Yep. It has come. I am finally reviewing the infamous Italian animated Titanic movies which have become well known for being not only some of the worst animated movies of all time, but also some of the worst films period! Both have been known to be similar as they feature talking mice as prominent side characters, being released one year apart & have love stories with numerous similarities to the James Cameron film. Anyway, to start off I'll be reviewing The Legend of the Titanic, which was released in 1999 & is said to be even worse with how it tells the story of the sinking of the Titanic & is much more messed up than the other one despite the fact it features a rapping dog! But which of these animated atrocities do I personally think is worse? Let's. Find. Out!
Story: Although it may seem like just a carbon copy of the James Cameron movie (which it essentially is), it is much more insane than you think it is! Not only is it told by talking mice that have no need to exist in a movie about the Titanic, a gang of evil sharks, some stupid moonbeam bullshit involving talking dolphins & tears, but the movie somehow changed it so that NOBODY DIED ON THAT FATEFUL DAY! Seriously, it still blows my mind how the writers came up with that idea as if they didn't know the sinking of the Titanic actually happened & used it as a framing for the plot at the beginning! And what makes it stupider is there's a giant talking octopus with a puppy dog face that's treated as a hero for saving everyone even though there were enough lifeboats for everyone this time round (I'm not kidding) & that the sinking was apparently done on purpose by the villains. And what makes this even worse is that the movie somehow manages to cram in an unecessary, in your face & painful anti-whaling message which is just there for the movie to have some sort of moral out of this tragedy that killed hundreds of people which apparently didn't happen in this film! Like I mentioned, the love story is a copy of the James Cameron film, except boring, stupid, underdeveloped & the villain is about as unsubtle as the movie's anti-whaling message along with the fact no one dies & the animals are the ones to set them up! There are tons of plot holes, inconsistencies, pacing problems (seriously, there are either scenes which drag too long which don't need to & then there are scenes which go on at about 90 miles an hour!) I have never seen such a shallow, disgusting, vacuous & insulting story for an animated film ever! And given the round up of bad animated movies I've reviewed so far, that's saying a lot!
Animation: If I had to give the movie any credit whatsoever, at least the animation is kinda decent. Despite the fact that there's a lot of deep cleavage up to the point that it's disturbing, Tentacles has a weird puppy dog face & that the sharks have fins where genitalia should be, the character designs are kinda nice with a realistic look to them on the humans & a more cartoony look on the animals. The look of the Titanic is also nice in the first class area along with the fact the movie does capture the fashion people wore in the 1910s. However, there are a few glitches in the animation which avoids it from being good, in particular the lip synching as it never ever matches what the actors are saying, completely ignoring the fact it's an English dub of an Italian film. Seriously, there are loads of moments where the lips don't move at all when they're talking! Anyway, the CGI on the exterior shots of Titanic are awful & blatantly obvious along with the water, the character animation can get pretty lazy along with the quality at some points as it can get pretty jerky & inconsistent. Trust me when I say that the character animation on the talking mice can get really fast just makes the movie very distracting! Anyway, although it's nowhere near as bad as the other animated Titanic movie, the animation still has some problems which avoids it from looking amazing.
Characters: Like the story, the characters have absolutely no purpose to be in a movie about the Titanic, and yet they somehow are! Elizabeth is pretty much the Rose of the movie except very bland, Don Juan (now an Andalucian prince instead of a poor artist like Jack) is the creepy generic love interest who 50% of the time smells Elizabeth's glove, Connors & Ronnie are the 'cute' mice sidekicks who got really annoying really fast & have no purpose to be in the movie whatsoever. Maltravers is the blatantly obvious & stupid villain that wants to marry Elizabeth so he can go whale hunting & wants to sink the Titanic to cover his tracks. Believe me when I say that the fact that he's voiced by the same guy who was also the rapping dog in the other animated Titanic movie is the least of my problems with this character! His lackeys Rachel (Elizabeth's evil stepmother) & Geoffrey are no better as they're also obviously evil & pointless. Elizabeth's father the Duke of Camden (maybe a take that to a certain Mr Cameron?) is just a moron who at first forces his daughter to marry Maltravers & then suddenly changes his mind for no reason & mumbles 95% of the time. And then there's Tentacles, who really got on my nerves being stupid, gullible, annoying & yet is somehow treated as a hero for saving everyone! Also, he just freaks me out with how huge he is! Mr Ice is the leader of the shark gang who manipulates Tentacles into throwing the iceberg towards the Titanic with no effort required. The factor of the talking mice is just unbelievable in itself, with an orchestra of them along with talking birds & Another huge problem I have with these characters is the atrocious voice acting. It's either they ham it up, don't give a crap, mumble or the weird fact literally everyone has a lisp which can get very distracting! None of these characters are worth liking & the fact the animals are in it at all make it absolutely insane!
This has broken grounds in terms of bad animated movies & to call it stupid, insane & insulting is a huge understatement! The Legend of the Titanic is not only one of the worst animated movies I've sat through, this is one of the worst movies I've ever seen! Period! I cannot believe a group of people actually came up with this & actually thought they could get away with messing up history & insulting the people who died on the Titanic! Even the average animation can't make up for it with the vacuous plot, uninteresting characters & horribly spitting in the face of history. Avoid this at all costs people, & just stick with the live action Titanic movies out there like the James Cameron movie & A Night to Remember (which is my personal favourite Titanic movie). Anyway, one down...one to go! Oh boy...oh yeah, and I am not reviewing the sequel Tentacolino!
Story: 0/10
Animation: 4/10
Characters: 0/10
Overall: 0/10
Yep. It has come. I am finally reviewing the infamous Italian animated Titanic movies which have become well known for being not only some of the worst animated movies of all time, but also some of the worst films period! Both have been known to be similar as they feature talking mice as prominent side characters, being released one year apart & have love stories with numerous similarities to the James Cameron film. Anyway, to start off I'll be reviewing The Legend of the Titanic, which was released in 1999 & is said to be even worse with how it tells the story of the sinking of the Titanic & is much more messed up than the other one despite the fact it features a rapping dog! But which of these animated atrocities do I personally think is worse? Let's. Find. Out!
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