babot_teal Reviews

Happily N'Ever After (2006)

A poor Shrek wannabe

[2/10 · 5 January 2007]

Avoid this film until you've read all of the negative reviews on it first. That way, you are less likely to be as disappointed in it as I was. The previews suckered me into seeing it. Do not make this mistake!

Though a cute idea, it ended up as only that ... a cute idea. Fortunately, the acting was well suited to this shallow attempt to entertain. Comparing it to Shrek and Hoodwinked is rather unfair, since this movie is no where near their league.

If you have absolutely nothing to do on a cold and rainy day, and you get hold of a free ticket, pick up a newspaper on your way to the theater and read what the critics have said about it. If you decide to see it, on those terms, you have at least been warned.

Casino Royale (2006)

The music is wrong! And Eva Green?

[7/10 · 20 November 2006]

The new blonde bond is refreshing. The edginess that Daniel Craig brings to Bond meshes nicely with Sean Connery's Bond. The filming locations are spot on! Mads Mikkelsen is the perfect villain for this Bond. Unfortunately, the music and graphics for the opening credits were WRONG! Where are the silhouetted babes? Why wasn't a female singer picked to sing the title song? Perhaps Wilson, Campbell, and Cornell are too politically correct to make a proper Bond flick. I grew up on Bond films … wondering which female performer was going to sing the title song … and who the new bond girl would be. They blew it this time, and I am very disappointed that they either haven't done their homework, or are afraid to step out of bounds. Too bad! For all the hype about the new music for Casino Royale it falls far too short of the mark. I'm not sold on Eva Green, either. She seems a bit mousey, and forced.