Review of A Bug's Life (1998) by Juliankleiss — 13 Jan 2011
The movie seeks to arouse appreciation, compassion and respect for the bug world. It makes them sympathetic by actually first making fun of them using social stereotypes that are also applicable to humans.
Among them: ants losing it when something unexpected falls in their way; flies being hedonists enjoying their short 24-hour life; and pleasure becoming self-destruction when a bug cannot resist flying into the beautiful, to die for light of a bug zapper.
Politically, the A Bug's Life criticizes feudalism (the oppression of peasants by the nobility), and advertises for progress and change from being narrow-minded conservatives advancing to a liberation movement.
The guys from Pixar put much love into this one and made it a cute and fun movie.
This review of A Bug's Life (1998) was written by Juliankleiss on 13 Jan 2011.
A Bug's Life has generally received positive reviews.
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