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Does MADAGASCAR 2 carry the torch of quality Dreamworks Animation established with Kung Fu Panda? Maybe not...

FIRST!!! by mmaddox3	Jun 22nd, 2008 04:46:15 PM

FIRST!!! by mmaddox3	Jun 22nd, 2008 04:46:15 PM

First twice? by Johnny Thanatos	Jun 22nd, 2008 04:48:32 PM
Ya kinda guaranteed you'd be second by posting firsties twice. Though you may be first... you are also now one of those poor souls we look on with sympathy that posts "FIRST!" only to be ...second.
Pretty Vague..... by dalbatron	Jun 22nd, 2008 04:53:16 PM
If you ask me.. you didnt? well you should have. shame on you and all your family...
if you claim first!! by dalbatron	Jun 22nd, 2008 04:54:16 PM
Then you show how one can be both a winner and a loser both at the same time
Tropic Thunder "surprisingly good" by supertoyslast	Jun 22nd, 2008 04:55:35 PM
What was surprising about Tropic Thunder being good?
FOURTH!! YESS!!! by kingben	Jun 22nd, 2008 04:55:59 PM
I can die happy
i actually liked shrek 3... by Holodigm	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:09:38 PM
but i agree on the others, they were awful. they just need to scrap the madagascar series altogether and make a short film about the penguins before each dreamworks cg film, pixar-style.
Much ado about a trailer???? by DaKnifeOrDaGun	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:15:53 PM
Geez...you would have thought there was a movie review about Madagascar 2 from reading. It's a trailer for pete's sake. There were plenty of people who didn't get Pixar's Wall E initial trailers but the screenings have done well and the trailers since the first have been much better. Dont judge a book by it's cover.
Does it have needless pop-culture references?? by jimmay	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:23:10 PM
And obnoxiously obvious celebrity voices??? --One can only dream. Pixar owns modern animation. Fact.
DaKnifeOrDaGun by BadMrWonka	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:23:33 PM
it was a movie review, did you even read it? not too quick on the uptake, are ya Kojak?
Madagascar 2 ..... by Sparhawk38	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:25:28 PM
Is this really necessary? The first one was fun....ish. I guess I judge everything by the Iron Giant and the Incredibles now and it makes average seem below average. I can't wait for Wall*E. If it is going to be average...skip the first movie and jump to the sequel, that way we still only get one. Who's with me?...eh?
and by "it"... by Sparhawk38	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:26:34 PM
I did not mean "Wall*E" which I believe will be great. and I bet there is no sequel.
PLANT! by Cletus Van Damme	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:42:46 PM
...er, for Tropic Thunder?
Madagascar 2: Electric Jigaboo by KurtLockwood	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:47:02 PM

