Movies We Watch

Great voice cast in this sweet film about “Monsters” that defeat the aliens and save the world. The 3D thing is a bit overdone and really irrelevant when watching it on a television. But none of the effects were bothersome. imdb.com When a meteorite from outer space hits a young woman and turns her into [...]

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I was raised on the Dr. Suess books and used to love the illustrations.  I appreciate that they kept that feel throughout Whoville, but sort of wish they had skipped their manic quest for realism in the jungle scenes. It is pretty enough, but it just didn’t feel Suess enough for me. The story is [...]

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This was a cute film. I liked the opening credits where the style was more cell animation. It reminded me of Samurai Jack, one of the most beautiful cartoons I’ve seen in years. Unfortunately this had to go to the thoroughly predictable and uninteresting 3D animation style that has plagued films for years now. Seriously, [...]

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Cute animated film about a dog that wants to become a boy and appears to be attending school dressed up as a boy without any adult figuring that out. Love Gary Baseman’s artwork. Fun voices. Good story. imdb.com Spot (Lane) is a dog who can talk and read. Posing as a human, he sneaks into [...]

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This was a cute/sweet film. It did all the things that Pixar is known for – great graphics and characters you can care about that aren’t human. It was unfortunately a bit heavy handed in the whole “Save the Earth” campaign. The anti-computer/tv message was a bit much too. And of course, you can’t forget [...]

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We watched this film because we had heard so much about the music in it. All old jazz tunes by Annette Hanshaw. Licensing on these musical pieces had become a source of controversy. For me, the musical numbers were the least interesting part of the film. The film was good, but had its problems. There [...]

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Fun enough animated story about the importance of bees in every day life. We have the option of putting a couple bee boxes in our field this coming Spring. We may just do it. And according to this film, it will make my garden come to life almost instantaneously. imdb.com Barry B. Benson, a bee [...]

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We haven’t watched the show in years. The movie was pretty much like the show we used to watch…and stopped watching. It was just a really long episode of the tv show. As Homer says in the opening, “Anyone that pays to see something they could watch for free on TV is an idiot.” Glad [...]

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