Another impressive part of this movie is the soundtrack, using the classic 20's jazz song "Why Don't You Do Right?" to bring back the old jazz club scene, to make for a truly authentic feel from a cartoon character, as well as the detective music used all originally composed. While this movie was not the first of it's kind, it was definitely the first to have cartoons and real actors interact so seamlessly, and it is impressive that it was made over 15 years ago. This was a landmark movie, cementing skills from all areas of Hollywood, from the budding special effects industry, to the acting skills of Bob Hoskins, to the SUPERB directing skills of Robert Zemeckis, to create one of the most impressive movies in Hollywood. When this original movie was conceived and released in 1988, it was seen as a movie for the kids, but it soon found its way into the hearts of moviegoers everywhere. It's a great one! I'd highly recommend this for the family and friends or just a Saturday with nothing to do. Just great and hilarious.Ĭome on, fans! This is a terrific movie and deserves to be on the top 250 films of all time! It's a break through for cinema history and movies in general. My favorite scene is without a doubt when Eddie(played by Bob) is looking for Jessica and meets the crazy look-a-like in Toon Town. She's just too much fun for this movie and is wonderful as a cartoon. Jessica Rabbit is so cool and sexy for a cartoon. The ending where he reveals his true form, he is just terrifying and effective. shudder! This guy gave me so many nightmares as a kid from his character as the judge. It's silly because it's a cartoon, but Roger and Bob clicked so well and are unforgettable.Ĭhristopher Lloyd. I love the way he develops his role so much, how he goes from this stick-to-the-book and all cartoons are bad to this lovable goofy guy due to Roger's insatiable love for life and cartoons. After all when he was talking to Roger, he wasn't really talking to anybody since it was a cartoon character. The cartoon world meets reality.īob Haskins is to die for in this film, he plays such a great American detective and he didn't have much to work with. Their review is “Yeah! I liked it!” (5 year old) and “Didn’t like it as much as Space Jam” (7 year old).I was a little surprised that "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" wasn't on the top 250. As I say, Christopher Lloyd’s character might be a bit much for some little ones (and even some adults), but any child older than 7 shouldn’t be too stressed. But hey! Toughen your kids up and they’ll grow up well adjusted and happier for it. Also the shoe dying in the dip scene is sad but it needs to be to establish the bad guy as dangerous. There is a moment when this guy gets shot in the back but the actual depiction of that is brief and (funnily enough) a bit cartoon like, so it’s not actually that emotional a moment. And they laughed at all the cartoons and the rest of the adult stuff was mild and brief and over their heads. Don’t you remember when you were little and something on the tv made you run behind the sofa? It didn’t kill you, did it? It toughened you up a bit. It’s teaching them that imaginary worlds and real worlds are distinct, and the fun here in this movie comes from seeing them both put together. They know cartoons like Tom and Jerry and Wile E Coyote and no matter what cartoon mishaps befall those characters, they are back on screen the next moment. They both loved every other second of the film, especially the cartoon violence which they have talked about as “not being real” and how in real life “you can’t be like a cartoon”. Good girl! She could tell what the film was doing. The five year old just sat there totally unaffected and said “he’s the baddie”. I’ve shown this film to my little daughters, 7 and 5, and my 7 year old only freaked out and ran off for a moment when Christopher Lloyd’s character turned into an evil cartoon at the end.
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