Antz-Bugs with life....

Rating: 7/10 (5 February 2000)

Best Woody Allen movie in ages! Ditto Stallone! I liked this a lot-the battle was right outta Bug Hunt-I mean, Starship Troopers, kinda over kill in places but not bad-enjoyed the voice work of Christopher Walken, Gene Hackman and Sharon Stone also. Kept on wondering who was Barbados(Glover!), Azteca(kept thinking it was Sandra Bullock-nope!(Jenny Lopez) and the queen(anne Bancroft-knew the voice-but...)
You will enjoy the action, esp. the end, the big wrecking ball(what a clever idea!), the f/X, and the major Theme-Individuality is Good(ala Bugs Life, by the way....) All good.
Hollywood does seem to have a penchant of doing the same thing as the next guy-two ant films, two asteroid movies, two with volcanoes, etc.-here both versions are welcome, well done, and quite different.
Personally I have to go with Bugs Life-the circus, PT Flea and F/X struck me as being just that much better. But you can't go wrong with Antz, either.
*** outta ****-quite good.