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Yes, flushed away is an overlooked treasure. High-class vermin, Roddy, is a beloved rat who has it all: Expensive food, a nice car, a big house,a master bed, gold, jewels, a big family and a lot of friends. Sadly, his family is a human who locks him in a cage, and his friends are all dolls. Roddy may seem happy, but he is secretly a sad, broken rat inside, and is desperately alone, yet he doesn't know what he needs in life. His neurotic existence is shattered to pieces when Sid, a plump, vulgar, sewer rat shows up, and crashes on his turf. Eager to rid his palace of the obese, crude perpetrator of pestilence, Roddy attempts to give Six a royal flush, but Sid is simple, not stupid, and turns the tables on Roddy, sending him down the toilet, instead. Thrust into an underground world, Roddy must swallow his pride, form an uneasy truce with junk-scavenging Rita, a pirate who scours the underworld to find enough treasure to scrape by. She begrudgingly agrees to help Roddy, for a hefty fee. Their quest is hindered by two gangsta rats, an insane, speciecist toad who harbours an intense hatred of all rodents and has a dark agenda to destroy the underworld, and a xenophobic frog from France. What it amounts to is an insanely funny, fast-paced adventure, that keeps you laughing all the way through. From the singing slugs, to various sight-gags, this movie entertains all ages, and has a BIG cast of funny characters. Being from aardman, the plot is erratic, but in a good way, as events and circumstances change, and it never follows a set path. I highly recommend it. It avoids clichés, and being formulaic, and fires obscene premises towards the viewers. This loud, dazzling, movie promises to entertain.

Chicken run really has what could have been a very corny, immature, and, possibly, tasteless premise, and easily have just been a very stupid, loud, colourful mess that shuts kids up. Actually, this film doesn't settle for that, it actually has a lot of intelligence, charm, subtlety, legitimately emotional scenes, and could even be quite morbid at times. This film is one I recommend to all ages. Fans of POW movies can get a kick from it, kids can enjoy it, as can anyone else. The plot is very erratic, but in a good way and keeps you guessing, until it leads to a climax you certainly won't see coming. Idealistic and natural hatched lead hen ginger, her intelligent, scatterbrained, and slightly insane Scottish assistant Mac, wise old veteran rooster fowler, muscular, loudmouthed, and cantankerous bunty, and endearingly ignorant babs hatch feckless scheme after feckless scheme, in a bid to liberate the farm's vast chicken flock. However, ginger and the gang are stopped at every turn by the callous and tyrannical Willard tweedy, and his pair of attack dogs. The farm is low on funds, and any hen who cannot produce eggs is decapitated, and eaten by the two farmers. However, a rooster, known as rocky the Rhode island red, who is capable of flight, crashed into the farm one fateful night, and has to take time to heal his broken wing, while, after threatening to return him to circus he came from by ginger, is forced against his will into verbally teaching the hens to fly. He agrees, yet harbours a dark secret. To worsen matters, the head of the farm, the highly-ambitious and Sociopathic melisha tweedy, Willard's domineering and business-minded wife, has lofty aspirations of becoming a wealthy pie-manufacturer, and without a shred of empathy, intends on turning the entire flock into pie filler. Time is ticking, and the hens MUST learn to fly, before their goose is cooked. Assisting them are two hilarious rats, nick and fetcher. Nick is intelligent and suave, fetcher is slightly unhinged and mentally distant, yet they eagerly help the hens, in exchange for seed, and if they are expected to work Harder than usual, then they demand eggs. The characters all have depth, quirks, and it is shown through their actions, not just sitting around and blabbing exposition. The animation is very aesthetic, allowing for a lot of well- timed slapstick and hilarious eggs-xpressions.

