Patcronenberg is right, Flintstones RULES FACE

After a sharp-witted IMDB member mentioned how great The Flintstones was on another thread, I realized it truly is one of the best realizations of a classic cartoon that has ever been made in the history of the universe. First off, this movie was made in the early 90's, when computer-generated imagery had only just begun. In spite of its infancy, The Flintstones creates a beautiful rendition of Dino, as lifelike as he could possibly be, since dinosaurs happened to be extinct already. Many people criticize this use of CG instead of using a guy in a Dino suit, but you have to respect the director's decision to experiment with the new medium. Secondly, this movie propelled the prehistoric family into the hearts and minds of a new generation, while still maintaining the comedic tones and adult humor that drew older fans to it in earlier decades. Now, children and their parents can both watch and enjoy this instant family comedy together, drawing many different generations together instead of separating them as many action and sci-fi movies prove to do when parents can't watch a movie with their children. A third thing that occured to me was the dedication to detail the movie paid tribute to. The entire city is a virtually perfect and ideal recreation of that of the cartoon, almost as prim and perfect as the sets of Lord of the Rings. The costuming is also projected in identical detail to the dress of the characters. As for the acting, there are few people in the world that could take characters such as these and be able to work them into believable and realistic people on a working movie set, yet somehow John Goodman and Rick Morranis not only captured the dialouge and sound, but the very movement and body gesture of Fred and Barney in amazing mimicry. I agree with one of the other posters that this movie was gravely underappreciated, and I would hope that this new generation might discover it for themselves on the movie shelves so that the lovable characters can continue to make us laugh long into the future.

Calamares..er.. Carl Manes