Not that I should have to say this because it is a movie, and a cartoon, but if you apply any sort of reality to this, you might find yourself tossing your cookies...and I don't mean the ones that fall from the sky. Just do yourself a favor and don't think of reality at all. If you are like me, you tend to think things like "what would it be like if this really happened..." Don't do it!
I was afraid to see this movie with Tony because it's based off of his favorite children's book ever.
Whenever a movie is based on someone's "favorite" anything, I'm leery of going with them to see it. Expectations are really high, and it's difficult to watch it just for fun without analyzing it. Leaving the theater, Tony just kept saying "loosely based on the book." My argument was that the book just doesn't have the exensive plot that is necessary for a decent movie, and it certainly didn't have the characters for an hour and a half of entertainment. The ideas of the book were all there, and really, the storyline in the movie is basically an extension of the storyline in the book. It wasn't like it conflicted with the book.I thoroughly enjoyed the movie...except when the mom in me showed it's ugly head and I thought of how horribly unsanitary the whole thing was. I think the worst part for me was the man-eating baked chickens. I almost had to leave the theater. It was just gross.
The one question I had was why the rat-birds? Every other invention that the main character, Flint Lockwood, came up with had some purpose. Why rat-birds? What purpose would those ugly things have? Spread disease faster?
The movie was enjoyable, however, and I will likely be taking my kids to the drive-in to see it tonight. Well, probably just Micah and Becca. It was clean and entertaining, and I'm sure that the kids will love it.
1 comment:
yay! I'm glad to here that there is a good kids movie out there.
Rat-birds? Aren't those pigeons?
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