It's just ONE EARLY REVIEW. WHO CARES? by Proman1984	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:50:53 PM
I HAVE A FELLING THIS WILL ROCK!
KurtLockwood by BadMrWonka	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:52:31 PM
that might be the first racist joke that I've ever laughed at.
Proman1984 by BadMrWonka	Jun 22nd, 2008 05:53:21 PM
I'm sure there are enough mental giants like you to mke this a success no matter how badly it sucks. at least, that's my "felling"...
That's "The Incredibles" by jimmay	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:06:20 PM
And you're in a pronounced minority if you think Finding Nemo was a "Steaming turd pile." Pixar's weakest movie--somewhat of a tie between a Bug's Life and Cars--is still leagues more mature and less insulting than any two Dreamworks CG films (exempting perhaps Kung Fu Panda, which I've yet to see, but hear good things about).
They make a 69 reference in this movie? by terry1978	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:08:06 PM
Haha...I may have to go just to see reactions.
I wait for the upcoming series about the penguins. by DerLanghaarige	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:09:02 PM
Because Bob Schooley & Mark McCorkle are producing, so this just can't be bad.
The first Madagascar was actually funny. by theredtoad	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:13:15 PM
It was cheeky, kitschy, cheesy, etc. But I loved it.
The first one... by jsm1978	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:26:07 PM
wasn't too bad, better than I expected. Definitely had it moments, but doesn't have much value as far as repeat viewings go. Sequel seems rather unneccessary, but we'll see, I suppose.
BadMrWonka by KurtLockwood	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:28:24 PM
If they can't take a joke, fuck'em...
PLANT by The Only Woj	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:30:34 PM
there, I said it
Needs more penguins! by FILMFUNK	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:36:19 PM
The vertically challenged cool dudes were the best thing about the first one in fact the christmas short starring the penguins pissed on the whole first movie and it was only 5 minutes long. All the other animals were really anoying dweebs!
by Walts_Turning_InTheGrave	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:36:25 PM
What a dumb fucking review that was…First why does every fucking animated movie have to mention Pixar (the kings of dick)? Do we compare every fucking movie we see to our favorite movie (eg: Godfather). Second, the moron throws “Shark Tale” & “Shrek 2’ into the same shit pile. It’s true that “Shark Tale” was shit but “Shrek 2” was one of the best animated movies made by anyone.
Over the Hedge by MCVamp	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:42:59 PM
Often forgotten because it was a licensed adaptation. OTH was damn entertaining, probably the most re-watchable DW CGI effort.
Yeah, Over The Hedge rules! by Rindain	Jun 22nd, 2008 06:51:43 PM
Haven't seen Kung Fu Panda yet, but OTH is the best Dreamworks movie out of all the rest.
"references to the number "69"" by Walts_Turning_InTheGrave	Jun 22nd, 2008 07:14:23 PM
It's the only thing the dickhead remembered after the screening because he's looking for the next place to put his dick in...LOL
I liked the first one. by FluffyUnbound	Jun 22nd, 2008 07:41:58 PM
So if the reviewer says it's "as mediocre as" the first one, I'll take it. And my kid fucking LOVES the first one, so I would have to see this even if it was the worst movie ever. I put the first one at about the same level as the first "Ice Age", so all Madagascar 2 has to do to satisfy me is be an "Ice Age 2" type cash-in sequel.
I wrote this... by animatedreality	Jun 22nd, 2008 07:59:22 PM
Hey all, wrote this "review"...actually didn't mean for it to be a full blown review at all. It was posted on my private blog as a sort of hit on points type of review. Nothing where I go into story (and if you had not seen the first you would be lost). I also try to keep my posts in a time limit, and I was running late while writing up the blog. Also, didn't compare it to Pixar, as I said at the start I avoided it.
Also... by animatedreality	Jun 22nd, 2008 08:04:18 PM
the references to the number 69 I had to put into this. when i first heard it i was couldn't believe it... there is more to the "joke", but still, for who the film is targeted towards it was a bit much. I never really said much about the animation, what was finished (as I said) looked really good. it's the writing that got me, that and there WAS NO plot. They start by leaving where they were stranded (Madagascar) only to end up stranded still at the films end. Ridiculous. Also on Tropic Thunder... I wasn't surprised it was good... but when the test screening runners were explaining the concept beforehand I really was thinking, what the fuck? Up to that screening back in March(?) I had no idea about the film.
Replayability is Key by Two	Jun 22nd, 2008 08:08:44 PM
Out of all the movies my children (5 years olds) watch over and over and over again, Madagascar is actually one of the more enjoyable for repeated viewings. Many moments make me laugh even on the 99th viewing. (Namely, anything by Sacha Baron Cohen's King of the Lemurs, and the penguins, of course.) And this after I heard numerous people poo-poo the original film in theaters to the point that I avoided seeing it until rental-time. So I'd automatically discount anyone who opens with "I didn't like the original" to not like the sequel, even if I (or anyone else who liked the original) might very well enjoy it. No point in reviewing the sequel if you did "get" what was funny about the original.
I will say it again... by Emperor_was_a_jerk	Jun 22nd, 2008 08:56:10 PM
Kids movie! Maybe if you were 7 you would like this movie since, after all, that is who it was made for.
To animatedreality by Walts_Turning_InTheGrave	Jun 22nd, 2008 09:11:17 PM
If you didn’t like the first one maybe you should have excused yourself and given the fucking ticket to someone with an open mind or was it maybe an opportunity for you to bitch slap a kid’s movie to make yourself feel important. BTW, I don’t know but it doesn’t say much about you when you rate a movie like Employee of the Month at 7.5/10 and this one a 2/10.
The trailer opens with CLOSE-UPS OF ANIMATED ASSES by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 22nd, 2008 09:24:27 PM
I never even bothered to see the original (ugly character designs, celeb-choked voice cast), so I have no desire to see this. Kung Fu Panda will likely be an abberation in the Dreamworks canon.
every other movie might be a miss from here? by MsQue	Jun 22nd, 2008 09:27:53 PM
