Movie Review: The Peanuts Movie 11-7-15
Have you noticed in the past 35 years, there have been quite a few live-action movies that were based on cartoons? There have been some good ones, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (that one from 1990 with Judith Hoag and Elias Koteas) and George of the Jungle, but there have been some bad ones, like those awful Alvin and the Chipmunks movies, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Last Airbender, and The Smurfs. With the advent of new technology, there have been CGI movies (and some TV shows) that have the characters designed in a classic cartoon style, like The Jimmy Neutron Movie, Ice Age, Madagascar, and the works of Sony Pictures Animation. As of late, there have been three CGI movies based on comic strips, like the ones you'd find in the newspaper. There's been DreamWorks' Over the Hedge, Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin, and released yesterday, The Peanuts Movie.
The tenth animated movie from Blue Sky Studios, the animation house behind the Ice Age movies, Robots, Horton Hears a Who!, and Rio, The Peanuts Movie is based on the comic strips by Charles Schulz and tells the story of a young boy named Charlie Brown. He has all the bad luck a kid would never want, like getting a kite stuck up a tree and getting a football pulled away right before he kicks it. When Charlie falls in love with a new student named Heather, he tries to impress her through entering the talent show and writing a book report on War & Peace. However, because he is Charlie Brown, nothing goes his way. The story may sound depressing, but the movie itself is very sweet and stays true to the original comic strips without being too modern. The animation itself is very convincing, and at some points, I couldn't tell if it was CGI! For those who aren't into the Peanuts or despise the TV specials from the 60s and 70s, I noticed similarities to more modern cartoons, like Doug, Hey Arnold!, and Ed, Edd n Eddy. For example: In this interpretation of the Peanuts comics, Lucy is very similar Helga Pataki from Hey Arnold, except she doesn't have a crush on Charlie. That would be disgusting! Overall, The Peanuts Movie is an enjoyable film for everyone young and old, and is probably the second best animated movie of the year, only behind Disney•Pixar's Inside Out.
Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
Have you noticed in the past 35 years, there have been quite a few live-action movies that were based on cartoons? There have been some good ones, like Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (that one from 1990 with Judith Hoag and Elias Koteas) and George of the Jungle, but there have been some bad ones, like those awful Alvin and the Chipmunks movies, The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle, The Last Airbender, and The Smurfs. With the advent of new technology, there have been CGI movies (and some TV shows) that have the characters designed in a classic cartoon style, like The Jimmy Neutron Movie, Ice Age, Madagascar, and the works of Sony Pictures Animation. As of late, there have been three CGI movies based on comic strips, like the ones you'd find in the newspaper. There's been DreamWorks' Over the Hedge, Spielberg's The Adventures of Tintin, and released yesterday, The Peanuts Movie.
The tenth animated movie from Blue Sky Studios, the animation house behind the Ice Age movies, Robots, Horton Hears a Who!, and Rio, The Peanuts Movie is based on the comic strips by Charles Schulz and tells the story of a young boy named Charlie Brown. He has all the bad luck a kid would never want, like getting a kite stuck up a tree and getting a football pulled away right before he kicks it. When Charlie falls in love with a new student named Heather, he tries to impress her through entering the talent show and writing a book report on War & Peace. However, because he is Charlie Brown, nothing goes his way. The story may sound depressing, but the movie itself is very sweet and stays true to the original comic strips without being too modern. The animation itself is very convincing, and at some points, I couldn't tell if it was CGI! For those who aren't into the Peanuts or despise the TV specials from the 60s and 70s, I noticed similarities to more modern cartoons, like Doug, Hey Arnold!, and Ed, Edd n Eddy. For example: In this interpretation of the Peanuts comics, Lucy is very similar Helga Pataki from Hey Arnold, except she doesn't have a crush on Charlie. That would be disgusting! Overall, The Peanuts Movie is an enjoyable film for everyone young and old, and is probably the second best animated movie of the year, only behind Disney•Pixar's Inside Out.
Rating: 4.5 stars out of 5
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