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First Kid (1996)
An OK movie I suppose..
I first came across this movie when I was ill and had to stay in bed. I happened to be on the Sky Disney Channel and this popped on, I hadn't seen it so I figured I would watch it. As soon as I saw the intro, I knew it was going to involve a kid who was either going to be really likable or really annoying...this kid was really annoying.
In the first half of the film I felt that his old bodyguard was right to lose it at the shopping centre (or as you Americans call it "the mall") since he was misbehaving and seemed to not gain that much punishment apart from a calm "You're grounded" from his parents. I was also on the side of the kid bullies and felt myself nodding when they said "I don't think you're better than anyone" and clapped when "The First Kid" got punched in the face, because all I saw was a bratty spoilt brat that didn't know when to stop and needed to learn a lesson. This was a major problem for me when watching this film and it still bugs me today as I have experienced kids like this before. However, on a more positive note, he was more likable in the second half of the film when he was learning how to be normal and such, though that's not saying much, I still find him one of the most annoying kids in movies.
The best thing about this movie was the performance from Sinbad, as the newly hired bodyguard. His character made me giggle at every joke and none of them fell flat, could be because he's a comedian but still. He saved the movie for me because if he hadn't been a major character then I would have straight away changed the channel.
Storywise, it was OK I suppose I mean the concept of the kid being lonely is believable enough, though I personally don't think acting bad would help him receive positive attention. Also, it would be only natural for him to want to make a friend online and meet up with them. I have to say that I was NOT expecting the old bodyguard to be the online friend at all, I thought it would have been a brand new villain that would have kidnapped him and held him for ransom or some generic thing like that.
Overall, this movie is OK, if you can tolerate an extremely annoying brat for about 85% - 90% of the film then I would recommend giving it a look. If you can't then definitely skip it, it's not a total loss if you don't I'm just saying that you would be missing out on a great performance from Sinbad which is why this movie gets a 5/10 from me.
Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild (2005)
What is this?!
After seeing the first two movies and watching the hell out of them as a kid, I heard quite a few years later that there was a 3rd movie and got excited but also a little confused as into why I had never heard of the 3rd installment to the Stuart Little film series. I now know why..it is an embarrassment! I couldn't even watch half of the movie because it was just plain terrible, I probably only watched about 15-20 minutes of it and switched it over to another channel.
Obviously the main question is why the hell this was in crappy CGI and not a mix of live action with good CGI like it was the first and second movie. I don't think anyone knows this answer but to be honest it would probably be due to low budget and this movie's purpose was to try and cash in on money. The animation looked unfinished though I do see what angle they were trying to go for, but for a MOVIE? And a prequel at that, it's just not good enough. This type of animation would be better for a TV show not a movie.
Though I have to say that it's good to hear Hugh Laurie and M.J Fox back as their roles though obviously not all of the original actors could be in this film, I say they dodged a bullet. The voice acting (from what I heard) was actually good and didn't disappoint me, so I have no real issues with them.
From what I saw this movie was a typical family trip that goes wrong in some way and that there are a lot of side stories such as George seemingly taking a liking to a girl at the camp, Snowbell getting scared of a myth and Stuart...doing something (I dunno I never got far enough into the film to find out), and Mr and Mrs Little..disappearing in convience of the plot.
Overall, if you are a Stuart Little fan then just plain skip this! It is a disgrace to the franchise and I will hopefully be forgetting about it by tomorrow when I FINALLY see The Lego Movie in the cinema tomorrow. Just plain skip skip skip!