To my memory, this was one of the first animated movies I grew up with as a child. And it's still as moving, powerful and entertaining now, as it was when I was young.
TBLT is one of the most underrated movies that I've ever seen,and it's such a shame that it doesn't get the recognition it deserves, especially with a mediocre rating on Rotten Tomatos. The movie may seem to be a typical animated movie; with cutesy scenes and diverse characters for the kids, and that humor that it seemed only our parents would get. But that's not true at all. Just like how this may have been my first animated movie, it was also my first adult movie. This is one of the first and probably one of the few or only animated movie I've seen that was very complex and had a lot of depth to it. For "kids" standards, this was a very dark movie.
Two scenes that seems to stick with a lot of people is the "death" of Air Conditioner, who overheats after being ridiculed by the other characters because their master never played with him and when one of the main characters, Lampy sacrifices himself to recharge their dead car battery during a lightning storm.
But for me, one of the most memorable and most touching, moving and saddest scene is the infamous flower scene; where Toaster is in behind a shrub and sees a lonely flower under a bright light. The flower mistakes Toaster's reflection for another flower and falls in love with it. After Toaster tells the flower that its only a reflection, the flower dies before Toaster's eyes.
All of these scenes (Especially the flower scene) are made even more touching and moving thanks to the beautiful music by David Newman. When we aren't being taken away by beautiful score; we're being entertained by fun and crazed songs such as "More", a song that screams the 1980s about how technology becoming obsolete. "Worthless", a song highlighting the accomplishments and failures of junkyard cars before their deaths and "City of Light", which plays as Toaster and the others are making their way to the city to find their master,Rob.
Thomas Disch, the author of the book passed away 2008; but his work and legacy lives on. Thank you Mr.Disch for shaping my childhood.
TBLT is one of the most underrated movies that I've ever seen,and it's such a shame that it doesn't get the recognition it deserves, especially with a mediocre rating on Rotten Tomatos. The movie may seem to be a typical animated movie; with cutesy scenes and diverse characters for the kids, and that humor that it seemed only our parents would get. But that's not true at all. Just like how this may have been my first animated movie, it was also my first adult movie. This is one of the first and probably one of the few or only animated movie I've seen that was very complex and had a lot of depth to it. For "kids" standards, this was a very dark movie.
Two scenes that seems to stick with a lot of people is the "death" of Air Conditioner, who overheats after being ridiculed by the other characters because their master never played with him and when one of the main characters, Lampy sacrifices himself to recharge their dead car battery during a lightning storm.
But for me, one of the most memorable and most touching, moving and saddest scene is the infamous flower scene; where Toaster is in behind a shrub and sees a lonely flower under a bright light. The flower mistakes Toaster's reflection for another flower and falls in love with it. After Toaster tells the flower that its only a reflection, the flower dies before Toaster's eyes.
All of these scenes (Especially the flower scene) are made even more touching and moving thanks to the beautiful music by David Newman. When we aren't being taken away by beautiful score; we're being entertained by fun and crazed songs such as "More", a song that screams the 1980s about how technology becoming obsolete. "Worthless", a song highlighting the accomplishments and failures of junkyard cars before their deaths and "City of Light", which plays as Toaster and the others are making their way to the city to find their master,Rob.
Thomas Disch, the author of the book passed away 2008; but his work and legacy lives on. Thank you Mr.Disch for shaping my childhood.