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Riveting Robots?

Advantages: Fun film with a strong voice cast and good animation
Disadvantages: In the face of stronge competition, it doesn't quite match up

...meets an eclectic bunch of robots who show him how to survive metropolitan life. Rodney's skills are soon necessary as the evil robot, Ratchet, who is now running Bigweld threatens the survival of his new friends and potentially that of his aging parents. SO SHOULD I SEE IT? "Robots" is a great little film. I cannot honestly rate it as highly as some of my animated favourites such as Shrek, Ice Age, Kung Fu Panda or really any of the Pixars. However, ...
...the old, nuts and bolts robots with the shiny futuristic robots keeps your interest. It also goes to show that you can't judge a robot by its upgrades as the line between goodie and baddie cannot be drawn based on the appearance of a robot. The humour in the film is fairly traditional Robin Williams though with some moments of Mel Brooks (yes, that's one of the voices to look for). It is family friendly, but with the odd reference thrown in to delight ...

Mountainlilly 06.07.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Robots (DVD)

What some will do for their nuts!

Advantages: Funniy, educational (to an extent), more original than I'd expected
Disadvantages: A bit strange, but only a bit!

...the films available already, but Ice Age was among those I’d not yet seen. You’ll notice this is not my typical film, but I am going to give it a go at reviewing anyway! Story Well, you’ll never guess when this film is set! That’s right, in the Ice Age! Well, this first film is set right at the start. All the animals are migrating to better ground, except for a mammoth called Manfred or Manny, who seems to be going the wrong way. He then meets ...
...with two angry rhinos, and helps him out. Unfortunately, he didn’t bank on Sid then deciding to make him his personal bodyguard and follow him around everywhere! Then the two find a baby, that a sabre-toothed tiger, called Diego is trying to claim as his own, and they decide to return the baby to its people, with the tiger guiding them. But can they trust Diego? I love the way this film mixes in all the different animals that surely would never ...

Ayesha- 02.11.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Ice Age (DVD)

The Red Sea

Advantages: It's a great show
Disadvantages: It's banned in Malaysia

...choose that title? Well, in the show, it talks about God's power, miracles and signs. The most amazing one, in my opinion of course was the parting of the Red Sea. Those who have been brought up as Christians would probably have heard or read about this story, while adults will probably have read it in the Bible. However, nothing beats seeing the story in the visual way. This story's about this Hebrew man, Moses who was abandoned as a baby because ...
...killing the baby boys. As, God would have it, he was picked up by none other than the King's own daughter. So, he was brought up in the palace. When he was grown up, he accidentally killed a man. He fled and stayed away. It was many years later before God called him to lead his people, the Hebrews out of Egypt. But that was no easy task. You can be sure the Pharoah put up a good fight for his slaves! After many miracles, plagues and so forth, finally ...

ashlee19 16.06.2004 · Read full review
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Review of The Prince Of Egypt (Animated) (DVD)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire - A great movie for all ages.

Advantages: Great voice-acting and plot.
Disadvantages: Some plot holes and predictable ending.

...but I decided to watch Atlantis even though there wasn't a group of singing mice or Princesses in it. A cartoon about the lost city of Atlantis seemed too interesting to miss, especially since it was created by Disney. I wasn't disappointed either. The story begins with Milo Thatch, a young linguistic expert who is given the opportunity to search for the lost city of Atlantis. With the help of an ancient journal and a crew of explorers they begin ...
...could mean the end of Atlantis if Milo doesn't put a stop to it... I enjoyed the plot and storyline although I thought there could have been more time placed on certain storylines since there were a few plot holes and questions left, it also felt a little rushed around the end. There was some good character development though which helped push the story forwards, but the character Mole was just there for the humorous moments and didn't really have ...

Mistybrook 21.10.2009 · Read full review
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Review of Atlantis - The Lost Empire (Animated) (DVD)

God help the outcasts..

Advantages: Enjoyable songs.
Disadvantages: Slightly sad for younger viewers in certain scenes.

High up in the bell tower of Notre Dame Cathedral lives a hunchbacked man who rings the bells every morning, wishing he could join the people down there in the streets but his Master Frollo forbids him to ever go down there. When he hears the celebrations of the annual festival of fools, Quasimodo just can't help himself and sneaks out of the bell tower to see the festival... A smash hit for all ages, showing people that beauty is not just on the ...
...of the Hunchback of Notre Dame and a interactive game controlled by your remote. The movie has been translated into several languages (Spanish, Portuguese, Hebrew and Greek.) and there are subtitles for people with hearing problems. I love this movie, the voice actor for Frollo (Tony Jay) was the best singer out of all of the cast and I'm glad I bought this DVD so I can play the songs over and over again. ...

Mistybrook 06.08.2008 · Read full review
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Review of The Hunchback Of Notre Dame (Animated) (DVD)