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

The Bottom Line: Containing fantastic animation, a great soundtrack, creative stories and superb voice work, Heavy Metal, in my opinion, is one of the best animated films made.

Review: 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: 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.

Review: 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: fun for the mind

Cons: not for kids!

Review: 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: The best of the best from the pages of "Heavy Metal", and an unbeatable soundtrack

Cons: Not enough stories

Review: 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: music, animation, memories

Cons: none

Review: 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...

Pros: Fun plot, 5 short stories, excellent animation

Cons: If you're a soccer mom, Violence and Nudity.

Review: 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, Plots, Animation

Cons: Adult themes, Some animation looks dated

Review: Just got done watching this movie again and I have to say that it seems even better than when I originally saw it. I guess that the increased age must give me a better perspective :-) - Anyway, although the animation is starting to look extremely dated...

Pros: Some funny and interesting parts

Cons: Appeals to the lowest common denominator

Review: 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: animation

Cons: ending

Review: 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: Originality, Awesome music, great voice casting

Cons: Plot a little hard to follow if analyzed TOO closely

Review: 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,...