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Cool World Customer Reviews (4 - 6 of 14 Reviews)

Uninspired and Disappointing
Being a fan of LORD OF THE RINGS, FIRE AND ICE, and AMERICAN POP as a kid, I'm really surprised at how uninspired COOL WORLD is. On the positive side, Holly Would is way "cartoon sexier" than Jessica Rabbit (as is Brad Pitt's cartoon girlfriend), and it's great seeing Kim Basinger squirm around like she's in heat, but other than that, there's not a whole lot in COOL WORLD to get excited about. After 80 or so years of rich animation history, you'd think this movie would be loaded with in-jokes and references, but instead the ancillary characters do little more than fill the scene with your very basic cartoon gags. And the more surreal, black and white animation looks amatuerish and out of place. The pivotal moment of the film occurs when a real life Gabriel Byrne and Holly Would do the nasty, changing her into a human. Given Bakshi's graphic past, you'd think this scene would be a little more "climactic," but in truth, I didn't realize it was actually happening until it was over. It is totally uninspired (both parties are fully dressed), and given the way Holly Would looked, that's a damn shame. The review on the box calls this a "darker, more extreme WHO FRAMED ROGER RABBIT?", but that's being nice. It's more like a WFRR with low production value, crappy acting, cheaper animation, inferior story, and lacking cartoon charm. COOL WORLD is too crude for children, and too boring for adults. And that's too bad. In short, there's not a single character in this film I'd like to see on a t-shirt.

Bakshi makes another liveactionanimation film, of vapidness
I've seen his live-action/animation film "Coonskin", and that was great. Now that I saw "Cool World", I'm dissapointed. This film is the worst 4/10 film I ever rated. I don't call it a Roger Rabbit rip-off (I'm wondering why people are, but it's not, just because it is also live-action and animated doesn't mean we call it a rip-off [did we call Roger Rabbit a rip-off of Coonskin or other live-action/animated films before RR...hmmm!!??]) The artwork is nice and bizzare, but that is one of the few merits this film has, but the animation bleeds together horribly with the live-action (for example, when Brad Pitt put his arm around Lonnete, he looked as though he put his arm around a living card-board cut-out.) The soundtrack has a 4/5 merit, but that's the only other merit. The plot is horrible, I dunno why certain people actually like this plot. This film deserved to flop in the Box-Office. The dialoge is fairly weak as well. If you are going to buy this film, DON'T. Don't even rent it! Just buy the soundtrack and you'll live happily ever after away from this film.

Bakshi's worst movie
The movie is poorly written not to mention the lame special effects. Its a completly souless film. If you liked Fritz the Cat,Wizards,American Pop, or other films by Ralph Bakshi, than stay away from this, because its embarassing.

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