![]() The ants are basically living in a dystopian society. With Allen’s history it is perhaps an odd choice for a childrens movie but this really isn’t a children’s movie (that was kind of an unfortunate trend in mid to late 90s). Allen is very funny although extremely inappropriate at times and jokes way over kids head (do kids even know what a shrink is?). The story centers around Z an ant voiced by Woody Allen which is the part of the movie that worked the best for me. There are a few sequences when they get to Insectopia that are fun to look at but for the most part it just looks extremely brown and dated. Brown, brown, brown, brown and if it wasn’t for the voices I’d have no idea who was who. In Antz it is like the UPS drivers designed the art direction of the movie. It’s brighter, prettier, the characters flow and move better and I can actually tell the characters from one another. ![]() Maybe I’m just biased but I think Bug’s Life looks way better. ![]() An ambitious failure perhaps? (although how ambitious can a movie starting out as a copycat be?)įirst of all, the animation has not held up well. I didn’t like it but it is so so strange I kind of admire what they were trying to do with the story. I must say rarely have I been left so befuddled by a movie. So I clearly have no sentimental attachment to Antz and was approaching it with a fresh perspective not knowing much about it but that it is about bugs. So I never watched Antz because I thought it was a lame thing to do and didn’t want to support it. Pixar was such a tight community at that point it’s the only explanation that makes any sense. I have always felt like Jeffrey Katzenburg was a real snake for going to Dreamworks and clearly spilling the beans on Pixar’s project. I figured before I review Bug’s Life it might be wise to also talk a little bit about the other ant movie which came out that year- Dreamworks Antz. ![]() ![]() Btw this is my 300th post on this movie blog! Can you believe it? It hasn’t even been a year and 300 posts! ![]()
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