i have a sneaking suspicion that now that dreamworks has been keeping two separate teams, so that 2 movies are always in production. Might it be that the seasoned team is on one side to make higher quality movies, while the other pumps out the stuff like sequels and fart joke movies. i am really looking forward to monsters vs aliens(http://www.monstersvsal iens.com/), which i'm guessing is the team that worked on kung fu panda. it's out next spring. i'm probably way off base on this, because it would be the dumbest game plan for a studio to have, but i'm just noticing a trend.
supertoyslast by The Funketeer	Jun 22nd, 2008 09:29:00 PM
Tropic Thunder could be surprisingly good because it stars Ben Stiller who's had more than his share of stinkers.
To quote Billy West... by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 22nd, 2008 09:31:25 PM
"Guys like me can't get a job, but they've GOTTA have David Schwimmer."
Ummm by Series7	Jun 22nd, 2008 09:51:25 PM
Was there any chances of this not sucking? Madagasgar 1 was probably the worst animated movie I've ever seen, and I've even seen the Wild.
i just dont see how kung fu panda is good by BurgerKing	Jun 22nd, 2008 10:28:27 PM
I haven't seen it, but from the trailers, the concept alone, it just is stupid as hell? Shrek was great, it's concept was good, similar to Pixar movies who have unique and well thoughtout concepts. So, what is good about Panda? Maybe the writing is Oscar caliber? I don't know, anyone fill me in?
Open mind by animatedreality	Jun 22nd, 2008 10:30:19 PM
Okay, first off, I love watching many "kids" movies... but they when they try too hard to make adults happy with unneeded jokes, then it goes down hill for me. this film just seemed aimless to me, it went too many directions at once. yeah i gave EotM a 7.5, but really, that movie suprised me... and i enjoyed watching it all the way through. no it wasn't the best, and I would never say it was. reviews are opinion, every single one you will ever read is just that. so why get so hurt over what i have to say? some people will love this film i am sure. as i said it hads it's moments, but when those moments are with secondary characters, then... again, i never said, "everyone should avoid this movie". i just out my opinion down. don't act as if you don't enjoy/dislike films that everyone else hates/likes. it doesn't make you right, just as this doens't make me "right". it's just what I thought of it. if it makes you feel better, if i watched the first one again, i would probably give it a 5 or 6. it was much more solid then this broken film's story. that, and i really, really enjoyed Panda. One of the better CGI animated movies I have seen. my opinion =/= your opinion.
on panda by animatedreality	Jun 22nd, 2008 10:35:06 PM
i'm not sure why panda was so good to me. it was just very enjoyable, told one solid story, and was pretty unique. so was shrek (which i have no issue with)... it's just when movies are there to be cash-ins. there is something i just can't get my head around when these talented artists are making things that are huge let downs. also on this being a kids movie... again sometimes it tried to hard to be "a movie parents will enjoy with their kids". the jokes never seemed to go with both, but were polarized towards one group or the other.
on panda by animatedreality	Jun 22nd, 2008 10:35:10 PM
i'm not sure why panda was so good to me. it was just very enjoyable, told one solid story, and was pretty unique. so was shrek (which i have no issue with)... it's just when movies are there to be cash-ins. there is something i just can't get my head around when these talented artists are making things that are huge let downs. also on this being a kids movie... again sometimes it tried to hard to be "a movie parents will enjoy with their kids". the jokes never seemed to go with both, but were polarized towards one group or the other.
It needs to end with a giant explotion by Mr. Monkey	Jun 22nd, 2008 10:42:52 PM
and also include a gigantic mechanical spider
shrek 2 by vassilis	Jun 22nd, 2008 11:14:21 PM
..sucked ass!! I can't believe people liked the movie. Yes, there were some good moments, but no plot or pathos or agony or nothing. Nothing but jokes (some good ones admittedly). I suspect this is what you hate animatedreality and I hate it too..
Shrek 2 was terrific... by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 22nd, 2008 11:15:58 PM
...and Shrek 3 better than the drubbing it received. Shrek 4, however, is pushing it.
Madagascar was a good flick by Abominable Snowcone	Jun 23rd, 2008 07:28:01 AM
for kids. My son and daughter love it, and I've tolerated repeat viewings rather well, frankly because I think Ben Stiller and Sasha Baron Cohen turned in solid performances. It was NOT a ripoff of Lion King. That movie was about a lion cub who is ostracized by evil forces, and must mature and realize his destiny as leader of his pride. Madagascar is about a group of silly animals who've lived their whole lives in a zoo, but wind up in the wild and must cope with it, which is especially hard for Alex the Lion, whose primal instincts never had a chance to thrive. Madagascar is a KIDS movie, and a good one at that. Don't go looking for much more in it.
Re: Emerpor & kids movie by Sequitur	Jun 23rd, 2008 07:32:46 AM
That is not a viable excuse to make crap. My son is 8 and even though when we go see thse DW films he seems to enjoy them...he forgets them after awhile. He's not even interested in getting them on DVD. Pixar, on the other had, he writes on his calendar whne the next one is coming out. He watched them over and over on DVD (even Cars).
the first one was hopelessly lazy by newc0253	Jun 23rd, 2008 07:59:27 AM
a textbook example of cookie-cutter animation: celebrity voices? check. pop culture references? check. animal kingdom used as satire for modern life? check. besides, the Lion doesn't eat meat? how frakked up was that?
The lion eats "meat"... by Two	Jun 23rd, 2008 08:16:27 AM
...he just doesn't realize that those nice little "steaks" they feed him in the zoo happen to be other animals (Soylent Green comes to mind. "It's people!") until he's in the wild. In the end he doesn't go vegan, just vegetarian -- he shifts to sushi. (Yes, this is possibly a stretch but that's called comedy.) The bottom line with this review is it should have the bold-faced disclaimer of "I didn't like the first one, so I didn't like this one." I'd think it would take liking the original to have a chance at liking a sequel. And some folks (and tons of kids) did enjoy the original.
Considering by toxicbuddha	Jun 23rd, 2008 08:34:38 AM
that the first one was at best mediocre, it is hardly earth shaking to hear that the second is allegedly lame.
Kung Fu Panda was a fluke. by sonic3305	Jun 23rd, 2008 09:27:02 AM
What was that Petty song, Even the Losers Get Lucky Sometimes
I saw MAdagascar 2 as well, and actually liked it BETTER than th by ronniepooch	Jun 23rd, 2008 11:15:13 AM
But that's just my opinion folks.
an the first. :-) by ronniepooch	Jun 23rd, 2008 11:15:59 AM