This movie is that special level of bad. The company that made the 2007 Beowulf, polar express, and that Jim Carrey Christmas Carroll also developed this turd, pretending to be a movie. And it was a fatal mistake. This mars needs moms failed to make any money, and caused image movers digital to fuse back with image movers. It was the worst received Disney-branded movie! Anyway, onto the plot. Good grief. So, on the magnificent red planet, deep below ground. Where secrets don't keep. And anger is restless. Lives this old alien woman with a cane toad face, who is talking to a noseless alien with cat eyes, and... Orange gums. And an, ahem, curvy, attractive figure... Because there needs to be SOMETHING for accompanying adults to enjoy. Anyway, empress Pauline of mars, the even more ugly alien, I mentioned earlier, is too much of a workaholic to raise her own kids, as are all the other martians. So every few years, she absorbs the memories of human mothers into her robots to raise her own babies. Because HUMAN babies have the same needs as MARTIAN babies. Sure, whatever. They spot one mother who is ordering her offspring to take out the rubbish. This offspring's name is Milo. He is a poorly rendered CGI rhesus monkey, I mean, human. Sorry, Milo really does look like he should be climbing the ancient temples of India, screeching and harassing tourists. Anyway, Milo was only helpful at carrying out rubbish so the aliens can think his mother is a strict and able parent to be plot convenient. Once out of the reach of the alien's super telescopes, he reveals his true colours. Milo is a manipulative brat who whines when his dad cancels cinema night, which can be easily rearranged for another night, so it fails at being an overdone 'my parents missed a special even in my childhood' moment. When made to eat broccoli, Milo does something sweet: he kindly donates the nutritious vegetables to his cat, and lies to his mom, claiming to have eaten them himself. which goes as successfully as you'd expect feeding greenery to a mammal of carnivora would go. When the poor kitty cannot keep his meal down, he up chucks it in front of his master's mother, ratting him Milo out. Milo decides to pull off the old 'you have to be more specific' card when told to go to bed, obnoxiously hopping on the bed, rather than laying in it. His mum gets annoyed. When she wishes she didn't have to be so nagging, Milo verbally expresses his resentment of having a mother, in her face. Sure, the mom overreacts, but this is still a horrible thing for a child to say. The aliens very politely abduct his mom, right after Milo stated he wished she wasn't around, deciding they'd be the monkeys paw and grant his wish to teach him to be cautious and stuff. Milo observes the spaceship taking off, hits the metallic multi-ton space vessel with a wooden stick, because his cruelty is rivalled by his idiocy, gets his shirt caught on the side of the ship, and exposure kills him when it takes off. He is somehow shut into a chamber on the ship, via mechanical hoodoo, and gets sent to mars via unexplained wormhole travel. When on mars, he is in a chamber that gets dark. He panics as a voice tells him to go down the trash chute. Under the Underground lies a world of trash, which evokes awe from Milo. The immature male martians are inferior to the females, ergo the females throw them in the trash along with their rubbish. No, I'm not kidding. Among them is gribble, a human self-proclaimed astronaut. He is the only human-looking human in this movie, sure, he looks like an ugly human, but he is nonetheless human in appearance. He has a pet bug robot who doesn't play any major role. He says every few years, martians steal earth moms, use their memories to power robots, every few years to keep up with newer human trends, presumably. After extracting memories, a solar- powered laser BLASTS THE MOMS TO ATOMS!!!! Yes, that's a lovely idea for children to ponder. Milo tries to save his mom, but gribble rigs his plan to fail, and have him fall into the trash world again. But Milo finds gribble has been kidnapped. So he goes up again, rescues gribble, and befriend the nose-less cat woman alien with the hourglass figure and gingivitis. She hooks up with gribble... Okay. They fall into the trash world again... And then into Pandora world from James Cameron's avatar. There, they discover a mural of a martian family raising babies. They decide families are awesome. So they try to save Milo's mom and change the emperor martians mind. It turns out gribble is really named George Ribble at birth and his mom was killed in front of him. and life on the planet had traumatised him. Milo races to save his mom, wakes her up, naked baby aliens attack the adult aliens, evil emperor alien is saved, Milo almost dies because he gives his helmet to his mom, and Gribble's old helmet he left in the desert still is intact. Also, humans only need helmets to survive on mars, not full spacesuits. The Martians learn family values. Gribble hooks up with the cat alien, and lives on mars. And Milo goes home with his family and lives happily stupid after. The end.

