To me, this movie is perfection.

How sad is this?

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

(Flash Review)Yep, it is Charlotte's Web. I presume many of you read this in elementary school. Simply a hand drawn animation based on the classic book. Of course it has some basic morals and a very smart spider that can spell and write in English. There are several short musical numbers sprinkled in, overall the pace is calm and there were some average 'dream sequences'.

This is a relatively low budget effort at animation. While the visual work is anything but exciting, the film is based on one of the all time greatest children's books. This gives it an immediate advantage, because it can bank on themes and ideas that have withstood the test of time. This movie is about Charlotte, the spider, and her friend Wilbur. Both have issues over which they have little control. Since they are both anthropomorphic, they speak English to each other. Wilbur is due for that fate that most farm animals face. Unless there is something unusual about him, he destined for the pork chop section of the grocery story. Charlotte realizes this and saves him by weaving something in her web. Other farm characters go across the stage, but it's about these two. For those who know the book, Charlotte carries a secret that is really important to understanding the overall effect of the story.

When I was six my grandparents bought me a VHS tape of this movie, and I loved it. The animation was great, the story was dramatic, humorous and clever, the characters were well-drawn and original and the soundtrack was amazing, maybe a bit too much but there were still some good songs in there, mainly the one that plays while Charlotte spins her first web, the one that reads, "some pig".Rather than dumb down or conceal the fact of death from children the way most animated movies do, Charlotte's death is shown, portrayed as a beautiful and sad ending to life. Wilbur becomes her babies' surrogate father.The remake of this movie was a pathetic attempt, the original will always be the best by far.

I remember seeing this cartoon based on the book by E.B. White many times as a kid, and I can still remember most of the dialogue and the basic story. From Hanna-Barbera (animators of cartoons like Tom and Jerry and The Flintstones), it may not have the same style of animation, it's pretty similar to that of Animal Farm, but it's certainly a good family film. Basically Wilbur the pig was born a runt, but when little girl Fern Arable (Pamelyn Ferdin) pleaded her Dad, Avery (Danny Bonaduce) not to kill him, she looked after him till he was big enough to be sold and taken away. At his new farm, Wilbur (Wedding Crashers' Henry Gibson) learns to talk, meets The Goose (Agnes Moorehead), Templeton the rat (Paul Lynde) and the Ram (Dave Madden). Eventually he finds out that he is meant to be killed to make bacon or whatever, but he meets new friend Charlotte A. Cavatica (Singin' in the Rain's Debbie Reynolds) a wise and singing spider who catches flies for their blood, and can spin great intricate webs. She plans to fool Wilbur's owner, Mr. Homer Zuckerman (Bob Holt) and everyone else to make them believe Wilbur is special, by spinning various words into her web. These words include: "Some Pig", "Terrific", "Radiant" and "Humble". Eventually, with all the popularity of Wilbur, he, Charlotte and also Templeton (who's only interest is food) go to a county fair where Zuckerman has a chance to win a prize. Charlotte meanwhile is not only spinning the webs, but has also made her cocoon for some babies to hatch. Wilbur does win a medal, and Zuckerman says he will let him live, but Charlotte dies (from exhaustion) and Wilbur has to take her nest back home to hatch. When they do hatch, they all fly away, except three runts who stay with him on the farm. Narrated by Rex Allen, and also starring Joan Gerber as Mrs. Zuckerman and Mrs. Fussy, Don Messick as Jeffrey and William B. White as Henry Fussy. With songs by The Sherman Brothers (who did songs for The Jungle Book and Mary Poppins), and a show stealing rat, his eating night at the fair is his highlight, this is a fun family film, and I wouldn't mind seeing it again. Worth watching!