Wizards is the only animated movie I can think of where I spend half the time unsure if I’m looking at a stylistic effect or an unfinished shot. Writer/director Ralph Bakshi cuts between fully-animated character and action bits, sepia still drawings accompanied by voice over narration, rotoscoped battle scenes, and lots of tinted footage from Nazi propaganda movies.
The story is thin, it feels like some vital linking material was never shot and the voice acting is variable but the kaleidoscopic style kept me watching through dead spots and many individual moments are incredible. Bakshi really pushes the boundaries of that PG rating, even for 1976. If you cut out the dim comic relief and got a better narrator (I love Susan Tyrell but she sounds completely wasted here) it’d be a minor classic.
Shout by Pearce DuncanVIP 8BlockedParent2022-12-28T06:01:46Z
Wizards is the only animated movie I can think of where I spend half the time unsure if I’m looking at a stylistic effect or an unfinished shot. Writer/director Ralph Bakshi cuts between fully-animated character and action bits, sepia still drawings accompanied by voice over narration, rotoscoped battle scenes, and lots of tinted footage from Nazi propaganda movies.
The story is thin, it feels like some vital linking material was never shot and the voice acting is variable but the kaleidoscopic style kept me watching through dead spots and many individual moments are incredible. Bakshi really pushes the boundaries of that PG rating, even for 1976. If you cut out the dim comic relief and got a better narrator (I love Susan Tyrell but she sounds completely wasted here) it’d be a minor classic.