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- Review count3
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- First reviewNovember 22, 2009
- Last reviewDecember 29, 2010
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- Average rating2.7
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I want the 1hr 25mins of my life back
PostedDecember 29, 2010
ViddWizard
from San Jose, CA
While I will freely admit that I am not a Jack Black fan I will say that many of his movies are pretty good.
However, this is not one of them. The adaptation of Jonathan Swift's story into a "modern" tale could have been done so well and I am disappointed that the *best* they could come up with featured "pee" humor and musical number with Black singing about war.
If you are a huge Jack Black fan, then rent this when it is on DVD. If you like Jack Black, wait for it on Cable.. anything below that, avoid this like the plague.
Amanda Peet, Emily Blunt, Jason Segal, and Billy Connelly can not offset the awfulness that is the writing, when you add in Jack Black being himself (or at least every character he ever plays) it makes for a total failure.
I do not understand what Black's obsession with requiring a musical number in his movies. Yes we get it, School of Rock was a success... PLEASE either go try to be a musician or act, but for the love of goodness stop smashing the two together!
Overall... Gulliver's Travel caught the failboat.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Enjoyable, doesn't follow book, but enjoyable.
PostedFebruary 15, 2010
ViddWizard
from San Jose, CA
****SPOILER ALERT*****
The following section has details from the book
The following section has details from the book
For those who have read the book, he condensed down getting *to* camp and removed the yearly trip his mom and he take, and I understand this for time and pacing. But from the moment he is at camp to him returning the lightning bolt is almost all different. They left out Ares helping him (and the credits list Ray Winston as Ares, and I was SOOOO looking forward to that). They dropped St Luis and put in a different city, and they dropped any mention of "I am hearing Chronos coming back" AT ALL.
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If you are going because you want to see an exact movie from the book, save the money and wait for DVD.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Great for Adults and Kids
PostedNovember 22, 2009
ViddWizard
from San Jose, CA
If you were ever a fan of the 50s sci-fi movies this takes that and puts a great twist on it.
This movie has items that adults will enjoy and of course items kids will love.
Watch for the little details, small things that you can tell they really put some thought into the story and the creation of the world.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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