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Hey Arnold! The Movie (2002)
Good Movie... but it depends on your mindset.
I am a fourteen-year-old girl and while I'm certainly not the show's core demographic, I enjoyed the movie as much as I enjoy any episode of the TV series. Hey Arnold was one of the things I had lived with since about the second grade and then one day it just turned into a full-blown obsession.
But first off, let's get one thing straight, people: This was NOT intended to be a big-screen movie. It was intended to be a Nick Flick, one of Nickelodeon's made-for-TV movies. The powers that be decided that the storyline of the series held a much more interesting premise: searching for Arnold's parents. That premise became the movie. But then, for reasons I am not aware of, this switched back to being a theatrical movie. Then there was some kind of disagreement, and now it's unlikely we'll ever see the second movie. ::sniffle::
That information aside, this is still a very enjoyable movie. The particular theater my brother and I saw it in was filled with many parents, most of which probably had no idea of the story behind the movie (both legal and TV-show-story wise) and they still enjoyed it as much as I did. Helga is as laughably enjoyable as ever, and the movie still contains subtle humor situations that adults will enjoy.
This is a decent enough movie. And if you still think you won't like it, go see it for us fans, who desperately want a second movie and are hoping against hope that it will be made. Thank you.
La vita è bella (1997)
One of the best movies ever made...
When my eighth grade English teacher showed us Life is Beautiful the Friday before school let out, I had never even heard of it, much less knew what it was about. Well, after having seen the first forty-five minutes of this movie, I was entranced. I quickly went home and rented it from the local video store.
I finally got around to watching it Saturday night. It was then that I discovered the absolute beauty of the movie. I laughed throughout the first part, the sat entranced through the second, both intrigued and horrified at the horrors of the concentration camps. I sobbed my way through the last ten minutes, then rewound the movie, sat down, and hugged my bewildered dog and cried for another twenty minutes.
Life is Beautiful is an unforgettable film. You quite literally go through every single emotion you are capable of. Roberto Benigni's acting, through comedic and dramatic moments, is spectacular.
Watch this movie. You won't be disappointed.