Movie Reviews for Wizards

Wizards

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Movie Reviews of Wizards

Movie Review: Wow!
Summary: 5 Stars

I recall seeing this at the theatre when it was first released. It was easy to find a seat due to most people were going to see Star Wars at that time. It was and still is a wonderful piece of work of Fantasy. Excellent Art Work and fluid storyline. It won't make you weep but it does entertain each time I view it.

Movie Review: I love Wizards, though I should hate it.
Summary: 5 Stars

I saw Wizards as an incredible discovery when I was discovering the work of the late, great Vaghn Bode. And I watched that movie with awe on a rented videotape in the mid 80s, trying to find Bode's name in the credits... But the movie was incredible. "They killed FRITZ!"

Later, with the internet, I discovered how much his son HATES that movie with a passion. Alleging Bakshi "Stole" his father's character design, making a mediocre movie that basicly made it impossible for Cheech Wizard to ever get animated by a professional studio. Avatar is quite arguably a sanitized version of Cheech Wizard, down to the star on the hat.

Ouch...

So, I do like Wizards, but I do wish things could have become different. Cheech Wizard animated in that form, starting out with his raunchy antics, then turning into a grand showdown, say with "Arch Warlock" over something, it would have been a much better movie.

Now that computers make these things cheaper, perhaps Bakshi could make this up to his son...?

Movie Review: Bakshi's best film
Summary: 5 Stars

This is one of my all time favorite movies. I saw this film back in the 70's right before Star Wars came out and I remember how I loved the characters the most, the hip old wizard, the babe, and the totally cool assassin, a villain turned hero (I never liked elves or fairies, or hobbits either).

I enjoyed most of the commentary where Bakshi goes on and on how he changed the name from war wizards to just wizards because George Lucas had War in his films title, how studio executives wouldn't give him money to finish the film, and finally he talks about how he had plans for a sequel. I can't imagine what a Wizards sequel would look like today, but the technology now is light years ahead of the techniques they used to finish the original film. I really don't like the rotoscope portions of the film, but they had to use the technique to finish the film.

Bakshi calls this his family film. But I wouldn't let my kids see this till they are older, I would think a ten year old could handle it, and they have probably seen worse on prime time TV anyway. This DVD had great color and sound, it's a gem of animation when the forum was rougher and but the freedom to push the boundaries was a great asset.

Movie Review: A Bakshi gem
Summary: 5 Stars

Ralph Bakshi was one of the most innovative minds who saw the potential of animation for adults. His work is always an eclectic blend of fantasy and reality, the bawdy with the profound. In this world of escalating violence and terrorism, Wizards can have many new meanings with a very old message about Peace.