UP

UP was one of Pixar's best movies ever made. There was comedy, drama, memorable characters, memorable moments, emotional and very heart-warming. And like Finding Nemo, I don't think it's as strong as Toy Story, it's still pretty dang good. What's the story? A little boy named "Carl" meets a little girl named "Ellie" and they instantly become friends. Well kind of I guess because he's a little shy and she's an over the top energy maniac. But they do have something in common that they both love adventure and they love to travel. They make a pack that they will go an adventure some time but unfortunately all sorts of real life events constantly get in the way. But they live a good life all the way up to old age until her death. Obsessed over the loss of his wife Carl has turned from a shy young boy into a grouchy old man, who's about to lose his home so he takes matters into his own hands and ties a bunch of balloons to his house and takes off into the sky, off to have an adventure searching for that patch of land he and his wife always talked about getting called "Paradise Falls." Along the way he comes across some colourful characters, including a boy scout named "Russell" who accidently got roped in, a rare bird who Russell names "Kevin" who seems to get along with Russell, a dog with a collar that allows him to talk named "Dug" and an old pilot named "Charles Munts" whose life-long search for Kevin has driven him insane, determined in capturing the creature even if it means killing anyone is the way. On the surface this story doesn't sound like much in fact it even sounds... well silly. And yeah it is silly. How did they think about having dogs fly little aeroplanes? Yeah, there's dogs flying little aeroplanes in this. But if you're willing to buy surreal ideas like a house that can take off with a million balloons, you know what!? You'll buy stuff like that too. And that's what the film manages to do. It manages to pull you in with every silly over the top idea because the dramatic moments are just as equally strong. And I'm sure you've heard everyone talk about the first 10 minutes and saying how unbelievably good they are. And well yeah I guess they kind of are. You want to have a look?

It's basically the history of their life as a couple together without any dialog. It's all done through visuals and music. And the rest of the movie is so imaginative and so colourful and so likable that it's impossible not to get as drawn in as you were the first 10 minutes. Kevin never says and yet she has a lot of personality. Yeah Kevin's a girl. The relation ship between Carl and Russell has it's funny moments but also has it's touching moments. The way they nail the personality of a dog by giving a voice box attached to it collar is in genius. Even the side-villains. As soon as "Alpha," Charles leading dog appeared I  remember thinking to myself "Oh boy here we go. The funny ruiner. This movie is ruined." But sure enough, this happened. Watch this.

You can't argue with me when I say that that's a brilliant idea. It's dang hilarious. Up has the perfect amount of drama, comedy, material for adults and children. I doesn't need a whole bunch of characters it only needs a few. But the few they chose are so good and so likable that it's enough to make you very satisfied. Now I'm going to get to the stuff I don't like. Well after the night when Carl, Russell, Kevin and Dug sleep under the house out under the rain, after that the movie doesn't hold up as strong as it. Another one is that some of the dialogs are often weird. Also remember when Dug said "My name is Dug." You could just hear the actor saying it from behind the microphone for a spilt second before the characters said it. But I don't have any other problem with this movie. But above it all I do like it. But I don't really think it's strong. But it's alright. Not a brilliant one but a great one. Check it out and have fun.

