Titreenp SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Infamousta brilliant actors, brilliant editing

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Cristal The movie really just wants to entertain people.

Tommy Nelson The Nightmare Before Christmas is a strange clay animation, but this takes the cake for all around strangeness. Mark Twain on a crazy, science fiction hot air balloon with some of his characters on board, and his goal is to collide with Halley's Comet. It's weirder than it sounds, and makes even less sense too. The animation is what makes this watchable, and the lack of coherent plot brings it down greatly.Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn go into town to find that local writer Mark Twain is going into the sky in a hot air balloon that looks more like a giant blimp. They sneak on board, along with their friend Becky Thatcher, and Mark Twain tells them his plan to hit Halley's Comet. He also tells them several stories, the most prominent being Twain's take on Adam and Eve. This might be the only claymated anthology movie, and let's hope not too many more are made. This didn't work at all as a feature length film because of it's anthology set up. It feels like a jumbled, disjointed television program.The animation looks good. It's some of the most detailed animation I've ever seen. The characters all look unique and have such expressive faces. Everything is very smooth, and for it's time, and even for now, this was some great animation.It seems the casting directors looked hard, and they found the perfect, most natural sounding voices. Where some cartoons suffer from unnatural sounding characters, this movie has very realistic voices. The voices are so natural and not over the top at all, they mix in well with the spectacular animation to give a surrealistic atmosphere, that seems very real, but at the same time quite askew, as one would expect a film about Mark Twain in a magical balloon would be.So, what was the point of this movie? It must have been to teach children about the written works of Mark Twain, but what child would want to sit through this? Sure, it looks good, but it's a bunch of random stories little children would find boring, and the actual plot of Sawyer and Finn on board Mark Twain's balloon is just bizarre. Some scenes are downright scary. The scariest scene in the movie deals with the kids going into a dark room with a creepy character who spoke through a mask who goes by the name of Satan. Satan destroys worlds, and the kids become confused and scared, which is the same reaction as the audience. It's hard to tell who this was made for. It appeals to no one, but that might be due to the quality of the script.I hated the end theme song about heroes. What a horrible song to end the movies. It's cheesy and very 80's, and doesn't go along with a cartoon taking place in 1910. It would have fit better on Teen Wolf than this.Overall, what we have here is a very odd movie about Mark Twain and some of his characters traveling and telling stories. The animation is top notch, but the plot (or there lack of) is next to none. This features the scariest animated scene ever, and is a truly bizarre psychedelic trip through 1910 (Never thought I'd say that!).My rating: ** 1/2 out of ****. 85 mins. Rated G.

psychostyrene-1 i first saw this film, god knows how many years ago (something like 18-20 years ago) and it stuck with me.... most specifically the duality of the character of mark twain himself and the roller-coaster ride thru modern western mythology... there's some fairly deep ideas in here,(which given the current social and religious climate), we are unlikely to see again on screen for a while. i cant imagine anyone making anything this experimental again for quite some time, much less expecting children to be able to understand and keep up... if this was available on DVD id buy it in a heartbeat.... has anyone come across anything with a similar flavour?

shortnsweet01489 Where do I begin to explain the splendid majesty of this highly acclaimed film? It is...enlightening, educating, and most of all...inspiring. It jolts the imagination to confusion, it swirls the mind around the idea of Mark Twain in a submarine in the sky, it makes you wish that you too could be made of clay and have adventures in the sky.The most inspiring character is Becky "Angelfish". Her role is small, but she plays it with awe-ing acting and her beauty is undescribably off the charts. Her braids swishing in the wind of the air, her squeaky voice shouting at her Tom, and her obvious statements are so charming that you wish that she was real.Tom and Huck also play amazing characters in this film, but the real actor in this...is Homer, Huck's frog. Homer's part has action, adventure and lines that only the wisest can truly fathom. The sequence where Homer (spoiler warning) is dangling off the edge of the balloon during the storm is dramatic, well-played and excellently managed. Mark Twain saves him and Homer is happily reunited with his pal, Huck.Huck's character is mature while you may want to beat Tom's character with a stick for his ignorance. Twain is the star, but his acting cannot compare with that of Becky's and Homer's.The animation is superb, the quotes are well placed and the story is imaginative and dark, comical, and unique. I suggest that you go out to the store and fling yourself at the first copy for it shall change your life as you know it. Please do not wait for this opportunity may pass you by. As Mark Twain once said (and says in this movie): "Naked people have little or no influence on society." -- Mark Twain

richard quinn This is an amazing piece of animation and script. The script is taken almost entirely from the works of Mark Twain, especially some of his lesser known pieces of satire. The whole sequence on Adam and Eve is the best. The "Mysterious Stranger" segment is particularly dark and brooding. Vinton has done an excellent and clever job of mixing real events in Twain's life, the fact that he was born and died with the appearing of Haley's Comet, and events and characters from his "fictional" life, the characters of Tom Sawyer. A masterpiece for devotees of Mark Twain and those who know little but want to know more. We can only hope that it will be released soon. The is no artistic reason to lock it away in a vault. I first saw it 15 years ago on an overnight movie program on a local TV station. I have regretted not being able to see it again except on a poor quality video tape I made of the show.