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Madagascar review
Not terribly intelligent (not a single adults will get it, children won't gag), not terribly well executed (the art is pretty boring), but loads of simple fun.
The hippo steals the show and for once, Chris Rock didn't aggravate the crap out of me. I adored the penguins, which I always do.
****More Gratuitous Penguins!****
Best line in the movie: Just smile and wave, boys, just smile and wave!
(Said by the head honcho penguin)
Best sarcastic response:
As our animal friends are waving goodbye to the lemurs from the ship, believing they will return to New York City via the open waters -
Opener line (said by sunbathing penguin): Should we tell them the boat is out of gas, boss?
Response line (said by Boss penguin): Nah.
The obligatory "I'm too literal" question:
Why does the Lemur King have such a wierd accent when none of the other lemurs do? And wtf is that accent, anyway? Half Arabian Farsi/half Jamaican.
A first for animated movies:
The use of an animated human skeleton as a pointer during a presentation by a lemur in a crown.
Favorite scene:
When the penguins finally arrive in their hijacked ship in Anarctica and are standing in the great frozen wasteland looking at all the ice as the wind howls around them.
Their response: "This place sucks".
Here's your warning:
See this movie and have "Move it, move it" echoing in your head for hours.
What's worse - you'll be enjoying it while shaking your hips as you sing the lyrics under your breath. From now on, my hamster LJ icon will dance only to "Move It, Move It" until further notice.
Odd question that must be answered:
There's apparently some new rule in animated movies that there must be at LEAST one animated song and dance scene...those who saw Robots will remember this, fondly.
The hippo steals the show and for once, Chris Rock didn't aggravate the crap out of me. I adored the penguins, which I always do.
****More Gratuitous Penguins!****
Best line in the movie: Just smile and wave, boys, just smile and wave!
(Said by the head honcho penguin)
Best sarcastic response:
As our animal friends are waving goodbye to the lemurs from the ship, believing they will return to New York City via the open waters -
Opener line (said by sunbathing penguin): Should we tell them the boat is out of gas, boss?
Response line (said by Boss penguin): Nah.
The obligatory "I'm too literal" question:
Why does the Lemur King have such a wierd accent when none of the other lemurs do? And wtf is that accent, anyway? Half Arabian Farsi/half Jamaican.
A first for animated movies:
The use of an animated human skeleton as a pointer during a presentation by a lemur in a crown.
Favorite scene:
When the penguins finally arrive in their hijacked ship in Anarctica and are standing in the great frozen wasteland looking at all the ice as the wind howls around them.
Their response: "This place sucks".
Here's your warning:
See this movie and have "Move it, move it" echoing in your head for hours.
What's worse - you'll be enjoying it while shaking your hips as you sing the lyrics under your breath. From now on, my hamster LJ icon will dance only to "Move It, Move It" until further notice.
Odd question that must be answered:
There's apparently some new rule in animated movies that there must be at LEAST one animated song and dance scene...those who saw Robots will remember this, fondly.