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Title: Poor animated adaption of a great story
Review: This animated version fails on several levels. First, it seriously draws from some writer's fancy and not from the original story. Certainly all film adaptions do this to some extent, but the 'new' information in this version either changes characters completely, or don't even make logical sense. Very poor job with the writing of this--strongly appears to be a 'rush job' done during an all-nighter by a few college students. Two, the animation and voices are simply awful. Many of the cartoons from the 1960s--ten years earlier than this was produced--are far superior. The voice talents are weak, the animation is sticky looking, and the film has an annoying gritty look to it that makes it difficult to watch and impossible to enjoy. Perhaps another attempt would be made as this story is currently enjoying renewed interest. This version has been on life-support for too long already.
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