Ratatouille

Ratatouille was the second Pixar movie that was directed by Brad Bird after The Incredibles. What's the story? We have a rat named "Remy." He loves human food and loves learning how to make art out of special ingredients. Eventually Remy get's separated from his family and comes across one of his favourite human restaurants. By the way, this is taking place in France. The sad news is that the owner of that restaurant sadly passed away recently and is now under management of the villain of the movie. A very power hungry chief who I'm just going to say I have no idea what his plan is. Remy knows he can't speak to humans but he can at least help out with some of the dishes. Though he get captured by a janitor named "Linguini" who everyone thinks is the one who made the dishes who everyone seems to like. Linguini puts together that it was it was Remy who made the food and they form and partnership. Remy finds a way of controlling Linguini by pulling his hair and controlling his arms. Like a puppet Remy has total control over the chief and makes it looks like he's the one who's making these incredible dishes. From there a ton of stuff happens. There's a conspiracy about who really owns the restaurant, there's a chief that get's fired, there's a critic named "Anton Ego," or "Ego" who wants to come in and shut the restaurant by giving it a bad review, there's the reuniting Remy with his family, there's a moral about stealing. It's a ton. This movie makes me thinks a lot like the Incredibles. For example there's too much focus on Linguini who's just your everyday doofus. Nothing really makes him stand out from any other doofus in movies. There's a woman chief named "Colette Tatou" played really well by Janeane Garofalo who's pretty entertaining. Ego is one of the best designs I've ever in a C.G.I movie. The dead chief who used to own the restaurant comes back as a figment of Remy's imagination and I think that that's a pretty good idea. I actually only watched this movie for the first time ever only recently and actually before I decided to watch it I thought it was going to be a complete waste of time and I thought it was going to be like the worst Pixar movies ever. But actually no I was 100% wrong. I really loved it. I mean here's an example why. Every outside shot looks like something out of a beautiful painting. Just take one look at this movie and you'll know exactly what I'm talking about. And once again the characters look very Brad Bird. They look like they were drawn first and then designed in a computer. Which gives a lot more personality. Speaking of personality, I'm going to show you probably one of the most perfect endings ever given to a movie. Ego goes to the restaurant to give the bad review. But as he taste the food he suddenly remembers how one day his mother fed him the exact same dish when he was a boy and loved. Then... well just watch this. I guarantee you'll enjoy it.

I can listen to that review over and over and never get tired of it. It one of my favourite movie scenes ever. So does this movie have flaws? Yeah! And I do think they are serious. But the stuff that's good, I can describe how good it is. So despite it's trouble Ratatouille is a brilliant movie that I'm going to be watching a lot more times in the future.

Cars

When I saw Cars in the cinemas, I really didn't know what to think. I mean I did like it and I still do. But the way I did see it was kind of odd. It was a lot different then from the way I see it now a days. What's the story? We have a race car named "Lightning McQueen." Or "Lightning" for short. He's a big shot celerity. constantly winning all his races and getting fans on his back. While he's being taken to his next race, he get's lost and finds himself in a town called "Radiator Springs." Which he accidentally destroys a good amount of. The court decides that he should fix the road to pay for what he's done. Of course being the egotistical celebrity he is, he just wants to get to his race. But the town won't let him leave until he's fixes the road. While he's at the town he actually makes friends with the town's people... or town's cars. Mater the cable truck, Sally, Flo, Sarge, Fillmore, Doc Hudson, the Sheriff, Luigi, Ramone, Lizzy and Red. They all live in a town where they each have they're own businesses... though they haven't had costumers for years. Although as time goes on Lightning actually starts to become friends with the townspeople. He becomes best friends with Mater and he and Sally start to become interested in each other over time. And just from that you can pretty much tell what's going to happen in the rest of the movie. So yeah I liked the movie. A lot of the jokes do get big laughs  and the characters are really memorable. But I don't I would really put this on the top five Pixar list. But I would say that the characters are one of the best elements of this movie and there's some really, really good dialogs. Especially between Lightning and Sally when they get to an old restaurant called "Wheel Well." Owen Wilson plays Lightning and I have to say it's ideal casting. He's very likable and the he does do a very good job. Sure not the same way as in Madagascar but it's still pretty good. And there's also Larry the cable guy who plays Mater who's really funny. The designs are cool too. While I've said all the good stuff about it, I don't think it belongs on top five like I've already said. I mean I do like it but there were some bit's of it where it is maybe a little boring. Like a little bit of the dialogs are pretty weird. Though I do forgive it's problems because I do think it's a good movie. So I would give it a recommendation for at least some viewings.

