Review of Cool World (1992) by Ken T — 06 Jun 2009

There is something about Ralph Bakshi's movies that keeps dragging me in. I'm not sure what it is, but I always have the same ambivalent feeling after viewing one of his works. It may be because they're always set in (more or less) dark, hard and twisted universes while having some naive, clueless child-like characters in it.

Also, while I like his universes and stories, I'm a bit uneasy about the sexualization of cartoons. Cool World has indeed such a weird universe, although it is more family-friendly than many of Bakshi's other works (for something harder but similar, see the Spicy City series).

The doodle-noid mix is not particularly successful on the acting side. However, the animation is really great.