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- First reviewMay 22, 2008
- Last reviewMay 30, 2009
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Missed the Mark
PostedMay 30, 2009
Browncoat
from Ohio
I'm sure I'm in the minority, but this was my least favorite of all Pixar films. It was too heavy to be a fun family movie, and not dramatic enough to be a serious film. The characters were good, except for the villian. The dogs got the best lines, although they seemed strangely displaced from Oliver and Company. In fact, the movie stole heavily from other Disney properties, including the Rocketeer, Saludos Amigos, and most obviously the Small-World styles of Mary Blair. Wall-E this wasn't. I put it down at the bottom of my Pixar list.
No, I do not recommend this movie.
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Not Bad-Not Good either
PostedMay 22, 2008
Browncoat
from Ohio
The movie's first reel was excellent, but then Lucas abandoned all pretense of story for a long and increasingly absurd chase sceen. "Jumped the Shark Tank" is the phrase that came to mind. This was the same problem we saw with Star Wars 1-3: Lucas seems so preoccupied with action sequences he forgets that character development is what makes a movie more than movie and become an enduring part of our culture. Shia and Harrison were excellent together, but they never had a chance to do the bonding and emotional development we saw with Indy and his dad in Crusade. The Soviets were even flatter villians than the Germans, and there was a certain historical irony of a Russian An-2 painted in PanAm colors being used as Indy's airplane. IMHO it finishes ahead of 2, but behind 1 & 3.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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