Like i promised, i will review another movie for you guys. i'll be reviewing the one and only Rock-A-Doodle.
actually, this movie is created by one of my favorite animators: Don Bluth. but tell me,where did he go sowrong?god, i hate this film. i do! whenever i walk into a video store and see that cover, it gives me nightmares! so? what are we waiting for? lets start out with the story!
WARNING: Spoilers ahead!
Story:
you are probably wondering: whats this movie about? where does it take place? its about a singing rooster named Chanticleer voiced by Glen Campbell, crowing every morning so that he can bring up the sun. every animal in the farm has its own job to do. but one morning, Chanticleer forgot to crow but the sun still rises! so the animals of the farm reject him wich is good news for the main Antagonist of this film: the grand duke of owls voiced by Christopher Plummer. yes. the one and only Christopher Plummer. appereantly the movie was told in story book by a little boy's mom out of nowhere. the little boy is one of the main protagonists. his name is Edmund and there is a huge storm at the farm. as the storm rages, Edmund calls for Chanticleer even though he's a character in a book. and the Grand Duke of Owls crashes into the house to turn Edmund into... a kitten? really? cant you think of something else? but luckily Chanticleer's gang of animals save Edmund from the grand duke of owls. what is the Duke's weakness you might ask? Light. what? is he a heartless? appereantly the animals are sorry for chanticleer because the sun did rise up! what...the heck? the gang of animals Pattou, the basset hound voiced by Phill Harris. Snipes, the magpie voiced by Eddie Deezen and Peepers, a mouse voiced by Sandy Duncan.
they join Edmund to find chanticleer while the rest of the gang stay at the farm to take care of the owls. and it appears that chanticleer current location is in where else? the city of Las Vegas! meanwhile, the Duke tells his henchmen to find Edmund and kill him. after the gang was being attacked by the Duke's henchmen, Edmund and the gang arrives at the city. they begin their search for Chanticleer. after a few hours, they finally find Chanticleer who now is performing as an elvis impersonator. but a female pheasant named Goldie voiced by Ellen Greene is jealous at him. the gang tries to talk to Chanticleer, but the gang is pushed around by bodyguard toads. after the duke finds out where the gang is, he sends out his nephew Hunch voiced by Charles Nelson Reilly only with sunglasses on so that he wont get hurt by Light. um... didnt the heartless from kingdom hearts need sunglasses if they hated light? meanwhile, back at the farm the flood gets stronger and stronger and the animals run out of batteries for their flashlight. wich makes it very happy for the Duke. Edmund and his gang Find Chanticleer again, but this time disguised as penguins so that they wont get spied. Edmund writes a letter made out of paper plane and throws it on the stage where Chanticleer is performing. but Chanticleer is distracted by Goldie, wich has fallen in love with eachother.
Edmund tries to talk to Goldie resulting him and the gang being captured by the bodyguard toads. the gangare now tied up and locked in a trailer. why not imprison them in a better place? while they are imprisoned, Hunch breaks in attempting to kill the gang but fails...again. meanwhile, Chanticleer and Goldie find out about the letter. Chanticleer and Goldie ride on a motorcycle and save Edmund and the gang. is it just me or did that scene reminded me alot of the motorcycle escape scene from FFVII?when they arrived at the trailer, Chanticleer unties Edmund and the gang and escape. after using a helicopter to go back to the farm, Chanticleer tries to crow, but is out of energy. the Duke strangles Edmund by his magic breath. and somehow the Duke transforms into a tornado. but luckily Chanticleer releases all of his energy and crows to make the sun rise. somehow the sun turns the Duke tiny. Edmund turns back into human and it turns out that the whole thing was just a dream. and then we get a moment stolen from the wizard of oz. Edmund takes one more look into the book and enters Chanticleer's world once again. only to see that everything is fine and normal. The end.
bottomline is: this movie is freaking terrible! its weird, it makes no sense, Edmund's Voice is annoying and its just anti climactic. i gotta say, the animation of this movie is ok, but. its just the storyline that drives me insane. some of the songs are good, but most of them are bad. voice acting is mediocre.
look, ive reviewed this movie many times on rottentomatoes.com before i got traumatized by trolls of course.
this movie deserves a 2,5