Who Framed Roger Rabbit (1988) (PG)
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Stubby Kaye
Daddy Says:
Well, we only got one comment below, and he seemed alright with my 9-year-old son sitting in for my daughter for a couple of weeks while she's away at summer camp. This is his first attempt at writing anything for anything other than a school grade, so we'll cut him some slack.
Our first movie we watched was Who Framed Roger Rabbit. For those few of you who've never heard of this movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a modern-day film noir which takes place in an alternate reality where cartoons are real and shot like any other movie (with a camera, on a set with toon actors). When a human is murdered, and the titular character is framed for his murder ("Killed by a safe dropped on his head. Just like a toon..."), Bob Hoskins' detective Eddie Valiant is forced to reluctantly solve the case.
Hoskins may be listed first on the starring list above, but, let's face it, the real stars here are the toons and the special effects which allow them to interact physically with the "real" world around them. Pretty much if you've got a favorite cartoon character from either Disney or Looney Tunes, they're in this movie (a lot of them interacting for the first time ever -- I can't imagine the legal logistics that went into making this happen). There's a classic scene in the first half of the movie featuring a piano duet between Daffy and Donald Duck ("Thith is the lath time I work with someone with a speeth impediment" says Daffy).
The special effects are phenomenal (even more so in this day and age where everything is done on a computer). All these effects were done on-set, with the cartoons being put on afterwards. That means that if a chair gets moved on-set physically, it had to be moved as it was being filmed. A behind the scenes documentary on the making of the effects for this film would be almost as fascinating as the movie itself.
This is a truly great family film. If you've never seen it, don't miss it. If you've already seen it before, you could do worse than to watch it again. You won't be disappointed.
Rating for Who Framed Roger Rabbitt: *****.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis
Starring: Bob Hoskins, Christopher Lloyd, Joanna Cassidy, Stubby Kaye
Daddy Says:
Well, we only got one comment below, and he seemed alright with my 9-year-old son sitting in for my daughter for a couple of weeks while she's away at summer camp. This is his first attempt at writing anything for anything other than a school grade, so we'll cut him some slack.
Our first movie we watched was Who Framed Roger Rabbit. For those few of you who've never heard of this movie, Who Framed Roger Rabbit is a modern-day film noir which takes place in an alternate reality where cartoons are real and shot like any other movie (with a camera, on a set with toon actors). When a human is murdered, and the titular character is framed for his murder ("Killed by a safe dropped on his head. Just like a toon..."), Bob Hoskins' detective Eddie Valiant is forced to reluctantly solve the case.
Hoskins may be listed first on the starring list above, but, let's face it, the real stars here are the toons and the special effects which allow them to interact physically with the "real" world around them. Pretty much if you've got a favorite cartoon character from either Disney or Looney Tunes, they're in this movie (a lot of them interacting for the first time ever -- I can't imagine the legal logistics that went into making this happen). There's a classic scene in the first half of the movie featuring a piano duet between Daffy and Donald Duck ("Thith is the lath time I work with someone with a speeth impediment" says Daffy).
The special effects are phenomenal (even more so in this day and age where everything is done on a computer). All these effects were done on-set, with the cartoons being put on afterwards. That means that if a chair gets moved on-set physically, it had to be moved as it was being filmed. A behind the scenes documentary on the making of the effects for this film would be almost as fascinating as the movie itself.
This is a truly great family film. If you've never seen it, don't miss it. If you've already seen it before, you could do worse than to watch it again. You won't be disappointed.
Rating for Who Framed Roger Rabbitt: *****.
My Son Says:
Who Framed Roger Rabbit was one of the most weirdest movies I've ever seen, next to Yellow Submarine. But, I'm not discouraging you from watching it. It's about a guy and he's a police officer who hates toons because one of them dropped a piano on his brother's head. And all he knows about this guy is that he's got red eyes and a really screechy voice, kind of like chalk on a chalkboard.
And there is a bunny who is a toon. His name is Roger Rabbit. He's got a friend who is a baby, but sounds like an 80-year-old man. His name is Baby Herman. He is a toon as you probably guessed. Well, Roger Rabbit has a little bit of a problem. He's not performing well because he hasn't seen his wife much.
Here's the stuff I liked. I liked the end. I also liked when we go into Toontown, because it is the weirdest thing you'll ever see.
My rating for this movie is ****, because at first it kind of scared me (the toons are scary, well at least some of them).
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