Post by Taren on Jan 7, 2010 3:06:40 GMT -5
I saw All Dogs for the first time last night. I am very surprised at how serious the tone and subject matter is. I fell in love with Don Bluth's dark world. I enjoyed how the main characters had their own flaws and at the end of the film they didn't totally change who they are. Many children's movies (Disney for example) have a totally bad character become squeaky clean by the end of the story. Not here -- That isn't how life is. People may have changes of heart, but it doesn't change who they are.
Spoiler Warning
The only thing that really bothered me about the movie was the ending. Charlie was told when he first left heaven that he could never return. Yet, at the end he was allowed to return because he had a change of heart. I guess God or heaven doesn't follow a strict set of rules? Seriously, I think the film would have a much more powerful ending and message if Charlie went to Hell, as he was about to in the start of the scene. Charlie gave up his very life to save another, even knowing that his action would send him to Hell. I think having that ending would have been more appropriate.
I realize that this is considered a children's movie, but I don't feel that the ending mixes well with the rest of the film. The movie was very dark, with death always looming. For the ending to just end on a happy note seemed kind of rushed.
All Dogs Go to Heaven is possibly my favorite animated film of all time. I have to watch it again to make that judgement. But had it ended on a dark note, much like what the rest of the film was drowning in, All Dogs could have possibly been my favorite film of all time.
Good movie. Great animated feature.
Four and a half out of five stars.
Spoiler Warning
The only thing that really bothered me about the movie was the ending. Charlie was told when he first left heaven that he could never return. Yet, at the end he was allowed to return because he had a change of heart. I guess God or heaven doesn't follow a strict set of rules? Seriously, I think the film would have a much more powerful ending and message if Charlie went to Hell, as he was about to in the start of the scene. Charlie gave up his very life to save another, even knowing that his action would send him to Hell. I think having that ending would have been more appropriate.
I realize that this is considered a children's movie, but I don't feel that the ending mixes well with the rest of the film. The movie was very dark, with death always looming. For the ending to just end on a happy note seemed kind of rushed.
All Dogs Go to Heaven is possibly my favorite animated film of all time. I have to watch it again to make that judgement. But had it ended on a dark note, much like what the rest of the film was drowning in, All Dogs could have possibly been my favorite film of all time.
Good movie. Great animated feature.
Four and a half out of five stars.