The Ant Bully (Widescreen Edition)
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Movie Reviews of The Ant Bully (Widescreen Edition)
Movie Review: Them!
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought that I had already seen the best of the 13--that's right 13--CGI animated movies of 2006 when I saw Ice Age 2: The Meltdown. The Ant Bully is right on par with Ice Age 2 if not a bit more enjoyable.
The story is one of friendship and setting your moral priorities in the correct order. It's a nice family film with the all important adult-asides. But nothing too grown up that kids would pick up on.
The picture is just awesome; this computer generated animation is amazing to see on a high-def TV. It's almost 3D. Unbelievable.
The voice-cast is terrific. I went into The Ant Bully without reading in advance who did the voices, and I'm glad that I did; it made it more fun. I'm about to say who did the voices so if you don't want that spoiled skip to my next paragraph. Ya ready? Okay...What a surprise to see in the rolling credits that Julia Roberts was Hova. I wasn't sure, but I thought throughout that Zoc was Tom Hanks (who was actually a producer for The Ant Bully); I was wrong. Zoc was indeed Nicholas Cage. And perhaps my biggest surprise was that Fugax wasn't Tom Arnold...it was Bruce Campbell! (If you don't know who Bruce is, let's just say he's the star of a famous Sam Raimi [Spiderman] directed, cult, not-for-kids flick on my Amazon Listmania List of "15 Flicks Guaranteed To Leave A Permanent Impression".)
Another cool trivia tidbit from The Ant Bully: Listen to the sound played in the background as Zoc marches towards Lucas' bedroom to deliver the diabolical potion. Did you recognize that sound? If not, you're too young or I'm too old. It was the sound that the ants made when in attack mode in 1954's classic giant ant attack movie (starring James Whitmore) THEM!
Oh yes, and the last bit of trivia...the 13 CGI movies of 2006: Cars, The Wild, Happy Feet, Doogal, Open Season, Monster House, Chicken Little, Barnyard, Over the Hedge, The Ant Bully, Hoodwinked, Ice Age 2 & Flushed Away.
But the overkill of computer animation in 2006 should not sway anyone into missing The Ant Bully; it is #1 or #2 of all 13 with the other top runner being Ice Age 2. Shame on Warner Brothers for not marketing this excellent children's book turned animated feature film better.
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Movie Review: ANTSY
Summary: 5 Stars
While other reviewers weren't as fond of this as me, I found this little film to be charmingly delightful and entertaining, perhaps my favorite animated movie of this year. Sure, the message is heavyhanded and sentimental, but isn't that what these kind of films is supposed to do? And what a voice cast: Nicolas Cage, Meryl Streep, Lily Tomlin, Julia Roberts, Paul Giamatti, Ricardo Montalban...hey, that's top notch casting. I was fascinated by the unity of the ant kingdom and how hard it was for The Destroyer, Peanut, to fit into their social patterns, but with deft plotting and key scenes, it all works out in the end.
I think the family would find this delightful holiday viewing.
Movie Review: believable characters, potty humour, and a message
Summary: 4 Stars
Some might complain that the lead wasn't likeable because he started out as a bitter kid who picked on ants, but I thought the pecking order shown in the beginning where Lucas did unto ants (and less obviously, his mum) as the bully did unto him was true to human, especially kid, nature. Maybe I'm a bad person but I recall that when the most popular kids teased me when I was younger, I'd take it out on kids who had even fewer friends than me. Teaming up with those kids and standing up to my original bullies might've been more productive, but my excuse is that this movie didn't exist to teach me that. Speaking of the message, I thought the lowbrow humour offset some of the preach factor that the message could've brought about. With jokes like that I didn't feel like it was written by a teacher, or at least not by a stuffy teacher but by the fun teacher who made gross jokes to win me over, then once he earned my attention, taught me something.Movie Review: wonderfull
Summary: 5 Stars
this movie was sooo cuite and verry funny and me my mom and my aunt loved it 10 star if i couldMovie Review: Not Bad!
Summary: 4 Stars
I couldn't help but like The Ant Bully! The visuals were amazing, a plus if seen in Imax.
I liked the characters and the people sent to voice them. The talent they found for this movie is amazing!
The story isn't bad. It was a bit disappointing though. They could have fleshed out their plot a bit more. 88 minutes didn't give enough time to cover any more than the absolute basics.
The message given out was helpful. Empathy and helping each other. Use your differences to make your world a better place. That's something most adults haven't learned to do!
All in all, I liked The Ant Bully. I'll probably buy it on DVD when it comes out and watch it a few more times!
Not that it didn't come with a few disappointments. Still, it's certainly not the worst movie I've ever seen. Not by far.
I'd recommend that you see it and make up your own mind.
As a side note, I really liked the scores! I'm a sucker for anything remotely beautiful when it comes to movie scores!