Movie reviews...
Jun. 25th, 2007 02:58 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
megotelekSo, back to lighter subjects for the moment and a couple of movie reviews…
We watched Cars on DVD the other night; we hadn’t seen it in the theatre and just got around to Netflixing it. It was typical Pixar: a well-crafted story with engaging characters and mind-boggling animation quality – some of the cross-country scenery I couldn’t tell was animated! However, something about it was bugging me until John explained…we’ve already watched this movie.
This is from Amazon’s description of Doc Hollywood:
"[The movie follows] a hotshot young doctor (Michael J. Fox) whose cross-country drive to California to become a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady, South Carolina. But as Fox's character is urged by the folksy locals to stay--an offer made tempting by his romance with a law student (Julie Warner)…"
This is almost identical to Cars’ plot:
"Hotshot youngdoctor racecar whose cross-country drive to California to become a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon win the “Piston Cup” race is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady, South Carolina Radiator Springs, (either New Mexico or Arizona, judging from the scenery). But as Fox’s character Lightning McQueen is urged by the folksy locals to stay – an offer made tempting by his romance with a law student a local motel-owner Porsche…"
Huh. But, it doesn’t stop Cars from being highly entertaining and having a kickin’ soundtrack, to boot. All in all, an enjoyable ride indeed.
Frankly, the reviews of this movie confuse me. Here are a couple:
“The shamelessly juvenile, pseudo-religious, mock-sincere Evan Almighty is the most expensive Hollywood comedy ever made. Problem? It's not that funny.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Evan Almighty in which Steve Carell is commanded by God (Morgan Freeman) to build an ark, is a movie far less interesting than its premise.” – A.O. Scott, New York Times
“Nothing can offset the picture's dutiful Sunday-school intentions or the generic qualities of the CG animals that follow Noah in twosies.” – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Oh, wait. These reviewers wouldn’t know a good, wholesome family movie if it kicked them in the…ahem. And it *shudder* has a positive religious message. Oh, the humanity! *eyeroll* We loved it. Loved it. It was a good, family story that you could actually bring children to see in the theater; it had a great message about families sticking together and sacrificing for each other, as well as standing up for what you believe even if it isn’t popular. No vulgarity, no obscenity (from Steve Odekerk, yet!) – it was a breath of fresh air.
How sad, that these reviewers seem to have missed the point of the whole movie.
We watched Cars on DVD the other night; we hadn’t seen it in the theatre and just got around to Netflixing it. It was typical Pixar: a well-crafted story with engaging characters and mind-boggling animation quality – some of the cross-country scenery I couldn’t tell was animated! However, something about it was bugging me until John explained…we’ve already watched this movie.
This is from Amazon’s description of Doc Hollywood:
"[The movie follows] a hotshot young doctor (Michael J. Fox) whose cross-country drive to California to become a Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon is interrupted when he crashes in the rural hamlet of Grady, South Carolina. But as Fox's character is urged by the folksy locals to stay--an offer made tempting by his romance with a law student (Julie Warner)…"
This is almost identical to Cars’ plot:
"Hotshot young
Huh. But, it doesn’t stop Cars from being highly entertaining and having a kickin’ soundtrack, to boot. All in all, an enjoyable ride indeed.
Frankly, the reviews of this movie confuse me. Here are a couple:
“The shamelessly juvenile, pseudo-religious, mock-sincere Evan Almighty is the most expensive Hollywood comedy ever made. Problem? It's not that funny.” – Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
“Evan Almighty in which Steve Carell is commanded by God (Morgan Freeman) to build an ark, is a movie far less interesting than its premise.” – A.O. Scott, New York Times
“Nothing can offset the picture's dutiful Sunday-school intentions or the generic qualities of the CG animals that follow Noah in twosies.” – Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly
Oh, wait. These reviewers wouldn’t know a good, wholesome family movie if it kicked them in the…ahem. And it *shudder* has a positive religious message. Oh, the humanity! *eyeroll* We loved it. Loved it. It was a good, family story that you could actually bring children to see in the theater; it had a great message about families sticking together and sacrificing for each other, as well as standing up for what you believe even if it isn’t popular. No vulgarity, no obscenity (from Steve Odekerk, yet!) – it was a breath of fresh air.
How sad, that these reviewers seem to have missed the point of the whole movie.
