In the 1980s, animation director Don Bluth seemed to be becoming a serious rival to Disney, with movies like An American Tail and The Land Before Time. But after those two movies, Bluth slowly descended into making movies that were mediocre in quality and box office grosses. A Troll In Central Park may have been his lowest point, because the American distributor lacked so much confidence in it that the movie received almost no theatrical release. Was this decision justified or not? Read on.
#1 by Thomas on September 28, 2011 - 5:30 pm
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I feel bad for Bluth. I liked most of his films as a kid, partly because of how weird they get at times. He made perfectly serviceable children’s entertainment.
Then again kids are stupid. As a kid, I loved everything provided it had a monster and some magic in it. Pretty much true now though, too.
Good review! Maybe one day you could tackle the Land Before Time series from start to finish? Little Foot must be the size of a whale by now.
#2 by RogerBW on September 29, 2011 - 2:39 am
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There’s certainly a lot of interchangeable product for kids, and this doesn’t sound all that much worse than some of the other things that were availabie in 1976…
(But Titan AE managed, with all its scope of story, to be boring. So maybe.)
#3 by Read MacGuirtose on November 15, 2011 - 3:16 am
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I… actually kinda liked Titan A.E..
Though I’ve only seen it once, and don’t remember it all that well.