therubixtheory Reviews

Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga'Hoole (2010)

Exactly the kind of story I was hoping for

[10/10 · 29 October 2010]

Although I love a fun and crazy animation I have been looking forward to the day one comes out that tries to be deep, like any Studio Ghibli movie, and this went totally beyond my expectations.

Its exactly the movie 9 would've been had it had better dialogue. The visuals are sometimes breathtaking, the jokes are so clever they seem like they've never been told before, you could really sense the emotion of every character, it reminded me so much of epic tales like Duncton Wood and Watership Down and the dialogue is so, so well done.

I've never read the books but this is the best book adaption i've ever seen and i didn't spot anything wrong.

So why on earth hasn't this movie made a lot of money? Why are people wasting their time on Cat's and Dog's 3d and Vampires Suck? Why are there so many mixed reviews about this film? If there is no sequel then its a sad loss to the world.

Paulie (1998)

One heck of a charmer

[10/10 · 27 December 2009]

I don't know when talking animal movies started becoming rancid, underwritten, current culture stereotyping stomach bursters but this movie to me is the last in a great breed of them, right up there with fluke.

I watched it this morning, I a 22 year old man with my 52 year old father sat through this entire movie for about the tenth time in my life, and i'm not afraid to say that I laughed when I was supposed to and I cried more than once.

It's the story I mostly love, how he moves from being owned by a little girl to befriending a blind old lady to a Mexican immagrant to a thief and finally to lab and that it's told through beautiful dialogue and the cast is brilliant.

This is one of the stories that has inspired my novel.

Show this movie to your children, teach them about a time when computer animation didn't rule our screens and when good stories and subtlety was used instead of extemities.

Teach them this saying "There are things in life you put off, because you think you're gonna do them later. But you gotta live like there may not be a later"

The Hangover (2009)

Dude where's my Doug? Where's your doug dude?

[3/10 · 3 July 2009]

It's happened again. The Hangover is another film produced this century that has a premise that's almost identical to an older movie.

The Hangover = Dude Where's My Car 17 Again = Big, 13 Going on 30, Freaky Friday Tropic Thunder = The Three Amigo's The Devil Wears Prada = How to lose friends and alieniate people (the version of DWP that's written by a man, about a man) Surfs Up = Cars (Surfs up was way better though)

Anyway.....

I'm dumbstrcuk by how much praise this movie is receiving. It's got no originality, the plot is ludicrous and boring and most of it still doesn't make any sense. Some of it's jokes include a backless jock strap. A man peeing while he turns to look at a tiger (Which happens to be Mike Tyson's that they stole from his house. Makes no sense for two reasons. A. they somehow find and walk right into Mike's house. B. they take this tiger up to their room without anyone noticing). A naked Chinese man beating the crap out of them. And the unexplained Rooster wandering the hotel room.

It did have it's funny moments but numbed my bottom thoroughly as they say. Avoid this movie unless you haven't seen Dude Where's My Car, it's what Dude where's my car would have looked like if it was created for an older crowd.

Ghost Town (I) (2008)

How come people think Gervais is funny?

[1/10 · 23 February 2009]

I'm so incredibly perplexed, my dad calls his style dry humor, does he mean like the surface of mars dry or just damp cloth in the sun dry, because i cant tell if Ricky's comedy is from another planet or if he's just a clump of wet rag that is somehow famous.

why is it that I find Ricky Gervais and Eddie Izzard untalented vocal actors and poor comedians yet no one else does.

Now, on to the movie.

I couldn't sit through the whole thing, after thirty minutes it still didn't have a plot, one thing in most comedies you're supposed to grasp 10 minutes in. I didn't see any jokes being made, unless you count that the ghosts are able to define what's a living person and what's not even though neither of them look like they've died and why would the ghosts want to talk to Ricky anyhow, they are all able to talk to each other.

When he's hearing the news about him dying for 7 minutes why is there a burly black man who keeps breathing in and out and speaking garble, why do films intentionally add iritating characters.

The Day the Earth Stood Still (2008)

The day the earth said "You know the drill, just keep bombing"

[4/10 · 27 December 2008]

This could have and should have been the most significant movie in the 21st century but instead fox does what it always does and focuses so much on updating the story so that the alien meets the demands of being the all powerful kickass machine that they loose all depth and meaning in the plot.

