I took my daughter to this movie because a record-breaking heatwave made our no-AC apartment unendurable. I think the movie was worse. We missed about the first 5 minutes.
If the concept of a religious fanatic leading a revolutionary cell in a cavern on an active volcano isn't freakish enough, the addition of an inexplicable wildebeest song-and-dance is painfully bizarre, and not in a good way. My child flinched every time an animal's head hit a hard surface, which was roughly every 17 seconds. The scary beasts trying to capture and kill Samson and Ryan, the backstory of Samson's abandonment by his father, the complete absence of mothers (a Disney trademark), and the dark, fiery visuals combined with poundingly loud scoring, made this a horrible film. It actually might have been a much better film if it hadn't been marketed for little kids -- add some four-letter words and it could almost work as a teen flick.
The sewer alligator scene was funny, if you're old enough to get the joke -- scary if not. The stuffed koala business was amusing as well. But I think we're going to rent Madagascar just to take the singed wildebeest taste out of our mouths.
If the concept of a religious fanatic leading a revolutionary cell in a cavern on an active volcano isn't freakish enough, the addition of an inexplicable wildebeest song-and-dance is painfully bizarre, and not in a good way. My child flinched every time an animal's head hit a hard surface, which was roughly every 17 seconds. The scary beasts trying to capture and kill Samson and Ryan, the backstory of Samson's abandonment by his father, the complete absence of mothers (a Disney trademark), and the dark, fiery visuals combined with poundingly loud scoring, made this a horrible film. It actually might have been a much better film if it hadn't been marketed for little kids -- add some four-letter words and it could almost work as a teen flick.
The sewer alligator scene was funny, if you're old enough to get the joke -- scary if not. The stuffed koala business was amusing as well. But I think we're going to rent Madagascar just to take the singed wildebeest taste out of our mouths.