I saw it today, the scenes with the President were hilarious
It's weird how I find cartoons for children funnier than "real" comedies..the jokes are just more subtle
its a good looking film but just one small criticism - its not funny! maybe to a 5 year old but apart from that it completely lacks the wit of the best of pixar etc
dreamworks cgi cartoons are such second cousins to pixars i think - kung fu panda, sharks tale (awful), madagascar, shrek (3rd shrek was abyssmal)
Went to see this yesterday, and to be honest, I was a bit disappointed.
I like all the in-jokes about old sci-fi films (I was the only person laughing in the cinema when the president played the keyboard tune from Close Encounters of the Thirds Kind) and I was very funny, especially Seth Rogan's BOB.
I just felt the story was lacking any depth. Women's becomes giant, meets other monsters, fights aliens, the end. Also, (being an massive Pixar fan myself) I didn't feel it had the charm and warmth of Pixar's animation.
Also, this 3D thing grates on me. I home for the Easter holidays, and my local cinema doesn't have the ability to show films in 3D. But if I was still in Glasgow, I think I'd steer clear of it. A student ticket is already £4.90 plus another £1.50 for the glasses. If I want some of my 'non-student' friends to come, the ticket price is £9.20!!!!!!! If the film studios want 3D to be the future it should be them, and not the audience, that are shouldering the cost of the switch.
I saw it last weekend, both myself and my son who is 6 loved it. It's had criticism but hey, it was funny, kept me interested unlike Shrek which I think is crap. I didn't analyse it just enjoyed it as it was meant to be viewed.
Our local cinema is £6 for adults and £4 for children. If it's a 3D film it's an extra £2, so it would cost £14 for me and my little brother to go see a 3D film (or £16 if it was 2 adults). I don't know if it is worth the extra £4 or not, but I don't know if they are showing it in 2D so I get to choose, it might be 3D or nothing...
Saw it on Sunday in 3D. Visually it is very, very nice to look at but the jokes were a bit flat and there seemed to be too many quiet parts where not much was going on to keep your attention. Some eyebrow raising adult moments in it though which made you wonder if it was a PG or a 12...! I remember a mention of the word 'boobies' got most of the patrons (including my little brother) laughing like mad!
The 3D though was fantastic and our local cinema was recently refurbished so all the screens have the new digital projectors. Was amazing to finally see a film at the cinema where there were no 'cigarette burns', hairs or jumps in the picture, it truly was a stunning image to look at. Even the trailers before the film were gorgeous quality. Bring on more 3D films, animated or not.
nice and funny animated film, not as good as some of the recent CGI films i have seen but still very entertaining
Watched it tonight on BBC3 for the first time and it was ok, but not one of the better Dreamworks animated films.
The story was pretty dire but the characters were quite good, shame they never fleshed any of them out, that was disappointing. Hard to empathise with the characters, they were too shallow and superficial.
The "bad guy" was also a bit naff, the whole plot was really vague as well, shame really.
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It's weird how I find cartoons for children funnier than "real" comedies..the jokes are just more subtle
I am seeing it next week (i think).
I am gonna take my kids to see it.
Is it worth paying the extra to see it in 3D?
Paddy
A bit more for adults £2 or something.
Worth it i say
Paddy
dreamworks cgi cartoons are such second cousins to pixars i think - kung fu panda, sharks tale (awful), madagascar, shrek (3rd shrek was abyssmal)
I like all the in-jokes about old sci-fi films (I was the only person laughing in the cinema when the president played the keyboard tune from Close Encounters of the Thirds Kind) and I was very funny, especially Seth Rogan's BOB.
I just felt the story was lacking any depth. Women's becomes giant, meets other monsters, fights aliens, the end. Also, (being an massive Pixar fan myself) I didn't feel it had the charm and warmth of Pixar's animation.
Also, this 3D thing grates on me. I home for the Easter holidays, and my local cinema doesn't have the ability to show films in 3D. But if I was still in Glasgow, I think I'd steer clear of it. A student ticket is already £4.90 plus another £1.50 for the glasses. If I want some of my 'non-student' friends to come, the ticket price is £9.20!!!!!!! If the film studios want 3D to be the future it should be them, and not the audience, that are shouldering the cost of the switch.
Paddy
Dreamworks definitely ride on Pixar's coat tails but this is one of their better efforts to date.
I couldn't even see it getting a sequel.
The 3D though was fantastic and our local cinema was recently refurbished so all the screens have the new digital projectors. Was amazing to finally see a film at the cinema where there were no 'cigarette burns', hairs or jumps in the picture, it truly was a stunning image to look at. Even the trailers before the film were gorgeous quality.
Watched it tonight on BBC3 for the first time and it was ok, but not one of the better Dreamworks animated films.
The story was pretty dire but the characters were quite good, shame they never fleshed any of them out, that was disappointing. Hard to empathise with the characters, they were too shallow and superficial.
The "bad guy" was also a bit naff, the whole plot was really vague as well, shame really.