Originally Posted By Doobie This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/News-ID510080.asp" target="_blank">2/10/06 Toon Talk - From the Other Side: Curious</a>
Originally Posted By ScroogeMcDuck I think you're taking all of this a trifle too seriously. To remind us of Jack Johnson's innocuous stylings or Will Ferrell's career failures as arguments for bad casting seems a tad ambitious for a film that's aimed at children under the age of ten. This is not a film that will someday be as much of a museum piece as The Lion King or Beauty and the Beast--and who's to say every animated film should aim for that. It's not even trying to cater to kids, teenagers and adults alike. It's merely a charming film that will be greatly appreciated by young children whose parents want to treat them to a DVD or a nice afternoon at the theatre. And personally I think they deserve some kudos for the animation. Who knew Hollywood was still capable of making an animated movie without polygon counts.
Originally Posted By basil fan I haven't seen it, but the animation on the trailers is utterly charming. Disney Glitches htto://www.whatsitsgalore.com/disney/dglitch.html
Originally Posted By Palendat Is this the same guy who LIKED Kronk's new groove!!!!??? My family and I found Curious George to be FAR SUPERIOR to the lame, boring Kronk! My 6 yo enjoyed it alot (but probably wouldn't in about 18 months, it was for the very young) and my 3 yo LOVED it. My wife and I found it very charming, if maybe about 15 minutes too long!
Originally Posted By alisserae We watched George on Saturday evening, and adored it. I think we were the only adults in the theater without children, and half our fun was in their laughter throughout the movie! As an addded delight, while we were watching the credits, the Mr. always insists on it, we had the pleasure of meeting several "Firefly" employees, including the president. Such a nice opportunity to commend their work on a great film. I read a shor blurb from Jack Johnson in Entertainment Weekly concerning the soundtrack for Curious George. He wanted to emote the classic melodies of "Raffi", and create music that children and adults could enjoy together, rather than the overly synthesized manufactured junk coming from the latest "Kidz Bop" CDs. (To be fair, he mentioned nothing about Kidz Bop, that was entirely me). Having grown up on classics such as Baby Beluga and Joshua Girrafe, I found Jack Johnson's tunes to be a welcome reprive from a bunch of tweens screeching along to lyrics they are too young to even understand.
