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12 out of 13 people found the following review useful:
A new favorite, 5 October 2003
Author:
xxlittlekittenxx from United States
I kept hearing about this movie a lot for quite some time, and when I saw
the video at my local library, I decided to check it out to see if it was
any good.
Little did I know what I was in for!
In other words, I loved every minute of it. I have this thing for
semi-obscure non-Disney animated movies, and 'The Point' was just adorable.
Never before have I seen a lead character quite as endearing as little
Oblio, or a cuter dog than Arrow (I just loved his expressions). The Rock
Man was just too cool... with that beatnik-like voice and
wisdom.
I loved the songs, and there's a very strange one about death, which shows a
whale decomposing... it's the weirdest part of the movie, and has to be seen
to be believed. The sequences to a few other songs aren't much more normal,
actually. But I mean all of this in the nicest way possible.
'The Point' will for sure have a place in my cartoon collection soon. Anyone
who loves strange cartoons or Harry Nilsson should see
it.
10 out of 10 people found the following review useful:
A delightful film, no matter which version you choose, 6 July 2003
Author:
vjthom39
The Point, a delightful animated film, is a joy for both children and their parents. The story line is a typical fable - how little Oblio was born in the Land of Point with a perfectly round head. After beating the evil Count's son in a game of triangle toss, he and his faithful dog Arrow are banished to the Pointless Forest. Here they encounter numerous strange creatures and have many adventures, where they learn that physical or not, everybody has a point. The music was written and performed by Harry Nilsson...after his hits with "Everybody's Talkin'" and the "Theme from the Courtship of Eddie's Father", but before his monumental Nilsson Schmillson album. A song from this feature, "Me and My Arrow" became a minor hit. George Tipton does wonderful but largely unrecognized arrangements of all the songs. The original movie was featured on ABC television in 1971 with Dustin Hoffman providing the narration. Harry Nilsson himself peforms the narration on the corresponding soundtrack album, which is a delight in itself. (It has recently been re-released with additional material.) When the film was shown in Great Britain, the original narration was wiped and replaced with one by Alan Barzman. Later the film was shown on the Disney Channel, with narration by Alan Thicke. The VHS home version is narrated by Ringo Starr, a drinking buddy and close friend of Harry Nilsson. Although the VHS version is no longer in print, I have seen versions with all 4 narrators lurking about on the internet. I have not heard personally heard the Alan Thicke or Alan Barzman versions. Ringo does a nice job on his narration, which I prefer over Hoffman's. However, if you're a Dustin Hoffman fan, his version is fine as well.
10 out of 11 people found the following review useful:
The Best Animated Movie Of Our Time, 9 January 2005
Author:
Joe (minorchord03) from Maine
Any animated movie that comes out can not hold a straw to 1971's "The
Point".
Harry Nillson wrote an incredible story, that comes along with
excellent, singable songs that will live through the ages. The story is
touching and the characters are wild.
The first time I saw it was the first time it came out, with Dustin
Hoffman as the narrator. Now that it is on DVD, I wish that he was
still the narrator, but Ringo does an incredible job as well and it
does not detract from the story.
The point of this movie (no pun intended) is that everything has a
point, and if everything has a point than thats rather pointless.
You'll have to watch to understand. Every kid should watch it for a
wonderful cartoon and every teenager/adult should watch it to learn a
valuable, touching lesson.
9 out of 10 people found the following review useful:
A masterpiece every child (and adult) should see, 26 March 2004
Author:
Darren from Atlanta
How wonderful that The Point is now available on DVD!
This 1971 TV special tells the story of Oblio, a round-headed child born
into a world of pointy-headed people. He faces discrimination, is
banished,
and then returns at the end to teach an important lesson to the
town.
The cartoon works on so many levels its a joy to watch and re-watch. The
moral lessons come fast, furious and they're so enjoyably and subtle that
it
makes you feel good. "Everyone must have a point!"
A lot of the early '70s mentality is embedded in The Point, and the tone
and
lessons remind us that the '60s and '70s WERE an ideal time, filled with
great ideals. The Harry Nielsson songs are outstanding, and the animation
is
a cross between Peter Max and the folks that did Rocky &
Bullwinkle.
I snagged the Disney version on VHS more than 10 years ago, and let my
small
children watch it several times. I'm looking forward to enjoying it on
crystal-clear DVD now.
8 out of 11 people found the following review useful:
great movie for kids/adults, 25 July 2004
Author:
scnelson01 from Madison, WI
I also watched this movie as a kid in the early 1970's. I think I first
saw it at home (around '72 or '73) and a couple of years later saw it
at school.
I imagine it was used to promote peace and harmony not only among the
races, but also among conservatives/liberals, and the like. Oblio was a
kid who was born (the only one) without a point on his head. He goes
into exile and is determined to find "his point" with his dog Arrow.
