Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

Tetrady not as good as all the hype

Phonearl Good start, but then it gets ruined

Numerootno A story that's too fascinating to pass by...

lemon_magic I think I see where the creators were trying to go with this weird melange of mixed story elements and bland artistic choices. But for me, it didn't work at all. First, the story itself. I don't remember much of Felix from my younger days, but I have half-remembered images of an irrepressibly cheerful kitty who pulled amazing things out of his "Bag Of Tricks" and tickled my younger self with his magical "anything can happen" existence. And it's obvious that's what the film makers are trying to do here. But to me,now, it feels forced and phony and annoying. I found some of the original Felix cartoons on YouTube to see if my adult tastes and sensibilities were to blame...nope, those old cartoons are still weird and goofy and incredibly creative. But you know what else they were? They're SHORT. And there's the problem. Felix is a character meant to show up, do something outrageous and tricky, and LEAVE. If you keep him around for 90 minutes plus, you have to try to flesh him out, and add to his backstory...and the creators just don't have the ability to do this convincingly. Now Neil Gaiman or Terry Pratchett (from this generation) or Theodore Sturgeon, or even R.A. Lafferty...THOSE guys could have come up with a way to fill things out and come up with a story that justified this much time with the character without exhausting our patience. I might have been able to live with a poor story if the actual animation quality had been better, but to me, that's where the film really falls down. You'd expect this level of animation for a weekly kids cartoon on TV, not a feature release. The character designs were generic and undistinguished, and the animation was pure hack work. I understand that good animation is hard, hard work; it takes time, talent, money, and inspiration. "Felix" was completely lacking in inspiration and talent. Or else the talent didn't have any time or money. Once every 3-4 minutes, there would be a nice flash of something decent, but if you blinked, you'd miss it. Also, the sound was mixed and synched so badly that half the time I couldn't make out what the characters were saying. The voice acting appeared to be the stuff from the first couple of takes from actors who spoke English as a second language. And there were musical numbers that were neither funny or charming. A kid might like this. A LITTLE kid, who hadn't grown up with Warner Brothers, Ralph Bakshi, Disney, Don Bluth, and Pixar and didn't have any taste for "the good stuff". Or an adult who saw this as a kid and has fond memories of it. I wasn't expecting much, and I got even less. File this one with "Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer" and "The Magic Voyage": animated bologna that does nothing to make you believe in the power of animation to tell stories that live action can't.

rorymacveigh I think this film wasn't actually meant to be a film at theatres, nor was it meant to be a kids film at all, but in fact was meant to be an American Torture weapon for captured Soviet Spies who suffered from epilepsy. In fact, I don't think you need epilepsy to suffer some really rotten memories from this one. Let me put it this way, its cheaply made, its poorly animated, the dialogue is crass, the sound management sounds like it was done by a 3 year old banging away at the console, the movie never knows when to stop making noise for a few moments, the images seen are enough to leave children mentally scarred and the story is practically non-existent.Let me break it down. First things first, the problems with this film can be found within the first 2 minutes. One, the animation is a joke, with the dialogue and the lip movements never matching up, as well as it not having any rhythm, like every other frame was left out to save on cost, so it makes the whole thing rather jumpy. Two, the sound management is totally unmanaged. There is too much speaking and most of the time its pasted over someone else's dialogue whilst that other person's dialogue is much more important. It's like it's afraid that if the noise stops for a second the viewers will lose all interest. Also, background noises are for some reason given priority over the dialogue as most words can't be heard over a trivial sound in the background.Three, the characters are just stupid. The Princess is a complete Bimbo who disbanded her army even though the threat of invasion by her uncle loomed over them. Felix is mentally sick, laughing at the dead and talking to himself. And everyone else is just there to make noise and make this movie justifiable, with none of them really making any pivotal points in the story.As for the story, I don't even want to go there, you folks can try and figure it out, as for me, I have much better things to waste my time on rather than fathoming out what some idiot in Broadmoor could have written in half an hour.Overall, its a miserable excuse for a film, it's just a waste of animation and film time. I don't think any child would find this enjoyable, and if they did, I'd have them see a Psychiatrist pronto!

