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Action on November 8th, 2006 by Chad Everett
You might think that The Dukes of Hazzard return in this big screen fiasco, but you’d be wrong. About the only thing that remains the same between this movie and the original The Dukes of Hazzard
is the name, the name of the players and the General Lee.
The Duke boys do shoot those arrows that explode when they hit something, and the place names are the same.
Oh, and you could almost count Willie Nelson, because he used to play with Waylon Jennings. Willie plays the new Uncle Jesse, and Waylon used be The Balladeer. But that’s about as close as it gets, and that’s also the end of the comparison. Sad, really.
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Comedy on April 2nd, 2006 by Chad Everett
This is probably my least favorite movie of the series, but it’s growing on me. Probably because I’ve caught bits and pieces of it this weekend on some station or another (USA, I think), and those bits and pieces remind me of the parts of the series I like, without force-feeding me the whole thing, which reminds me why I don’t like the whole thing.
In this third go-round, Jim (Jason Biggs) and Michelle (Alyson Hannigan) are, as you may imagine by the title, getting married. As you may also surmise, simply because you’ve been paying attention previously, things probably aren’t going to go quite as expected along the way, and you’d be right, even if you hadn’t seen a single preview of the actual movie.
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Family on March 31st, 2006 by Chad Everett
The original Ice Age is one of my favorite movies ever. I know, it’s sappy. It’s a kid’s movie. The animation, while somewhat groundbreaking at the time, isn’t so astonishing now. But it’s just a good movie. A solid story, some good humor and a nice time.
The sequel? It matches up well in some areas (the humor), it’s better in some areas (some of the animation), it’s spotty in other areas (the rest of the animation) and the rest is pretty much a lesser film (the storyline).
The addition of Queen Latifah as Ellie the Mammoth (opossum) led to some great humorous bits, but the animation of Queen Latifah was priceless. While it wasn’t exactly a mammoth, I’m sure, her personality came through and made the character shine. Meanwhile, the inimitable John Leguizamo did another great job with Sid the Sloth.
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