Far Too Predictable

Rating: 5/10 (21 February 2005)

In all fairness, A Bug's Life is probably an immensely entertaining film for kids. I know when I was a kid I loved it. And even now, I find a few moments in the movie amusing.
HOWEVER: The biggest problem with this movie was that it was far, far, FAAR too predictable! I can give you some examples. Right from the get-go, you can predict Princess Ata will become Queen at the end. As soon as you see Princess Dot trying and failing to fly, you know she will be able to do so by the end. When you see everybody hating Flik and his inventions, you know that by the end everyone will love them both. The second you discover Hopper's fear of birds, you know that that is how he will meet his demise. You can also tell that Heimlich will become a butterfly before all is over.
I honestly cannot believe how this movie beat "Antz" in popularity, when the latter film was an altogether funnier, cleverer, and more entertaining film with a more engaging storyline and characters. I give this movie 5/10, because I don't want to be too harsh on it when it has several redeeming features. But I do not think that it was nearly as good as Antz, and certainly too predictable.