This movie is interesting. It diverges far from it's source materiel, and takes a radically different route. It ditches the whole believe and follow your parents faith, and instead toys around with some deeper concepts. Enter Perseus. Perseus has led a hard life, his adoptive family have struggled to catch enough fish to eat, and storms regularly claim people's lives. When Perseus loses his family to a storm, his disappointment for the gods becomes hatred. King Cepheus and Queen Cassiopeia's army finds him and brings him to their city. There, the populace has become heathens, resenting their gods and defacing the temples and statues that are devoted to them. The queen claims her daughter is prettier and more attractive than the goddess Aphrodite. Zeus's brother, the embodiment of evil and Greek equivalent to Satan, the misanthropic hades, is given permission to spread mayhem with his pet, the kracken,an immense beast with virtually no shortcomings, by Zeus, as punishment for humanity's defiance. However, if Andromeda is fed to the kracken, the monster will become pacified, and refrain from exterminating the human race. Perseus realizes that Zeus is his father, who impregnated a human. His biological mother was killed by her human husband, but not before giving birth to Perseus. Questing across the lands in a bid to find the means to defeat the kracken, Perseus frequently is offered help from his heavenly parent, yet refuses his pity. He much prefers justice and care for his fellow humans, and would rather die among them than live forever in heaven. Throughout his quest, battling many nightmarish creatures, he barely scrapes through, yet never asks for any help from the gods. His morality was above the gods who created him, and their threats and the massacres they carry out on humans never intimidate him into submitting to them. It is only later in the movie does Zeus soften up, and Perseus admit he loves him, but he never allows himself to mould his own morality around Zeus, or depend on him as a guide. Perseus doesn't even need the threat of hell and reward of mount Olympus, or heaven, to dictate who he his. He sticks to his own morality, and aspires to help his fellow humans, whether the gods approve or not. He is even offered advantages from Zeus, that would rise him above the mortal humans, yet he refuses them. This movie definitely paints freethinking in a positive light. Without needing faith, Perseus remained kind, caring, tough, brave, and well-rounded. He still learned to love the gods, and respect them, but never relied on or allowed them to dictate him. Interesting ideas stemmed from this movie. Gods being reliant on, and friendly with the very demon who punishes defiant humans, and the fact gods need prayers to survive, or they die, are not to be overlooked. Religious and atheistic people should definitely gives this one a watch.

This is a FANTASTIC show, a real love letter to all things otherworldly. Deranged, morally fluctuating, foulmouthed, alcoholic genius rick Sanchez, and his sweet, naive, ambiguously autistic grandson Morty traverse the multiverse and universe in search of valuable objects to make money, or just to explore new worlds. This series satirises various movies, from horror films to sci-fi, the latter being the most common. It also employs a large quantity of oddball humor. Rick might seem to be a clichéd ass hole, but more episodes actually give him depth and evoke sympathy. Morty is very sympathetic, if a little annoying at times. There's even a few sad moments in this show, but I won't spoil them. All in all, this bright, dazzling show promises to reshape adult animation, and while not as good, its a worthy predecessor to futurama.