Here's a list of things which i found wrong with this film 1. During the graveyard scene where Klaatu suddenly realizes the goodness in the hearts of some humans you see the little locust things floating over the trees, if they are spreading everywhere then how come the bugs didn't devour them then and there.

2. The horrid replies to certain statements like "The highway's completely empty", "They shut it down", "They shut it down...for what", "For us!", wow, you'd think a female scientist taking for a ride by the government would have some common sense, and then there's "It's leaving", "No....he's leaving" Awwwwww.....ain't Jaden Smith so cute when he spouts bad dialogue.

3. They stereotyped the crap out of this movie so that the scientists want to help the alien and the government only wishes to blow it up.

4. They never explained what John Cleese was doing on the blackboard.

5. James Hong came to the planet 50 years before Klaatu, sssooo....how come nobody noticed.

6. I guess Jaden Smith didn't have big will around to show him how to act.

7. The ending is an utter atrocity, Klaatu makes all forms of machinery and weaponry useless on the face of the earth so that we are sent back into the 1800's where we had to use candles and wooden ships, then it just ends, so, what's the worlds reaction to this, does he really think it made the world better, i think film history has shown us that the one and only reaction to a power outage is criminals bombarding every shop window in sight.

Yes Man (2008)

This is the best film that's come out in months

[8/10 · 26 December 2008]

This film also backs up my belief that Jim Carrey is the greatest living comedian of the last two decades, simply for Four reasons.

1. When he's in serious roles you can take him seriously.

2. He actually gets to play serious roles, in a way he's the white Will Smith.

3. People do not dread the opening weekends of his movies.

4. He's played more iconic roles most comedians, The Riddler, The Mask, Ace Ventura, Lloyd Christmas, Horton the Elephant, the Grinch, Count Olaf and he's even getting to play Scrooge and Ripley.

and as a 5. Who in the world can you picture making a man high on Red Bull joke funny and mess up his entire face with celetape.

I took off two stars for this movie simply because some of the jokes were just too ridiculous which deteriorated the quality of this wonderful movie, some of the jokes i'm mentioning is Granny Sex and Ass Hanging Out Of Nightgown.

Other than that this film really made me think about life and how small details that we are normally too scared to say yes to because we don't know if it'll lead to a smack in the face or your face on the side of buses should always be considered. Then there's the fact that he has totally bought into this pyramid scheme which is played out very successfully and actually felt like you were watching a real seminar. Then there's the love story between two opposite people that is just delightful and the awkward situation these two are placed in once Jim Carrey's big secret comes out. Then there's the drawbacks of Jim having the time of his life, like becoming so successful at work that others must suffer. It's just simply a wonderful movie. I hope there's more to come from Carrey.

Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa (2008)

This film should deserves no more than 6 or 7

[7/10 · 10 December 2008]

Madagascar 2, the sequel everybody wanted and received, sometimes though that's not a very good thing.

This film was hilarious, some of the lines had me teary eyed but once the story got them settled in Africa the movie just kind of became a complete mesh of things that prove they ran out of ideas for the sequel.

I feel they've killed a one of a kind movie by making a sequel that blackens it's good name, like what they did with Shrek 3, they extended the story to make and tried to extend the things that made first film work so well but did it very poorly.

Let me put it in this list.

1. The Monkey's, if you watch closely they appear as passangers on the plane, they weren't on the island of madagascar in the first place so they were uncarefully placed back into the story just to push the plot forward and get some jokes going "Maternity leave....your all male".

2. The mixed species love is once again touched upon, a hippo and giraffe this time, i think this was unnecessary.

3. The old lady with a handbag, although this was classic it's just an added scenario for comedy and was a bit excessive.

4. The terrible dialogue of the new yorkers.

5. The change in Mellmans personality was very swift, he was once a pill popping, neurotic, timid, pessimistic giraffe but give him 2 days to live and he's extremely confident and stubborn.

6. Marty's affliction with no longer being unique was just childish.

7. You can basically guess the whole plot from the moment they crash.

8. All the lions could stand up although this should only be possible for Alex.

Wanted (2008)

It's worse than Diary of the Dead

[1/10 · 10 December 2008]

GOD!! when nothing catches your eye in the list of movies at your local cinema then avoid these films at all costs.

