DVD Review: 'Wizards'

Thanks for the link, but unfortunately it's written by yet another person who has absolutely no clue as to why this movie works for a lot of us. To me, the definition of a "successful" film is one that continues to be "kicked around" long after its shelf date has expired. "Wizards" continues to captivate, compel, confuse and inspire, and to write it off as being a dated failure that has nothing to offer a modern movie watcher is an off-hand dismissal that isn't warranted; the reviewer also doesn't know how to spell very well, ha ha.

My biggest beefs with the article 1) comparing the work done by Bakshi's little independent crew with no money to the union-scale Disney efforts of the same era. It's like comparing "Shrek 2" to "Waking Life." 2) The suggestion that the character designs aren't interesting. Wrong! The design of the "Peace" character alone is iconographic enough to have inspired two garage-resin kit models that were wildly successful, and a quick trip to ebay proves the artwork/poster continues to sell like crazy...nearly 30 yrs after the film was made! 3) That the bonuses aren't interesting...oh please! I've been waiting years to see some of this artwork and hear these stories. If the reviewer finds galleries boring, the reviewer should just shut up, some of us really dig them! 4) The idea that the film isn't suitable for younger audiences...it's debatable...certainly in today's climate, where denial has become the panicked "end all" solution to things that certain people find uncomfortable, yes the movie is inappropriate. But to the people who saw this film when they WERE kids, like myself and my friends, it not only entertained in a way the "comparable" Disney pablum could never hope to, it also opened up lots of discussion on what WW2 was about, what the 70's were about,sexuality, science and technology vs. faith, etc etc. But of course, Americans don't want these things to exist today, let alone be discussed, more's the pity...

Ahh well, I love to listen to myself talk and I'm glad forums like this exist so I can rant, whether anyone agress or not...

'nuff said...

"You can keep your pyroxenes, magnetics and coarse-grained plutonics as far as I'm concerned..."

(a.) This was not an attempt by Bashki to make a family film... the theatrical release was rated X.

(b.) In version you saw was created (butchered) to the current PG version in the mid 80's to make a marketable VHS release during "The Regean Era"... so many cool films of the 70's were edited to "tamer and less objectionble" versions for VHS release WITHOUT stating it was edited (re: Bad News Bears, Animal House.. etc) ... and George Owrell is rolling in his grave because of it.

(c.) I couldnt finish reading your review because you have no idea what your are reviewing.