TheLittleSongbird I watched Felix the Cat: The Movie for the first time today expecting it to be terrible, as I had heard people say it was bland, uninspired and an insult to children. After seeing the film, I was surprised at how much I liked it, even with its problems. As a lover of animated movies, I will say I have been better, but I have also seen a hell of a lot worse as well.Felix the Cat: The Movie was overall an enjoyable if somewhat unexceptional animated film. There are some moments when the animation is nice, with some pretty colours and I liked the animation on the robots and Duke of Zill. And I thought Princess Oriana was absolutely beautiful. But it is also rather inconsistent as well, there are parts in the more dramatic parts when some objects become static and the lip synching is sloppy on occasions. I had no problem with the story, I loved the concept, it was original and quite unique and the film started off really well. But it is in the latter half when the film does drag, but the real bummer was the rushed, abrupt and misplaced ending that could have been so much more.There are many good things though. The music is great, with wonderful haunting incidental music and the music with Oriana dancing in the bubble was gorgeous. The song "Who is the Boss" is also delightfully catchy, it is strange but in a good way and it is intriguing as well. The story moves along quickly, yes there is a plot even if it is rather strange in places, and there are some humorous moments whether visually or audibly. The dialogue is fun, it isn't bland or sappy it has humour and it made me laugh. I liked Duke of Zill's dialogue, and I liked the character as well. He was underused, but I loved how he was animated, how he was voiced and I loved his flashback back story explaining who he was and how he became to be the way he was. Felix is a protagonist who may grate to some, but I think he has a likable and endearing personality and the voice didn't grate on me. In fact, the voice acting was very well done, Peter Newman was superb as Duke of Zill and Wack(who you don't trust at first but you do sort of like later) and Maureen O'Connell at least emotes. Chris Phillips is good as well as Felix, and Alice Playton(Blix from the 1985 fantasy film Legend) is decent as Madam Pearl.Overall, not a perfect animated film, but even with its problems, it was enjoyable. 7/10 Bethany Cox

Salazar I must be one of the very few people who was born in the 90's (the movie actually came out the same year I was born) who never saw "Felix the Cat: The Movie". I just watched the movie from start to end on YouTube yesterday for the first time (much thanks to shatteredeve for uploading it) and I was quite impressed and I overall like it. While it does start of weird and I didn't think much of it at first, by the time I was watching the 4th part, I was really starting to enjoy it. Here's the story for "Felix the Cat: The Movie": Felix travels to another dimension to the land of Oriana, where the Princess (who's also called Oriana) needs Felix's help. Princess Oriana's uncle, the evil Duke of Zill, has overthrown the Princess and is ruling the beautiful and tranquil land of Oriana and has turned it into an industrial nightmare and has built an army of sinister mechanical, geometrical robots. It's up to Felix, Princess Oriana, Poindexter & the Professor (who followed Felix into Oriana),Pim- a man who captured Felix and sold him to Wack's circus but later befriended Felix, and two Mizards (hybrids of mice and lizards) to stop the Duke of Zill."Felix the Cat: The Movie" has a mixture of good and bad points; here is a summery of the good and the bad aspects of "Felix the Cat: The Movie" The Animation: Without a doubt the biggest bad aspect of the film. "Felix the Cat: The Movie" has a clash of good and bad animation (but more bad than good) as well as some horribly done lip syncing in some parts. Also at one point, the characters are trekking through a cave and rocks fall down, yet Princess Oriana looks up and screams BEFORE the rocks come down (though this may also tie in with audio.)The Climax: As blueflower_phoenix has written, the climax is rushed and misplaced. I also agree with blueflower_phoenix that a much more better and challenging climax was planned, but were strapped for time, so they just threw in a very short climax where Felix throws a book at one of Zill's robots, which decimates the entire army, and the Duke of Zill fades away saying "I'll be back" (also, it sounded like that the line "I'll be back" was voiced by some one else other than Zill's voice actor)Audio: "Felix the Cat: The Movie" does have a good, clear sound in general, although you may have to do a double take in some parts 'cause the audio is a little unclear and in the Goofs section it says that Wack doesn't talk in English, but rather another language at one point. There's also the part where Princess Oriana looks up and screams before the rocks come down, as mentioned in the animation summary above.Music and Songs: Most definitely the biggest highlight. "Felix the Cat: The Movie" has some of the most beautiful music and songs ever in an animated film. Not to mention, downright catchy! I don't know the name of the music that plays when Princess Oriana is dancing in a bubble at Wack's circus, but it is absolutely gorgeous and very "Labrynth"-like. "Who is the Boss?" is the best song in the whole film; it's so damn catchy and you just want to sing along to it! The scene that it plays in is a strange yet intriguing and well done one inside Wack's Circus (a few minutes before Princess Oriana's dance); the Zillions all sing and chant that the Duke of Zill is their boss and it's a scene you just have to see with your own eyes.All in all, although there's a majority of badly done animation, some audio problems here and there and the rushed climax, "Felix the Cat: The Movie" rises above the cut of its imperfections and is a terrific film in general. On a scale of 1 to 10, I give it an 8.