I want to go back and watch a good movie on my 21st, but since i cant i'll have to just bash this till it turns into a cube.

Things i hated.

1. The main character, mr wooden block, mr 2 expressions only, mr monotone, mr sudden 6 pack after years in a desk job, mr panic attacks and displaced anger.

2. Curving bullets, this was an incredibly boring phenomenon, can someone explain how 1 bullet went through like 8 people's heads.

3. The baths in wax, huh? 4. the magic tapistry that foretold who was to be assasinated.

5. "You had me kill my own father" wow, it's amazing that your own dad kept his silence about it and accepted his own death.

6. "all of your names came up" well isn't this a surprise.

7. The rat bombs, animal cruelty.

This was just an all out piece of crap, the plot was obvious and the worst scene in the film had to be when they were chasing the limo and they flipped the car over it.

Dog the Bounty Hunter (2003–2012)

Time to put the dog down

[1/10 · 7 October 2008]

This is supposed to be entertainment, this.

I don't see what the appeal is in a group of ugly, cheesy waterworld enthusiasts that never take off their sunglasses arresting hispanics.

The show is clearly fake.

they meet up with a victim, usually a woman and in both episodes i've seen they are hispanic, then torpedo boobs comforts her, the woman clearly cannot find a way to cry so opts to hide her face on her car seat, between her hands or in the mighty clasp of the torpedo boobs.

although you can hear what the woman says her words are subtitled, is this a racist thing or do they think people really don't hear what she's saying.

then they arrest the person at the end of the episode and all this hispanic couple do is hug and kiss, the man doesn't even try to get away, meanwhile Dog and the others spout some idealistic religious crap to make it seem like the only answer to this druggies way of life is taking on Christianity.

Then get this, they choose themselves whether or not to have the guy arrested or set them completely free.

This show is not only terrible, it's bad for the environment, because we've had 5 seasons of this group trail the streets in massive 4x4's.

No redeeming qualities, clearly fake, clearly unscripted because i cant imagine any writer worth their weight in A4 paper would write for this show, and the characters look ridiculous.

WALL·E (2008)

I cant believe anyone human could've conceived this

[10/10 · 21 July 2008]

This film is just the animation i've been waiting to see, one that's as artistic visually as it is mentally, one that leaves you in running for tissues at the end and makes you think about the way you live your life or can send a message to the new generation.

The short film at the beginning was perhaps even funnier than lifted, i wont spoil it for you but they should really have more of these before any animated film.

I was starting to go that way where I thought Pixar was just all hype, their last two movies ratatouille and cars were extremely anticipated and I had problems with both, but with Rat i saw Pixar moving away from their usual "Kiddie Flicks" and started doing something with a little more edge.

And here comes Wall-E, a film that even made me cry reading about it, and after i watched it I opened the floodgates that where my eyes.

I thought the future was portrayed brilliantly, it was believable and made me a little scared of what we might become, I guess I don't really have anything else to say but this.

If you don't cry at the end, whether it's over the environmental message, the vision of how technology could undo us all or the sensationally warm love story between two robots, then you weren't born with a heart inside you.

Horton Hears a Who! (2008)

Horton Smells A Hit

[9/10 · 23 March 2008]

I'm glad but disappointed that there wasn't many people in the cinema when i went to see this.

1. because i got to laugh as loud as i wanted and i laughed. 2. because no one bothered me when i aplauded some of the scenes. I don't usually applaud something unless it's borderline genius.

i've found this bothersome about CGI's for ages, in the olden days you got animations from Disney that told kids "lying is wrong" and "dont eat too much" but although we've only gone 20-30 years into the future since the last great moral cartoon most CGI's and other animations now tend to substitute moral messages for toilet humor.

and then comes Horton Hears A Who, and it doesn't hit you with morals in one of those childish fashions but really speaks them with a lot of heart.

i've been wrong about movies in the past, i said that both Pirates of the Caribbean and Superman Returns didn't look any good but was wowed by them, I judged pirates because it was made by Disney and wanted someone to give Superman a bad review because i felt it couldn't be as good as it sounds but wow, wow and again wow. I judged Horton immediately for lack of storyline but it's the most creative, imaginative and funny animations i've ever seen.

and please do not blink during the Anime cross-over, that's one of the scenes i clapped for.

