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The Secret of NIMH (1982)
An Almost-Perfect Masterpiece
I adore The Secret of NIMH. To say this film is great would be quite an understatement. Even if you're not a fan of animation, this film will blow you away. Almost every frame of this film is practically perfect, and there's some neat lighting effects and other animation techniques that really help make this film feel so unique. And the plot, while having some inconsistencies, is still well-made overall, and the film usually manages to keep a nice flow to it, with rarely a dull moment. But as much as I love this movie, there's definitely some problems with it, that, at least for me, hold this film back from being a PERFECT masterpiece, even though I can totally see why most people would call it that.
I'm just gonna throw this out of the way; Jeremy is a waste of screen time. Don't get me wrong, Dom DeLuise does a good performance, and he has his moments. I never found him painfully annoying like Snipes from Rock-a-Doodle, but I didn't find him to be all that funny, with a few exceptions here and there. He serves absolutely no point to the plot, except for that once scene with the cat, I guess. But even then, he could have been given so much more personality than just being clumsy and dumb. He's not terrible, he's just... there.
Second, and this is something that really bothered me; the rats of NIMH are supposed to be far more intelligent than all of the other animals, but, the problem is, all the animals in the film are intelligent (heck, Mrs. Brisby and her kids can read, somehow) and have homes and such, so why are the rats of NIMH any different from the rest of the animals? I feel this problem could have been solved by having the rats of NIMH instead of just being able to read and build stuff, they could have had the IQs of Einstein, or something huge like that. This is probably less so a writing problem, and more so a problem of taking a book and transferring it to a visual format, with all the animals being anthropomorphic beings, but it still is a problem.
But yeah, other than those major things, and a few other small gripes I have, the film is a masterpiece, and really is worth checking out. The last 30 minutes of this film get really fricking dark, seriously, you may wanna hold the kids' hands, but that's part of why this film is so great. It doesn't hold anything back like a lot of other kids' entertainment. Heck, I wouldn't even consider this a kids' film, even though kids can watch it. It's a movie, and an amazing one at that. Don Bluth didn't make this film just for kids, he made it for anyone. So yeah, I have problems with this film, but all and all, I still love it, despite the 8/10 rating I'm giving it. Could it have been better? Maybe. But, as it is, this film is still a masterpiece, so hey, I really don't mind all that much.
The Dempsey Sisters (2013)
The Worst Movie I HAVE EVER SEEN IN MY LIFE.
The Dempsey Sisters is the most despicable thing I have ever seen in my life. I came across this film by accident and got bored at less than the 20 minute mark. Plus, the only other review of this film on IMDB is by the creator of the show, Siddeeqah Powell, who obviously faked his review and called it "a wonderful movie". Tell him to shut the frick up, cause this is the worst film I have ever seen. There is no plot, the whole movie is just 3 women talking about random boring topics, like... bills. Their brother's wife. Music. YAWN. Just watch the first 10 minutes of this film, and you'll hate this as much as I do.
Avoid this crap at all costs. The Garbage Pail Kids movie is a classic compared to this abomination. I HATE THIS MOVIE MORE THAN JUST ABOUT ANYTHING!