Note: Most of my reviews contain some spoilers, but I always try that none of them "can actually spoil" any important surprise in the plot, so you can read without worrying.I am going to say first the things that I think that the movie did wrong...that actually are the less and then only say a pair of words about what the did right so you can enjoy those last ones directly in the movie if you haven't seen it before.What did they do wrong? Well, they portrait technology as something bad "per se" at the beginning, even when the plot corrects that a little, I must admit that that made me upset at the beginning. Also, the story is too slow, or at least that is the way in which we see it nowadays when things go faster each time. What else? well, in my opinion, there are too many actual sequences of WWII, I must admit that using actual war images of the most violent conflicts of all time was original but I think they used them too much...and then after such a long start and warm-up and ups and downs, in my opinion it ends too fast, abruptly.That said, you still have a very good animation (that as I have read helped to revitalize the general interest in animation at the end of the 70's) a decent story and two or three memorable characters.I don't want to say too many good things because I rather you to see the movie if you haven't yet, but before going I want to make some remark: I see that reviewers in general are divided in two: 1)those who like animation and love brave animation to take form and who generally rate animation favorably and 2) those that really don't like animation and they normally never give more than a 7 to any animation movie or series no matter what. I want to tell you that I am among the first ones, and even when this movie , in my opinion, is not like a "Giant diamond", I do believe its a small jewel of fantasy animation.Thanks for reading.IMDb Review by David del Real. Ciudad de México. México. October 2017.

The first time I saw Wizards (1977) I hated it. Then I was somehow compelled into watching it again and while I still didn't like it, I admitted to myself that it was interesting. Upon the third viewing, I was in love. This is a movie that gets better and better the more you watch it.God knows why, as it's quite flawed. Whoever they hired to do the voice over narration sounds like she's just taken a sleeping pill. Sometimes the plot is choppy and the editing can be strange. The ending is a bit abrupt.But still, this movie has charm to spare. The characters are twists on archetypes and feel human despite their cartoonish nature. Even the villains are compelling and sometimes likable. The backgrounds are gorgeous, ranging from soothing, storybook-like watercolor illustrations to sketchy, over-detailed concoctions with violent colors. The music is pure, awesome 70s cheese. And the climax is just fantastic; totally unexpected.Folks are divided on Bakshi's love affair with rotoscoping. Unlike The Lord of the Rings (1978) or American Pop (1981), the rotoscoping is great in Wizards, because the rotoscoping is used only for the demons in the villain's army. Some would say they clash with the other, Saturday morning style characters, but the contrast actually works here and feels like less of a mess. And because the rotoscoping is saved for the villains, it makes them all the creepier.Out of all Bakshi's films, this one is my favorite. I have the Blu-ray and have probably seen it over twenty times by now.

There are very few movies I feel such a passionate level of hate that I would write a review to warn people who are fooled by the cool looking box art.Avoid this movie. It is bad.Mostly, there is a LOT of loop animation, the story line is boring, and unless you are self-medicating, hide any firearms laying around the house that you might be tempted to grab to end your movie suffering.There are so many wonderful animated films out there. This is not one of them.Then again... it could just be me. I haven't watched it in several years, but the sight of this film brings back horrid flashbacks of sitting through it that leave me curled in the fetal position.Again... you were warned.

I have a soft spot for Ralph Bakshi's rock 'n roll family saga American Pop, but, really, he's not all that talented of an animator or filmmaker otherwise. I have still moderately enjoyed everything else I've seen by him. Until now, that is. Wizards is a disaster. It feels like about a quarter of an idea that was quickly drawn up and thrown into theaters. The quarter of an idea isn't a bad one, but it makes for an incredibly slapdash movie. Two wizards from the distant future, a good and evil twin brother, are at war. The evil wizard has discovered ancient films of Nazi Germany, and he inspires his mutant minions to go to war with the elves and fairies who live in the non-irradiated lands. The good wizard, along with a heroic elf, a reprogrammed evil robot and a big-tittied fairy set out to destroy the evil wizard's film projector. The character designs aren't half bad (especially the big-tittied fairy), but the animation is just dreadful. I'd recommend skipping this one.