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Advantages: A TRUE family film
Disadvantages: nothing

...that only certain people within the family would laugh about as they'd understand it. There are a few famous faces, some found in The Chronicles of Narnia, and some found in Stuart Little. They aren't very famous but are recognisable in some films. Tony Thompson is an only child whose family has moved to Scotland from California. As would be expected, he has no friends in the new country, and he is picked on by bullies at school, who happen to ...
...through his first year at the new school. However, he starts having recurring nightmares about vampires. Life starts to get very interesting for Tony when he meets a young vampire named Rudolph. Rudolph flies into his room and hide away secretly! And then that's when Tony is launched into the world of vampires and vampire hunters! This is very good, and one everyone shall enjoy. I loved the bit with the cows, people who've seen this would possibly ... Read review

Advantages: Absolutely Hillarious
Disadvantages: Moments where they copy the lion king

...I had'nt seen the first Madagascar film and thought I might find the second one confusing. But the film is clever yet straightforward so it doesn't matter if you haven't seen Mad1. Madagascar is a great family film, my younger brother and sister loved it, and even though I'm a lot older than them I really enoyed it as well. The only down side is it does get a bit Lion King-esque in some places, which somewhat ruined the script. But the characters ... Read review

Advantages: Good animation, great for children
Disadvantages: Story has been done before with different characters

...spends his time dreaming about Kung Fu. His father is a duck (don't know how that happened) and he believes Po will one day take over his business but Po has other ideas and wants to become a Kung Fu master like his idols, the Furious Five. When the Old Master has a vision of the bad tiger coming back to the town to get his revenge for not being selected as the Dragon warrior the Master declares that he is going to choose a new Dragon Warrior. Po ...
...Po in the art of Kung Fu so he can finally defeat the bad tiger and save the village or will it all go wrong for Po and will he be destined to take over his father's noodle business? This is a good film but both me and my hubby agreed that it was not as good as all the hype made it out to be. The story was very good but it has been done several time before with an overweight and slightly thick character becoming good and the only one who could save ... Read review

Advantages: Wonderful Animation, good story
Disadvantages: None

101 Dalmatians in cartoon form is another Disney film which I had not seen so yet again hubby thought this was bad so we managed to buy it on DVD and last night as there was nothing on the TV again we decided to watch it. The story is of a bachelor and his dog, a dalmatian named Pongo who fells that his master needs a wife, he sets of to the park in search of a beautiful lady and a female dalmatian which he saw walking past and going into the park. ...
...Line - The Making of 101 Dalmatians Sincerely Yours, Walt Disney - Experience the actual conversation between Walt and the author of the original book Cruella De Vil - Drawn to be Bad - Discover the Inspiration behind Disney's most outrageous villain Deleted Scenes And Much More! We did start to watch the documentary about how the film was made but we ended up turning it off as we felt it got a bit boring. We have not tried the games out yet ... Read review

Advantages: Great story
Disadvantages: Special effects not good

...at school, being bullied by the other children when they suddenly find themselves in the magical land of Narnia. Eustace has been there before, but Jill has not. It is soon clear that they have a task to complete - finding the missing Prince Rillian, whose father Eustace knows from a previous visit. The lion, Aslan, gives Jill a series of goals that they must achieve in their travels, which includes dodging giants and dragons, almost being eaten ...
...by the Marshwiggle, Puddleglum. Can they find and rescue Prince Rillian from the clutches of The Green Lady? And will they ever return to their own world? As a child, I read and loved the Narnia books by C S Lewis. I also enjoyed the recent adaptation of The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. So when I received this adaptation of The Silver Chair, to my knowledge the only one that has been done so far, I knew I had to watch it. I cannot really remember ... Read review