This last part is aimed at the user djekell for his "Logic Problems" thread.

to answer no 5 - the place where Horton tries to go is like 2 miles away when you see him looking, maybe less, plus he was led astray by the vulture, anyone who ran could catch up to him within minutes.

Yu-Gi-Oh! (I) (2000–2006)

Could have been the best

[8/10 · 21 March 2008]

I cried during the final episode of this series, it really touched me to think that it was all over.

a few people i used to know made fun of me for liking this series, well they never bothered watching did they or even picking up a copy of the manga.

I must admit i'm seriously disappointed with what 4kids turned this show into, it's just another shining example that they should leave animes undubbed and subtitled, i know Japanese voices can seem to some to be irritating but they have more emphasis and no one makes them say stupid phrases like they do in the English versions, it dumbs down the whole experience.

One Piece (1999– )

I've weeped so many times

[10/10 · 21 March 2008]

For years i avoided this anime because of the 4kids version, but i was always interested in seeing what it was like to watch in japs with subtitles because it was currently considered one of the best animes out there, and from episode 1 to episode 330 i was captivated.

I rediscovered this masterpiece and the extent of 4kids damage washed away in time.

from that moment on i couldn't stop watching, this show is incredible and incredibly moving, i've lost count of the times i've broken into tears watching them leave old friends, reunite current ones, burn their ship.

And i always figured this show would be funny and i was severely disappointed to find that it's not, not funny in the slightest, it's throatrippingly hilarious, especially the scene where Ussop and Carue run for their lives from Miss Wednesday and Mr 4 (i think?) that today is still my favorite scene. episode 126 i think it was.

If you want to become a fan then please avoid the 4kids version at all costs, if you still want to see an English one, watch the funimation version

Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo (2003–2005)

This show freakin sucks!

[1/10 · 21 March 2008]

I have only ever seen this show in English but i'm not waiting with baited breath that the Japanese version will be any better. This show proves why it's wrong to dub animes.

I've seen parts of this show on Jetix but I've never watched a full episode of this because it drove me insane.

This show is incredibly random and things that make absolutely no sense, i mean literally is beyond all reason why it's there are thrown at you like every two seconds, like in this one episode where first they were on a beach and then they were playing baseball, and that's a mild example.

the English dubbing is far too fast and the voices suck.

I just don't know what to make of this show, but i am certainly never watching it again and i hope no one else does.

Naruto (2002–2007)

An incredible hilarious tale

[10/10 · 13 March 2008]

Naruto is beyond a doubt an incredible anime, many people will fall in love with it. Before Shipuuden you do see a lot of similarities between this and DBZ but then again you see the same similarities in Bleach or One Piece or any top named animes, as time has gone by and newer manga has been released i've begun to see Naruto develop itself, it has less humor than it used to but a crazy amount of thrills, it is now a completely original masterpiece.

Humor - 10 Action - 10 Storyline - except for those god awful fillers 10 Music - 10

What i think people are forgetting when they describe DBZ is that the show was created 20 years ago, of course it's not going to have as good music and stuff like that.

I'm also someone who wants to see Naruto and Hinata get together simply because it's long overdue.

Arthur and the Invisibles (2006)

Pull the sword from the stone, oh yes, very original

[4/10 · 29 February 2008]

I've only seen the last 35 minutes and 10 minutes between Freddie becoming a minimoy and meeting the king but i think i've seen enough to say that it's not worth seeing the whole thing, I have given this confusing garbage a 1 for every good point it has.

1. The animation is simply incredible, you could only find better graphics if it were made by the makers of Final Fantasy.

2. David Bowie very much suited his character.

3. Selnia or whatever was, as it was probably intended, very hot.

4. It was very creative.

here are six bad points to the movie that i couldn't overlook.

1. The vocal cast was awful, and there were too many lines given to so many minor cases like Bowie's army guys all grunting over who takes the credit.

2. Could anyone point out someone in the cast whose had acting experience? Like Madonna's Princess Lea impersonation when she fought Bowie, you know, that part in the first Star Wars you hear a Posh well spoken accent from Lea when adressing Darth Vader but as soon as she meets Luke it transforms into some kind of Californian thing.

