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La marche de l'empereur (2005)
VERY nice! If you only see one documentary in a theater, make it this one!
Lemme just paraphrase what I wrote at the MST3K Review Message board...oh, and this contains a mild spoiler...if there can actually be such a thing as a spoiler about a documentary.
To paraphrase Kevin Murphy, "Documentaries are GOOD for you!" I enjoyed this movie. I'm not a huge fan of documentaries, I'll admit. I'd rather sit through a comic book movie with lot's of explosions and bad dialogue than an informative history of Napoleon or the fight for survival undertaken by the Madagascarian Ai-Ai (a rare type of lemur, which is a rare type of monkey. Pretty rare).
But I enjoyed this movie. My original thought was, "I will pay money to support this because it's a DOCUMENTARY, not because I'll enjoy it. Maybe this'll help get intellectual films into the cinema." But so help me, I enjoyed this movie.
Now, I'll admit there were a few times that I didn't care for it. Once in a while I found myself wondering why it was moving so slowly. But the first one of those times only happened about an hour into the movie, and the other moments were few and far between.
I think my biggest complaint here was when the male penguins left for food after the females returned with food. They lingered on that aspect just a bit too long for my taste...but as soon as the males returned again, the filmmakers wisely didn't show the females leave for food. They instead just said, "the parents then swap the child back and forth as they journey for food, a journey that grows shorter with each trip as the ice between the hatching grounds and the shore melts, making the trip significantly shorter.
Oh,...and Morgan Freeman did a fantastic job narrating this. I like this guy's work, although I've only seen him in a small number of movies.
Time Chasers (1994)
Cheesy fun fest!
I love this movie.
I mean, I know I only gave it a 1, but I love this movie.
I gave it a "1" because I don't think that if you follow the textbook example of movies, this doesn't really work out. However, I think that if we consider different alternatives to what movies can be, then this is definitely something worth watching.
It's kinda like a snapshot of the "old future", if you know what I mean. Well....no, you don't....but the thing is just filled with fun nostalgia and enjoyable situations. I'd love to see a sequel to this thing (and I hear one's in the works).
The Incredibles (2004)
Very, VERY nice.
Definitely a film worth seeing.
It wasn't perfect, but I'm planning on seeing it a good number of times before it leaves the theaters. The animation was fantastic, as we've come to expect from Pixar, no worries there. And the scripting was very nicely done. I can definitely see why it has a PG rating, but all in all I don't think that it's something that a kid couldn't watch (I mean, The Justice League is generally darker and more violent as it is).
I could understand how a traditional Pixar fan might not like this one, though. This is a step away from their normal "Epic fairy tale" story. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, mind you, but don't go expecting to see another Monsters, Inc.
My only real problem with the film was the lack of characterization. The characters of Dash and Violet - Violet especially - deserved more story time so that we could get to know her. This is a long film as it is, though, so cutting off a little of the many characters in this story is understandable.
8.9/10
The Brain (1962)
The comments say that it is a good movie for the time it was produced.
When I saw this movie it was, as you can assume from the language I'm typing this in, in English. Specifically, it was titled "The Brain." I personally thought that it was a good movie. However, I'm a fan of old science fiction movies in general. Many viewers who can't live without stunning visual effects and 3D surround-sound are doomed to disappointment with this one, and the fact that it was dubbed from German obviously detracts from the value of the movie somewhat, but in all it was a decent movie. The plot was somewhat more difficult to follow than that of other movies, but if you can follow (for instance) Buckaroo Bonzai, then it shouldn't be a problem.
Still, I don't think I would mind seeing this movie turned into an episode of MST3K. It's just the type of thing that they would do.
Mystery Science Theater 3000: The Movie (1996)
Freakish Fan Feeds his Findings
Mystery Science Theater 3000 is an excellent movie. No, wait, I take that back. It's two excellent movies (one of which is made to resemble a bad one). People being forced to watch movies....it's sheer comedic brilliance in its simplicity. While I don't think that the movie being viewed (This Island Earth) really qualifies as a "bad" movie, it certainly gives a lot of hilarious material for Mike, Crow, and Tom to work with. Watch it if you haven't.