Hmmm... Abhradeep told me to write this review coz his kid brother had fallen in love with the film. An animated film... that too from Dreamworks... After watching the debacles of THE PRINCE OF EGYPT and SPIRIT i had realized that their animated films are very serious... very boring. Though SHREK and SHARK TALE were brilliant animations, I was still not very kicked by the idea of watching MADAGASCAR.
Still i managed to rent a DVD and get ready for what i can safely call, the best animated film i have ever seen after FINDING NEMO.
MADAGASCAR is basically about how animals get so used to the Zoo ambience that they actually forget that a lion is supposed to eat a zebra and not a zebra's birthday cake. It features an amazing array of animals from a lion to a zebra... from a hipppo to a set of really funny penguins.
The real fun starts when the animals accidentaly reach an island. It is here that they realise that they are actually wild. When the lion starts to realise that he is actually a dangerous animal... When the zebra realises that the lion, who is his best friend can actually eat him... primal instincts...
The ceaseless camera moves, the ADHD editing style, and the turned-to-11 sound mix add up to such a cacophonous muddle in some sections of the film that viewers may simply tune out due to sensory overload. That said, the times when the film does slow down, it shows interesting signs of life. Sacha Baron Cohen's King Julien is a first-rate comic creation. His rapid-fire delivery actually contains some very funny moments that make it worth paying attention. His is the kind of performance that gets an actor work in animated films for decades. The combination of the vocal performance and the character design makes it possible to believe that the character is actually saying these funny things.
If the film had followed through on the emotional ramifications of wanting to eat your best friend, Madagascar might have had a chance to match the depth of a Pixar film.
MADAGASCAR offers you everything... but at the end of it... you are still left with an incomplete feeling. It lacks the emotional depth. But we arent complainin!
Though i wish... there was more footage to the penguins!
Amazing film!
My Rating: * * * *
1 comment:
I saw this movie yesterday.
This review perfectly matches the film. I don't know who Nikhil is, but He is doing a good job. Keep it up man.
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