Very Cool!!!

To me, this movie is perfection.

i must have seen a different film!!

best movie i've ever seen.

Part of the fun of the movie Antz is that on works on many different levels and as several different stories. Children might enjoy it as simply a cute animated film (although the aftermath of the battle between the ants vs. the termites earned Antz a PG rating). At another level, Antz is the old girl-meet-boy from the wrong side of the tracks story). The film is also part adventure film with political intrigue and action. At yet another level, the film is an interesting political parable complete with sophisticated humor and witty dialogue.Antz is about Ant Z, a neurotic worker ant in a colony of millions of ants. The movie opens with Ant Z lying on the psychiatrist's couch asking questions about the meaning of life, and the needs of the individual as opposed to the society as a whole. Fittingly, the voice, neuroses, and mannerisms of Ant Z are provided by Woody Allen. Sharon Stone provides the voice of Princess Bala, daughter of the queen of the ants. Princess Bala meets Z when she goes to a working-class bar. There is a cute dance sequence here complete with imitations of John Travolta and Uma Thurman from Pulp Fiction. The one part of the movie that could use some debugging is the political parable. There are some references to the class system that could have been written by Karl Marx. There are other times when Ant Z rallies the troops around the themes of individualism and autonomy. In short, the film is a bit unfocused in terms of its central theme, and as a result, the political parable is the least satisfying of the elements.If we don't take this part too seriously, we can still enjoy the film. Additional voices are provided by Gene Hackman, Christopher Walken, Danny Glover, and Jennifer Lopez (too name a few). The computer-generated animation is excellent. The dialogue is witty and well-written with lots of tongue-in-cheek references to contemporary culture. For example, when Ant Z is in trouble, a chorus of Ants starts singing "all we are saying, is give Z a chance." All in all, not a bad summary evaluation for the film as a whole.

What do you get when you have an all-star cast (Woody Allen, Sharon Stone, Gene Hackman, etc.), an original concept by DreamWorks Animation and some of the funniest moments in film history? If you say "Antz", you are positively correct. "Antz" is one of the movies I actually grew up with. When I was real young, I remember having the VHS of the film and I used to watch it every single time.Now, 16 years later, "Antz" is still part of my childhood, behind "Peanuts" and "Looney Tunes". I still love this movie from this day forward, besides Pixar's "A Bug's Life", which that movie and "Antz" are compared back in the day.That lead into a feud between DreamWorks and Pixar. No joke. Anyways, this movie is outstanding and funny in every single way. My brother hasn't seen it, but we have seen it just last night.Overall, I'm giving "Antz" a 10 out of 10. It deserved it.

Continuing my plan to watch every Sly Stallone movie in his filmography in order, I come to 1998's AntzPlot in A Paragraph: Z (Woody Allen) a worker ant, tries to get the attention of Princess Bala (Sharon Stone). He trades positions with his friend Weaver (Sly Stallone) a soldier ant, to see the princess during a parade. Unfortunately war breaks out during the parade, and Z becomes a hero during the battles, and begins to spread the idea of individualism throughout the hive.For the second movie in a row Sly totally steals the movie. Which certainly wasn't always the cast with his movies in the 90's, as he was outshone by his costars on a regular basis. My problems with this movie stems from my dislike of Woody Allen, and his voice irritating me. Sharon Stone is also really bland, and the movie just drags along, unless Sly is on the screen. Along with Sly the movies only other saving graces are Gene Hackman and Christopher Walken. The movie comes alive when those three are there.

I watched this for the first time with my sister as part of our Dreamworks Movie Marathon. Though not even remotely comparable to Pixar's A Bug's Life in terms of quality, Antz is an enjoyable overall experience. The main character was a bit annoying, but at least he was different than I expected. His romantic counterpart was very intolerable, and this resulted in an extremely forced romance between two characters who had no reason to fall in love. That all being said, the movie had teeth, and it was unafraid to kill off characters left and right. The main theme of non-conformity really beat you over the head throughout the film, and could have been a bit more subtle. This basic plot leads me to believe this film is directed at kids, but the innuendo and adult-jokes make me think otherwise. Not sure if it's a good kids movie since I'm not a kid anymore, but Antz is a pretty good film with some problems here and there. I'll be reviewing every Dreamworks film after my sister and I watch it, so Antz is a good start.