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DeadCanadian [ 7.0 ]
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Why is Woody Allen in this movie? As far as I know, the only movie that he's been in that he didn't write or direct was "Casino Royale", which he hates. This movie is a sort of combination of Disney Movie and anti-totalitarian parable, neither of which work particularily well. Woody does a good job as the voice of Z and is responsible for most of the film's few funny bits. Sharon Stone does one of the worst animated voice-overs I have ever seen, and Jennifer Lopez's character has a strange resemblance to Liza Minelli. All in all, a fairly odd, but strangely tame movie.
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Franc28 [ 9.0 ]
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Antz is the story of a neurotic worker ant named Z-4195, masterly scripted and voiced by Woody Allen, as a depressed individualist in a microcosm where complete conformity, obedience and class-based social structure is the rule. The only thing that keeps him from becoming a total outcast is his friend Weaver, a soldier ant voiced by Sylvester Stallone.
Attracted to the princess of the colony, "Z" switches places with Weaver in a ploy to see her again, but is caught in a full-scale battle with a termite colony where he is the only survivor. While his individualism becomes contagious and creates turmoil amongst the other ants, he and the princess set in a journey to try to find the fabled Insectopia.
Other voice actors are Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, Anne Bancroft, Christopher Walken, Jennifer Lopez, Danny Glover, and Dan Aykroyd. As goofy as the voice casting choices may sound, they really work. The humour will probably appeal more to adults than children (as for example Woody Allen pointing out that "when you're the middle child in a family of five million, you don't get any attention."). The views of the colony are impressive, even for an animation. A sense of scale and wonder is maintained throughout, under as well as over ground. The Insectopia, for example, turns out to be a picnic which, thanks to plastic bags and a looking glass, is more work than expected.
While Disney continues to churn out mediocre animation which preaches the evils of collectivism, obedience and altruism (including the competitor to Antz, "A Bug's Life"), Antz is an incredible case in point of rationality, coupled with good humour, a sense of wonder, and modern technology, triumphing in modern movies. If you like animation, I cannot recommend "Antz" enough.
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brandon [ 6.5 ]
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the film tries to bridge the gap between kids films, and more intellectual faire .. or, as it's been aptly described, an animated woody allen film. unfortunately, it didn't work for me, and would have prefered either a straight kids film, or a straight woody allen flick ..
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Speck [ 4.0 ]
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The first 10 minutes were amuzing... after that I wanted to pummel the ant into the ground! The animation suffered from the early release as well. I applaud Disney for not rushing after Antz threw down the gauntlet.
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Love_Spoon [ 6.5 ]
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Hip little tale of a particular ant named Z (voiced by Woody Allen) who has concerns of insignificance in his daily work. Meanwhile, the general of the ant army (voiced by Gene Hackman) convinces the queen (Anne Bancroft) that a war with the termites is necessary. The queen's daughter (Sharon Stone) goes slumming one night and meets our little friend Z. He falls in love with her and convinces his soldier friend (Sylvester Stallone) to trade places in the parade the next day so he could get a second look at the princess. Little does he know that they're actually marching to battle with the termites. He makes friends with Barbatus (Danny Glover) and turns out to be the only survivor of the battle, thus returning home a hero and traveling with the princess to the land of Insectopia. I enjoyed the film, but since I saw this (I know, I know) after A Bug's Life, I was a bit biased toward it, even though it actually came out before the Pixar movie. I'm not sure why-probably because Woody Allen just generally gets under my skin, but I liked the other one better. Still, a nice effort.
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Edwards [ 8.5 ]
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DreamWorks don't match Pixar's animation style, but their humor is certainly more interesting. This is basically a Woody Allen comedy set in an ant colony, even featuring many of his old co-stars such as Christopher Walken, Gene Hackman, and Sharon Stone
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| Weighted Rating | : 7.1 |
| No. Ratings | : 29 | |
| No. Reviews | : 17 | |
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