GO FUCK YOURSELF by Jabroni	Jun 23rd, 2008 11:17:55 AM
Does every fucking movie have to be the end all of creation. How about your bitter movie hating ass stays home when you are tapped to see a god damned kids movie. Cartoons are loaded with references that kids might not get, but as you might know you whach something over the years you get more jokes. The Muppets are like that, Bugs Bunny is like that. The first Madagascar is pretty funny, not sure what you expect. As for Panda, I saw that this weekend and my son (who's almost 3) made it though 60 minutes of it. The movie looks great, and even the fights are cool, but there are some slow spots in it. There were several kids in the audience that got restless before the 3rd act kicked in. But I did enjoy it. If Madagascar 2 was like "Panda" you would have shit in that as well.
The Lion King was released in 1994 by Gengar	Jun 23rd, 2008 11:32:32 AM
GIYF
How about a Two Girls One Cup reference for the kidz? by christian66	Jun 23rd, 2008 01:06:49 PM
That kind of "69" joke is exactly what's soulless and cynical and wretched about Dreamworks cookie-cutter crap. Imagine a group of Silverlake Hollywood hipsters sitting around a table thinking of ways to purge any sense of wonder from their films and you have the typical non-Pixar animated film. Shame on you Dreamworks. Get a heart.
Does it end with a UFO? by wowsucks	Jun 23rd, 2008 02:41:27 PM
The first one had funny parts, but overall was ok and a solid C - C+ flick. Sounds like Dream works might be going for the ever famous old Disney formula; cash and run!
Should have been... by stuatfunnyordie	Jun 23rd, 2008 04:00:07 PM
Sacha Baron Cohen and the penguins leaving the island and having cool adventures across the US...that would have been pretty fucking cool, because, as we all know, they were the two very BEST aprts of the first one...
Panda worked because... by minderbinder	Jun 23rd, 2008 05:24:02 PM
It was well executed, period. The script is really solid, they actually studied many kung fu movies and came up with great clever, exciting action sequences. The characters are interesting, the plot and dialogue is very well done, the humor is very funny without resorting to any pop-culture crap, and the action is dead on. Heck, I'd say the movie is worth seeing for the intro alone, done with traditional 2D. It really looks like they set out to raise the bar to the standard Pixar has generally set, and I'd say they succeeded better than I would have ever expected. They even have clever (and subtle) stuff going on during the end credits. Sure, it seems like a simple, dumb, idea...but once you see it, you'll totally understand why it has some of the best reviews of the year.
that is one of the worst reviews i've ever read by Maclovin	Jun 23rd, 2008 09:07:05 PM
seriously, if you're going to have an opinion, learn how to write. You kept going over the same points, that review could have been written in a paragraph.
All things considered... by Nasty In The Pasty	Jun 23rd, 2008 11:47:50 PM
...I'd rather sit through this than Disaster Movie.
Obviously a credible reivew by kolchak	Jun 24th, 2008 12:25:27 AM
"This is just bad, guys. Uh...I don't know where to start...so I won't start at all. It's just bad. No reason."
If this one is as SHITTY as the 1st by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:25:40 AM

