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18 of 19 people found the following review helpful
By T. Zeidan
Format:DVD
This movie is probably one of the few fantasy animations that appeals more to adults than to children. the story follows the adventures of a village survivor who is on his way to escape the impending destruction an evil sorceror is causing by pushing icebergs south into human lands. Commanding a legion of sub-humans and tutored by his witch mother, Lord Necron makes his final assault on Fire Keep, a fortress of lava governed by a just king. the story picks up pace right there where King Jerod's beautiful daughter gets kidnapped and ends up with the survivor, trying to escape.
The film sports some truly unique charachters, including an interesting exploration of mother-son relationships with Necron and Julianna. The animation is fantastic... wonderfully gloomy and pensive. do not expect to see anything fluffy, happy, funny, or sing along... expect however, adult oriented dialogue, violent battles, blatant sexual undertones, and some mildly scary moments. the movie is wonderfully recollective of classics such as "Clash of the Titans", "Journey to Hell", and other seventies fantasy flicks.
this movie is definetly not for young children, i saw it when i was around nine and i was really surprised that it involved no flying carpets or singing crabs. luckily i'm into non traditinal animation and i absoloutly fell in love with it. BUY IT!
The film sports some truly unique charachters, including an interesting exploration of mother-son relationships with Necron and Julianna. The animation is fantastic... wonderfully gloomy and pensive. do not expect to see anything fluffy, happy, funny, or sing along... expect however, adult oriented dialogue, violent battles, blatant sexual undertones, and some mildly scary moments. the movie is wonderfully recollective of classics such as "Clash of the Titans", "Journey to Hell", and other seventies fantasy flicks.
this movie is definetly not for young children, i saw it when i was around nine and i was really surprised that it involved no flying carpets or singing crabs. luckily i'm into non traditinal animation and i absoloutly fell in love with it. BUY IT!
14 of 15 people found the following review helpful
By Adam Jackson
Format:DVD
Decent 1983 animated feature from Ralph Bakshi who brought us 1978's animated The Lord Of The Rings.
This time, master fantasy artist Frank Frazetta was on board to create characters & assist with the production design.
The storyline, as in 99% of fantasy movies, is hardly original but its sub-Conan The Barbarian plot is enjoyable.
There's plenty of action with all the requisite demons, dragons & monsters. The prehistoric backgrounds are often stunning & all the characters are well animated especially the Princess Teegra whio is voluptuous beyond belief! Larn, the blonde haired hero is also blessed with a suitably warrioresque physique. The anatomical detail, being one of Frazetta's trademarks.
I personally think the animation is superior to 1978's The Lord Of The Rings.
It looks more cutting edge & adult and I certainly prefer good quality, more traditional animation to the CG often used in todays animated movies!
Another film similiar to this, animation wise, is 1985's Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin ( A really good piece of pulp style sci-fi).
Fire And Ice isn't a childrens film by any means! When swords strike & arrows pierce, men and monsters bleed. Lots!!
An underrated, cult classic!
This time, master fantasy artist Frank Frazetta was on board to create characters & assist with the production design.
The storyline, as in 99% of fantasy movies, is hardly original but its sub-Conan The Barbarian plot is enjoyable.
There's plenty of action with all the requisite demons, dragons & monsters. The prehistoric backgrounds are often stunning & all the characters are well animated especially the Princess Teegra whio is voluptuous beyond belief! Larn, the blonde haired hero is also blessed with a suitably warrioresque physique. The anatomical detail, being one of Frazetta's trademarks.
I personally think the animation is superior to 1978's The Lord Of The Rings.
It looks more cutting edge & adult and I certainly prefer good quality, more traditional animation to the CG often used in todays animated movies!
Another film similiar to this, animation wise, is 1985's Starchaser: The Legend Of Orin ( A really good piece of pulp style sci-fi).
Fire And Ice isn't a childrens film by any means! When swords strike & arrows pierce, men and monsters bleed. Lots!!
An underrated, cult classic!
5 of 5 people found the following review helpful
By Lotus Scrum
Format:DVD
This is my favorite fantasy film of ALL time! I am a HUGE fan of the original "Conan" novels and while the Conan movies were good, this film seems to capture the Original ideas of the conan novels! no this isnt a conan story, however the creators were HUGE fans of the conan novels.....so they decided to make this Amazing film! If you LOVE good fantasy this is a MUST have! as soon as this is released Im owning it , my vhs version died long ago!
