May 29, 2005

  • So I saw Madagascar
    because I like animals, and thought it looks cute. Sure enough, it was
    a cute movie, but it's not up to the quality of a Shrek or a Finding
    Nemo. But at the end, the movie has many flaws in it.  Firstly,
    the humor honestly isn't that funny.  A lot of the humor are
    geared towards little kids, like a fighting granny or your typical
    sight gags. Then you have the humor that's geared directly at adults,
    with the movie referrences or the "it's like a Puffy party" type
    jokes.  The problem there is that, the majority of the time, the
    humor isn't that funny. It's like the writers can't find the proper
    balance between the kids and adult humor, and eventually dragged down
    the plot because of that.  It's sad because the story itself is
    quite compelling, with the concept on what would happen if domesticated
    animals end up back in the wild.  A stronger non-kiddy movie would
    have took that concept and gone all the way with it, but all Madagascar
    did was tackle the subject in a very traditional fashion.  So
    that's pretty much how the movie ended up, a lot of unfulfilled
    potential. I'll rate it a "C"