Ralph Bakshi's Wizards

Watched Wizards tonight. The first time I'd seen it was... Must have been ten years ago. It's totally not what I remember, but then I didn't see the whole thing back then.

It's an interesting work from an era when animation was basically Scoobie-Doo and nothing else. It's a nicely composed film, but I hate Bakshi's habit of painting over live-action scenes. People probably remember his disastrous Lord of the Rings movie and its bizarre mix of animation, live-action, etc. Same kind of deal with Wizards.

My favorite plot element is basically "Oh crap! Nazis!"

And my favorite dialogue is actually kind of early in the movie:

Max: Fritz! Fritz, get up for God's sake! Get up! They've killed Fritz! They've killed Fritz! Those lousy stinking yellow fairies! Those horrible atrocity-filled vermin! Those despicable animal warmongers! They've killed Fritz! Take that! Take this! Take that, you green slime! You black hearted, short, bow-legged...
Fritz: Max! Max, I'm okay! I'm okay max. Just a scratch. Look I'm all right.
Max: Oh. Oh, damn. There you go again, stepping on my lines, raining on my parade, costing me medals. Oh, damn.
[Accidentally shoots Fritz]
Max: Ohh. Oh, Fritz? Fritz, get up for God's sake! Get up! They've killed Fritz! They've killed Fritz! Those lousy stinking yellow fairies! Those horrible atrocity-filled vermin! Take that! Take that! They killed Fritz!