If this one is as SHITTY as the 1st by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:26:15 AM
Then kill me now. Funny parts: Penguins. King Julian, King of Lemurs. THAT IS IT.
Madagascar Part Shit Deux by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:26:34 AM

Madagascar 2: Shitter than the first by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:26:49 AM

Madagascar 2: Ben Stiller's Blow Job by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:27:16 AM

Madagascar 2: Because Bee Movie wasn't bad enough! by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:27:30 AM

Madagascar 2: Watch this movie, please! by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:27:48 AM

Madagascar 2: Writers on Vacation by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:28:01 AM

Madagascar 2: ShittIer than the first by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:28:22 AM

Madagascar 2: Dear god, let it end! by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:28:34 AM

Madagascar 2: Madagascar, Too? by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:28:54 AM

Madagascar 2: Subtitled Shitfest by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:29:16 AM

Madagascar 2: The search for mo' suck by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:29:35 AM

Madagascar 2: I'd rather see Harry naked by tme2nsb	Jun 24th, 2008 02:30:08 AM

OTH Rules?! Really? by tvspace	Jun 24th, 2008 06:45:58 AM
I thought Over the Hedge was terrible! It never got more than a slight chuckle in the theater. The only things that made Madagascar watchable were the penguins and Sacha Baron Cohen's King Julien. Stiller, Rock, Pinkett-Smith, and Schwimmer wasted their time.
DUDE, THOSE ANIMALS ARE SO FUCKING FUNNY by Anakin Whoopass	Jun 24th, 2008 09:47:44 AM
RUMSFELD!

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