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The Croods, a review by addicted2dvd

The Croods (2013/United States) IMDb |Wikipedia |Trailer | Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, DreamWorks Animation Home Entertainment (United States) Director: Chris Sanders (1962), Kirk DeMicco Writing: Kirk DeMicco (Screenwriter), Chris Sanders (1962) (Screenwriter), John Cleese (Story By), Kirk DeMicco (Story By), Chris Sanders (1962) (Story By) Length: 99 min. Video: Widescreen 2.35:1 Audio: English: DTS-HD Master Audio: 7.1, Audio Descriptive: Dolby Digital: 5.1, Spanish: Dolby Digital: 5.1, French: Dolby Digital: 5.1 Subtitles: English, French, Spanish

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Stars:
Nicolas Cage as Grug (Voice)
Emma Stone (1988) as Eep (Voice)
Ryan Reynolds as Guy (Voice)
Catherine Keener as Ugga (Voice)
Cloris Leachman as Gran (Voice)

Plot:
Join the Croods on the journey of a lifetime in the epic comedy-adventure that "has the magical wonder of How To Train Your Dragon." When their cave is destroyed, the Croods set out to explore a spectacular landscape filled with fantastic creatures, strange surprises, and a whole new world of adventure!

Extras:

• Scene Access
• Feature Trailers
• Bonus Trailers
• Deleted Scenes
• Featurettes
• Digital Copy

This one I enjoyed quite a bit. I found it to be a really fun watch. It has some big names that I really like. I also liked the settings and timeline it took place in. It made for some great visual. While a bit on the silly side it is well worth the time put in to watch it.



(From What Movies I Been Watching on December 28th, 2016)

Meek's Cutoff, a review by Antares

Meek's Cutoff (2010) 80/100 - I remember ten years ago when this was getting all the buzz in the cinema world. It was a film I really wanted to see, but just never got around to watching. Sadly, I forgot about it, even though there were times when I went looking for it, but I couldn't for the life of me, remember its title. Yesterday I found it on Tubi while scanning through the "Critic's picks." This could have been a sagebrush masterpiece, but for two glaring problems. First, this is the West, it's beautiful, even when it's barren, it's beautiful. Why would you want to shoot the film in 1.33/1 Academy aspect ratio? It's not like modern day theaters can't project widescreen. Was Kelly Reichardt trying to give the film a feeling for old time westerns? If she was, it didn't work. I have to believe it was budget related, and if so, then I can forgive it. The second problem arises when the film just ends abruptly. There's no resolution to the narrative. It felt like they got to a point and ran out of money, so they decided to call it a day and go with what they had filmed. This time if it was about money, I can't forgive it. Don't release the film if it's not complete.

Believe me, I was really enjoying the movie, it was showing the true hardships of pioneers on the Oregon Trail. Now I know it would have been cost prohibitive to tell the real story of the wagon train that did follow Stephen Meek, but just looking at this Wikipedia page, I know I could have come up with a much better screenplay than the one penned by screenwriter Jonathan Raymond. It feels like Raymond skimmed this article and lifted a few lines to base his sparse screenplay around. Too bad, if it had more of the story, and the right aspect ratio, I could have seen myself rating it at least 15 points higher.

Teal = Masterpiece
Dark Green = Classic or someday will be
Lime Green = A good, entertaining film
Orange = Average
Red = Cinemuck
Brown = The color of crap, which this film is

(From Antares' Short Summations on July 11th, 2020)

Pete's Pilots, a review by addicted2dvd

How I Met Your Mother
A love story in reverse: How I Met Your Mother is a fresh new comedy about Ted (Josh Radnor) and how he fell in love. When Ted's best friends Marshall (Jason Segel) and Lilly (Alyson Hannigan) decide to tie the knot, it sparks the search for his own Miss Right. Helping him in his quest is his bar-hopping "wing-man" Barney (Neil Patrick Harris), a confirmed bachelor with plenty of wild schemes for picking up women. Ted's sights are set on the charming and independent Robin (Cobie Smulders), but destiny may have something different in mind. Told through a series of flashbacks, Ted recalls his single days, the highs and lows of dating and the search for true love.

Pilot
In 2029, Ted tells his children the story of how he met their mother, beginning back in 2005 with Marshall and Lily's engagement. Ted, eager to find his soul mate, meets Robin, and sets his sights on marrying her.

My Thoughts:
A fun series. It has a lot of laughs... and I liked seeing Allyson Hannigan in another series. Unfortunately so far I only have the first season of this show.

My Rating:

(From Pete's Pilots on February 10th, 2010)