Eventually, he returns to town to see if they will accept him along
with his differences and is stunned to find out he now DOES have a
point on his head. The only problem is that the town now has round
heads, but they take him in warmly. Excellent movie to teach about
racism or how we are all different, but we must all be accepted.
10 out of 15 people found the following review useful:
Psychedelic 70's Anti-discrimination Musical, 25 May 1999
Author:
Shawn G Sedoff from Irvine, CA
In this film Oblio is born into a town of the pointy headed people with a round head. He is outcast from birth and forced to wear a pointed hat to blend in. His only friend is a pointed dog named Arrow. When it is discovered that his head is really round, the evil pointmeister has Oblio thrown out of the town into the wilderness to fend for himself. Here he learns life's lessons and meets some very unusual characters ala 'Wizard of Oz'. He finally returns to the town amid a great uproar, his hat is removed by the evil pointmeister and, to everyone's surprise, his head is pointed. But then a miracle happens and everyones pointed head dissolves away and everyone is round headed. The music is pretty good, but Dustin's original narration is the best. The video plays rather odd with Ringo and has a different feel altogether.
4 out of 4 people found the following review useful:
It was a great lesson in tolerance and acceptance., 24 November 2003
Author:
Sue (aunt_su) from United States
Besides having a wonderful score written by Harry Nilson, including the song "Me and My Arrow" which was used in a car commercial, it had a great story and unique cartoons - very different for its day. I had seen it when it first came out with Dustin Hoffman as the father's voice, but the next time I saw it, Alan Thicke did the voice and I wondered if I had been mistaken. It is gratifying to know that I wasn't. I've never heard it with Ringo Starr in that part, but I think it would be interesting.
6 out of 8 people found the following review useful:
Great movie about diversity and acceptance, 15 April 2002
Author:
Snoopy1 from Watertown, MA
Growing up, my parents used to rent this movie for my sister and I all the
time. Along with "Free To Be You & Me", these movies made me really
open-minded and I learned a lot.
It's the story of a young boy who lives in a town with all of these people
whose heads are pointy. His head is not. So he treks around on a
"psychedelic journey" with his dog. I don't remember much else, but I
remember Ringo narrating it :-) and the ending which I'm not going to write
about here.
I can't seem to find this film anywhere now. I think I'd enjoy seeing it,
especially since in retrospect I realize that it was probably made by
hippies and had a lot of the 60s/70s drug culture in it.
4 out of 6 people found the following review useful:
Experience Under Marijke, 3 May 2008
Author:
tedg (tedg@FilmsFolded.com) from Virginia Beach
Its hard to fathom right now, but at the end of the 60s, the nature and
future of narrative was in the hands of The Beatles.
They had consciously experimented with new forms based on underlying
mechanics that today would be called "new age" and considered bogus.
Their White Album was based on the kabbalistic structure of Alice in
Wonderland, obfuscated by superficial stories and elaborated by
hallucinogenic dynamics.
One of the "best friends" during this period (friends of John and
Ringo) was Nilssen. Out of that relationship came this.
It preserves some of the mechanics: the relationship of small form song
narrative to a larger assembly; the hallucinogenic imagery in word and
film; the references to Pepperland and Alice, and even after a period
of fighting for Ringo, he appears as the narrator. But as Harry was
essentially a sweet drunk, it lacks the underlying ambition of The
Beatles: to re- invent the common cosmology around less destructive
geometry.
Taymor would mine this for her visual exploration of the Beatles.
And because Nilssen was a sex addict as well, much of the key imagery
follows that, allowing for the transmission through the
director/artist. (This whole thing was written during a series of
sexually enhanced acid trips.) For instance, the first "pointless"
thing with a point after the stoned guy is three dancing fecund
redheads. Check out redheaded Marijke, the Beatles' Tarot reader of
this period.
As with Beatles songs, this is appreciated for its small form
sweetness, and the larger aspiration is ignored or discounted as naive.
Except for perhaps the inescapable notion of going to the forbidden,
unknown and risky "forest" to discover self.
Ted's Evaluation -- 3 of 3: Worth watching.
1 out of 1 people found the following review useful:
Great Film, Great Message, 14 January 2007
Author:
PsychedelicVirus from United States
*** This review may contain spoilers ***
First of all I must say this is probably one of my favorite animated films of all time, the music is off of one of my favorite albums of all time, and the animation is very unique and of it's time. That out of the way one of the most annoying complaints I here about this movie is that the message of racial tolerance is way to ham-fisted. Well yes, it is ham-fisted, yet it was a broadcast "cartoon" and that message is one of the bigger messages in it, so it could be more easily understood by the masses. However the message I dig most about the picture is that every thing has a point or a purpose. (except for the pointed man who said, "a point in every direction is the same as no point at all" and the fact that he was of no real help and he didn't really do anything for the plot) Anyway enough rambling, If you like good music, beautifully animated films, or just something to show the kids that has an easy to understand wholesome message watch this film, you'll be thankful you did.
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