Posted on 19 August 2009
Replace the Coast Guard with basketball, football, or swimming, and you have the basic Disney formula behind The Guardian. This isn’t a revolutionary film, but it’s a story that Hollywood has surprisingly avoided, and the Coast Guard deserves way more credit than they get. Politics aside, there’s an average tale of someone going above and [...]
Posted on 05 July 2009
What Happens in Vegas falls into that romantic comedy void where three things are guaranteed to happen:
1. The incompatible couple will be forced into a number of contrived situations that exist only in the world of romantic comedies.
2. Through a varied series of events, they’ll learn they are meant for each other.
3. The guy will screw up, forcing [...]
Posted on 12 April 2009
The first effort from Sony Animation, Open Season is a redundant tale of talking furry animals in animated form. Its concept isn’t taken far enough, its story is dull, and the entire thing feels like it’s been done before.
Open Season is the tale of a spoiled rotten bear (voiced by Martin Lawrence) who inadvertently ends [...]