man you had me spitting out the water i was drinking when i read this. LOL!! The "movie-that-didn't-need-to-be-made"?! I love it.! It is amazing what kids enjoy. Looking bad, rememeber all those great cartoons--from Bugs Bunny to Rocky and Bullwinkle to Fracture Fairy Tales--that had adult themes and jokes mixed in among the kid-friendly hijinx? That's how you should make a kids' movie: enough jokes and slapstick for the wee ones, but intelligence, innuendo, satire, and in jokes that adults can enjoy as well. that's why The Incredibles is one of the few CGI films that i absolutely love.
-------------- Original message -------------- From: "James Landrith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> How was it? Not very good. At its core, the movie suffered from a plot that involved talking and singing chipmunks. For some reason, my son enjoyed it. This same kid loved TMNT, Iron Giant, Incredibles, Robots and Madagascar. Someone explain to me why he liked this Movie-That-Didn't-Need-To-Be-Made? I'm guessing it was the barrage of advertising on Cartoon Network, Nick, Radio Disney, etc. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 12:47 PM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :( lo siento! how was it? There's plenty of kids' fare that's tolerable. Some of it's quite good. "The Iron Giant" and "The Incredibles" come to mind. Even "Robots" or "Madagascar" are okay for adults to sit through once. But Alvin just seemed horrible to me from the trailers... -------------- Original message -------------- From: "James Landrith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:james%40jameslandrith.com> > No, I got sucked into Alvin and the Chipmunks by a 10 year old. The entertainment sacrifices we make for our children. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:KeithBJohnson%40comcast.net> ] Sent: Wednesday, December 26, 2007 11:01 AM To: scifinoir2@yahoogroups.com <mailto:scifinoir2%40yahoogroups.com> Subject: [scifinoir2] "National Treasure 2" Rules Box Office - :( I really hope none of you fine people contributed any ducats to making "National Treasure 2" the number one movie over the Christmas weekend. I tried to watch the first movie a couple of years ago, on a Sunday night, as background noise while I cleaned up. I turned it off with 45 minutes to go. Silly concepts, preposterous occurrences, autopilot acting by Cage and Voight ("just show me the money!!"). Not fun or clever or engaging at all. Despite what some think of me, i'm not a movie snob, don't have a thing against low brow humour (saw "Knocked Up" recently and loved it) or mindless action flicks. I"m the guy who will watch "The Warriors" every single time it airs (much to my wife's consternation!) And "Face Off"? Pure cinematic pleasure of adrenalin, over-the-top acting, and things that go "boom!". Love that flick. But National Treasure sucked, and I hear the sequel is even dumber in plot. Mount Rushmore built just to hide a city of gold. A secret book passed down from one President to another that details, among other things, the truth of what's kept in Area 51? Brotherrr! Please tell me none of you watched it? [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
