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Tottoko Hamutaro (2000)
The best cartoon on TV.
This cartoon relies on cuteness, intuitive humor, and pretty good animation; and it does quite well.
While it may not be the most exciting, action-packed thing out there, it gets a smile and a laugh more than three times from myself and anyone else who is around watching it with me. If you sit around and watch mindless cartoons all day, like most of the stuff on Nickelodeon and the major networks, then you probably will not like this show. Because it does not rely on gross-out humor, stupid jokes, or idiotic-looking characters, I find it quite clever.
It *does* happen to be geared towards a younger audience -- what cartoon with little animals isn't? It's refreshing in the fact that it's innocent, much better than practically anything on TV today that's smothered with innuendo or lack of intelligence.
There's a wide variety of characters, and the animation is excellent compared to most of the drab and repetitive stuff I usually come across ('Sabrina the Animated Series' or 'DBZ'). It doesn't seem to skip details and effects are well done. Plus, there are plenty of good voice actors to round out the crew -- Ted Cole especially, in my opinion. The dubbing is well-done, and that's coming from me -- I HATE dubbed anime. While Hamtaro's voice does grate occasionally, it suits his character.
If you just want to watch a nice, clean, decent show that doesn't depend on stupidity for humor... watch this.
*4/5*
PS: You may get more of a kick out of it if you own a hamster.
Treasure Planet (2002)
The worst Disney film I've ever seen
My friend is in love with this movie. She demanded that I go to it. Willingly, I went: I like Disney movies, and I want to be an artist or animator when I get older. However, this was just the worst thing I've seen by Disney!
The movie's animation was nothing new. The CG effects were somewhat annoying and clashed with the usual animation. The storyline was boring but maybe because of the fact that it was based of "Treasure Island", and everyone's heard that tale before. The otherworldly setting added nothing to the plot, other than the island is now a planet. Wow.
I wish Disney would put a better score to their films, as well; the music is never clever, simply predictable. The song with the lead singer of the Goo Goo Dolls was all right.
The cast of characters, though voiced by a star-studded cast, was the usual lot.... the two characters hooking up at the end was also predictable and I saw it coming before the film did. And Disney had to lower itself (or are they low enough already?) to put in a character that speaks in -- what else? -- farting noises.
This film blew in, blew out, and left me with nothing except a yawn... I feel sorry for my friend. :(
*1/5*