In the land of Malaria, the biggest somebodies are the evil scientists and the nobodies are their loyal hunchback assistants. However, one unlikely inventor is about to change everything. Meet Igor, a talented hunchback who's determined to prove his worth at the annual Evil Science Fair with the help of his sidekicks. However, Dr Schadenfreude plans to steal Igor's creation and take over all of Malaria. So, Igor and his friends are on a quest to stop him and save the day.
by jokerpoker81
on 07/01/2009 4 of 4 people found this review helpful
Wikipedia stated that this movie is a box office bomb. meaning the production and marketing costs greatly exceeded the revenue retained by the movie studio. .......However, i don't think this movie is of such poor quality that deserves such a tag, instead it is moderately entertaining film, though not of the better quality animated films like Wall_E, Kungfu Panda etc...The storyline is too simplistic and shallow at times, such the Igor falling in love with Eva, weather-manipulation machine of King Malbert......the film has a lot of room for improvement in finetuning the storyline........overall, this movie is "watchable", but go for other options available if you can.....
What can I say about animation films? They're colourful, fun, humourous and downright entertaining! To me, Pixar Animation Studios is the king of all animation films as they are the brains behind so many successful films like "Toy Story", "Monster's Inc.", "The Incredibles" and recent sweet love story of "Wall-E". Nowadays, I find it a hard time watching other animation films that aren't produced by Pixar because they're mostly not as good, except for "Kung Fu Panda" that is.
Based on first impressions, "Igor" comes across as a cheap animation film that is not crafted well in terms of its graphics. It almost seems like a student's attempt at a project as you can see the effort, but it's just not quite there. The artwork is slightly similar to "The Nightmare Before Chrstmas" but not as good. However, I was surprised it had big names in it like John Cusack as the star voice for the main character. So, I guess it shouldn't be too bad, eh?
In the land of Malaria, Igor is sick of being a lowly lab assistant with a Yes Masters' degree and dreams of becoming a scientist. The story mocks the common stereotype Igors back in the olden days when they speak with a slur, rub their hands together and passively say "Yes, master" all the way. Not a great starter for laughs.
Igor has two experimental creatures by his side as his close mates: Brain, a brain in a jar who's a little light on brains, and Scamper, a cynical bunny who's created to be immortal. Scamper is a great character as he injects a lot of humour and sarcasm into the story that works, unlike Brain whose jokes are really hard to laugh at. If this suicidal bunny weren't there, I just don't know where to turn to for laughs. The movie really is just a premise filled in with mostly weak attempts at humour and dumb cliches. Igor's invention is a female version of Frankenstein, which weirdly turns to be his love interest.
Soundtrack has a 'sun' theme to fit the ending of the film, with songs like "Pocket Full Of Sunshine" and "I Can See Clearly Now". Too many sun-themed songs are kind of funny, especially when a group of blind orphans sang "I Can See Clearly Now". How ironic.
Although it's not a very good movie, the moral values do help as it carries hope and how the most unlikely people can sometimes change the world.
