Tables turn as a charming young girl bursts through her own closet door and sends shivers through the monsters on the other side. Everything about this is wonderful, from the essentially Pixar concept to the warm, sentimental relationships at its core. Even the animation has held up quite well, which isn't always the case with these early CG efforts: humans still look a bit wonky, but most of the cast seems drawn straight from the pages of a Caldecott winner and that kind of bright, absurd character works beautifully.
John Goodman and Billy Crystal carry most of the heavy-lifting as Mike and Sulley, blue collar creatures with an easy, free-flowing rapport, but three-year-old Mary Gibbs threatens to steal the scene every time she gets the chance with her adorable almost-words and penetrating good cheer.
Exceedingly well-balanced, with the kind of imagination that keeps mouths gaping and so much heart, even the boogeyman might have to fight back a tear or two. One of my favorites of the entire Pixar catalog, it swings hard and connects on every level. Sweet, sad, silly and stupendous, a timeless classic that I was glad to share with my kids.
The end brings tears to my eyes EVERY TIME!
One of my favourite cartoons from the past, I used to always watch it all the time with the copy of the dvd. Definetely a solid 8/10!
Seen this at least 20 times. The graphics are awesome.
I really really loved Mamma Mia: Here We Go Again! I might even prefer it over the first Mamma Mia. It hardly ever happens that I prefer the second movie over the first movie, but here we are. I liked seeing into the past and learning how the events in the first movie came about. That together with the amazing new cast, it was just great. The movie found a perfect way to let us into the characters their past, but also their future. I always love learning about characters or events in movies and I feel like I never know enough. I want to know, quite literally, everything. This movie gave me a lot of insight and perhaps that's the reason why I loved it so much.
Another reason is the cast, how couldn't it be? They are all so talented and portraited the characters perfectly. It was so fun to see younger versions of the characters we already know and love. Let me start off with Jeremy Irvine (the younger version of Sam), Hugh Skinner (the younger version of Harry) and Josh Dylan (the younger version of Bill). They were brilliant! Jeremy Irvine practically sounded like Pierce Brosnan and Hugh Skinner moved and presented himself the exact same way as Colin Firth does. I was quite blown away by it, so great. Josh Dylan was just the perfect portrait of the dude you wish to fall in love with during a summer break. The honest truth, right there. The "original cast" is just grand so I won't blabber on about them too much. Lastly, I want to talk real quick about Lily James. The girl can sing! I loved her from the first time I saw her in Downton Abbey, so it's great seeing her going places. Also, I loved her wardrobe in this movie! Which made me think, wouldn't Lily James make a great big sister? I would love to have her as a sister. She's cool.
Even though Donna did share a bed with a lot of guys in a time span of about half an hour, I overall really enjoyed it all. It made me want to go to Greece really bad, and it was filled with fun little things like the guy at the ferry who checked the passports to Cher's dramatic entrance and the unexpected romance with Fernando Cienfuegos . I loved it and can't wait to see it again! Which will be next Saturday, ha, I'm unstoppable.
PS. Didn't you just love the end scene where they did "Super Trouper"? It might have been one of my favourite moments in the movie and it was practically the end titles, haha.
I love the first Mamma Mia and knew nothing would live up to it, however this movie is pretty good too. It doesn't have that same upbeat feeling that I love about the first, (because it clearly has a more traumatic theme). But I still really enjoyed it.
Within our family we had a split decision: those who loved the first MAMMA MIA found this one not-as-good; people, like me, who found the original MAMMA MIA too over-the-top and surreal, absolutely loved HERE WE GO AGAIN! . The winning components of this sequel are: Lily James, Amanda Seyfried and their spectacular voices and performances, great ensemble pieces (when Sophie joins her mother's DYNAMOS the harmonies are exquisitely tight), great supporting cast, ABBA, iconic songs with which you couldn't help singing along (and then they stick in your head), musical selections that actually advanced the plot, (a couple of beautiful tender pieces I'd not heard before), and Cher. I saw this opening day (yesterday), sang the songs in my head all the rest of the day, and woke up wanting to go back to see it again. I gave the first one a 6 (fair) but I give this one an 8 (great) out of 10. [Comedic Musical Romance] (PS. I'm so glad they didn't go with the original versions of the younger dads).
Ok woooooow I actually really liked that. I didn't expect to like it at all, but it was surprisingly cute, had a decent plot, made me laugh, made me tear up, made me slap myself for tearing up, and unlike the last movie, it didn't have any weird, out of place songs like Evil Like Me. Honestly, I might like this better than the first one.
It's funny but I didn't particularly like it much the first time around but my daughter loved it. And, I will admit that it has grown on me over time. She's watched it over and over and memorized the songs. She's bought the clothes, loves the style and has read the books and graphic novels. And in the end the world it builds kind of pulls you in and you get to see new characters. And in the end, you get over the cheesiness and even come to enjoy it :wink:
Mostly a very fun movie to watch and the ABBA songs were very catchy of course. Don't watch it if you want a great plot because it's kinda over the top but a lot of fun.
