Wonderfully offbeat film!

Amateur movie with Big budget

The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

The funny thing is that this movie was already reviewed by MarzGurl (and Linkara) and Doug Walker originally thought he wouldn't review it as the Nostalgia Critic, but he eventually changed his mind. Good thing, because the real Ralph Bakshi actually commented on this review. It was great to learn more about the film's history. This movie started off as an R-rated movie about a person who's half human and half cartoon and turns evil realizing they don't belong in the human or cartoon world. Instead, Bakshi's script was heavily changed into basically a ripoff of "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". It's hard to see how the original idea would be worse than this.I guess that some of the animation is pretty good, but this film is so hard to follow. We even have these random animated scenes that are just splattered throughout the film and make no sense. As much as they have stuff going on all the time, it's actually surprisingly boring for me. It's just that most of the time none of these scenes are relevant to the story and it's mostly pointless. There's very little explanation on this cartoon world works at all. There's even a part where Brad Pitt doesn't want to be a hero but later it's Jack who's supposed to be a hero. Uh, I just couldn't follow this at all and I found it stupid. *1/2

It disheartens me when I meet someone whose only exposure to Ralph Bakshi is his 1992 misfire, Cool World. Maimed by executive meddling, this is one of the few movies that I regret watching. Yes, it is so bad that it made me keenly aware that I had wasted a small portion of my life for nothing.The plot does not exist. The "plot" is more like an outline of unfinished concepts and themes which lead nowhere. The "rules" of Cool World make no sense. Why does a doodle (animated character) having sex with a noid (live action character) lead to the doodle becoming real? Why does a noid getting killed by a doodle turn the noid into a doodle? Why did we introduce the plot MacGuffin during the final third of the movie?The characters are about as defined as stick figures. Holly, the villain of the piece, has vague motivations which constantly shift over the course of the film. That Kim Basinger's performance consists of nothing but blank stares and cheap eroticism does not help any. Gabriel Byrne sleepwalks through his role as the ex-convict artist Holly seduces. The less said about Brad Pitt's goofy 1940s gumshoe, the better.The integration of animation and live action is terrible. The animated characters look flat and never seem to share the same plane as their live action co-stars, and it's especially obvious in scenes where the noids and doodles touch.The only good thing about Cool World is the background art in the cartoon world, which can only be described as surreal urban decay. They're wonderful to look at; more than can be said for the characters that populate them.Do not watch this at all. If you're curious, then watch some clips and read the synopsis online. This is NOT worth a second of your time.

As an animator, I have a thing for movies where real people and cartoons collide, so I decided to watch this film and after wards I thought it was a really good movie. First off, the animation is great. The characters are likable and fun to see on screen, and the whole idea of the movie is interesting. Though some of the acting is bad, and the plot isn't fully explained, and the ending is a little anti-climactic, the rest of the film makes up for it. I also enjoyed the sub-plot of the film, and Holli Would's dancing (thought it was obviously rotoscoped). But overall I really do believe this is an underrated film, because it contains the sexiest cartoon ever made: Holli Would. I'd recommend this film to a friend, and watch it the second time. It really is a film you'd remembered.

We enter Cool World, a world that is full of cartoons and you are ageless. The only "norm" person living there is Brad Pitt's character…. This world doesn't follow the rules of physics for he and all the other cartoons do not age or die. However, they must abide by the rule that you can't do it with a norm. Of course Brad's character abides for he is the law enforcement, but you can't say that about the new guy.Holli Wood (Kim Basinger's character) wants to change it all, she wants to be real and live in the real world, at the risk fusing the two world together.I must say, Kim Basinger is super hot. Not that, that's any news. She looks just like her cartoon character, and it's quite amazing. Holli Wood is in the Caliber of Jessica Rabbit, but the real one actually exudes the same hotness.Brad Pitt's character is flat, but hey this is old compared to his successes. It was bit of a let downer because I've been waiting to see this for quite some time, but considering all the plot flaws, it's entertainment value was alright. Not the best but certainly not the worst.