Robots
Watched it to check before showing it to our son, and found that it was totally dull and standard fare about a young robot (Ewan McGregor - it’s a long way from The Pillow Book!) trying to make it in the big city. Not particularly offensive, but with some scary-ish visuals for the youngest film-viewers, so we sent it back on the grounds of it just not being good enough. Why is it that anyone making computer-animated movies apart from Pixar totally fail? Well, because Pixar have high standards and an incredible devotion to the stories rather than the merchandising, I guess. Call me a cynic, but there you go.
Where was the plot? Trailers looked fun but the movie was long, and never seemed to really go anywhere. This was great animation wasted on a useless story.
Comment by nikki — 31 May, 2006 @ 5:23 pm
Not all non-Pixar computer animated features are rubbish. Antz was very good, and the Shrek movies are good fun if somewhat overrated.
Comment by Simon — 20 June, 2006 @ 2:46 pm
Well, I have to say I agree about Antz (though it seems a long time ago it came out now!) - when the first shot is Woody Allen’s voice embodying an ant in a psychiatrist’s chair, you know you’re in good hands - but the Shreks left me feeling very little but irritated on the whole.
Comment by Sparky — 20 June, 2006 @ 6:49 pm