FernGully is a beautiful movie with colourful animation that pleases the eye. Along with its environmental message, it makes an enjoyable ride through the home of magical fairies and their fight against the force of destruction of their rainforest.
Those were the peaks of the movie. Now for the rest of it, which was good and memorable, but at times felt either oddly placed or underdeveloped.
Hexxus, the magical force of destruction, was a great idea. Let me pinpoint that. But I felt he had too little screen time and could have been so much better developed, but perhaps his role as a "force" rather than an exact living being makes up for that. Tim Curry did a good job voicing him, though.
Most of the songs performed by the characters are not very memorable and seem a little out of place. Tim Curry's "Toxic Love" was a decent exception.
Robin Williams' role as Batty Koda was okay. It was mildly annoying at times, but also made me smile once in a while.
FernGully is underrated and deserves more attention. Many of the animated features from the 90's get lost in Disney's domination of the industry. Many of them obviously tried too much to be Disney and ended up as bland imitations, but FernGully has enough original ideas and weight to them to make it a wonderful movie overall.
Those were the peaks of the movie. Now for the rest of it, which was good and memorable, but at times felt either oddly placed or underdeveloped.
Hexxus, the magical force of destruction, was a great idea. Let me pinpoint that. But I felt he had too little screen time and could have been so much better developed, but perhaps his role as a "force" rather than an exact living being makes up for that. Tim Curry did a good job voicing him, though.
Most of the songs performed by the characters are not very memorable and seem a little out of place. Tim Curry's "Toxic Love" was a decent exception.
Robin Williams' role as Batty Koda was okay. It was mildly annoying at times, but also made me smile once in a while.
FernGully is underrated and deserves more attention. Many of the animated features from the 90's get lost in Disney's domination of the industry. Many of them obviously tried too much to be Disney and ended up as bland imitations, but FernGully has enough original ideas and weight to them to make it a wonderful movie overall.