Archive for the ‘Children’ Category

Shrek Forever After

Review:     3 Stars     Rated:     G

It’s a deal of a life time for Shrek and he’s going to take a trip back to when an Ogre can be an Ogre. Shrek Forever After casting voices include:  Mike Myers, Eddie Murphy, Cameron Diaz, and Antonio Banderas

Plot: After challenging an evil dragon, rescuing a beautiful princess and saving your in—laws’ kingdom, what’s an ogre to do? Well, if you’re Shrek, you suddenly wind up a domesticated family man…  (more here)

Did It Suck? Not my favorite Shrek by far.  Shrek 4 does have some good laughs as to be expected, however, being the last movie in the series I was hoping for a better send-off.  This is a good family movie and most Shrek fans will want to see this film.  This movie in 3D is nothing special and ads nothing more than the price of the ticket.  Wait For The DVD.

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- Dan Kersey

How to Train Your Dragon

Review:     4.5 Stars     Rated:     G

Saddle up for a fantastic ride that will take you to new heights in  How to Train Your Dragon.  Voice Cast:  Jay Baruchel,  Gerard Butler, Jonah Hill, and America Ferrera. Directors: Chris Sanders and Canadian film director Dean DeBlois.

Plot: On a small island called Berk lives a community of Vikings who’s occupational hazard happens to be fighting dragons.  For one teenage Viking, named Hiccup, fighting dragons doesn’t come naturally so he finds a different way to deal with them.  Hiccup soon realizes everything he’s ever known about dragons has been wrong.

Did It Suck? This was a very enjoyable film to watch; the animation, the story, and the characters all fit together beautifully.  The opening of this movie was quite good. It gives you a quick overview of everything and everyone that’s involved in the adventure that is about to unfold.  The film quickly moves into the main plot while balancing out the surrounding story giving you a well rounded film.  As with most of the new 3D movies that come out you have a viewing choice of 2D or 3D.  However this movie was really good in 3D and worth paying a little more for.  I am quite happy to say this one is well Worth a Ticket

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- Dan Kersey

Disney’s A Christmas Carol

Review:     2.5 Stars

Not the best 3D movie I’ve seen and it really didn’t live up to a Disney film standard.  Jim Carrey stared as the main character in this animated version of  A Christmas Carol.

This film is targeted towards kids more than adults and the 3D was downplayed as it could have been much better.  The best parts of this film were already depicted in the previews  giving the illusion of a much better film.    Aside from the 3D,  what attracted me to this movie was the fact that Jim was staring;  however,  I feel that he didn’t live up to my personal expectations of  a funny Carrey movie.   It seemed as though his personality was held back by either the director, or maybe it was just a lack of effort on his part.

Final thoughts:  Half the attraction to this movie was that fact it was in 3D;  failing at even that aspect, I wouldn’t consider renting this one.  However, kids will undoubtedly enjoy watching this movie :)

-Dean D

Astro Boy

Review:     3.5 Stars

Astro Boy is based off a cartoon TV series that still has a cult following today. Growing up I used to watch Astro Boy quite often and I really appreciated how this movie pretty much kept to the origin of how Astro came to be.

Astro is a robot that was created by a brilliant scientist, (Dr. Tenma), after his son was killed in a terrible accident.  He created Astro to look and act like his late son Tobio (Toby), and even went as far as to program him with his sons memories.

The movie animation is full of soft bright colours that kids will find attractive and fun,  I just sat back with a smile to watch an old childhood memory fly across the silver screen.  Fans of Astro boy should be happy with this film, along with kids under 12,  as this movie is really geared for a younger audience.  I for one can’t wait for Blu-ray  which leaves me to my final thoughts … Unless your an Astro boy fan or a kid under 12 etc;  wait for the DVD.

-Dan Kersey

Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs

Review:     3.5 Stars

ok, yes, I know this is a late review, but time and money are not always on the side of us movie critics, so sue me.

I finally got a chance to see this movie, and I brought 3 of my 4 kids (aged 8, 10, and 12) to the movie. This movie was fun. For adults, there were parts of the movie that are just plain corny, but you have to remember that this movie designed for kids, and MY kids really enjoyed this movie and had a great time.

Since this review is late, you may have already elected to see this movie with your family. If you haven’t, you need to go see this with your kids before it leaves! GO WATCH IT!.

-Carl Constantine