Review of Bartok the Magnificent (1999) by Oliver O — 17 Dec 2014

This is one of the worst animated movies I've seen. Considering it's a sequel to historical fiction, I would go as to say this is on parr with animated Titanic. It takes the fairytale bit way to far to the point where it doesn't make sense to fit in a real-world historical setting.

The main character was not useful or interesting enough in the first movie to warrant being a star. What's worst is that the character is a greedy coward and self glorifies himself. The townspeople sure admire him though.

It's like if they made a movie based around Gaston as the hero. The animation is definitely Don Bluth, but it's really lazy animation. Worst then The animation in Pebble and the Penguin and Thumbelina.

It looks like it was made in flash. It looks like really good flash, but not really acceptable for an animated home video release banking on a theatrical movie. A vast majority of Disney sequels had better animation then this.

And yes, I did mention Don Bluth earlier. You might not want to believe it, but he did direct this. And all I can say is it's sad to see him stoop this low. The plot is cookie-cutter "royalty tries to do away with royalty" story with every obvious twist in the end.

Bartok tries to... nevermind. I cannot explain what flixster hasn't already. All I can say, this movie ruined Don Bluth for me and I can officially say it's his worst. (even worst then Troll in Central Park) Watch at own risk, especially if your a Don Bluth fan.

It will come close, if not crush, your enjoyment by this director. It's sad, I really did admire Don. Hopefully he can come back and put this one far far behind him.