Alice Through the Looking Glass (2016)
Well, that was a thing, again.
Almost thought I put the wrong movie in for a second.
They completely lost sight of the source material.
Alpha and Omega (2010)
Ugh, not feather fingers again…
What’s the airspeed velocity of a wolf-laden goose?
OK, that’s a little clever with the double meaning behind eat food, get gas.
This kind of feels like it’s…borrowing…a bit too much from Pocahontas and The Lion King; I mean, technically not really; but…
Inside Out (2015)
OK, so everybody has little people inside their heads.
Do the little people inside everyone’s heads have little people inside their heads?
Do the little people inside the little people’s heads have little people inside their heads?
Do the little people inside the little people’s heads inside the little people’s heads have little people inside their heads?
Is it turtles all the way down?
Shrek Forever After (2010)
Yep; It’s a Wonderful Life but with Shrek instead is pretty accurate.
They should have played All Star during the credits.
So…after investigating the “based on a book” thing in the credits I found this:
Shrek the Third (2007)
It’s OK; but the plot doesn’t feel like it resolved very smoothly. It’s like the writers got to the big showdown at the theater and went, “OH CRAP WE ONLY HAVE FIVE MINUTES LEFT!”
Merlin showed up and my reaction was, “oh hey, it’s Eric Idle!” Really appropriate for him to be a wizard again as he also voiced Rincewind in the Discworld games. And actually, I’m not the only one to have noticed this, Merlin even looks quite similar to Terry Pratchett.
Puss in Boots (2011)
Hmm, I don’t really have anything specific to say. I guess I can go from this back to the other remaining Shreks, which I haven’t seen yet. Although it’s been so long since I’ve seen I and II that I don’t really remember everything that happened in them.
Chicken Little (2005)
The time period that this was made is kind of being weird for me.
Mayor Turkey Lurkey talks and I think, “oh, they got a Don Knotts sound-alike”, except he was still alive then; that’s actually Don Knotts.
Time-out during dodge-ball and they all whip out flip-phones; well, yeah, they would have in 2005.
I was not expecting to hear Patrick Stewart.
OK, that may be an ancient trope but it’s worth repeating. Pulling the fire alarm does not set off the sprinklers. Heat is what sets them off, a small glass tube explodes when the liquid inside reaches a certain temperature.
Spice Girls karaoke?? That was five years out of date, even back then.
Now it’s some kind of weird sci-fi??
So many more names that I like; let’s just end with this. I kind of wish I could watch a full version of the movie at the end of the movie with Adam West.
Rock Dog (2016)
Hmm, like in Hop (2011), you have the son who doesn’t want to carry on the family business, and instead runs off to the city to become a rock star, stuff happens, and then he finally returns home to save the day just in the nick of time.
During the Shred-off…electric guitars kind of need to be plugged into the amp to work. Also, main characters acoustic instrument suddenly magically having an electric sound.
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
Werewolf: The Beast Among Us (2012)
Been a while since I’ve heard a Wilhelm Scream.
I wonder when CGI transformations will stop looking like crap? And they’re always way too fast; it’s impossible to appreciate any details.
Mulan 2 (2004)
Ummm…I was hoping for another stand-out song on the soundtrack, like “I’ll Make a Man Out of You” was for the original. That didn’t happen, and they basically recycled one of the songs.
Mushu screws everything up; then he fixes everything in the end, à la deus-ex-dragon. Although the final outcome was probably slightly better than it would have been, had he not interfered at all.