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The Flintstones, a review by addicted2dvd

The Flintstones
1994's 'The Flintstones' brought the modern Stone Age family - immortalized in the first animated series to prime-time history to the live-action big screen.

After an aptitude test mix-up, Fred Flinstone (John Goodman) trades his job as Slate & Company Bronto-crane operator for a vice presidency. But thers's trouble brewing in Bedrock. An evil executive (Kyle MacLachlan) and his sinister secretary (Halle Berry) are now plotting to use Fred as the fall guy in an embezzlement scheme.

Rick Moranis (Barney Rubble), Rosie O'Donnell (Betty Rubble), Elizabeth Perkins (Wilma Flintstone) and Elizabeth Taylor co-star in a Steven Spielrock production filles with classic sight gags, dino-sized production values and sensational special effects.

My Thoughts:
After the last several I watched I felt like watching something more light-hearted this time around. Something I could just sit back and enjoy... without putting any thought into it what so ever. Even though It is a no-brainer watch... that can be fun... I do find it more then a little silly. Not saying that is a bad thing. Just makes it so you have to be in the mood for it to really enjoy it. I do think John Goodman as Fred and Rick Moranis as Barney is good casting.


Trailer:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW1nlJUxa9I

(From Weekend Movie Marathon: 3/20 - 3/22 on March 22nd, 2009)

Up, a review by samuelrichardscott

Up (2009) United Kingdom Blu-ray (rental)

Overview:My Thoughts:
So I finally got around to watching Pixar's Up and have to say that I was absolutely blown away. After viewing the first twenty minutes and the moment that Carl reads the part of Ellie's scrapbook that has photos of the marriage, I can't think of anybody that will say it is impossible for animated features to portray emotion as much as a live action movie. Up was well animated, well paced, well cast and well scripted but unfortunately, there were two things that I wasn't so keen on (but that's not to say I disliked them). First was Dug, a character I felt was slightly misplaced at times and the second were the dogs in airplanes which seemed as though it was an afterthought IMO. Apart from those very minor points though, this makes for excellent viewing. 4.5/5

I also caught the two shorts on the disc:
Partly Cloudy (2009) - 4.5/5
Dug's Special Mission (2009) - 3/5

(From Never Ending Movie Marathon (short reviews) on May 29th, 2010)

Hearts Afire: The Complete First Season, a review by addicted2dvd

Hearts Afire: The Complete First Season (1992/United States)

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Stars:
John Ritter as John Hartman
Markie Post as Georgie Anne Lahti
Wendie Jo Sperber as Marvis Davis
Beth Broderick as Dee Dee Starr
Billy Bob Thornton as Billly Bob Davis

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Outtakes/Bloopers
• insert

A good friend of mine gave me all 3 seasons of this series this past December.... almost a year ago and I am finally getting around to watching it. I used to watch this show all the time when it originally aired. So it is good to see it again now. While I am enjoying it quite a bit... I remember it being funnier back then. There just don't seem to be as many laugh out loud moments like I remember there being. But all the same... still well worth the time needed to put into it. I am glad I have it in my collection. And looking forward to watching the next two seasons.




(From Addicted2dvd's Random TV Series Watched on November 18th, 2011)