And that name is Stanley the Troll! That mentally handicapped offspring of Dopey the Dwarf and the Lucky Charms Leprechaun. The Unclean, the Unsafe, the Unhealthy. Grower of flowers, destroyer of the realms of men, caretaker of your children under the bridge.
Suffice to say, not a fan.
So yeah... wow. Is this a bad film, or what. I mean, what happened Don Bluth? Secret of NIMH is still one my all-time favourite animated movies. Whereas this is one of the worst movies I've seen. Period. It's ugly. Nothing in it is beautiful. The plot makes absolutely no sense. Or, actually no. It makes sense in that I can sort of follow what's going on. In that regard there are worse out there. But it certainly doesn't help in this case because the story is worse than you would tell your young nephew when he comes tucking your sleeve, demanding you tell him a story and you pull something straight from where the sun don't shine. Way worse.
The characters are ugly. Stanley being the worse. Something about him just sets of the Stranger Danger alarm in my head. Especially the way he smiles at the kids in this film. Goosebumps, and not the good kind. The songs are pure garbage as well, singing mixed morals and bad life lessons. Well okay... the voice actor of Stanley doesn't sing off-key. That's something, right?
And the final nail in the coffin. It's simply ugly visually. At least with all the other Don Bluth movies you get great visuals. The man and his team are phenomenal animators. But this looks like the table scrapings from the studio dog.
I'm sorry Mr. Bluth, but my soul died a little bit with this film. I know the 90s were not kind to you, but... No. Just no.
Suffice to say, not a fan.
So yeah... wow. Is this a bad film, or what. I mean, what happened Don Bluth? Secret of NIMH is still one my all-time favourite animated movies. Whereas this is one of the worst movies I've seen. Period. It's ugly. Nothing in it is beautiful. The plot makes absolutely no sense. Or, actually no. It makes sense in that I can sort of follow what's going on. In that regard there are worse out there. But it certainly doesn't help in this case because the story is worse than you would tell your young nephew when he comes tucking your sleeve, demanding you tell him a story and you pull something straight from where the sun don't shine. Way worse.
The characters are ugly. Stanley being the worse. Something about him just sets of the Stranger Danger alarm in my head. Especially the way he smiles at the kids in this film. Goosebumps, and not the good kind. The songs are pure garbage as well, singing mixed morals and bad life lessons. Well okay... the voice actor of Stanley doesn't sing off-key. That's something, right?
And the final nail in the coffin. It's simply ugly visually. At least with all the other Don Bluth movies you get great visuals. The man and his team are phenomenal animators. But this looks like the table scrapings from the studio dog.
I'm sorry Mr. Bluth, but my soul died a little bit with this film. I know the 90s were not kind to you, but... No. Just no.