To be honest, I’ve seen Who Framed Roger Rabbit before. It’s a great movie, one of my favorite movies, and the filming style of it is just so interesting that I felt like I really had to cover it.
It’s shot in a film noir style that I think should really be brought back. The lighting is extreme, going between dark and light, and that’s only in the live action sequences. The animated sequences are an explosion of color and sound, and what’s amazing at least to our modern viewpoints is that every frame of the animation is hand-drawn. The only part that’s computer-generated is the sequence where Eddie Valient is in Toontown, through the use of the green screen. Even in the 1980s, cartoons weren’t completely hand-drawn anymore. This movie is also the only time that Disney and Warner Brothers officially joined forces, so it’s pretty thrilling to watch Daffy and Donald play dueling pianos and to watch Mickey and Bugs play their pranks on Eddie.
The best part, perhaps, of this entire movie is the villain, Judge Doom. He’s evil in a dark, over-the-top, almost stereotypical way, which is befitting of the toon that he turns out to be. Even so, it’s a shock when he gets up after being run over by a steamroller, and on first viewing you’ve got the same “oh crap” look as Eddie does. But, of course, in the end the good guy wins and he gets the girl, and all is right in the world.
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