Reviews

1 out of 10 ... only because I can't give a zero, or better yet, negative. The characters repeat the same statements over and over and over, the stories are completely butchered ("The Last Night of the World" isn't even recognizable - none of this crud about killing children or a 'World Forum' was in the actual story.) Couldn't they have replaced it with "The Man" or "The Fire Balloons" or any of the other stories? Two out of the three stories -about half the running time- were literally painful to watch.

You never see the illustrations move - the one thing you do see them do is a crappy superimposition effect. And using the stupid fire as a visual motif got annoying fast.

"Artiness" gone completely wrong.

Uuughhh.

This movie is the "Robot Monster" of the 20th century, except not as funny. The special effects in the scene where the crocodile jumps up and attacks the helicopter are absolutely the worst CGI I have ever seen! The crocodile's first scene makes it look like a giant floating turd or a piece of cardboard.

Also, the movie has the traditional bad-B-movie "scientist" who knows nothing about her field. In this one, the "scientist" lady makes a bunch of totally incorrect comments. She keeps referring to the croc as an "archosaur" as if that was a specific kind of prehistoric crocodile. It's really the group that includes all crocodiles, dinosaurs, and probably birds. She also says that its plating is so thick that it can't be hurt by "modern bullets". Have these paleontologists actually tested prehistoric species for bullet-proof-ness? Also, just HOW does a 100-foot crocodile weigh "ten thousand tons?" A 100-foot Blue Whale is a little under 200 tons!

Even worse, the only reason the crocodile doesn't get bombed from the air is that it keeps disappearing. The military can't find a 100-foot crocodile in the area around Los Angeles? I didn't know there were that many vast wildernesses there, or that a whale-sized crocodile was so good at hiding (on land, no less!)

Finally, for a monster movie, there isn't nearly enough action. I like mindless action movies, but this is kind of boring. All the inaccuracies and dumbnesses, maybe even the horrid special effects, could be forgiven if it was at least exciting - but no! It isn't even a good "mindless action movie". The only real "action" scene is right at the end when the croc gets blown up.