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Jungle Cruise (2021)
Dwane Johnson did another Jumanji before Jumanji 4
After Pirates: Dead Men Tell no Tales and Tomorrowland, I thought what else is next for a Disney Theme Park movie adaptation?
-Board meeting 2018-
Disney CEO: How about we make that Pirates ride with a jungle theme as a movie?
Heads: Okay. Sounds good.
Disney CEO: It's settled. Start finding people who want to make it.
Mickey: Well alright and I'll see if The Rock will star in it after making that Jumanji sequel people didn't knew they wanted.
Disney CEO: You do that Mickey.
Mickey: Oh, Boy I can't wait to tell my creator about this!
I know you know this isn't Jumanji 4 but there is one in talks. And I personally call it Jumanji 3.5 souley because The Rock's in it.
So the story is nothing new or special just a treasure hunt adventure through the jungle to find tree with healing powers. That element from the trailer sounded similar to the Robert Downey Jr. Dr. Dolittle from last year; but different. Not fruit but peddles.
Johnson and Blunt have terrific chemistry. And they're dialogue and direction feels like it's coming out of My Fair Lady and other fast-talking movies. Never thought I'd hear it in a Disney movie. I can't recall a time when they did do something like that.
At first I thought The Rock was going to be that liar revealed type of character throughout the entire movie but he doesn't do that he has a twist on what he is while Emily Blunt travels along. He's 400 years old and knows all about the Brazilian jungle.
Some of the villains have this Curse of the Black Pearl vibe as the story progressed and it feels forced by the CEO. Almost as if after the writers wrote the story they gave them just one change. Now that's me theorizing.
Also I saw this in 3D. So cool in that format been over a year since the last time I saw one in 3D it was Onward. Before the COVID pandemic became a big deal in America. Where I'm from.
Yet I had fun. This is a mindless popcorn movie like Pirates and don't expect there to be a sequel (the ending kinda teased one), but if they look into it, while working on a Pirates reboot then I'll see if this doesn't go down the same fate as that franchise.
7 stars fun adventure flick. Check it out in theaters or on Disney+ theaters are better than the 30 bucks on the streaming service.
Cats (2019)
The visuals are distracting by great music. Only watch it once. Should be on the Bottom 100 Lowest Rated movie on this site.
What you see is always what you get. As you know, the live-action/CG hybrids were obviously not improving. For movies that are done with production, post production takes more than six months to finish, u gotta render each effect that's done by computers.
Not only that, but this movies seems comparable to Foodfight, how everything glitches, things that suppose to be what they are just doesn't come out right. For example you already saw Motion Capture actors still have their hands and not fur, like Chewbacca, Ewoks, And live action Grinch and Cat in the Hat. Yes, they had costumes, but that's the point Tom Hopper the guy running the show; (not Spielberg who was trying to produce this for 2 decades) should have choose live action, so that he could still use the sets that look real. Some exceptions. Cockroaches have woman faces on them and The Mice got kid faces which adds a whole lot more to the uncanny valley the movie has already showcased.
Me and my friends don't know about the show, from what I can gather is that it has a cult following, like The Room. There's no plot, characters and explanations on how their world works; especially when we see "only one" human throw away Victoria. Where's the rest of them? Do dogs walk in four legs as the cats? It doesn't matter because the great Andrew Lloyd Webber never explains the audience: What The HELL'S GOING ON WITH THE FIRST THIRTY MINUTES! to quote Nostalgia Critic: JUSST EEEEEX PLAAAAAAAAAINNNNN!
And furthermore I would like to question The MPAA's decision is label it as a family picture? This feels like Don Bluth's lost film only he can make dark and weird. Rebel Wilson does something's in her number that are going to have some many years of therapy on this because the kids in my theater (totally of 17 people to make how much of a bomb this was) stood in the back petrified. You "can" show children this if they love Taylor Swift and Rebel Wilson, but question the decision they made with this Catastrophe of a movie. I hate saying puns after watching a animal picture.
Never let Hollywood make mistakes like this the producers responded to the backlash too late and studio pull this from their "For Your Consideration for THIS YEAR'S OSCAR'S. THANK THE LORD FOR STOPPING US FROM DOING DUMB DECISION. That's it I'm done! I'm gonna go to watch better cat videos than this.
Abominable (2019)
Great Animated Film From Pearl
As a fan of anime, this is an amazingly looking film from an Chinese company. Obviously DreamWorks distributed it, but this is an great start for the studio.
When I saw the trailer attached to the 'live-action' Dumbo remake and had no interest in seeing it. But I went to watch it with a group of friends, and we really liked it. I tend to disagree with some things my friends would say, although I will say this: it is a better looking DreamWorks film since, How To Train Your Dragon. If Pixar has gotten better with CGI, than this proves that DreamWorks can improve on their art. Whether it's made to look cartoony or realistic, this studio will still make some good material with great messages for kids. Even if some are hit and mess.
If you are Asian, or not (not being racist) this a recommendation for all.
P.S. when I say an anime, I mean it looks right out of a Miyazaki film.