Planes
As a pilot, I was primed to enjoy Planes. It features lots of details that aviation folk will understand, it tells an inoffensive “believe in yourself and all will be well” story, and it does as fine a job of skirting the horrifying realities of the post-singularity world it portrays as its predecessor, Cars.
Here's the setup: a crop duster wants to be a racing plane. It races. It wins. The kids pass out in a Red Vines -induced coma during the closing credits. Done.
And that's pretty much it. Planes is an inoffensive, effective entertainment with a nice eye for aviation detail. You could do worse.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Hey, do you like puns? Do you like visual puns? Do you like food-related visual puns?
If
so, then Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs 2
is for you. It's pretty much one pun after another, and your
enjoyment of the film will vary directly with your enjoyment of that
kind of humor. Personally, I like that kind of thing and, while it
didn't make me laugh out loud, Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs 2
put a smile and my face and kept it there for 95 minutes.
The story? It doesn't matter, as it only exists to keep things moving along between gags. The performances? Professional. The animation? Great fun in conception, acceptable in execution. The entire package? A perfectly fine way to spend an evening on the couch with your little one(s).
As a pilot, I was primed to enjoy Planes. It features lots of details that aviation folk will understand, it tells an inoffensive “believe in yourself and all will be well” story, and it does as fine a job of skirting the horrifying realities of the post-singularity world it portrays as its predecessor, Cars.
Here's the setup: a crop duster wants to be a racing plane. It races. It wins. The kids pass out in a Red Vines -induced coma during the closing credits. Done.
And that's pretty much it. Planes is an inoffensive, effective entertainment with a nice eye for aviation detail. You could do worse.
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2
Hey, do you like puns? Do you like visual puns? Do you like food-related visual puns?
If
so, then Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs 2
is for you. It's pretty much one pun after another, and your
enjoyment of the film will vary directly with your enjoyment of that
kind of humor. Personally, I like that kind of thing and, while it
didn't make me laugh out loud, Cloudy
with a Chance of Meatballs 2
put a smile and my face and kept it there for 95 minutes.The story? It doesn't matter, as it only exists to keep things moving along between gags. The performances? Professional. The animation? Great fun in conception, acceptable in execution. The entire package? A perfectly fine way to spend an evening on the couch with your little one(s).
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