Reviews

This movie was bad. Painfully bad. I am one of the ten or so people who actually saw this in the theater. I went with two friends on opening night and we were the only three people there.

The first hint that the movie was bad was the premise: An East German inventor creates a car that runs on potatoes--or as he continually calls them "tubers." After the Berlin Wall falls, he moves to the U.S. to try to sell his invention.

Most of the movie consists of painfully obvious "fish out of water"-type jokes. My assumption is that every actor and crew member who worked on it took the money and ran to cash their checks as quickly as possible.

Avoid this movie like the plague. Please. Your brain will thank you.

As a collector of all things Sorcerer Mickey, I knew that I had to see this film as soon as it was released. However, this meant driving two hours to Atlanta to do so, as the local IMAX didn't bow down to the almighty Disney. Was it worth it?

Yes. Each of the segments had a very different style, ensuring that there was something for everyone. I personally didn't care for the Rhapsody in Blue segment, but each of the other segments pushed the limits of current animation technology without seeming too "programmed" (for example, the computer generated whales were combined with what appeared to be hand-drawn bubbles).

The celebrity introductions to each segment were not necessary, but in a couple of cases (especially the Sorcerer's Apprentice), they provided a different point of view. My only question now is whether Roy Disney considers his promise to Uncle Walt fulfilled, or if he'll make another version of Fantasia later.