FernGully: The Last Rainforest (1992)
Directed by Bill Kroyer
When a sprite named Crysta shrinks a human boy, Zak, down to her size, he vows to help the magical fairy folk stop a greedy logging company from destroying their home: the pristine rainforest known as FernGully. Zak and his new friends fight to defend FernGully from lumberjacks — and the vengeful spirit they accidentally unleash after chopping down a magic tree.
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Many parts of the first half actually reminded me of an old animated film called Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (odd reference I know, but it's truly what I was reminded of) in which another species is being forced out of their home by bulldozers for the resources it contains.
(Most) audiences who have seen Avatar in 2009 may accuse James Cameron’s screenplay as nothing more than a rip-off of Ferngully: The Last Rainforest (1992), Pocahontas (1995) and Dances with Wolves (1990).
Among other things, its clunky, unoriginal story elements recall bits from the 1992 animated feature "Ferngully: The Last Rainforest" and the Oscar-winning "Dances With Wolves" (1990).
Heck, long before " Battle for Terra ," there was 1992's "Ferngully: The Last Rainforest," which boiled down to the same elementary lessons.
We’re talking about a movie that mirrors the plot of the 1992 classic “Ferngully: The Last Rainforest.”
This also plays a part in the overall narrative structure of the movie, with the commonplace ideas of both Ferngully: The Last Rainforest and Dance with Wolves being heavily echoed a bit too much as well as the typical “White Savior” archetype.
Yeah, there's really nothing new here: Epic swoops through caverns for Lord of the Rings-y battles, soars through trees for Avatar-esque high-flying excitement, and generally rips off every tiny-people yarn from The Borrowers to Ferngully: The Last Rainforest.
The cast is likeable enough, the animation is top shelf and I was even willing to forgive the fact that the story of a human shrunk down to discover a magical, miniature, woodland world struggling for survival is blatantly ripped off from another animated family film (1992’s “FernGully: The Last Rainforest”).
…traditionally-animated environmental parable, Ferngully: The Last Rainforest; while the pair share story qualities and character archetypes (on a surface level), the fantasy story imagined by Joyce is a much more subtle – and elegant – allegory about the importance of faith, tolerance and how all forms of life (even those we cannot fully comprehend) are interconnected.
But if you've seen “Lord of the Rings,” “Avatar” or even “Ferngully: The Last Rainforest,” you'll already be way ahead of them.
…super-hit Ferngully; The Last Rainforest vs Soldier Blue mash-up Avatar…
…he achieved that very pull, even against the Pocahontas, Dances With Wolves, and Ferngully: The Last Rainforest comparisons and criticisms…
…dismissively likened to FernGully: The Last Rainforest in space…
Certainly the film has scored no shortage of green-friendly merchandising tie-ins (look for Lorax-approved laundry detergent at a store near you), though as far as artistry goes, the result is closer to "FernGully: The Last Rainforest" on the eco-friendly toon scale than to Hayao Miyazaki or "Wall-E."