Advantages: Nice start | Some good animation Disadvantages: Drags too much in the middle | Needs more of the penquins
and talk to them. Marty the zebra (Chris Rock) is one such animal but he yearns for something else and that something else is the Wild. His three other friends the self-obsessed lion Alex (Ben Stiller), hippo Gloria (Jada Pinkett Smith) and hypochondriac giraffe Melman (David Schwimmer) don't seem too bothered about wanting more because they have a pretty cushy life at the zoo. However spurred on by some psychotic penguins Marty decides to carry out his actions and they lead him and a selection of his animal buddies stranded on a remote island and into the real wild he dreamed about. Soon the animals crack under the stress of having to fend for themselves and the truth about their primal instincts come out.
Madagascar may start off quite well, you are instantly thrown into the main meat of the story and everything is set at a rather ...
Advantages: great family film to watch with the kids Disadvantages: a bit obvious
find out Marty has escaped. The rest of the animals try to find him but as they do they are all captured.
As luck would have it for Marty, they are 'punished' by being sent home. They are to be shipped there but the ship is taken over by the penguins and they manage to sink the boat.
All the animals end up washed upon the shore of madagascar where they find themselves reverting to wild animals ( a great laugh when Alex gets so hungry he wants to eat Marty).
They meet crazy creatures with big hats (Lemurs) and have a great adventure.
Now this is as far as i can go without spoiling the ending. But believe me this is a great family film. Although intended for children it is perhaps more an adult film.
The soundtrack to accompany this film includes great songs such as:
1. Best friends
2. I like to move it
3. Hawaii ...
Advantages: Simple comedy,looks good, entertaining. Disadvantages: Not as clever as Shrek,old plot line.
"Mad-a-who ha?" You might ask, and I will say, Madagascar, the latest CGI film on the block from Dreamworks, following up on the success of the two Shrek movies and the not so success of Shark Tale.
My daughter adored Shrek and Shrek two, so it was inevitable that we'd have to see Madagascar. I am glad we did actually as it is a good all round family film of fun.
Marty the Zebra, Alex the lion, Melman the Giraffe and Gloria the hippo live in a New York Zoo with other various animals including some escape-scheming penguins and some very British monkeys. Alex is the King of the Zoo, adoring playing up for the crowd but Marty his best friend yearns to go back to the wild. He uses his birthday wish to this end and makes his escape from the Zoo to find the great outdoors. However things don't quite go to plan and the group ...
Two features. In 'Madagascar' the friendship between a New York City lion and zebra is tested when fate brings them out to the unforgiving wilderness in this computer-animated feature. Chris Rock does the voice of Marty the Zebra, whose longing to explore beyond his cushy Central Park Zoo boundaries is the impetus that ultimately strands him and his pals on the shores of savage Madagascar. Marty loves the new, edible scenery, but his best friend Alex (voiced by Ben Stiller) the Lion begins to starve since his diet of thick steaks has been cut off, and the rump of his friend starts to look mighty tasty. Their other friends, a hypochondriac giraffe (David Schwimmer) and a sassy hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), try their best to think of a solution as the call of the wild slowly turns the starving Alex into Marty's worst nightmare. Meanwhile the hilariously self aggrandising King of the Ocelots (Sacha Cohen) has a plan to use Marty to repel their own carnivore problem. This kid-oriented comedy stays adult-friendly every step of the way thanks to a clever script that mixes New Yorker humour and even some existentialism in with the pratfalls and spit-takes. Jolts of comedic brilliance are supplied by some Arctic-bound escaped con penguins, and a couple of literary apes. It's not a musical, but classic songs from the likes of Louis Armstrong and Sammy Davis Jr. keep the montages flowing loose and sassy. Also includes 'Penguin Christmas Caper'.
Release details
DVD Region
DVD
Studio(s)
PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT; DREAMWORKS HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Release date
19/06/2006
No of Discs
1
Catalogue No
DSA 1226
Barcode
5051189122637
Screenwriter
Mark Burton, Tom McGrath, Billy Frolick, Eric Darnell
Two features. In 'Madagascar' the friendship between a New York City lion and zebra is tested when fate brings them out to the unforgiving wilderness in this computer-animated feature. Chris Rock does the voice of Marty the Zebra, whose longing to explore beyond his cushy Central Park Zoo boundaries is the impetus that ultimately strands him and his pals on the shores of savage Madagascar. Marty loves the new, edible scenery, but his best friend Alex (voiced by Ben Stiller) the Lion begins to starve since his diet of thick steaks has been cut off, and the rump of his friend starts to look mighty tasty. Their other friends, a hypochondriac giraffe (David Schwimmer) and a sassy hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), try their best to think of a solution as the call of the wild slowly turns the starving Alex into Marty's worst nightmare. Meanwhile the hilariously self aggrandising King of the Ocelots (Sacha Cohen) has a plan to use Marty to repel their own carnivore problem. This kid-oriented comedy stays adult-friendly every step of the way thanks to a clever script that mixes New Yorker humour and even some existentialism in with the pratfalls and spit-takes. Jolts of comedic brilliance are supplied by some Arctic-bound escaped con penguins, and a couple of literary apes. It's not a musical, but classic songs from the likes of Louis Armstrong and Sammy Davis Jr. keep the montages flowing loose and sassy. Also includes 'Penguin Christmas Caper'.
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