This is the first movie based on the memorable TV show "DuckTales". Is it as good as the popular TV show? Not in my book, but it remains faithful to the spirit of that great TV show. Plus, the movie is fun, entertaining and enjoyable enough.
This came out in 1990. At the time I was in the kindergarten. However, I know I saw this in a cinema I'd go many times during my elementary school days. I went to see it with my elementary schoolmates and teacher (and the rest of the school). I'm pretty sure it was in 1992, when I was in elementary school and when it was re-released and its tape came. Not to forget that I saw this countless times as a kid.
In this story, Scrooge McDuck takes Donald Duck's nephews (Huey, Dewey and Louie - and Webby) to Egypt with his clumsy pilot Launchpad McQuack (the movie actually beginning with some crazy but hilarious acrobatics with the plane - Launchpad even confesses that he never went to a flight school). Being as greedy and obsessed by money as Scrooge is, of course that this trip could only be for something that had to do with money. Scrooge never misses a chance to find something that can make him even richer than he already is, so this time his goal is to find the lost treasure of Collie Baba (a mockery on Allie Baba).
As an irony of destiny, the ducks find a magic lamp and after rubbing the lamp, a genie comes out of it. They have great fun together and become great friends. After all, the genie is a little kid (or duck, in this case), just like them. The genie's friendly personality makes him cool. However, the genie knows about the ambitions of the evil sorcerer Merlock and he's deeply afraid that Merlock might find him someday. Merlock wants the magic lamp, so that he can have as many wishes as he wants and, with them, take over the world.
Kleptomaniac Dijon, despite being Merlock's sidekick, isn't any scary and he's not really evil. I don't see him as bad enough to be a villain. Dijon is more of a comic relief and shakes with fear over Merlock.
Overall, not a super animated movie, but a likable and nostalgic one. It brings back the fun, amusement, adventure, danger, darkness, good artwork, good soundtrack and great main characters (the ducks) from the TV show "DuckTales".
This is one of those cartoons from a time when Disney *really* was Disney. Plus, it's a reminder of the best times of many of us. Ah, the early 90's...
This came out in 1990. At the time I was in the kindergarten. However, I know I saw this in a cinema I'd go many times during my elementary school days. I went to see it with my elementary schoolmates and teacher (and the rest of the school). I'm pretty sure it was in 1992, when I was in elementary school and when it was re-released and its tape came. Not to forget that I saw this countless times as a kid.
In this story, Scrooge McDuck takes Donald Duck's nephews (Huey, Dewey and Louie - and Webby) to Egypt with his clumsy pilot Launchpad McQuack (the movie actually beginning with some crazy but hilarious acrobatics with the plane - Launchpad even confesses that he never went to a flight school). Being as greedy and obsessed by money as Scrooge is, of course that this trip could only be for something that had to do with money. Scrooge never misses a chance to find something that can make him even richer than he already is, so this time his goal is to find the lost treasure of Collie Baba (a mockery on Allie Baba).
As an irony of destiny, the ducks find a magic lamp and after rubbing the lamp, a genie comes out of it. They have great fun together and become great friends. After all, the genie is a little kid (or duck, in this case), just like them. The genie's friendly personality makes him cool. However, the genie knows about the ambitions of the evil sorcerer Merlock and he's deeply afraid that Merlock might find him someday. Merlock wants the magic lamp, so that he can have as many wishes as he wants and, with them, take over the world.
Kleptomaniac Dijon, despite being Merlock's sidekick, isn't any scary and he's not really evil. I don't see him as bad enough to be a villain. Dijon is more of a comic relief and shakes with fear over Merlock.
Overall, not a super animated movie, but a likable and nostalgic one. It brings back the fun, amusement, adventure, danger, darkness, good artwork, good soundtrack and great main characters (the ducks) from the TV show "DuckTales".
This is one of those cartoons from a time when Disney *really* was Disney. Plus, it's a reminder of the best times of many of us. Ah, the early 90's...