The Incredibles

When I was about 9 or 10 years old The Incredibles was my favourite Disney movie. I thought that even though I did like Toy Story and the other Disney and Pixar movies, this was the first Pixar movie for boys only. There was action, great dialogues, great characters, great designs, great villains, great everything. But as I got older... I wouldn't say I liked less... but as time went on I really started to like Toy story and Finding Nemo a bit better. I still do like as much I did back then and actually it's a lot better than I remember. I just don't think it's the strongest. What's the story? In the golden days of superhero, "Mr Incredible" is one of the most famous. He get's married to "Elasta-girl" and looks like they're going to live happy lives being superheroes with their powers and secret identities and so on. But the tables soon begin to turn when the people who are being saved start suing all the superheroes of the world and all the superheroes, or "Supers" as they're called have to go into a protection industry where they can't use they're powers at all. Years later Mr Incredible or "Bob Par" as his real name is has started a family with "Helen Par" as Elasta-girl's real name is. They have three children named "Violet, Dash and Jack-Jack" who also have super powers. Just to give you the info, Bob's power is super strength, Helen's power is elasticity, Violet's power is force-fields and invincibility, Dash's power is super speed and Jack-Jack's power is shape-shifting. Violet is sixteen, Dash is ten and Jack-Jack is like 1or2. And while most of the family... for the mot part seem to fit in with out using their powers Bob is going through the always popular mid-life crisis. He misses the golden days, the sense of adventure, hates being in an office and hates turning people down. Things start to change tough when he gets a letter from a woman named "Mirage" who has a ton of secret missions lined up for him and wants him to return to the glory days of Superhero hood. Bob agrees going behind his family's back but little does he know that a villain named "Syndrome" is actually planning the whole thing. It's nice to see a Pixar movie that actually focuses on people for once. And like I said I love the way they're designed. Speaking of which, the designer of the characters for this movie is "Brad Bird." The designer who did the designs for the characters for the Simpsons. One of my favourite t-v shows ever as you'll see in my top 5 t-v shows I did. Though I'd only have one problem with this movie. The movie is called "The Incredibles." But in my opinion it should of been called "Mr Incredible." Because the focus is mostly on him. And I really love this family a lot. I like Helen. I like Violet. I like Dash. I like Jack-Jack. Not to say I don't like Bob. I do. I just think he has too much focus. And actually now that I think about it. I've been thinking of that problem for a long time. I would say my favourite character is probably Dash or Bob. My sister "Niamh" told me that they're actually planning to do a sequel in three years time. Also there's this really funny designer character named "Edna Mode" who's actually voiced by Brad Bird. Watch these scenes of her they're really funny.

And just so you know. Yeah Edna is a woman voiced by a man. Weird isn't it. But Brad Bird does do a great job. His performance of her is really hilarious and really fun to watch. The final fight between the family, except Jack-Jack, and Bob's other superhero friend "Froze zone" against the giant robot called the "Omnidroid" is a really impressive fight and a really fun one too. So yeah. Take a look at it and enjoy yourself.

