Antz (1998)
I watched this one in kindergarten, and I don't really remember enjoying it, because I didn't understand the film at all. But, now I can watch it as a teenager and understand the plot entirely. So, I re-watched it almost ten years later, and here's what I thought.
Antz is a typically interesting animated film because so many people think it copycats Pixar's A Bug's Life, and vice versa. Granted, both films were released in the same year, and have similar settings and storylines. But, watching this film made me come to realise that the storylines have little to no similarities at all. Both films are about ants and an ant princess, and whatever. But, Antz has a much more meaningful and delicate storyline that mainly targets youths and adults, while Pixar's counterpart settles for an audience of children. Switch the target audiences around, and you have annoyed adults and confused kids.
I liked Antz, and it was fun to see Dreamworks' first 100% CGI feature (despite the fact that it is indeed Dreamworks). And I did enjoy it a lot more than A Bug's Life. But, I don't think that most kids will not find this one as enjoyable as A Bug's Life, only because of Antz' adult humour and cruder animation and colour patterns.
9.2/10
Frozen (2013)
I had been avoiding this one ever since its theatrical release last Thanksgiving. But, I finally got around to watching it. I had heard little to no bad things spoken about Frozen, most of them saying it was "right up there with all the other Disney classics". Through my eyes, however, I didn't notice anything particularly outstanding or special about this film. It's really just another Disney princess movie.
The animation was pretty sweet, the songs were fun (but not as catchy as everyone says they are), and the voice cast was next to flawless. All the ingredients for a typical Disney movie. Nothing at all different from the other Disney animations. It just leaves me wondering what everyone thought was so great about it, that put it up there with The Lion King and all the other classics.
6.2/10
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