Mediocre movies (that I rated 4 or 5 out of 10 stars) with explanations.

A little disappointing, considering how great the show was. The plot was thin, the new characters were annoying, and musical number was more bizarre than entertaining. I also thought Spongebob's label as a "kid" was unusual considering he was portrayed as a young adult in the show. The middle of the movie was solid, and I did like the assassin character.

By Tim Allen Christmas movies, this is a masterpiece of storytelling. By any other standard, this is an average to slightly below average flick with few laughs and many plot holes. The direction is adequate and seeing an ordinary man assume the position of Santa Claus was interesting.

Haven't seen this since I was a kid, but I didn't really like it then. I did get a few laughs at the beginning though. Mediocre, but perhaps not as awful as everyone says.

Boring characters, virtually no humor, and a plot without significant tension until the end hurt this film badly. I will say that Lipnicki (sic?) was a passable child actor and the CGI was well done. I also liked the way the characters -- even the mouse himself -- were developed. Actual care was put into making us care about the characters (even though they were stale), but in the end this film was just too flawed to warrant a rewatch.

I love Glenn Close, but the plot didn't translate well to the big-screen. A plot with that many exotic dogs in it should be left to animators. Perhaps Pixar could have done something with this story. As it is, the plot is played straight, but the movie itself is too bizarre to be taken seriously. Not much humor to be found here either.

Not a fan. The book was darker and focused more on Charlie than Willie Wonka himself. The first film, though not perfect, captured this while the remake didn't. Depp's design was also really off-putting for me. I also didn't find the renovated oompa loompa's necessary. I did like most of the actors here and some of the effects (like the blueberry transformation scene) were cool.

Not a big fan of this installment. The villain had the potential to be awesome, but his backstory wasn't well developed enough. This movie pulled no punches and was predictable from start to finish. Downey didn't have any memorable quotes either. Overall, a very forgettable (though respectable) superhero movie.

It was actually slightly better than I expected, but still wasn't very good. They gave almost all the humorous lines (and interesting character traits) to the rabbit while the human protagonist was boring as hell. The villain wasn't interesting in the slightest and his motivation, though well-explained, was weak. The visuals were excellent and there were some decent lines (from the rabbit only).

Not nearly enough character development. I also found Stallone and Clooney's presence more off-putting than anything, because their characters were essentially cameos rather than legitimate characters. They weren't required to act. The child acting, apart from the redhead lead, was abysmal. The plot itself was interesting enough to make it watchable, but this movie had the potential to actually be good. It fell short of my expectations.

The effects (particularly the severed head found on the ground in the middle of the movie) were hysterically awful. The attacks themselves were not suspenseful, not were they well-shot. I did like the dark humor in this movie and the ending was both bold and pussified at the same time. I actually liked it.

The action was actually really good and I liked Team Rocket, but the children themselves were friggin bland as hell. Overall, it was like the show: watchable and addictive, but not terribly engaging and aimed only for younger kids.

Another movie I saw as a kid, and another one that I didn't particularly care for. It was too short and the villain sucked. It also lacked the spirit of the original. Still, it had terrific acting and an adequate enough plot to be just barely watchable.

I love pixar, love Toy Story 3 and liked the first toy story. This one didn't do anything for me though. Andy's presence was sorely missed, and the situation the toys found themselves in didn't lead to any engaging dialogue or funny humor. In Toy Story 3, interesting villains and great one-liners saved the movie from getting stale. In this movie, those qualities were lacking, and the movie lags because of it. This isn't a bad movie by any stretch of the imagination, but I consider it to be the weakest of the three toy stories by a sizable margin.

The visuals were nice, but this lacked heart. Some of the humor was good; most of it was not. The bottom line is, huge Jim Carrey fans may like this, but those who either dislike him or are ambivalent towards him (like me) can find better Christmas movies to watch during the holidays. I don't hate it though.

Way too serious and dark, considering this was a governator movie featuring kindergarteners. The movie unraveled in the 2nd half. A joyless experience, but even though I dislike it, I admit it isn't bad filmmaking and (generally) accomplishes what it sets out to do. I'm just not convinced that what it set out to do was worthy of a movie.