Finding Nemo

When Finding Nemo came out people went insane. We were in love with this movie. We loved the underwater world, the story, the characters and the colours. And while I don't think it's as good as say Toy story, it's still pretty dang good. It was the first Disney movie I ever saw in cinemas, heck it was the first movie I ever saw in cinemas period. What's the story? We have a clownfish named "Marlin." His wife and children were eaten by a Barracuda. Except for one child. The one that he calls Nemo. Because of his loss, he's over protective of Nemo and wants to be sure that nothing ever happens to him. What a shock, something happens to him. Nemo is taken away by a diver and put in a fish tank in a dentist office in Australia, that's a unique location. So now Marlin is on an endless quest to find his son. Along the way he comes across a fish named Dory, who has short-term memory loss... which you would think very quickly would get old but they do it pretty cleverly. It gets big laughs and people really seem to enjoy it and I enjoy it too. Nemo as well comes across some fun interesting fish in the tank. A Moorish Idol fish named "Gil," a starfish named "Peach," a Blowfish named "Bloat," a yellow tang named "Bubbles," a four-striped damselfish named "Deb" and a cleaning shrimp named "Jacques." They're a group of various fish who try to figure out a way out of the tank and back to sea. They're plan is so creative and really clever that it's impossible to say it wouldn't work. But they have to go quick because Nemo may be in danger of being given to the dentist's niece. A crazy looking child named "Darla" who has a habit of shaking her fish to death. Finding Nemo has a solid story and solid characters. I think this one uses the drama even more than the previous Pixar movies. And they do it fantastically. The characters are too many to count. They're all memorable, they're all fun, you remember what all of them look like, they're all wonderfully unique creations. I watched it again recently after all these years and it is 1000% better than I remember. If I was to put this in a top 5 best Pixar movies list I would put it in as number 2 after the Toy Story Trilogy. There weren't any bloopers for this movie so I can't show them to you. I would say my favourite character is probably Nemo. He's not funny but he is nice, innocent, curious and friendly. I'm also sort of happy they don't have the idea of Marlin and Dory fall in love either. You would say that it's obvious because anytime they put a male and a female together they usually get together. And especially with Marlin's wife "Coral" being dead this would be very tempting. I'm glad they didn't. I'm glad they just made them friends and just be friends. I don't know. What else can I say about this movie? It just has so many things a movie should have. It's adventurous, funny, dramatic, colourful, character memorable, memorable, light hearted and it's a good moral. At times maybe it can get a little too dialoguey. I mean you know the message in the first 5 minutes and yet they still keep hammering it in. But it's not a bad message. Actually if you really do think about it it's one that's really more for parents than it is for children. That's pretty different. So yeah I would say get the family together and watch this movie together. I guaranty you will not regret it.

Monsters Inc.

When I was younger my dad and I always loved to watch Monsters Inc. There were great characters, fun moments, funny moments and a really fun story. What's the story? We have two monsters. One named "Sulley" and one named "Mike." They're great at scaring little kids and getting them to scream. Why is it important for them to scream? Because the monster world they live in is powered by the screams of children. It's how they harness their electricity and power and so on. That's pretty creative. They're in competition with another monster named "Randall," whose trying to beat the record for the most scares. But is constantly beaten by Sulley and Mike. The catch though is that they're convinced that kids are unbelievable contagious. They think that they spread germs and that if a kid touches them they'll die. So it's not the best thing in the world that a little girl has snuck into the monster world and is driving everyone insane. The irony is that big monsters are absolutely terrified of a cute innocent little girl. Things get even more crazy when Sulley and Mike actually start to like the little girl but find that she may be in trouble because Randall and they're boss "Mr Waternoose" are trying to kidnap the girl who Sulley has named "Boo." They're trying to kidnap her to fuel this giant machine that can... actually I have no idea what it does or what it does to it's victims. That bit of the story is the only complicated part of the story. I would say my favourite character would probably be Mike. He's funny, smart and probably the most mature one of the group between him and Sulley. Not to say that Sully isn't mature. He is it's just that in the prequel that came out last year... I'll inform you on that when I get to it. The voice acting in this movie I would say is probably just fine. The monster's designs are pretty cool too. And I have to say, the climax is defiantly a ton of fun. So yeah I still do like the film and when I saw it recently it's a lot better than I remember. The relationship between Sulley and Boo can get a little awkward at times but is very interesting to watch at times. Watch these bloopers too. They're pretty funny.

So yeah it's a movie I was glad to see recently and yeah it is fun to watch. So I'd say take a look at it and have fun.