3. This happens in most animations, I call it The Slip+Slide Scene, this is a particular scene where for no reason the characters find this unbelievably huge slope and fall down it facing certain death but always survive, in this case it's where Arthur and Co drive a toy racecar and they slip+slide down these tunnels to get back home, it's just a thing that i really don't like, we've seen it in Ratatouille, happy feet, surfs up, it's just lazy writing.

4. Didn't Arthur go through the telescope during a full moon? then how come he could go back during a sunny day.

5. Does no one question the polar bear thing the king was originally stuck to, i don't think we saw many of them in the movie.

6. I never saw the whole thing but did that sword actually do anything?

Silver Fang (1986)

Should definitely be considered for a live action movie

[8/10 · 20 February 2008]

It's a hard series to get into at first, ridiculous plot to start off with, it features a small puppy getting the s*** beaten out of it by it's owner over his feud with a big bear, then eventually the puppy joins up with other dogs and together they take this bear down.

the series really starts to grow on you though because it's a very adorable puppy that tries it's hardest, and then you get a wide range of characters who all share a sense of pride in being a wild dog and live life without worries and all have unique abilities.

there are some bad points to the series, for one thing i think there just wasn't enough episodes, 26 i think there was, and Gin's development was a bit far-fetched, i mean he was only a year old and his abilities seemed to come unnaturally to him.

a lot of characters die in this series that you wish didn't but it would look stupid if they were left alive in a way, but man what a climax.

and one thing that bothered me a lot was facial expressions, i know dogs cant really pull faces but in this series you saw them walk around and run about with wide jaws and eyes.

I think what i love seeing the most is the interval animation, first we see Gin in this field of flowers scratching at his ear like a normal dog, then sniffing a butterfly, and next it's him running through a field of stars, that to me really sums up his character.

Robotboy (2005– )

Fear the lack of originality and facial expressions

[3/10 · 4 February 2008]

Anyone notice that Tommy only has 3 facial expressions.

1. The angry eyes look he gives every enemy. 2. The holding of the hands to face, mouth agape and frightened eyes. 3. The smiling Tommy Turnbull.

I have to say that i pretty much hate this show, i don't watch it but it's like Code Lyoko, we've all watched at least one, i must say that this show is borderline racist, uninteresting and pointless.

every episode ends with robotboy winning, except for one exception when robotboy basically let this overly geeky freakazoid fly away on a jetpack.

The jokes are pretty crude too, i think it's mostly people saying the word "Suck" or farting, i think the bullies of the show are quite shocking too.

Isn't there one that hides a bowling ball under his hate, and the other uses a chain, for god sake, what kind of school is he going to. Not to mention his older brother, who is borderline psychopathic and has no other character qualities.

The whole show i feel is ripping off megas XLR and Fosters. Like you could say the trio of coop, jamie and Kiva, as well as Robotboy being similar to Megas where he beats everyone no matter what the odds and he's free spirited despite being a robot.

There is simply no appeal to this show, i'm surprised that it's still running.

Beowulf (2007)

Um 12A? I don't think so.

[8/10 · 7 January 2008]

The 3D version blew me away, animation these days has far exceeded human comprehension.

There is a fight with a dragon near the end that was mindboggling, as in so incredible it boggles the mind as how to make something better.

It had flaws of course like the storyline was incredibly thin and it's just a Norwegian version of Macbeth but this film really was genuinely incredible, here's my number 1 complaint.

12A, did you know that this film was rated as 12A in my country, as in anyone under 12 could see this movie as long as they are present with an adult at the time, now, this movie was originally marked down from an R as far as i remember, clearly the reason for this was what I call the Spiderman effect, where many years ago, back in the days where you didn't have to put up with bi***in little brats in the front rows, Spiderman was deemed a 12, and because lots of children got disappointed that they couldn't see it, they created 12A, now every film that's either Animated or Superhero falls within this category clearly on hopes of making more money, because Beowulf is fully animated, the world seems to think it's perfectly safe to also allow it into the category.

Well, colour me confused because the first 3 lines of the movie included the word Ba**ard, and much of what i saw was a heap of blood, a mountain of guts, a man getting his head bitten off, and constant sex references including a fully nude (stupid people think it's a gold Bikini, it's paint, you can see her nipples) Jolie, Naked Beowulf, people sleeping together naked and a woman going "Oooh, OOOH, AAAHHH" as she cleaned a wooden table while her massive rack poked out of her green dress.