This Is a stupid, messy show that fails from the first episode to the last episode. Yet the sheer depth of it's failure comes out on the other side as an odd kind of success. We have donkey Kong, a hero, banana cream pie connoisseur, banana chomper, lover and idol of king Kong, collector of the planet of the apes treading cards, and future king of Kongo bongo island. He's incredibly stupid, and I mean the depth of his stupidity really truly is incredible. He thinks a pirate talking to him through a broken mirror is his reflection,making him think he is a pirate, and one time, he had his brain put into a robot, and it took a whole song for diddly to convince him to look at his hands and figure out he is metal. Donkey Kong has a teacher and possible (grand?)father, called cranky Kong,who is a bitter old git and is also one of the only smart people on the show.(I feel your pain, cranky.) In fact, cranky is a genius. Probably a better hero than donkey Kong. Donkey Kong has a girlfriend called candy, who looks different to her video game design and is also an aggressive, and sometimes manipulative bitch to donkey Kong, though she has a few tender moments and compliments him, sometimes she cancels dates on a whim over petty reasons that aren't even donkey Kong's fault.(donkey Kong, you can do better.) Diddy, an annoying though supportive right hand monkey of DK, is now stripped of his powers that he had in the games, and Is helpless like a little kid. Candy Kong works for a lovable ass hole, called bluster. Bluster runs his moms barrel factory, which candy plans to buy. Bluster tries to poach candy from donkey Kong. Dixie is a sweet, lovable little monkey who loves diddly Kong, and her pet lobster. Oppressing our heroes is king k.rool, an aptly named tyrant who is actually Honourable, dopey and a dirty coward deep down, but he can be vicious and deadly at times. He has general clump, the classic sycophantic soldier who takes k.rool's abuse into his stride. And krusha, a mentally challenged and child-like bodyguard with the hidden potential to be a heartless, diabolical genius. This show is goofy, dumb and proud of it. The stories are cliché but they acknowledge and make fun of these clichés. This isn't a serious or slick show, the animation is strange and surreal by today's standards, but so is the animation in the games. It simply reflects 1990s and early 2000s TV budget animation. I'm sure at the time it was amazing. The best merit are the songs. The devious bastard, Kaptain scurvy and his lackeys, the Italian-accented cutlass crock and the weird green crock sing awesome shanties about how awesome it is to be a pirate. Donkey Kong himself has an amazing voice. Metal head has diddly screech his lines, and it rips off daft punk's around the world, but donkey Kong's voice makes it worth listening to. I'm nobody's hero actually manages to be genuinely sad. Poor old donkey Kong. Most of the songs are epic, this show is very fun and charming, it isn't challenging, or epic, but its cute. The characters are interesting, the animation allows for some comical expressions, and of course, the intro, and all the music in fact, is kick ass. Hay-ho, look out down below. Here comes banana slammer!

This is the worst star wars movie, and this is coming from a prequel sympathiser.The phantom menace is so bad its good, and to those of us who overlook its flaws, it is a cute, fun movie with one or two spectacular scenes. However, the attack of the clones is a long, tedious and boring movie. The dialog from anakin is absurdly weird and random. Also, anakin is creepy in this movie. He is like a deranged stalker. However, i won't lie, there are 5 good scenes in this movie, the beginning with the hover car chase, that led to the funny bar scene. anakin meeting his mom is genuinely heartwarming. and the funny and scary scene in the droid factory. and also there's a cool scene where anakin, padame, and obi-wan are made to fight 3 monsters, and it leads to a cool climatic battle.

OK, this movie is in the right for calling itself Jurassic world and not Jurassic park, as its tone is very different. Unlike the quiet, thoughtful, and suspense filled park series, Jurassic world is a break-neck paced action film, and the sense of wonder is also glossed over.The emotional scenes are forced, there is a rushed romance, and a shoe-horned in divorce for the mandatory children in the move.(this movie didn't really need kids in it.) It is an amazing spectacle, that has a few thrown in, rushed through 'clever' moments, and exposition, but once that's out of the way, it plunges into insane, almost cartoon-like action, with poorly rendered dinosaurs doing over-the-top-things. The effects are weird, the cgi looking real in some shots and fake in others, and the dinosaur character models look odd, as all the dinosaurs have big feet, big heads, and just look like 3-d cartoons, especially in the case of the tyrannosaurs. The only time they look real is when the brontosaurus dies as they used a robotic dinosaur. In its credit, there are some cool concepts in this movie, such as dinosaurs imprinting on people, and the new attraction, a genetically engineered hybrid created to boost popularity, has an interesting back-story, although once it breaks loose it just behaves like a generic movie monster and attacks everything in sight. It is also a nerdy nit-pick of mine, but the dinosaurs, from a scientific point of view are all hideous, deformed monstrosities, especially in the case of the small meat-eating dinosaurs which we now know possessed feathers, and had inward facing palms, not loose zombie hands.But in this movies credit, it does state the cloned dinosaurs are mixed with other animals DNA making them look different, but it would have been cooler if the park cloned purer dinosaurs resembling the real deal.But all in all, this movie is good fun, the dinosaurs have a lot of personality, are still sweet and likable, Chris Pratt is affable, Claire is basically bones from bones. The climax, which i won't give away, is amazingly over-the-top.