A bug's life

Hello everyone. I'm back doing the C.G.I Disney movies. I'll begin the second Pixar movie, A bug's life. The rival movie to Antz. Did Disney think of the idea first? Did the guy who left? Who cares? Let's just go with it. What's the story? We an ant named "Flik." He's from a colony of ants that gathers food every year to give to a gang of grasshoppers for protect them. They're led by a jerk named "Hopper." Basically the grasshoppers are just bullies who like to take advantage of the fact that they can push around the ants and they can get them food. But Flik doesn't like that. So he ventures off and tries to find a group of warriors bugs to come in and fight the grasshoppers off. What he finds is a group of circus performers that are confused for warrior bugs. The circus bugs in turn, confuse the fact that they think they're getting a job to perform. Once they find out the truth they try to flee, only to discover that actually they can put together a great plan to get rid of the grasshoppers. So the race is on to put together plan that will stop the grasshoppers and bring peace to they're colony and stop being bullied around. I'm just going to say this. There's only one problem with this movie, and that is that is not very strong. When I say that I mean that it's a follow up to the first Toy story and that it's just isn't as strong as it. It happened like this. Toy story 1 came out first, then A bug's life, then Toy story 2. So this movie isn't as strong as it and really that's my only problem and it's not a big problem. It's just isn't as good. Alright then, let's get to the good stuff. The characters are memorable, the story as easy to follow, there was great comedy and it was really family friendly and colourful. I would say that my favourite character was probably "Molt." Hopper's younger brother. And I'd say that the funniest bit of the movie was probably the bloopers during the ending. Here watch them.

It's always one of the best part in the movie every time I see it. When ever I see Antz I always get mixed up with trying to figure out which ant is which but with a bug's life I never got that. I mean somehow I actually do know which ones are which. The voice don't do a great job with their performances but they do O.K. And that's one of the reasons I think I know which ant is which. There's Flik, Princess Atta, Dot, The Queen, Thorny, Frances the Ladybird,(Just so you know Frances is a dude, Slim the Stick bug, Himeling the Caterpillar, Manny the mantis, Gypsy the Butterfly, Tuck and Roll the cockroaches, Dim the Dorbeetle and Rosie the Spider. And the voice actors they got to play these guys all really do fit unlike Antz where 1 or 2 voice actors don't fit. Though there is one more bad thing about the movie that I hate, the liar revealed subplot, which I've said before I really, really hate. But aside from that, A bug's life is a really enjoyable movie. So take a look at it and enjoy yourself.

Madagascar 3: Europes most wanted

Let's finish the DreamWorks reviews with Madagascar 3. The third and probably last of the Madagascar movies. And I have to say this is a series of movies that... well doesn't get better and better but definitely funnier and funnier. So what's the story? Like the last one it start's off exactly where it left off. Alex, Marty, Gloria and Melman are still stuck in Africa. The penguins have apparently taken the plane and gone to Europe to have fun. But they've been taking too long so Alex, Marty, Gloria, Melman, Julian, Maurice and Mort go to Europe to find them. They find the penguins gambling and take them to take them back to New York. The police find them and call animal control. The villain of this movie is a French animal control captain named "Chantel DuBois." She has a wall at her house of heads of animals that she's captured and killed. And her goal is to put Alex's head up there. Let me tell you something. My favourite part in this movie is the first 20 minutes. Watch this.

It just kills me every time I watch it. As they get away they find a circus train and sneak on board. But in order for them not to blow they're cover, they say that they're circus animals and thus the animals on board welcome them. Thinking they can do this as a means to get home they buy the circus with the money they have and see if they can use they're talents to work they're way back to the city. The only problem is that... well the circus animals suck. They used to be the best circus of all time but because of an accident that happened with they're leader, a tiger named "Vitaly" they've become probably one of the worst circuses ever. So it's up to our heroes to put the circus back on track while also avoid the watchful eye of Chantel DuBois. Not only did this movie have the most funny moments but also the most funniest characters. Like I said in the first two movies the voice acting is just spectacular. The villain is just hilarious. Seriously, Chantel just kills me. It's unlike last time where the villain was good just not funny. Here the villain is a great villain and she's hilarious. And also the characters are once again likable and hilarious. And so everyone those were all my reviews of the DreamWorks movie reviews. Next I'll be continuing the C.G.I Disney and Pixar movie and with these DreamWorks movies I would check them out and have some fun.

