Cool world.

[Svengoolie 3]

OK, lots of people thought it sucked, some liked it.  What do people here think?

[retrorussell]

One of the top 5 worst movies I've ever seen.  One of those movies that you might think for just a second that "maybe it wasn't that bad", and then automatically you think "YES!  YES, IT REALLY WAS!".  Soul-sucking, gut-punching, nut-kicking, shin-bashing awful.  And I had low expectations going in.

[Svengoolie 3]

OK one for bad.

I never really saw it as any more bad than a lot of semi fantasy movies. Burn then again I didn't think 'catwoman' was that bad either.

But man I sure thought batman and robin was awful!!!

[chainsaw midget]

Cool World had all the ingredient of a movie I should like, but they never jelled well together. 

I can't bring myself to say the movie was bad, because it was entertaining, but it was entertaining like watching a freak show. 

[WingedSerpent]

I kind of liked it.  I like the look of traditional 2D animation and live action mixing together.  Rather then call it a bad movie, it feels more like a failed experiment.

This movie had a lot of studio interference.  They wanted a disney-esque Who framed Roger Rabbit clone-which is basically what they got- when Ralph Bakshi's original idea was much darker and more of a murder/noir story involving a toon/human hybrid.
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[FatFreddysCat]

I just revisited Cool World on TUBI-TV a couple of weeks ago. It was probably the 3rd or 4th time I've seen it over the years. When I posted about it in the "recent viewings" thread I believe I said that it was  "a mess, but an interesting mess."

I actually saw it during its theatrical run -- considering its quick fade from theaters, I may be one of only a few dozen people who can say that (haha). At the time I was really into animation (sparked by seeing Who Framed Roger Rabbit several times a few years earlier) so I enjoyed Cool World's visuals but the story was a muddle. I remember going to see it with my buddy Dave, another cartoon buff, and I think there were maybe five other people in the theater, besides us --  on its opening weekend. We were like "This doesn't bode well," haha.

I've read that Ralph Bakshi had originally envisioned Cool World as a horror film about a cartoonist being stalked by one of his abandoned creations. Somewhere along the way the script was heavily re-written (without Bakshi's knowledge or consent). Legend has it that when the producer gave Bakshi the "new" screenplay, Ralph punched him right in the mouth.

I guess I actually kinda like it, even though it's not what I would consider a great film by any means.

It's got a great early '90s techno/industrial rock soundtrack, too. I could watch this clip all day:

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[BoyScoutKevin]

One of the few films, if not the only film that put me to sleep, while I was watching it in the cinema. And that is about the only thing I can remember about it, except Gabriel Byrne was in it.