Summary
This movie is one of my favorites. In fact, I believe it is one the best CGI movie. My top 5:
1. Bug's Life
2. Shrek
3. Ice Age
4. Finding Nemo
5. Toy Story II
Dreamworks made a movie called 'Antz'. In my opinion, that movie was uncreative, annoying, and just plain bad. The worst thing about that movie was that it copied off this one.
Anyway, onto the review. The story goes like this: it starts off with a bunch of ants picking grain. One ant, named Flik, wants to help the colony by inventing a machine called a harvester. It turns out this machine does more harm than good, and ends up knocking down the food stockpile that is for the grasshoppers that come every year and expect the ants to serve them by giving them food. When the grasshoppers come, they are angry that there is no food. The leader, Hopper, gives the ants until Winter to replenish the food, and doubles the orders. Then he and his grasshoppers leave. Everyone is now angry at Flik, but he offers to make up by finding warrior bugs to fend off the grasshoppers. You'll have to watch the movie to find out what happens next. The story is not quite Shakespeare, but isn't shallow or simple, and has a lot of tension.
My favorite part about the movie was the characters. The best one was definitely Hopper. Usually Disney villians are just made so there would be villians. While he is not very complicated, there is something about him that is very funny, whether it is his humorous (not overly cruel) meanness, his lines, or a scar on his eye. The circus bugs are pretty close behind. They are also funny, and many others reasons which I can't describe. Flik and the Princess Atta are pretty good. Princess Dot...meh. Hopper's brother is almost as good as Hopper himself, and seems too nice to be his brother.
Other things I like a lot about this movie is it's story, it's animation and colors (not as good as Finding Nemo, but for 1998...), and how funny it is. Unlike Ants, it has several morals, one of which is "If we stand together, we'll win."
That is it for this long review. All I have left to say is that this is an excellent movie, and that it is good to buy. I'd recommend you'd rent it to see if you'd like it, but I'd recommend that for every movie in the world.
OTHER RECOMMENDED MOVIES
1. Shrek
2. Spirit-Stallion of the Cimmaron
3. Ice Age
