Here we have one of the best English casts anyone could have assembled, starting with Glenda Jackson. And the acting and photography are excellent. But the story! It's "born free" for Waterworld. Two very neurotic people decide to free three giant turtles from a zoo. The zoo worker in charge agrees to help them, absolutely assured, incredibly, that there will no reprisals by the people who own and run the zoo. The project is carried out. The music swells. And people jump in bed with each other. That's really about it! The story could have been told in a half hour, but to turn this into a full length film, we have long scenes of driving and fiddling about that become embarrassing after a while. Plus two sub-plots are woven in that add nothing but filler to the original story.
As for the anthropomorphism, well, if you really have this idea of freeing all the animals in the zoo, good luck. But please take a few courses on animal behavior first. Not to mention the police side of the undertaking.
As for the anthropomorphism, well, if you really have this idea of freeing all the animals in the zoo, good luck. But please take a few courses on animal behavior first. Not to mention the police side of the undertaking.