|
|
| Post Number: 1
|
Leisher 
Top 3%, yo.
Group: Super Administrators
Posts: 26651
Joined: May 2004
|
 |
Posted on: Oct. 20 2004,10:54 |
|
   |
Cute, but not a classic.
Why is it that cartoon movies seem to gain the "classic" title so easily?
Anyway, this film portrays Will Smith as Oscar a fish that isn't exactly at the top of the food chain. Oscar works at a whale wash (think car wash) as a tongue cleaner and he gets on the bad side of the wash's owner, Martin Scorcese. This leads Oscar into a situation where he is seen killing a shark. (that line is written as a non-spoiler.)
Oscar becomes a huge celebrity in his reef and attracts the attention of man eater Angelina Jolie and Don of sharks Robert DeNiro. Unfortunately, for Oscar, it also alienates him from the one person who loved him for who he was, Renee Zellweger. This all occurs while Oscar tries to deal with a vegetarian shark played by Jack Black.
The film is cute like I said, and gets its moral across well. The problem is its just not great. The characters aren't really developed that well, particularly DeNiro, Zellweger, Jolie, and Black. They exist, therefore, you're expected to accept them. The biggest problem is that Oscar is written soooo over the top that he gets annoying.
The humor is typical farting for the kids, subtle stuff for the adults, but there's not a lot of it. This film tries to rely on "cute" just too much.
On a sidenote, one joke involved the Benny Hill show and went right over the heads of the adults in the theater except me. That was sad. Benny Hill was hilarious.
Overall, Shark Tale is worth taking your kids or a first date to, just don't expect to be as entertained as Shrek or as into the story as The Iron Giant.
6 out of 10.
|
 |
|
|
| Post Number: 2
|
Shaft
Group: "Members"
Posts: 57
Joined: Oct. 2004
|
|
Posted on: Oct. 23 2004,19:04 |
|
 |
This is pathetic. Â I come here sure as hell I'll get a good review of Team America....And what do I find.....
Leisher has been reduced to rating kid movies!!! 
|
|
|
|
| Post Number: 3
|
Leisher
Top 3%, yo.
Group: Super Administrators
Posts: 26651
Joined: May 2004
|
|
Posted on: Oct. 23 2004,20:09 |
|
|
Trust me, I wanted to go see Team America, but it was the preggo wife's turn to pick a movie.
I did hear a great review of Team America. When asked how the movie was, a friend said:
"Those guys are going to hell."
Do reviews get better than that?
|
|
|
|
| Post Number: 4
|
Zetleft
Group: "Members"
Posts: 563
Joined: May 2004
|
|
Posted on: Oct. 24 2004,10:16 |
|
|
My friend said TA sucked but he's a liberal hippy so it's probably like the greatest movie evar.
|
|
|
|
| Post Number: 5
|
GORDON
90%
Group: Super Administrators
Posts: 36125
Joined: Jun. 2004
|
|
Posted on: Oct. 24 2004,10:18 |
|
|
| Quote (Zetleft @ Oct. 24 2004,13:16) | | My friend said TA sucked but he's a liberal hippy so it's probably like the greatest movie evar. |
Stone and Parker apologized for how unrealistic the Michael Moore marionette was. They said it was impossible to make the thing fat enough.
--------------
I don't give a fuck!
|
|
|
|
| Post Number: 6
|
Zetleft
Group: "Members"
Posts: 563
Joined: May 2004
|
|
Posted on: Oct. 24 2004,10:34 |
|
|
bwahaha
|
|
|
|
| Post Number: 7
|
Shaft
Group: "Members"
Posts: 57
Joined: Oct. 2004
|
|
Posted on: Oct. 24 2004,15:55 |
|
|
Just so long as it's better than Basketball, I'll be happy.
|
|
|
|
| Post Number: 8
|
TheCatt
Top 2%
Group: Super Administrators
Posts: 22951
Joined: May 2004
|
|
Posted on: Oct. 31 2004,18:42 |
|
|
Shark Tale - ** out of 4.
But that may be generous.
Take every trite stereotypical plot line you can think of, dumb it down, and that's this movie.
Some bits of humour.
--------------
It's not me, it's someone else.
|
|
|
|
| Post Number: 9
|
Paul
The Cumulonimbus of the Interweb
Group: Privateers
Posts: 8365
Joined: May 2004
|
|
Posted on: Nov. 01 2004,06:42 |
|
|
| Quote (GORDON @ Oct. 24 2004,10:18) | | Quote (Zetleft @ Oct. 24 2004,13:16) | | My friend said TA sucked but he's a liberal hippy so it's probably like the greatest movie evar. |
Stone and Parker apologized for how unrealistic the Michael Moore marionette was. Â They said it was impossible to make the thing fat enough. |
Stone and Parker were on Jimmy Kimmel last week, or maybe the week before. I forget.
Anyway they said that a lot of Hollywood liberals went to the movie, thinking that it would be like F/911 (a Bush bashing film). They liked the first part of the movie because there was a lot of right-wing bashing, but then the jokes turned to the liberals (Michael Moore, Sean Penn, etc.) and a lot of the audience became offended.
They also said that Janeane Garofalo seemed cool with it, understanding that it was just a joke, but a lot of other celebrities are pissed off at them.
--------------
"All hail Paul." Â -Unk
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
