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10/10
A Different Kind of Cartoon
16 February 2010
Penguins of Madagascar is excellently executed. The four penguins, Skipper, Private, Kowalski, and Rico, have unique personalities that never fail to entertain. From serious to innocent, clear to unintelligible, the penguins capture your heart and make you jealous of their mad skills.

Of course, King Julien, his adviser Maurice, and his prop Mort, have also come along for the ride. King Julien is ever the selfish King and party boy. Maurice is still the loyal right-hand man and Mort hasn't given up worshiping the ground King Julien sits, stands, or walks on, and doesn't seem to care when King Julien takes advantage of him or tells him he hates him.

The monkey's are also still around. Just as before, they are a source of intelligence, class, and poo-flinging. The silent one can read and the talker is his translator, and the penguins often go to them for a quick written translation.

These memorable characters from the move Madagascar are joined by many new, just as memorable ones. There's the female otter Marlene, who is a source of sensibility and, as a result, often balances out the penguins when they come up with some of their more unbelievable (or paranoid) ideas. Then there's the kangaroo (Joey?), who is a fantastic boxer and true Australian. He's able to give at least one penguin at a time a hard time. There's also an elephant, who is kind and forgiving, but also easily scared. There's also two gorilla's who can serve as bodyguards and have awesome Brooklyn accents. Put all these animals together with the newest neighbor's and the zoo had definitely turned into a zoo. The newest neighbor's are a bunch of iguana's, who speak with their eyes, and can get down with the lemurs, with their technicolor changing abilities.

Of course, every show has to have its villains, and the main bad guy here is the zookeeper, Alice. She is constantly grumbling and mumbling about animals and suspects that the penguins are more than just regular zoo penguins. She is an obstacle the penguins often have to avoid.

This show is serious and hilarious all at once. It's great for the kid, adult, and secret agent in you. Good for a nice relaxing sit down and to get your mind off other things in your life. Great show for kids (even without the penguin's little moral - and fishy - messages thrown it) and one that adults can enjoy with them.

Usually, I find shows made after movies to be strained and boring, but this one is the exception. It really stands out in a day and age where more and more kid shows are full of toned down and hidden sex jokes or are just teen dramas.

Penguins of Madagascar is a new kind of show and can hopefully pave the way for some more awesome shows to slip onto our TV networks and hearts.
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Jurassic Park (1993)
10/10
Never Gets Old
8 July 2008
For me this is a movie that never gets old. I saw it first when I was two (and proceeded to want to watch 'the monster movie' 24/7...but once I called it monster movie my mom didn't want me to watch it too much). I'm sixteen - almost seventeen - now and still enjoy watching it. In fact, this movie was so good it's helped me finally choose a career path. I just had to read the book after seeing the movie. And thankfully for that I'm now going to be a paleontologist.

And I'm not the only one. This movie (and the book) was so explosive that the year it came out the number of paleontologists exploded, and has been at an all time high ever since.

But back to the movie. The actors play their characters extremely convincingly, and you really begin to believe that you could look out your window and see a Velociraptor stalking you outside. And it's not just the actors. The CGI is amazing and the Dinosaurs are extremely believable - though some of the Dinosaurs are not completely realistic according to their bones. And the pacing of the movie is amazing. It's not all non-stop action, or all blood and gore. It takes the time to give you breathers, develop characters, and actually has a plot besides 'OMG-Dinosaurs-r-goin-2-eat-us,' like it might had it been handled by different people.

This movie is true movie magic. Every single time I watch it - which is a lot.
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Hancock (2008)
10/10
A Movie That Breaks Sterotype
8 July 2008
Warning: Spoilers
Don't go to Hancock expecting a typical superhero movie. Because it's not. And I think that's what makes it so great. It isn't predictable in a way that it follows normal superhero movies. But sometimes it is a little predictable - just because the acting is so darn good. The little looks Mary gives Hancock every time she sees him...you just know that she's a superhero too.

I've heard people complaining about how there's a dramatic switch of genre in the middle of the movie. Maybe it was just because I was so wrapped up in the movie, wanting to know what was going to happen next, but I didn't notice that. I still found comedy in the second half, and I did see drama in the first half. So it was all good.

This movie isn't just about a superhero who has lost himself, and in the process fell out of the publics liking. This movie is about a man who finds himself, with the help of just one person who believes in him. This movie is about the sacrifices you sometimes have to make. This movie is about how you can change for the better.

But most of all this movie is a fun summer flick. Are some people turning it into race and racism? Yes. Are some people calling it horrible? Is it supposed to make you think hard about it? I doubt it. But I also doubt it was supposed to be racist, and it certainly wasn't horrible. The ending wasn't the typical happy ending. But that doesn't mean it wasn't happy. Mary getting to stay with her new husband and her adopted son...I'd call that happy. And the AllHeart symbol on the moon? I don't think Hancock has any hard feelings. And neither do I.
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