Advantages: Short Christmas Themed Film Disadvantages: Not very funny
...line of Madagascar films called Merry Madagascar and as normal, it follows Marty and Gang in their quest to try to make it back to New York in time for Christmas. Alex, Marty, Melman and Gloria are attempting to escape from the Island of Madagascar to their home of New York in a hot air balloon when their balloon is attacked by King Julian and the rest of the Lemurs with fire arrows and crashes back down onto the island. When Alex and the gang question ... ...on Amazon from £9.80 plus packing! If you are interesting in getting a copy I suggest you pop to your local Tesco or buy it online from Tesco, it is cheaper. Merry Christmas and happy new year to you all and many thanks for reading - Anna ...
Advantages: fantastic visuals, some really good performances, traditional to the book Disadvantages: For an animation it was too heavy, language beyond small children, lacked christmas spirit.
As soon as I saw this film advertised early in the year, I knew I had to take my daughter to see it. However I have been hanging on since it's early November release, simply because November is just far too early for Christmas movies! Feeling sufficiently festive yesterday, we set off. A Christmas Carol is the latest in a long line of adaptations of Charles Dickens famous book of the same name. Briefly, because I'm imagining most people already know ... ...Christmas Eve though he is first visited by his late business partner, Jacob Marley, who warns him how his wicked and miserly ways will affect him in his afterlife and for all eternity. Throughout the rest of the night, Scrooge is visited by three more ghosts, The Ghosts of Christmas past, present and yet to come. Will this be enough to show Scrooge the error of his ways and change? This Disney Version is written and directed by Robert Zemeckis and ...
...moment, so we decided on Planet 51. Synopsis Lem has just landed a new job, he’s just found out that the girl next door (who he’s had a thing about for years) likes him, and he’s doing great at college. Life couldn’t be better, well except for the hippy Glar, who is also interested in Neera. It’s a lovely afternoon, the food is cooking on the barbie and everyone is having fun, for all intents and purposes it’s a great day on 1950’s Earth. However ... ...and friends are little green men (and women). Lem’s life is about to get complicated though, as Captain Charles T. Baker (Chuck) an Earth astronaut lands in his backyard, a proceeds to destroy (through no fault of his own) every part of Lem’s life. Down at Area 9 (forget you’ve heard that), Rover comes back to life as Chuck’s ship comes into range. Rover is an AI probe (who has a thing for rocks) who’s programming tells him to seek out Chuck. With ...
Advantages: Dialogue, cracking pace, excellent animation Disadvantages: May not be suitable for children who are old enough to understand innuendo
...for adults as well and Ice Age 3 certainly delivered on that front. I've seen Ice Age2 on TV but not the first film and never in the cinema. On top of that this was a 3D show. The story essentially follows Manny, the mammoth, his heavily pregnant wife, Ellie and Diego, the sabre toothed tiger as they venture under the ice to a land where dinosaurs are not extinct. They do this to try and rescue Sid, who feeling unloved due to the impending arrival ... ...subsequently been carried off with his 'children' by their real mother. In dinosaur world they meet Buck, the weasel with the Sylvester Stallone eyepatch and knife, the British accent (Simon Pegg voices him) and the literary connections to Captain Ahab of Moby Dick (both have been left injured by 'the great white beast', both are unnaturally obsessed and slightly unhinged by it). As a sideline, Scratt is still seeking his acorn but this time there ...
Advantages: amazing picture quality, good fun for all the family! Disadvantages: Cant think of any.
I bought my wife Ice Age 3 for Christmas. She asked for it. Can't say its my type of film, but being a loving husband I sat down and watched it with her anyway. The first thing that struck me, being a blu ray, is the amazing quality. Animated films and comic-esque outings (like the Simpsons) always take full advantage of the High Definition nature of blu ray and make a movie a pleasure for the eye to behold. Ice Age 3 is quite possibly the best example ... ...were apparently living below the ice and meeting a swash buckling weasel who helps save the day. All the while, we get to watch the fun adventures of the little chap chasing his acorn, that have been present in the past films. This time, there's a love interest!! Its quite a good watch and plenty of fun for all the family. The usual deleted scenes and such are present, I can't say I watched them though, sorry, but its not my cup-of-tea, as I said. ...
