 "one of the best disney film for childrens and why not adults" | 2009-11-04 |
| - Reviewed By User: A3KP7332HRMYWU |
| was great, especial if you got children, great sound effect, if you got 5.1 surround,after toy story i rated this one top 5 |
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 "Such a Cute Movie!" | 2009-11-01 |
| - Reviewed By l_hendrex |
I love this movie as much as my grandchildren do. Really cute story with great animation - keeps us all spellbound, and has sparked an interest in real bugs that has blossomed into a hobby! The little ones can't get enough of books about bugs, and love to spot and identify bugs they find in the back yard or on hikes. It all started when they watched A Bug's Life.
There are a number of items that go well with this movie, to make it a truly educational experience that if so fun for kids. The book, The Ant and the Grasshopper by Amy Lowry Poole is fun, The Ant and the Grasshopper, a living ant farm, Fascinations Antworks Illuminated, or Bugopoly Late for the Sky Bug-Opoly. The possibilities are endless - just type the words "bugs and insects" into the Amazon Toys and Games search engine and you will find more goodies than you can imagine.
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| "Best blu-ray movie. Must own it." | 2009-07-13 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1EKYEPG3F1CV0 |
| If you like high definition this is the movie to own. The video and sound are perfect. I really liked this movie. |
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| "Excellent picture and sound" | 2009-07-06 |
| - Reviewed By User: A1L4T3D5B6ZGG2 |
| This movie looks and sounds amazing on blu-ray. What can I say, Pixar produces quality. |
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| "Bug's Life Lives on in Blu-ray!" | 2009-07-03 |
| - Reviewed By britots |
| It's been a while since I saw A Bug's Life and it brought back great memories seeing it in Blu-ray. Great story, great performances, and beautiful images, sharp digital clarity. I highly recommend it to everyone. |
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 "A great DVD edition of one of Pixar's lesser offerings" | 2009-07-01 |
| - Reviewed By craigdmackinnon |
I know there is a generation of kids out there with a special place in their hearts for "A Bug's Life". I know this because I made the mistake of commenting that I thought it was Pixar's weakest film in the presence of the current crop of undergraduate university students. But I stand by the statement - as one who has only seen the Pixar films as a teenager or older. This film just doesn't have "It," (whatever "It" is). For an analogy, I turn to the time of the traditional Disney animated hits - "Lion King," in spite of a paint-by-numbers plot, had It. Pocahontas, although it had gorgeous animation and beautiful songs, didn't. Similarly, when compared to the "Toy Stories" and even "Cars", "A Bug's Life" just doesn't compare.
Don't get me wrong - there is lots to like about the film, and about this DVD edition. The voice acting is fantastic, featuring Dave Foley (best know to Canadians from "Kids in the Hall", and to Americans from "News Radio") as the unappreciated inventor and dreamer Flik. All Flik wants to do is make a difference, especially in light of his ant colony's oppression by a gang of ruthless locusts headed by Hopper, voiced by a scene-chewing (and always wonderful) Kevin Spacey. After accidentally destroying the annual tribute to the grasshoppers while demonstrating his latest invention, Flik is sent off on a mission (of his own devising): find some "big bugs" to help the colony fight off the grasshoppers. Instead he finds a set of circus performers who, through a misunderstanding, he brings back to the ant colony to defend it from Hopper's gang. The circus performers provide some of the best moments, including a pair of demented pill bugs and a German-accented caterpillar.
But.... for whatever reason, the movie never really takes off for me. Perhaps I was turned off by the variety of insects - it seemed like the filmakers simply threw in whatever came to mind, and it's a mishmash of whatever bugs they thought were fun to draw. Perhaps it's because the filmakers couldn't bring themselves to go all the way - worker ants are all female, so why is Flik a boy? The fact that these characters are ants (or bugs in general) is irrelevant. They could have been rodents, or forest animals, or anything. Toy Story, Cars, and the Incredibles are brilliant because the stories are driven by the relentless logic of being toys, cars, or retired superheroes. The bugs in A Bug's Life are just cookie-cutter characters who are manipulated by the plot.
I'm probably being too literal, but what can I say? Never having seen this as a child, and comparing it to every other Pixar film that I've seen, this one comes up short. It's still a good movie, and there is lots of good voice acting and some big laughs. It has a good heart, but unfortunately it is a little dumb.
This 2-disc DVD version has lots of great extras. John Lassiter's crew made lots of interesting little featurettes while making the film, in which we see the development of the story. There are interviews with the voice actors, a great audio commentary, and many other extras, including both versions of the end-credits "outtakes", probably the most enduring of this film's animated innovations. |
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