I've been really bad about keeping up to date with this blog. In order to get caught up, I'm going to make my next few entries rather short. Hopefully, as soon as I'm caught up, I'll be able to put up longer, more substantive posts.
The J. and I took my nephew, Little-A, to see this at the giant IMAX theater. On a really basic level, watching just about anything on a giant IMAX screen (especially in 3-D) is a visceral thrill. So, while I won't say the film bored me, I do think it was pretty run of the mill. I've never been a fan of Dreamworks Animation. Most of their films seemed like second-rate animation made on the cheap for the kiddie crowd: Shrek, Madagascar, Shark Tale, etc. These are all perfectly fine for the primary-school crowd (like my nephew) but there isn't much substance. Pixar, on the other hand, make really great films that appeal not only to children but adults as well.
Dreamworks films are exactly what they are: pure surface. There's no interesting subtext or subtlety. Seth Rogen had a few interesting one-liners but Hugh Laurie was completely wasted in this film. I don't understand why they bothered to get a big-name to play a throw-away role like this.
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