Cartoonreviews So is this movie incredibly beat you over the head level of heavy handed with the environmental message? Yes. Of course it is. But that's the idea. And honestly, I feel it was very well done.I remember watching this movie as a kid and really enjoying it. I recently watched it again, and liked it just as much as when I was little. The characters are fun, the songs are memorable, and the animation is still beautiful even now. I remember that this was one of the movies that really got me into the idea of conservation and recycling. So hey, at least its message didn't go to waste.Tim Curry of course is excellent as the villain, because..let's face it, Tim Curry plays a villain as often as Sean Bean's characters die. This movie is totally a product of the 90's though as when you go back and watch it now the lingo and technology is a little painful. It's a movie of patience, understanding, and taking care of our environment with some bittersweet romance thrown in. To me it's like if the Little Mermaid was good. This film isn't the best thing ever, but it is still a solid watch and I recommend it.

Stompgal_87 I watched this film at primary school, although I couldn't remember a great deal of it. Whilst watching the Nostalgia Critic's review of 'Legend of the Titanic,' I re-discovered this film when he mentioned that it stuck to the rainforest and didn't bring in the Hindenburg Disaster in contrast to 'Legend of the Titanic' incorporating a whaling storyline. In spite of the Nostalgia Critic saying FernGully was more to the point, he still found it an awful film that made no sense and had a hypocritical message. Contrary to this, I disagree with him because after having watched it on LoveFilm Instant, I found it really enjoyable.This film has beautiful backgrounds, clever writing (for example 'Human Tales' being the reversed version of 'fairy tales,' Zak's stereo being described as a stone that's hard on the outside but hollow on the inside and its headphones being described as a vine), some witty dialogue and catchy songs. My favourites were the opening song, 'Batty Rap (reminds me of Sir Mix-A-Lot's 'Baby Got Back'), 'A Dream Is Worth Keeping' and 'Land of A Thousand Dances' as well as Elton John's 'Some Other World' that plays during the end credits, although 'If I'm Gonna Eat Somebody (It Might As Well Be You)' is rather tuneless and is sung in a pointless scene since the lizard-like creature who sings it comes out of nowhere and is never seen again after the song, thus making this a Big Lipped Alligator Moment (as explained by the Nostalgia Chick when she reviewed this film alongside The Nostalgia Critic). I found the 'Toxic Love' scene almost as pointless, despite finding the song smooth and soulful. Robin Williams as Batty was hilarious and Tim Curry's voice for Hexxus was convincing. The scene where Zak and Christa walk on water and put their palms together is a little dark in terms of shading; however the animation in this sequence is stunning and is as pleasant as the song that accompanies it.All in all, this film was worth watching after having forgotten about it for several years. 8/10.

Harley Turner I watched this as I was growing up and I loved it. Most of the time,when I try and watch a movie I used to love, it sucks. But this one is different, I still Love it! :) And I've got my little siblings into it as well. Which isn't easy when you have as many little brothers as I do. It has a great story line and it's easy to understand. It's colorful and being made in 1992 it's amazing for that time. It's still amazing in this year of 2011, even with all of our 3D movies. It's also funny and magical, with well learned teachings. This is a great movie to show your children!

deli584876 Here we go again with yet another preachy left wing propaganda film disguised as a family friendly cartoon used to indoctrinate innocent young kids into their warped world of Marxist secular new age earth worshiping, humanity hating anti capitalist mindset. Like in all films of this genre, it starts off in a happy pristine village with happy playful little people who sing, play, dance and enjoy every second of their existence until the evil capitalists (aka You) invades and pillages their land and plunders their resources and leaves their once peaceful village into a smoldering pile of rubble and forces them to eat their children and drink their blood to survive. But one of the evil ones has a good heart and befriends the once happy little people and learns about their "enlightened" ways and tells off the other meanies.This movie was an obvious pot shot at the logging industry (and capitalism) yet I'd love to go to the mansions of the producers, directors, and cast and see how many wood products I can find in their homes and determine how many trees were cut down to supply them with their comfortable lifestyles. As usual, you're the bad guy who is polluting the earth and destroying the environment with your greedy capitalist ways but not them.