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Ice Age: Continental Drift, a review by Dragonfire

Ice Age: Continental Drift



I saw the first three Ice Age movies in the theater and I enjoyed all of them.  I've been wanting to see this one since I found out about it.  Some aspects of the movie aren't that original, but the movie is still fun and entertaining overall.  There is a potential love interest for Diego in the feisty Shira, a member of the pirate crew.  Granny, Sid's grandmother, is a little gross at times, but she's funny.  Captain Gutt, the pirate captain, makes a good villain for the movie.  Scrat and his antics trying to get acorns still make me laugh. 

The animation is well done.  It is a lot better than the previous Ice Age movies in some ways - the fur on the animals and the water at the very beginning - but it still isn't as good as Pixar.  There are a few times when the fur on a character looks a little off..too shiney.  The movie is in 3D, though I saw the normal version.  From that, I think the 3D has several shots that take advantage of the 3D and this would probably be a good one to see in 3D. 

There is a short before the movie, The Longest Daycare, featuring Maggie from the Simpsons.  It ties back into the episode from season 2 when Marge was in a production of A Streetcar Named Desire.  The short is wonderful.  It is delightful, funny, original, and touching all without any words spoken.  The short  is better than a lot of full length movies.

Overall I really enjoyed the movie. 



I did get a longer review posted at Epinions.

Ice Age: Continental Drift



(From Ice Age: Continental Drift on July 16th, 2012)

Born to Be Sold, a review by addicted2dvd

Title: Born to Be Sold
Year: 1981
Director: Burt Brinckerhoff
Rating: NR
Length: 97 Min.
Video: Full Frame 1.33:1
Audio: English: Dolby Digital: 2-Channel Stereo
Subtitles: N/A

Stars:
Lynda Carter
Harold Gould
Philip Sterling
Dean Stockwell
Sharon Farrell
Lloyd Haynes

Plot:
Lynda Carter is Kate Carlin, a caring social worker suddenly drawn into a horrid reality of underworld mayhem. Babies are bought from troubled teenagers and then are placed into the hands of unstable parents for a fee. As Kate investigates the businessman believed to be responsible, the band of villains working for him puts her life in danger. Threatened and manipulated, she jeopardizes her job desperately trying to crack the operation wide open.

Extras:
N/A

My Thoughts:
This movie is out of a boxset of old TV Movies that was recently given to me. A release called Life, Love and Romance. The first thing I noticed is that they didn't put too much time and effort into cleaning up the prints. I mean it wasn't terrible... but it was like watching a second generation VHS tape. The movie itself was pretty good. I definitely enjoyed it. And it was good to see Lynda Carter in another role. Though I must admit whenever I saw her character in trouble I half-heartedly expecting her to do her spin and turn into Wonder Woman. 

The teen girl in this... the girl trying not to give up her baby... she looked familiar. The part is played by Donna Wilkes. Not a name that is very familiar to me. But Checking DVD Profiler I realized why she looked familiar to me. She was in an episode of The Incredible Hulk that I recently watched.



(From Weekend Movie Marathon: Unwatched DVDs on August 6th, 2010)

Smallville Marathon, a review by addicted2dvd

EPISODE 13: SUSPECT
So many suspects, so little time. More than one person had the opportunity and motive to shoot Lionel Luthor, but the prime suspect is Clark's dad.

My Thoughts:
This is the "Who Shot Lionel Luthar?" (Who Shot J.R.?) Episode. I really enjoyed this episode... especially since it has been so long since I seen this episode... I didn't remember it at all! So it was like watching it for the first time again.

EPISODE 14: RUSH
Chloe goes wild. Pete goes bad. Clark goes along with the whole, nonstop party when Pete slips a certain red k ring into his pal's pocket.

My Thoughts:
Another really good episode.I really enjoyed the "hot" Chloe and the daredevil Pete scenes.This is one where Clark is slipped Red Kryptonite and he and Pete tell Chloe the secret... both Pete and Chloe being effected by a parasite... so of course once the parasite was removed Chloe forgets about Clark's secret.

EPISODE 15: PRODIGAL
Lex locates half-brother Lucas in order to get enough votes to oust Lionel from the corporation. Lionel feigns blindness to his advantage. And Lucas may have an agenda entirely his own.

My Thoughts:
This one... to me... is not that great of an episode... it is ok at best. The big thing happening in this episode is the realization that Lionel Luthor is no longer blind.

EPISODE 16: FEVER
Martha is pregnant, but there's no joy when that news comes with the realization that she may be dying of exposure to meteor dust. Lana and Chloe examine their feelings for Clark after he is similarly stricken.

My Thoughts:
This is one of those episodes that even after watching it I don't know just how much  It goes up and down on how much I like it. The meteor dust makes both Martha and Clark sick... I think the scene where Chloe tells the sick Clark her feelings is my favorite... though sad...  scene of the episode.

(From Smallville Marathon on August 2nd, 2007)