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We bought the movie for a trip to visit family and thoroughly enjoyed it. Even my mother watched it with us. I would have given five stars but the DVD version does not include a cartoon short feature with the penguins as we had hoped.
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Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock) is having a midlife crisis. He's tired of life in the Central Park Zoo and wants to see what life is like in the wild. When he escapes, his three friends try to chase him down and bring him back. And while Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) do catch up with him, it doesn't turn out quite as planned. Instead, all four of them find themselves headed to Africa. Will they survive when they get there?
I normally steer clear of Dreamworks Animation movies because I find them pale imitations of the Disney Pixar films they are attempting to rip off. But the previews for the sequel looked so entertaining, I had to give this one a try. I should have stayed away.
Yes, there are a few amusing moments. I laughed at several of the movie spoofs. But that was about it. The story was boring. The characters had so much potential. Instead, they went with the easy joke (read bathroom humor) and didn't play out the jokes the premise could have set up. As many have said, the group of commando penguins are the funniest things in the film, but they don't have nearly enough screen time to make much difference.
Then there's the issue of voice casting. Yes, most of the cast did fine. But I couldn't get Ross from Friends out of my head whenever Melman had a line. Trust me, that was very distracting.
Many have dismissed Disney's The Wild as a rip off of this film. That's a shame because, for my money, it is the far superior film. Stay away from this one and get a copy of that film. Instead of staring at the TV screen, you'll be laughing from start to finish.
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I saw the trailers for Madagascar II, started singing "I like to move it, move it" all over the place and knew I had to rent the original. I mostly watched it to see the song acted out and wasn't expecting much. I made my sister watch it with me, my husband being out of town.
From the beginning, it seemed pretty clever and involving, but when they got to the island, it really picked up! King Julian is hilarious! My sister and I were laughing like loons. When the movie was over, we watched all the extras, and then over the next few days, we talked and and laughed over our favorite scenes. When my husband came home, we watched it again with him and laughed even harder and saw things we hadn't seen the first time. This movie takes multiple watchings to get all the funny parts, because when you're watching the main characters, other, funnier things are happening in the background. After we watched it with my husband, we went back and played our favorites scenes AGAIN. Yes, it was THAT funny! I love this movie and now I have to buy it.
I can't wait until Madagascar II comes out.
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I must admit to not being a fan of the Dreamworks animations. They don't look particularly inventive, the voice talent is often at best distracting, or at worst, poor, and the stories are very sparse. Madagascar really is no exception to the rule. We first meet the heroes of the film - the animals - at the New York Zoo. Marty (voiced by Chris Rock) is a zebra bored with captivity and longing for the freedom of the wild. Alex (voiced by Ben Stiller) is a vain yet cowardly lion, happy to pose for the public in his cage, and so full of himself that he buys Marty little icons of himself as birthday presents. Melman (voiced by David Schwimmer) is a hypochondriac giraffe, while Gloria the hippo (voiced by Jada Pinkett Smith) is an earth momma, keeping her pals in check. There is a also a small mafia of penguins in the zoo who want to go to Antarctica. These are funny and inventive characters, but a little at odds with the rest of the film. This film has its moments - the animals going on the subway to Grand Central Station; the squirrels and chipmunks who rule the island of Madagascar (the wild Marty is so keen on); and the film and TV references - Hawaii Five O, Born Free, Chariots of Fire, American Beauty, and more. But the characters are two-dimensional, the script is needlessly childish (yes, I know it is for kids, but give them some credit for having brains), and the film is pretty pointless, other than the same old 'you've got a friend' theme that pervades almost every film from the studio. The voice talent is just OK (and Ben Stiller in particular makes Alex irritating) and the animation is boring. Not one I'd rush to see again.
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This movie is not just for kids. It is an all out family movie for ALL ages. I highly recommend it for any parents, grandparents to buy and watch this movie.
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