Madagascar Escape 2 Africa

Our animal friends return in Madagascar Escape 2 Africa. I really hate movie tittle that have the number in the tittle, e.g. "Escape "2" Africa." It always confuses me. So you guys all know what I thought of the 1st Madagascar movie I thought it was funny and the characters were really memorable, this one seems to be a little more funnier. What's the story? The story actually starts off exactly where it left off. With Marty, Gloria, Alex and Melman still stuck on the island. But they manage to fix a destroyed plane that was on the island and putting it on a giant slingshot tree. This doesn't quite get them back to New York but it does get them to Africa... where everybody fits in really, really well. Alex is reunited with his mother and father, Marty finds that there's more Zebra like him, literally, Melman gets a job a Doctor and Gloria finds a new love named "Moto-Moto." Things start to become a major downside when it turns out that Alex has to pass some sort of test in order to stay in the herd. But seeing how he's a performer and not really a survivor he finds that task much harder than it sounds. And the others find down sides to their happiness too. Will they stay and work it out!? Or is it time to move on? Like I said in the last movie the voice actors do a perfect job with doing great performances to these characters. I also think that the villain, "Makunga" is... well not funny. The voice actor who does him makes him very unlikable which is what he's supposed to be. The voice actor who does Alex's father "Zuba" do a very heart-filled performance. Not many funny lines come out of him but he still does a great job. The penguins are still my favourite characters. They actually made a t-v show about these guys called "The Penguins of Madagascar." Also I think that Gloria and Melman are really bland. They actually get together in this and boy is it disturbing to watch. Oh and guess who else is back? That crazy old lady who just appeared for a brief moment in the last movie. She leads a group of lost tourists and the people go nuts and my god she is just determined to find Alex again. I don't know what her deal is but she just kills me. Julian, Maurice and Mort are back too and they're enjoyable to watch. While I've said that this movie is funnier than the last one I'll admit it's not better than the 1st Madagascar. There are some things about this one that doesn't make me like it better than number 1.Though it is fun.

Madagascar

I'm going to be ending the DreamWorks reviews with this movie series. I know there are other DreamWorks movies but some of them I haven't seen yet or some I don't like, or some would be too long to review. So what's the story? We have a Lion named "Alex, a Zebra named "Marty", a Giraffe named "Melman" and a Hippo named "Gloria." They're all animals who live in a zoo. One day the penguins "Skipper, Rico, Private and Kowalski" tell Marty that he should follow his dream of leaving the zoo and have his freedom. He does but Alex, Melman and Gloria go to get him back. When they finally reach him the police capture them and throw them in boxes and put them on a boat heading to Africa but they boxes they're in fall over board and the three of them land on Madagascar. They find a group of Lemurs who are constantly being attack by a group of animal eating like tigers called the "Fossa." They think that if they keep Alex with them he'll be able to protect them. However Alex is beginning to go crazy without not having food, so he begins imagining that his friends are food so the race is on to see is they can snap Alex out of his temptation and stop the Foosa before the boat leaves. The characters in this movie are really likable. I'd say my favourite characters are probably the penguins. They just kill me. They actually made a TV show out of these guys and I like the show too. I'd say one of the best things about this movie is the voice acting. The actors all really do fit the characters and they all do perfect performances. Really. I usually find it with a celebrity voice, even the really good ones you can often sort of feel the actors in the recording booth if the actors voices don't pick-up with the animation of the characters if you know what I mean. But with the voice actors in this I never go that. The actors are just right there in the roles. They're the characters. Watch this movie again and tell me if you can really disconnect the recording of the actors with the animation of the characters. They're just flawless. The animation also really works. The speed of the animation is really funny too. One last thing; the Lemurs are led by a king Lemur named "King Julian." He has an assistant named "Maurice." And Julian has Lemur who looks up to him, a little Lemur named "Mort."