Heavy Metal

Pros: "B-17," "Harry Canyon;" soundtrack, really quality animation, it's creative and original
Cons: "Captain Sternn," content may be too much for some

Based on the fantasy/sci-fi magazine of the same name, 1981's Heavy Metal is perhaps one of the coolest movies I've ever seen. I remember seeing this on cable back in the day (it still astonishes me that this movie could be edited to even be ...

Pros: Interesting animation. Fun musical selections.
Cons: Episodic and hokey.

Madame Rose, my publicist, called this morning; she's still trying to finalize the details of my appearance as cohost of the Tip-Top awards at the Apollo Theater later this summer. She's having some difficulty getting the right coverage as the producers...

Pros: Wholly original concept.
Cons: Way too bizarre to appreciate sober; poor production values; sexist.

The fantasy genre often deals with mythological themes but it hardly ever presents them in relatable terms. "Heavy Metal" is an anthology somehow connected by a story of "The Ultimate Evil in the Universe," but it's too strange and poorly assembled to ...

Pros: Some of the tales are good.
Cons: Most aren't. Mucho violence, bad taste, druggie humor.

After ``Heavy Metal's'' rather weak theatrical tour the
anthology picture, inspired by the namesake adult science-fiction comic, went to videocassette. Problem: this was the infancy of the video business, and home-viewing rights to its rock & roll...

Pros: Very creative and imaginative, excellent sound track with top 1980 groups, humorous, some superb animation, many voices by John Candy.
Cons: Very violent, sexist, coarse humor, disturbing scenes.

I was frantically cramming for a biochemistry summer school final when I glanced at the newspaper in the campus library, and saw the advertisement for "Heavy Metal". In less than 60 seconds, the biochemistry notes were slapped shut and...

Pros: Some funny and interesting parts
Cons: Appeals to the lowest common denominator

Before I saw Heavy Metal, I’d heard people talk about adult cartoons, from Fritz the Cat to hardcore animated porno, but had never seen anything more vulgar than Jessica Rabbit’s scenes in the PG-rated Who Framed Roger Rabbit. When I asked one fan of...

Pros: Originality, Awesome music, great voice casting
Cons: Plot a little hard to follow if analyzed TOO closely

As Psychedelic as the late 70's early 80's era that spawned this film, it is exploding with twists turns and enough sex and nudity to make Walt Disney turn over in his grave. From the first shots of an astronaut landing on earth in a classic corvette,...

Pros: animation
Cons: ending

Okay, maybe your Dad is cool and you could watch this movie with him and not imagine him locked in your fruit cellar. The first time I saw Heavy Metal I had heard great things about it and rented it watch alone. I think I was miserable because I had...

Pros: Great music and storyline
Cons: Older copies have a grainy soundtrack. Get the remastered version or DVD.

I first saw Heavy Metal in college. I knew right away that it was a classic. My first impression was that this was going to be sort of cheesy but pretty adult for a cartoon. Pretty soon I was sucked into the world of the traveling Locnar. The drunker...

Pros: fun for the mind
Cons: not for kids!

Well just the title brings back some pretty vivid memories of the late show at my old hometown movie theater, Springfield Cinema 1-2, which doesn't even exists anymore. Well enough about my past and on to the show! The movie is actually a cartoon...

Pros: Great stories- Great animation
Cons: Not for children

Lets take a journey through six tales of incredible animation! This 1981 adaptation of the Heavy Metal comic magazines was way before its time. We are introduced to "Lock-Nar"- a green, glowing sphere (that is present in all six stories)who...

Pros: The best of the best from the pages of "Heavy Metal", and an unbeatable soundtrack
Cons: Not enough stories

I first got exposed to this gem of a movie one late night about five years ago. I was watching TBS and they were running an anime movie marathon. (Don't ask me how an American movie based on an American magazine made it on that night, but bear with me)....

Pros: Great animated art, excellent soundtrack, beautiful pairs of ... uh, eyes!
Cons: Some foul language, "comedic" drug use, R-level nudity, graphic sexuality.

Epic cinema, this isn't. Great pop art, it may be. Fantastic, non-politically correct, Y-chromosome-pleasing fun it definitely is. (Ladies, I won't expect you to agree. When I refer to this movie as a "guilty" pleasure, I mean it; I'm not...

Pros: Fun plot, 5 short stories, excellent animation
Cons: If you're a soccer mom, Violence and Nudity.

Heavy Metal is a neoclassic tale of good vs evil in an epic scale, much like Martha Stuart vs Barney. It transcends space and time to bring the viewer a profusion of sights, sounds and smells (SmeleVision Module Required). The animation is fantastic, and...

Pros: music, animation, memories
Cons: none

Heavy Metal is a movie that is a classic that in the pass year they have brought back to the public. For years this movie was extremely hard to locate.
I saw Heavy Metal for the first time in a drive in when I was in my teens and the movie and the...