Product: Who Framed Roger Rabbit [VHS] (1988)
Rating: 5.0
A true work of art
I was very young when Roger Rabbit came out and I was so impressed. I am still impressed today. Even with all the CGI out there now, this movie really holds up well. I am a fan of computer-animated movies, but when they mix it with live action, they risk overdoing it and making things look fake. Or, they are so eager about what they can do with the CGI and how they can "impress" us, they don't worry about other things they should, like acting or plot. With Roger Rabbit, even though they were doing something innovative, they did not forget those two things. And as far as I can think of, Roger Rabbit is really the only movie of its kind.Pete's Dragon (High-Flying Edition)andMary Poppins (40th Anniversary Edition)are two of my all-time favorite movies. However, their included animation did not have the 3-D effect that Roger Rabbit did. (But I must empathize that they did what they did do extremely well - they were both older movies - and the actors interacted very well with the animated characters. Both amazing movies.)As someone who loves art, I really appreciate the time and effort that went into making Roger Rabbit look good. (Of course, as someone who loves acting and movies, I also appreciate the acting and story that made it a good movie.) Like I said, I really like a lot of computer-animated movies, but as far as I can tell from watching the special features on those movies, the computer does most of the work. It seems like once the computer program is set up, the animator just presses some buttons and clicks the mouse. Not that that doesn't take talent, but it's a different kind of talent. Roger Rabbit is more of a traditional, actual type of art. Real people actually drew all that. Then they went in there and added shading and somehow made 2-dimensional animated characters look like they fit in with 3-dimensional actors. What skill! Actually, considering what they can do today with computers, it makes Roger Rabbit all the more impressive.