Cool World (1992)

[InformationGeek]

I reviewed this film back in May, but this movie needs to be mention again.  It has to be one of the most insane and crazy films ever created.  Almost every scene was a WTF moment, completely pointless, and had a plot hole.

This is the only film I can think of that has really no plot or any structure to it.  It is more a collection of scenes that when put together, sort of resembles a story.  Plot points are introduced and forgotten many times throughout the film.  The worst offensive is the climax (It might be a climax since it is hard to tell with this film) where thing just goes wild with weird images and unbelievable moments.

However, I sort of like this film for the random insanity that it is.  It can surprisingly keep my focus; the voice acting is good; the animation, while random, is certianly well done; and it has one of my soundtracks in a movie.

So, that's my thoughts on the film.  What are yours if you have seen it or not?

[Rev. Powell]

It seems to me that I saw about 5-10 minutes of it on HBO and turned it off as annoying.  I don't really remember what it was about it that put me off; maybe I was just in a bad mood at the time.  Your description makes me want to give it another shot, though.  I owe it to myself to see "one of the most insane and crazy films ever created."  I may even have a professional responsibility to give it a whirl. 

[Derf]

I saw this movie during its theatrical release. I went in thinking it could be a lot of fun. I came out hating it. I still hate it. It is, in my opinion, one of the worst movies I have ever paid money to see.

Not trying to say anything about your opinion, InformationGeek. If you liked it, that's fine. It just didn't work on any level for me.

[WilliamWeird1313]

I dig it. Maybe I'm just crazy, but I do. It's one of those movies I saw a few times when I was a kid, and I liked it then (probably more because of Holli Would more than because of anything else), and it stuck with me. Nowadays, I still enjoy it because of the Holli character (what can I say? I'm a perv!), but I'm much more into the whole anarchic, nonsensical strangeness of it. Supposedly, this is one of those cases of studio meddling mucking up the works and "too many chefs in the kitchen," and you can completely tell. The movie is so muddled and messy, which gives it that bizarre "nothing makes sense" feel that I dig. I also get a kick out of the hacky attempts to mix animation with live-action. You can watch scenes and clearly see stuff like Gabriel Byrne's eyeline completely not matching up with what he's supposed to be looking at and things like that. Also, the whole "let's just use flat, one-dimensional objects and paint them so they look three-dimensional and see if that works" thing is a hoot. The first time Byrne's character visit Holli Would in the cartoon world, you can see stuff like big pillars and sofas that aren't really pillars or sofas, but, like, cardboard cutouts of pillars and sofas, and the illusion doesn't succeed in the slightest, which amuses me infinitely.

The only thing I think REALLY sucks about Cool World is the fact that the human version of Holli (the real life Kim Basinger) isn't HALF as cute as the cartoon version, which is pretty sad if you think about it.

[Skull]

I've seen Cool World years ago expecting it to be an adult version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and I dont remember why but I just didnt like it...

Oddly I do remember me thinking the Police Cat in Last Action Hero (1993) was much better then Cool World. Although I hated Last Action Hero because I thought the kid was too annoying.



I do remember comming up with a Movie/Cartoon story idea... I think it was inspired after watching Last Action Hero and feeling jaded from Cool World...

The story is called: Public Enemy Number 1.

Story: Years later Joe Camel is a homeless and angry that his life is in the toilet. One day he sees a poster of a congressman that pushed a bill that effectly made Joe Camel homeless and he destroyed the poster and went to jail. Spuds McKenzie bails Joe out and offers him a simple job to take pictures of a cheating husband... Joe takes the job and ends up shooting photos of the congressman that ruined his life, only to see him murdered by a toon that looks like him.

The silly idea would use characters from Joe Camel, Tony the Tiger, Chester Cheetah, etc... The only thing that prevent me from writing the story was the use of "Copyrighted Characters"


:)

[WilliamWeird1313]

I've seen Cool World years ago expecting it to be an adult version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and I dont remember why but I just didnt like it...

Oddly I do remember me thinking the Police Cat in Last Action Hero (1993) was much better then Cool World. Although I hated Last Action Hero because I thought the kid was too annoying.



I do remember comming up with a Movie/Cartoon story idea... I think it was inspired after watching Last Action Hero and feeling jaded from Cool World...

The story is called: Public Enemy Number 1.

Story: Years later Joe Camel is a homeless and angry that his life is in the toilet. One day he sees a poster of a congressman that pushed a bill that effectly made Joe Camel homeless and he destroyed the poster and went to jail. Spuds McKenzie bails Joe out and offers him a simple job to take pictures of a cheating husband... Joe takes the job and ends up shooting photos of the congressman that ruined his life, only to see him murdered by a toon that looks like him.

The silly idea would use characters from Joe Camel, Tony the Tiger, Chester Cheetah, etc... The only thing that prevent me from writing the story was the use of "Copyrighted Characters"


:)

You could always write it just for fun, or you invoke the fabled "parody" rule and create characters with different (but not that different) names who are suspiciously similar to the ones you just mentioned.

[Skull]

I've seen Cool World years ago expecting it to be an adult version of Who Framed Roger Rabbit and I dont remember why but I just didnt like it...

Oddly I do remember me thinking the Police Cat in Last Action Hero (1993) was much better then Cool World. Although I hated Last Action Hero because I thought the kid was too annoying.



I do remember comming up with a Movie/Cartoon story idea... I think it was inspired after watching Last Action Hero and feeling jaded from Cool World...

The story is called: Public Enemy Number 1.

Story: Years later Joe Camel is a homeless and angry that his life is in the toilet. One day he sees a poster of a congressman that pushed a bill that effectly made Joe Camel homeless and he destroyed the poster and went to jail. Spuds McKenzie bails Joe out and offers him a simple job to take pictures of a cheating husband... Joe takes the job and ends up shooting photos of the congressman that ruined his life, only to see him murdered by a toon that looks like him.

The silly idea would use characters from Joe Camel, Tony the Tiger, Chester Cheetah, etc... The only thing that prevent me from writing the story was the use of "Copyrighted Characters"


:)

You could always write it just for fun, or you invoke the fabled "parody" rule and create characters with different (but not that different) names who are suspiciously similar to the ones you just mentioned.

when I thought of that idea it was around 1993... I was afraid of being sued... And I just didnt do much on the idea, I even lost my old notes :(


Maybe i'll try working on it sometime in the near future but Im currently working on my first book... (Im at 200+ pages yay!!!)

[WingedSerpent]

I like this movie because I like the look of combining hand drawn animation with live action.    I'm a little surprised I've never heard of this movie referred to a a "cult classic".  It certainly could be.  I also like that Brad Pitt is in this movie.  Its fun to see the stupid stuff big stars  have to due before they get huge.

[Skull]

I like this movie because I like the look of combining hand drawn animation with live action.    I'm a little surprised I've never heard of this movie referred to a a "cult classic".  It certainly could be.  I also like that Brad Pitt is in this movie.  Its fun to see the stupid stuff big stars  have to due before they get huge.

Funny... Thelma & Louise has made Brad Pitt a star, the movie was before Cool World... :)


wow... looking at Imdb I'm surprised to see Brad Pitt was in Dallas, Head of the Class and Freddy's Nightmare... :)