Wizards

I think the most interesting thing about this film, is that someone actually enjoyed it. Okay, it's not as bad as Smokey and the Bandit III, but it's in that same $1 bin at Wal-Mart. Seriously, there are better movies out there. I made it through about 30 minutes of this one. Don't let my sacrifice go for naught! Avoid this film!!!!

I'm not sure how high you would have to be to think that this was a good movie, but I'm pretty sure that, in order to buy enough drugs, you'd have to make a significant contribution to the personal fortunes of some Columbian paramilitary kingpin. It's not worth it, man.

Wizards was a college favorite. It is a wonderful mind expanding fantasy, it is funny and offers real insight into the nature of power. Bakshi's suggestion that fascism is intellectually self germinating and fatally toxic to peaceful people rings all to true in the modern era. The movement of the animated characters is wonderful.

Quick fact: Bakshi ran out of money during production, this forced him to use rendered images from Eisenstein's Alexander Nevsky to finish the film.

REALLY enjoyed the special features. Lots of stuff shared directly from Bakshi directly. You may know that the Bakshi Lord of the Rings DVD just has the movie. But because so much of Wizards was basically preperation for the making of Rings, you kind of get some of what should have been given with that DVD.

I remember at the age of 12 my old man taking me to the drive in to see this movie. It was the sexiest cartoon I had ever seen to that point of my young life. I especially loved the ending. I really loved sharing it with my son who is now 16. It is a fantasy classic.