Thanks for the memories!

Let's be realistic.

A Major Disappointment

This movie feels like it was made purely to piss off people who want good shows

Ferngully is one of the best 20th Century Fox cartoons. Robin Williams made this movie fresh and hilarious as Batty, and Samantha Mathis is wonderful as Crysta. The story is about Crysta trying to save a man named Zack, who's about the get hit by a falling tree and later, Crysta and Zack become the best of friends! I'm glad that Zak was there to save Ferngully from Hexsus who wants to get rid of Ferngully. This movie is peaceful and funny at times. I've never seen the second Ferngully, and Zack wasn't even in it, and he wasn't there to save wildlife from poachers in the sequel. This movie is a classic, Robin Williams and Samantha Mathis were excellent!

"FernGully: The Last Rainforest" has good intentions but takes too much of a milquetoast approach to environmental issues. The obvious problem is the logging and mining companies, but this is compounded by the politicians who allow it, and the people who vote for these politicians because the politicians act all Christian.The best pairing of Samantha Mathis and Christian Slater was 1990's "Pump Up the Volume". As for Australia - "FernGully"'s setting - its history of forcing the Aborigines off their land to gain access to the resources makes it an odd setting for an environmental movie featuring fairies.Anyway, it's an OK movie, but there have been better ones.

I watched this movie when I was a child because my mom saw it and decided it would be a good movie for me and my brother. And I loved it! It's colorful and fun with awesome songs...plus the voice talents of two amazing actors, Robin Williams and Tim Curry! Williams' character Batty is hilarious and full of jokes, and Curry's songs as the villain are so good! Some elements were kind of disturbing as a child, but no lasting nightmares bothered me. What I found scarier was the cameo by Tone Loc as a lizard about to eat one of the main characters! I believe this film still stands the test of time with it's message about deforestation and being true to yourself. I just watched it again and got nostalgic about it with several of my friends, and you should too! :)

This eco-friendly animated feature is a children's environmental fantasy about a tropical paradise protected by guardian fairies, one of whom (a cute Tinkerbell look-alike) develops a crush on the first human she ever sees, after helping him mend his ignorant, woodcutting ways. Of course she first has shrink him down to fairy size, in much the same way that the script likewise reduces its message to a basic cartoon conflict between good and evil, with plenty of post-George Lucas mysticism. Some of the animation is fine, if only the film paused show it off; the pace is set to match a TV-ruined attention span, which at least has one advantage: none of the songs is more than 40 seconds long. Parents may feel obligated to drag their kids to see it, but don't be fooled: Ferngully cheats on its ecology lesson by suggesting that the rainforest has magical powers of restoration, which it certainly doesn't, and if we teach our kids to start relying on fairies to save the Earth we're all in big trouble. The best voices are provided by toxic sludge monster Tim Curry and dingbat Robin Williams.