Originally Posted By Dabob2 It gets 54% on Rotten Tomatoes and 73% audience "like." The general consensus seems to be "better than you might have thought, though certainly not great."
Originally Posted By Christi22222 My 12 yo son and his friend rated it an 'okay.' Didn't think it was as good as the trailers looked! lol And these kids really liked Tangled a lot, FWIW. But they were very glad to see a movie that WASN'T Justin Bieber. Tron might have done better coming out about now, I think. Kind of the anti-girl response for the tween boys.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 <<the original Charlotte's Web as long as I don't have to look at the actual animation>> That's funny - I've always loved that movie, but thought the actual animation was pretty bad too. The voice cast and songs are all great - would love to see someone re-animate this one with the original soundtrack. (Same goes for The Last Unicorn - another guilty pleasure of mine!)
Originally Posted By basil fan The Last Unicorn was a pretty good story, but I hated the animation and character design.
Originally Posted By mawnck The amazing thing about The Last Unicorn? As soon as production on it was finished, the animation-for-hire company in Japan that did the actual grunt work (Top Craft) started on their next project, a little something called ... Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind. >>Charlotte's Web ... would love to see someone re-animate this one with the original soundtrack.<< This. Some of the Sherman Brothers' very best work is in this movie. Great story. Fabulous voice cast. And Hanna Barbera animation. And if you ever spot a copy of the soundtrack album, grab it. GLORIOUS stereo sound on that sucker, even though the movie audio itself was dull mono. Gatefold cover with a popup barnyard too (which you'll NEVER find undamaged). Anybody remember Hanna Barbera's followup, Heidi's Song? MAN that one's lousy. PS ... Wha'appen to Touchstone? I am disappoint.
Originally Posted By lesmisfan ok so i went and saw it tonight. Within the first few minutes I though I might have regretted to pay to see this but after that few minutes it starts to really pick up and the humour gets really funny! I have to say this was a cute retelling of a classic shakespeare plays and i loved all the shakespeare puns that were thrown in there for those that knew what they were.
Originally Posted By basil fan I saw it, too. Thought it was pretty good, but the creators have a somewhat bizarre sense of humor. I got the feeling that it would grow on me with repeat viewings. Several dandy moments: the jogger in the alley, the guy in the thong raising his hand, the kitty lawn mower, the 2-D animated overlays, the flamingo... But I didn't expect the Elton john songs to be established songs. Thought we'd at least get the Lion King treatment. As a true non-fan, I found this to be a drawback. I thought the flashback was extremely poignant. May have to try this film a second time. The Tarzan Equation <a href="http://www.whatsitsgaore.com/disney/tarzan.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgaore.com/d...zan.html</a>
Originally Posted By basil fan The deer's voice stood out for sheer awfulness. Who signed up that guy. Yikes! Contrariwise, Jim Cummings keeps on proving his worth. Gilligan's Island <a href="http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/glitch/giglitch.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatsitsgalore.com/...tch.html</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Really? The Ozzy Osborne character is the only one that had me interested in seeing this movie. It looks terrible.
Originally Posted By mawnck My verdict ... mediocre. Think "Dreamworks on an off day." It's not entirely devoid of amusement, but it just doesn't have enough "stuff" to fill a movie with. The story is slight, cliched and half-baked. The characters never connect with the audience. The gags miss more often than they hit, although they do hit occasionally. In short, it's not intolerable, but if Tangled or Megamind are still playing, you'll have more fun going to see them a second time. A few theaters are also currently running a program of the Oscar nominated animated shorts - you DO need to see those if possible.