Very very cheesy but very very awesome sing along movie.
Sheer fun. I laughed, I danced, I sung along.
The only thing that bothered me was the fact that when she finally named the girl, she named her Olympia, rather than Cinderella/Ella
8 - Great
I'd say this is quite a weird movie and if it wasn't for Robin Williams I wouldn't like it that much but thankfully he's in this movie.
Never seen it until today. Still a good Movie even if the SFX are outdated, seems like a timeless Classic.
One of my favourite films of all time! Robin Williams is perfection in being the little boy who has been stranded in the jungle for years. The perfect mix of action and adventure, with added comedy!
Classic! I love you robin willams.. you live in your films...
Just watched it yesterday for the second time. First time was ten years ago as a kid. Found the DVD in a box. Must say, I'm going to keep it! It's a pretty different Disney film, doesn't really feel like a 'Disney' film in fact.
Atlantis is super cool to be honest.
Great storyline, a great hero and a great villain, super diverse cast, a stunning underwater world with an amazing princess. I loved it.
My mom tells me I was watched this all the time when I was really little but seeing it as and adult I'm surprised I wasn't scared of this movie. It is really dark and the whole whale scene is scary. Little boys drinking and smoking and turning into donkeys is not ok. Still it's a really good movie and When you Wish Upon a Star is a great song.
Some of the straight stand-up is a bit scatter-shot and flls flat, but the music-related stuff it great!
Love Seth Meyers back from Saturday Night Live... this was funny!
I didn't love this film, but I was certainly entertained and I thought the concept was interesting. It'll be interesting to see the what the political climate looked like leading up to this. Perhaps in the sequels.
That aside, the film does do well with portraying technology of the future. It's realistic, at least at the time of the film's making, and isn't overly "in your face". One thing that comes to mind is Charlie's glasses, which featured pretty high resolution monitors showing the feed from his RC car... wirelessly!
The film was dark, but I think it did a good job of emphasizing key aspects of each scene. I thought the PoV from the RC car was a neat touch, giving it that sort of hand-held camera effect, but without the shakiness that normally comes with that.
I feel like there's a lot going on in this story that doesn't entirely add up. The entire story exists because Charlie opened up the house to the man. Anyone can debate the ethics in doing so or not doing so, but the point is that the entire plot exists because of this one action. I'm not sure how I feel about that. They tried to redeem it in the end, though, with the neighbors wanting in on it. Even that, however, wasn't well done. It was more of a "story's over now let's add a little more to fill out some time..." and they just, literally, sit there.
I agree with the other comments that say the family needed a panic room. For such an event, the protection offered by the security system is mainly for looks. Granted, this was mentioned in the film briefly. Also, if the "polite leader" had any intention of keeping the family alive, why did he cut the power? Meh, I'll suspend disbelief for this one.
This film wasn't good, and has a lot of plot holes. It felt as if they were stretching to get to 90 minutes for a feature-length film (they didn't by the way). I was entertained, but didn't really find much realism in the concept behind the film.
I'm really curious about how they will react the next morning when they meet in the middle of the street... Will they just be like "Oh, good morning Mrs. Sandin. Haven't seen you since I tried to kill your whole family!"
A great story about how easily we ironically can't see the uniqueness of what we see everyday. This has heavy implications for relationships with others and views of ourselves. The way this is shown repetitively is what makes this movie special to me.
Really interesting concept, really well executed by Woody Allen. Kind of true always wishing you lived in a different era no matter what era you lived in.
I was kind of in the mood, so I watched this newest Netflix movie "When We First Met" with Adam Devine and Alexandra Daddario. Honestly, I kind of it enjoyed it. I'm a softie for romcoms, the Groundhog day mechanic and I love Adam Devine back from his Workaholics days, so this one was a fun watch. Don't expect anything breathtaking, other than some solid fun and shenanigans. I really liked the other female lead/co-lead as well (Shelley Hennig is her name). I haven't seen her in anything else before, but I'd definitely be interested in seeing more of her.
Kinda cute, very predictable, and apparently I'm unsatisfied by every romcom that's not from the early twenty-first century or before.
It’s great to see woody and the gang again along with introducing a new cast of toys. I love forky! I’m never growing up, I’ll definitely be watching animation to the end because it never fails to amaze me and put a smile on my face. I thought the plot was fun with lots of comedy that had me in giggle fits at times and plenty of action and even hit the emotional side with its deep parts, specially when I’ve grown up with them toys. I’d definitely welcome a 5th because I feel it would never get old or even a series. Pixel have done a good job on this one. XD
Didn't really expect to love this film cause it ain't my typical watch but what can I say John Hughes knows how to make a high school coming of age film.
