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Every ant has his day
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The first film to be completely computer generated since Toy Story, and,
like its predecessor, its success is due to the superb characterisations of the
main players.
I am not a loyal fan of Woody Allen but this movie is a superb vehicle for his
humorous monologues on existence and life itself; in some ways the film is a
Woody Allen movie and the choice of voice was a good one.
The story is a typical Ant meets Ant, Ant falls in love with Ant, Ants have
a great adventure, and Ants live happily ever after in perfect harmony type
story. Z ( Zee ), a worker ant, falls in love with Princess Bala who is bequethed to
General Mandible, a soldier ant ( obviously ). Z gets himself into the army to
get a chance to see his love again but is sent off to fight the Termites. As
the only survivor he returns, the hero; much to the anoyance of the General
who is hatching a devious plot. In the ensuing fracas; Z and Bala are catapulted out of their colony and embark
on a search for Insectopia, return and save the day.
The animations are exceedingly well done and on a grand scale although the
product placement was a little too obvious. The screenplay works
wonderfully. The script is genuinely funny although much will go straight over the heads of
the younger audience, which is perhaps just as well.
A visual feast for the young and not-so-young alike. It will be interesting to
see how Disney's A Bugs Life compares.
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