Movie Night: The Pacifier.

Review #552: The Pacifier.

Cast
Vin Diesel (Shane Wolfe), Lauren Graham (Claire Fletcher), Faith Ford (Julie Plummer), Brittany Snow (Zoe Plummer), Max Thieriot (Seth Plummer), Morgan York (Lulu Plummer), Chris Potter (Bill Fawcett), and Brad Garrett (Dwayne Murney) Directed by Adam Shankman.

Review

As I sat inside at a Wendy's tonight, I tried to think of sentences for this movie. Was it awful? No. Was it any good? Not really. As it turned out, eating the Son of Baconator at that Wendy's was better than the movie, as I finally came up with words for this movie. So where do I begin? Let's start with the "comedy" of the movie. Comedy can be fun to watch, it just depends on the enthusiasm of the comedy, and the level of watchability. The Pacifier doesn't have much of either. The comedy feels phoned in at times, and while Diesel may try his best, he can't save the movie. The action is alright, nothing too special, though Diesel has done better scenes then this in better movies. The plot is mediocre at best, and the two "villains" are really easy to tell in retrospect given that it's the only couple in the movie, that and who else could it have been? The movie might have some nostalgia with others, but for me, this is just a mediocre movie that can't escape its flaws.

Overall, I give it 5 out of 10 stars.

Movie Night: Casper.

Review #267: Casper.

Cast
Bill Pullman (Dr. James Harvey), Christina Ricci (Kathleen "Kat" Harvey), Malachi Pearson (Casper), Cathy Moriarty (Carrigan Crittenden), Eric Idle (Dibs), Joe Nipote (Stretch), Joe Alaskey (Stinkie), Brad Garrett (Fatso) and Ben Stein. Directed by Brad Silberling.

Review
What could go wrong with a film based on an animated cartoon series is my first question. How is the film is the next question. The answers will all be revealed (Hate when they say that) It has been a while since I've seen something of Pullman and Ricci (#193 -Independence Day. #77 - The Addams Family and #78 - Addams Family Values, respectivly.), and they do a fine job, given the material. It's a bit odd and off at times, some of the jokes don't stick as well (Though I kinda liked one line: "Who are you gonna call? Someone else.", by Dan Aykroyd of all people) The scenery and effects look pretty decent, unless you realize the actors sometimes talk to nothing (a common thing with CGI) It's slightly hokey at odd times, its acting from the other actors (Moriarty in particular) isn't exactly great or isn't used well enough (Idle), but the film still has a good charm to it and Pearson is actually good (My odd belief of child actors not being great is trading waters) It has a good Halloween feel to it, ghosts and all.

Overall, I give it 7 out of 10 stars.

Move Night: Ratatouille.

Review #158: Ratatouille.

Cast
Patton Oswalt (Remy), Lou Romano (Alfredo Linguini), Ian Holm (Skinner), Janeane Garofalo (Colette Tatou), Peter O'Toole (Anton Ego), Brian Dennehy (Django), Peter Sohn (Emile), and Brad Garrett (Auguste Gusteau) Directed by Brad Bird (#083 - The Iron Giant, #128 - Mission: Impossible – Ghost Protocol, and #153 - The Incredibles)

Review
This film is flawless in its presentation, with good voice acting and good developed characters in this lush and beautiful film. As a movie reviewer, I have to mention Anton Ego and it's voice by the legend Peter O'Toole. In many ways, the work of a critic is indeed easy and the film is enjoyable to say the least. This film has a good appetite of everything as Pixar continues its traditions of good characters, good story and good films (which may or may not have ended with Cars 2). Nonetheless, Brad Bird has made another good flick.

Overall, I give it 9 out of 10 stars.

Movie Night: Finding Nemo.

Review #155: Finding Nemo.

Cast
Alexander Gould (Nemo), Albert Brooks (Marlin), Ellen DeGeneres (Dory), Willem Dafoe (Gill), Brad Garrett (Bloat), Allison Janney (Peach), Austin Pendleton (Gurgle), Stephen Root (Bubbles), Vicki Lewis (Deb), Joe Ranft (Jacques), Geoffrey Rush (Nigel), John Ratzenberger (Moonfish) Directed by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich.

Review
Pixar makes good films that I have reviewed here such as Monsters' Inc (#074) and The Incredibles (#153), and this is no different. The story is heartwarming with a touch of great animation from Pixar (Once again I omit the "Disney" from the credit) The voice acting is excellent, especially from Gould, Brooks, Degeneres and Defoe, but the film's real main focus is on Marlin and his attempts to rescue his son, with emotional scenes that are really gripping in terms of usefulness. The movie doesn't need cutesiness to help, it has drama, beautiful, lush scenes and most of all a heart.

Overall, I give it 10 out of 10 stars.