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5.0 out of 5 stars
A mind-altering exemplar of animated Italian bad-taste, June 7, 2006
This review is from: Titanic - The Animated Movie (DVD)
I watched this hung over from the events of 6/6/6 and it was positively delightful. I thought the "mucho gusto" song (in which fat, drunken, sombrero clad mexican mice sing in stereotypical mexican accents about having a good time) was a particularly fine example of gaucherie.
But more than historical inaccuracies and unapologetic anachronism this film is distinguished by its inability to sustain a sad or tragic mood for more than 30 seconds at a time without introducing some piece of corny and/or incomprehensible goofiness onto the screen.
Also, the racial charicatures are an especially tasteless addition to a movie that manages to plagiarize James Cameron's Titanic, Cinderella, An American Tale, and Lady and the Tramp. This film defines hodgepodge.
In many ways this film looks like it was the product of a third-grader's imagination and naivete. Events are strung together by the most tenuous and illogical of associations. Sometimes it really seems that this film is not just the result of lazy or talentless scriptwriters - it is the efforts of individuals with a fundamentally immature understanding of the workings of the world. The italian storyboarders probably thought to themselves, "Its for kids so it does not need to be coherent".
I can't wait for the sequel to drop: "September 11th: The legend continues" in which cute animals (trapped in the burning world trade center) help to save the day by assisting the evacuation of two love-torn financial analysts whose sentiments are brought into a crisp focus by the tragic backdrop. Who says tragedies cannot be made palatable for youngsters by the insertion of adorable mice, dogs, and historical inaccuracy?
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
"It's Party Time!", August 11, 2007
This review is from: Titanic - The Animated Movie (DVD)
...or so the super-cool rapping hip-hop dog (or is it "dawg") in this little flick would have you believe.
For sheer "Oh-my-gosh-they-didn't-just-do-that" -ability, I gave this a shaky 2. (I didn't have a 1 1/2 option.) A movie with which to seriously piss off your Titanic-loving friends.
With nary a glance over their shoulders, safe in the knowledge that the Disney lawyers have fallen from grace these days, the animators cheerfully rip off many well-known characters, toss them onto a big boat - it's CGI rendered in some scenes! - and tell them to, uh, go do something.
With 3, count'em, 3 songs, it is impossible to tell which of them is the worst. Let's see, is it the anachronistic dog's rap? No, it must be the horrid "Mexican" party song. Nah, it's the tepid love song warbled over and over by the ship's very busty chanteuse. Well golly! All THREE of them take the big tasteless cake.
A laughably sad attempt at capitalizing on the fame of a blockbuster, it is simply a movie that should never have splatted into existence in the first place. Buy it if you want to shake your head in disgust and laugh out loud with some friends. (That's what I did!) It's Party Time!!!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
1.0 out of 5 stars
Oh,the humanity!, November 4, 2009
This review is from: Titanic - The Animated Movie (DVD)
"Titanic-The Animated Movie" has legendary status on account of its sheer badness. A terrible human tragedy is suddenly turned into a "child-friendly" fairy tale with a star-crossed couple,talking animals,and musical numbers... one of them involving *SPOILER ALERT* a rapping dog. This rip off clearly capitalized on the Titanic craze,but compensated for its lack of Kate Winslet, Leonardo diCaprio, Celine Dion... and James Cameron for that matter. It's a cavalcade of talentlessness. The plot is,for the lack of a better word,incoherent.
When it comes to the two main characters--the heroine is like Cinderella,with a cruel stepmother and ugly stepsisters, the hero is an architect headed to America with his nanny (and he's in his 20s,at least),the heroine is in search of her mother, and the two suddenly fall in love on board the doomed vessel. That's as coherent as the plot gets.
On the other hand--we have fighting animals on board the ship,a pair of thieves,Sherlock Holmes' clone,a precious blue stone,and a transvestite. It doesn't make sense. It's like a really,really bad trip.
"Titanic-The Animated Movie" (also known as "The Legend Continues") is incredibly disrespectful towards the tragedy of the event. It's a desecration,all in the name of family fun. What's next to be exploited? The Holocaust? 9/11? It boggles the mind.
"Titanic-The Animated Movie" pretends to be family fun... it isn't. Avoid it. Do it for the future. Do it for the children.
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