion that it didn't take a shot at.
The film becomes rather rushed at times. Those segments showcase some rather advanced techniques for the time but it gives the feeling that the crew was rather tired of working on the movie and just wanted to get it done. But that's pretty much explained in the extra material.
This is one of those, for the most part appealing, combinations of cuteness and chaos.
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