But, as i said, clearly because it's animated, and there is no actual sex involved, it's 12A meterial.

Does anyone else agree with me.

Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007)

Started off great, then became extremely annoying

[4/10 · 29 December 2007]

I hate seeing the beginning, because i as a (trying to become) writer just cant stand it when i see something on the big screen or in an anime that i thought of ages before watching.

basically when i was sixteen i wrote a crap script for a CGI about a monkey, and at the beginning i wanted the monkey and his three friends to sit in a tree and sing "Hey Hey Were The Monkees", eventually i abandoned this idea for a more realistic storyline.

Then wouldntchaknowit, the movie Alvin and The Chipmunks starts off with them in a tree, collecting acorns and singing the song Bad Day, it makes me laugh thinking about it, i just hate it though when that happens, well, at least i got to see first hand that the idea i thought of would've actually been funny.

Alvin and The Chipmunks pretty much sticks a knife into the throat of the concept of normal reality, in simpler terms, it's completely designed to be unbelievable.

I've always said i've hated that writers tend to sacrifice the laws of reality for (lack of a better word) toilet humor, how can three chipmunks even know the words to such songs let alone sing them in English, they never think do they.

anyway the film started off pretty well, and they did a good job of modernising it, but something went seriously wrong the moment they sang the Witchdoctor song, cute at first but then just became nauseating. the acting deteriorated, the jokes became lame, the dialogue became childish and David sevilles acting turned from bad to awful.

the whole film turned highly predictable after the halfway mark, and quite frankly became a rip-off of a Fosters home for imaginary friends episode, in fact i think i've seen the same storyline in three different movies or cartoons.

the animation is pretty good i must say but when it's in a film this bad i often wonder why people give them the money to produce it.

what kinda annoyed me about this film is that the chipmunks were often referred to as "Rock Stars" yet they were clearly performing the in the somewhat RNB genre since they were made to wear flashy clothes and bling, on a personal note i think RNB should be banished.

Really, if you like the laws of reality, hate RNB and are a true fan of the original chipmunks then don't go see this movie, or at least don't see it by paying for it.

I Am Legend (2007)

Finally

[8/10 · 28 December 2007]

Finally there is a zombie flick out there worth watching.

the film itself was very short and didn't have a lot in it but truly this movie beats such predecessors such as 28 days later, or night of the living dead by a country mile.

I've always been severely disappointed by these sort of films because they lack a law of reality and really couldn't be considered feasible, basically i hated them because no one explained why everything was happening the way it was. But this film really makes you believe this sort of thing could happen.

This naturally scary film had one major flaw i think, the CGI wasn't up to modern standard, it was easy to tell the dark-seekers were fake and every one of them was CGI.

I loved Will Smith's acting, i don't know how a man who came from typical black person's soap opera/comedy could become such an amazing and believable actor, will really tries in all his films, i don't think this is his best film but as far acting solo for most of a movie is concerned he has proved like Colin Farrel (phonebooth) that it is possible to carry a film by one's self. Bravo Mr Smith, you will certainly attain an Oscar one day if you get the Right part.

I gather this much about the dark-seekers they are people who have a heightened sense of smell, a heightened metabolism and blood pressure rate which makes them stronger than most humans, and a heightened stamina rate, but there skin can support any form or light.

Ratatouille (2007)

Incomprehensible CGI with about 2 seconds of something funny.

[7/10 · 14 October 2007]

I went to see this yesterday, there are a lot of positives about this film but there is also just as many negatives.

I don't know if i can clearly sum up my impression of Ratatouille because what can you really say that's not already been said.

Alright, first the positives.

1. Pixar really go all out into making you believe that these are actual rats, this includes giving you a glimpse of how rats are treated, how they live etc. After the film is over i left thinking that the only reason we fear rats is because of what we've turned them into. We treat them with less respect than pigeons.

2. You will not see CGI this incomprehensible anywhere else and at least not for a while, try not to blink too much because you might miss something you wont ever see again.

3. Most of the emotion appeared heartfelt and it was backed up by amazing dialogue which was also another good point, the dialogue is wonderful.

4. In films such as this you'd expect there to be at least one stereotype in the movie and surprisingly there wasn't, or at least there weren't any that were made obvious.

5. The critique stole the movie, delightfully wicked, and his monologue is something i haven't seen in ages.

alright and now for the bad points.

