The Pagemaster

Rating:
Summary: so-so movie
Review: When this film came out ('94)it seemed like a step backwards. Other studios were doing some amazing things with their animation (Aladdin, My Neigbour Totoro) and this film looked as if it had been sitting on the shelf for a decade. It did boast some early CGA, but it's so simple that it's hardly distinguishable as such. Some of the scenes seem almost forced and Leonard Nimoy's role is overbilled just as Patrick Stewart's role of Adventure is underbilled. I also felt that Whoopie Goldberg seemed miscast as the voice of Fantasy. It is fairly obvious that this film suffered from the Hollywood hype machine and would have been better if it hadn't been developed as a marketing tool.
Having said that, it is still an amusing film and a worth while watch, especially for those who have seen everything else. At times it even seems a little reminicent of The Phantom Tollbooth.
Just don't expect much from it.