19 of 21 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
OK, it is not LOTR, but still it is a fascinating little known movie
28 July 2007
By Maciej
TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:DVD
I am the first to agree that this is not a major movie, but I always liked it. Ralph Bakshi style is unique and it is simply fascinating - and he didn't make so much movies, so we, his fans, have to like what is available. And "Fire and Ice" is really not bad - some of the scenes are stunning, and the rest is good. There is some Conan atmosphere in it, but also some Tarzan, some War of Fire and even (I believe) some decadent Elric from Mnelnibone elements. It is true however that the dialogues could be better - this is the reason for four stars only.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Until stumbling across this 1983 animated movie, the only time I'd heard of Ralph Bakshi was as the maker of the late 70s animated version of Lord of the Rings - at the time this was all we LOTR fans had in terms of a visual adaptation of the classic fantasy trilogy and consequently Bakshi became something of a hero to a generation of adolescent boys.
Fire and Ice is obviously very limited in terms of what can be produced with 2010 technology, however it's arguably still pretty impressive for something produced almost thirty years ago. The background reminded me of those old He-Man and Battle of the Planets cartoons; one-dimensional drawings and stock images, however Bakshi somehow manages to create quite an atmospheric backdrop for his admittedly cliched characters to pirouette across.
Borrowing heavily from the likes of Star Wars, LOTR, Flash Gordon et al, the story itself is pretty risible, however there is a certain something about this movie that makes it a fun watch as a one-off. A previous reviewer mentioned the Freudian undertones and there is certainly quite a range of suggestive images throughout, although one could feasibly watch the film unaware of these. My 6 year old daughter saw the case and wanted to watch it, however I would personally baulk at letting a kid see the movie as there are a couple of gory moments and a fascinating but potentially disturbing scene that could have been lifted directly from Macbeth.
Fire and Ice is obviously very limited in terms of what can be produced with 2010 technology, however it's arguably still pretty impressive for something produced almost thirty years ago. The background reminded me of those old He-Man and Battle of the Planets cartoons; one-dimensional drawings and stock images, however Bakshi somehow manages to create quite an atmospheric backdrop for his admittedly cliched characters to pirouette across.
Borrowing heavily from the likes of Star Wars, LOTR, Flash Gordon et al, the story itself is pretty risible, however there is a certain something about this movie that makes it a fun watch as a one-off. A previous reviewer mentioned the Freudian undertones and there is certainly quite a range of suggestive images throughout, although one could feasibly watch the film unaware of these. My 6 year old daughter saw the case and wanted to watch it, however I would personally baulk at letting a kid see the movie as there are a couple of gory moments and a fascinating but potentially disturbing scene that could have been lifted directly from Macbeth.
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
By jaguar
Format:DVD
On watching excerpts of the movie i did note the style was like that of the original Lord of the Rings movie. Upon further research was delighted to find both were made by Ralph Bakshi.
I would agree that some aspects of the story were left open like the amazonian woman who was near Larn at the beginning of the story but we never saw her after that. However, it was well drawn with Teegra being given a figure some women would die for.
Thoroughly enjoyed it despite some of the undeveloped storylines. Shame he never got the funds to do more. Think he was ahead of his time and Hollywood never seems to appreciate this until it's too late and then they become dated (except to those of us who remember.)
I would agree that some aspects of the story were left open like the amazonian woman who was near Larn at the beginning of the story but we never saw her after that. However, it was well drawn with Teegra being given a figure some women would die for.
Thoroughly enjoyed it despite some of the undeveloped storylines. Shame he never got the funds to do more. Think he was ahead of his time and Hollywood never seems to appreciate this until it's too late and then they become dated (except to those of us who remember.)
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Classic film , more edging towards adult animation in terms of violence and scares .... love the animation style.
Classic 80s film .
Classic 80s film .
Published 22 days ago by Spidey
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Another unique Bakshi film
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Why don't they make them like this anymore?
I bought this as I saw this first when I was 12, and got reminded of it on a museum trip.
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Best review is to say "excellent" enjoyed the mayhem,fighting and storyline. Fire versus ice.Alla man meets woman.Ugg Needs! Woman like That!!
Published 22 months ago by James
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Fire And Ice - Iced on PC
If you want this item to play on your PC, good luck! I've tried numerous software options to get this to play on my PC. Works ok on dvd players though.
Published 23 months ago by K. Roden
1.0 out of 5 stars
Melting ice
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Published on 24 Mar 2010 by E. A Solinas
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A Gem of S&S Cinema!
This IS a classic! I loved Ralph Bakshi's Lord of the Rings when I was growing up but I missed this one. Read more
Published on 4 Jun 2008 by Coach Potato
3.0 out of 5 stars
Not really for Children
This came up as a recommendation when I was buying Dragons:Fire & Ice for my daughter.
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