1. I didn't expect this film to be that funny, and it wasn't, you'd have to be a paid critique to find it funny (And i deeply stress the word PAID!), there is no comedy in this movie and i don't think there was really supposed to be, i don't think Brad Bird wrote it to be a comedy there were just an occasional gag in it and the newspapers did the rest.

2. I groaned a couple of times, towards the end the film severely starts to drag, the film is a little boring throughout since it lacks comedy and got a bit typical with the plot but towards the last half hour, it really got boring.

3. This film was very realistic but some things were just put in there to make the writers jobs easier, like the rats didn't speak human but they did understand English, and Remy knew what all the different types of cheeses and spices were although he was just a rat, one thing that killed it for me is when his dad says "And thank GOD!" i'm sorry but why do all the animals in CGI's have a concept of religion.

And how did they manage to tie up the health inspector and the former chef.

i know it's for kids but it doesn't hurt to be a little more true to life.

4. There seems to be a pattern weaving where it doesn't matter where the movie is set or what accent you give the main characters and you can judge what accent a character will be given depending on which company made the movie.

[e-mail] if anyone has anything they wish to yell at me for.

Barnyard (2006)

"I'm gonna go right in your ear!"

[7/10 · 8 October 2007]

I think this is about the most ridiculous film i've ever seen, but i have little complaints, i especially liked the 13 year old dog gag, it was an obvious gag but sometimes they hit the hardest.

I'm proud of the writers for not being squeamish over the possibility of killing off one of the characters, i was getting sick of the childish "oh my god is he dead" and then he opens his eyes 5 seconds later sort of thing, this is something that no CGI has done since Antz.

"That's called....BOY TIPPING....HAW, HAW, HAW" that part was insane, cows sneaking out to steal a car, chasing after a fat kid, pushing him over (i'd have sat on him) then hiding from the police, oh, i don't think we'll ever see something like that again, it's too much.

There was a part i didn't quite understand, it was the part at the end where odis looked up at the stars and watched two cows and a calf made of stars dance, what relevance did this have? i really liked it though, i was pretty captivated, i just wish i knew why it was there.

Happy Feet (2006)

Stunning

[8/10 · 26 May 2007]

This was a movie you couldn't help but enjoy, sure the storyline was a bit basic but i loved how they managed to include so many songs and dances into the film, also the themes of survival, brotherhood, the passing into adulthood and friendship was great.

I didn't really get how Mumble was the slowest in his physical growth though, i mean even after his first love Gloria had about 8 kids he was still malting his baby feathers.

but i think there's a huge gap between a good film and a cinematic wonder whose name you will forever recognise, this was somewhere in the middle, a really good movie but only deserving of an Oscar and no more, and the simple reason i feel was that the storyline was just too basic.

Lilo & Stitch 2: Stitch Has a Glitch (2005 Video)

surprisingly good Disney sequel

[8/10 · 24 August 2006]

For a movie which was released straight to DVD it was surprisingly good.

you tend to find with most Disney sequels that since it's so far down the line in history when a second one is made the animation tends to change and the storyline seems to be much shorter, the writers cant produce the same gold as the first movie and it's much more ridiculous.

this film however is like the toy story 2 of 2d animation, stuck to the original animation, had a lot of quirky and original jokes and followed on from the original movie unlike most sequels Disney makes which take place much later.

it's great to see a movie like this being made since stitch:the movie failed to make a real impact with it's TV graphics and less than original film quality writing.

my favorite scene would have to be after stitch attempts to make himself good again by doing good deads, he ends up in lilo's room and has an argument and only from then we have about 2 minutes of very funny jokes including pleakley as a Mexican symbol dancer and stitch screaming at lilo cause she's pointing to the air, it doesn't seem funny at first but when you see it properly you'll see why it was so funny.

i rated it as an 8 cause it wasn't quite good enough to be a 10, one thing i did find ridiculous about this movie was the fact that the entire movie's plot could've been affected by one simple thing, Jumba or Pleakley telling the family about why stitch has been acting so strange, if that info had been revealed then the whole story would've been affected and there would have been no movie, it's that simple, so simple that i'm glad it never happened cause otherwise you wouldn't get this hour and 20 minutes of quality Disney animation.

i think it also had something to do with there characters in general cause they like to do things there own way and avoid any worries.