Fire and Ice - Fuoco e ghiaccio

Fire and Ice, directed by Ralph Bakshi', is one of those rare adult oriented animated movies that never really took off into mainstream popularity. The plot in this movie is also not one of it's strenghts, which is pretty indicative of animated movies from that time period, it serves it's purpose just fine as a good vs evil tale. But the story is not the main drive force behind what makes this movie works but the fluid animation, the mysterious (albeit somewhat bland) characters and the stunning matte painting backgrounds are what this movie truly delivers on. While not having the smoothest animation throughout, there are some scenes which are truly a sight to behold for a movie this old and the use of rotoscope was also an interesting feature (altough very noticable in the movie itself). Well worth the watch!