Quite simply, what are the films you believe don't get the credit you feel they deserve? They can be live-action or animated.
To get this rolling I'm going to The Last Unicorn.
This is one of those films that I can praise to no end and it upsets me when people say they never heard of it. The story can appeal to children due to the nature of the story, being a fairy tale featuring unicorns, magicians, dragons and harpies among other things. The older and wiser audiance member can even appreciate it as it plays with the classic tropes of Fairy tales, decontructing its characters and revealing new facets to old archetypes.
The art is amazing and in many cases would've been the first example of anime to those who first saw it as children, though it is a strange hybridisation of western and eastern styles.
The voice acting is phenomenal and reads like A-List ensemble cast: Mia Farrow as the titular Unicorn; Alan Arkin as the bumbling wizard Shmendrick; Jeff Bridges; Rene Auberjonois; Angela Lansbury playing very much out of character as Mommy Fortuna and, of course, Christopher Lee as the haunting and rather tragic King Haggard, a role he reprised for the German dub.
Even the music by America works despite being soft rock in a medieval setting.
Bah, I'm starting to ramble on. So what about you guys? What films do you find are underrated?
To get this rolling I'm going to The Last Unicorn.
This is one of those films that I can praise to no end and it upsets me when people say they never heard of it. The story can appeal to children due to the nature of the story, being a fairy tale featuring unicorns, magicians, dragons and harpies among other things. The older and wiser audiance member can even appreciate it as it plays with the classic tropes of Fairy tales, decontructing its characters and revealing new facets to old archetypes.
The art is amazing and in many cases would've been the first example of anime to those who first saw it as children, though it is a strange hybridisation of western and eastern styles.
The voice acting is phenomenal and reads like A-List ensemble cast: Mia Farrow as the titular Unicorn; Alan Arkin as the bumbling wizard Shmendrick; Jeff Bridges; Rene Auberjonois; Angela Lansbury playing very much out of character as Mommy Fortuna and, of course, Christopher Lee as the haunting and rather tragic King Haggard, a role he reprised for the German dub.
Even the music by America works despite being soft rock in a medieval setting.
Bah, I'm starting to ramble on. So what about you guys? What films do you find are underrated?
Woot to gun kata.