This is probably one of the greatest adaptations of a video game, as it fleshes out the simple characters from the Sega games. Sonic is now a cunning, brave, and caring warrior, liberating his planet from a tyrant, and having the odds placed against him. Granted, sonic himself can be a little too obnoxious at times, and he can also be a bit dopey.But generally he is likable and still a good role model. Sally acorn is also an excellent character, being mature, caring leader with a tortured past, and despite being a nudist, she is very dignified, granted she can be a bit too perfect at times, which makes her a bit of a Mary sue. Tails, sadly, is not the genius he is in the games, but is instead a sonic fan-boy, and he has a very small role in the show. tails fans will probably not enjoy this show. Sadly, Antoine is the worst aspect to this show. He is actually worse than jar jar, being useless and cowardly. At least jar jar was brave at times. But Antoine is a horribly pathetic french stereotype and womaniser towards sally. The other characters are nice, if one dimensional. Rotor is the nerdy mechanic. Bunny is the Texan girl. Dulcy is the dumb muscle accept she is female. Snively is the generic villains lackey. A great element to this show is it's take on Dr Robotnik. Unlike the clown-like madman from the games, this bone-chilling tyrant has complete control, ruling much of the planet. He is a brilliant antagonist, surprisingly cruel and dark.

I loved this movie as a kid. I still love it at age 21. Sure, it can be a bit sloppy at times, and it switches from plot a to plot b constantly.The stereotypes can be jarring at times. But you know what, it is still brilliant. The characters are likable. Even jar jar is not that bad. The acting is OK. Not great, but OK. The hate seems to stem from old trilogy fans, not knowing that this film was merely trying to be something different. Yes, if you want a film that feels like the old trilogy, this is not for you. But if you are looking for a fast-paced, lighthearted sci-fi action movie with one or two smart scenes, good scenery, and interesting alien designs, then this is for you.

This show started out brilliantly, it really did, and there are still a few good episodes, but the show has shown its age, and it is rotten and senile. For one thing, its edginess is a double edged sword. It can be used to great measure, such as attacking faith healing, promoting stem cell research, and issues such as living in an abusive relationship. However, sometimes this backfires, as some messages are biased, poorly executed, or even wrong and harmful. And in later episodes, the show becomes flat-out sadistic on a human centipedian level. We get treated to: boring plots, needlessly long cutaway gags that are irrelevant, scenes of Conway twitty that last up to 3-4 minutes, that are just there to kill time since the writers cannot make a plot to fill in 22 minutes, and at this point, pretty much every character has done something amoral, even the ones you are supposed to like. You know you have created a twisted universe when the nicest character is the rapist quagmire.I'd actually not mind if the show stuck to being mean-spirited, peter griffin being violent and psychopathic is funny, making him similar to wario. What bothers me is that you're supposed to side with him. The man who abuses his daughter for not being aesthetically pleasing, murders people, and doesn't care about his family, has certain scenes that try to make him seem likable when he really isn't. Please, just keep him as a villain or anti-hero, and stop pretending he s an excusable human being. It'll just be a better story if you keep him as a bad guy.