"Gnomeo & Juliet" Review
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The Cinema Snob: "Gnomeo & Juliet" Review
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At first glance, I would assume just by the trailers that not only the concept is horrible. But, a romance story about gnomes?! really?!
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Can't gnomes feel the feeling of true love? Do you have something against them?
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So what do you think of Kurosawa's Shakespeare-themed movies, like Throne of Blood or Ran?
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Kurosawa is one of the few directors that got doing the "redux of Shakespeare" right. Ran and Throne of Blood are amazing, some of the greatest films ever made. Ran may be the most beautiful films ever made for the view point of cinematography.
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This sounds like something our dear old Beeb (that's the BBC) would inflict on parents over Christmas.
The pity of this film is that it wasn't made at any point between 1930 and 1980 or by George Lucas. Because then it would have featured actual little people and would be unmissable.
I think the crocodile rock thing might be a reference to the Wide mouth frog joke.
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I'm a fan of old cartoons, many of them non-PC, but even 'Scrub Me Mama With A Boogie Beat' makes me feel dirty after watching.
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Don't worry Brad, you're not the only one who didn't like this movie. It was very clumsily made and Elton John was completely out place. I did a video review on my youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQeBnVhwhuQ
But yeah, this movie isn't really worth anyones time and the pop culture reference become so many and so obscure that not even kids will get it.
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tibalt may have broke but NOTHING CAN STOP JASON STATHAM!!!
if any other gnome broke they would be dead, forever. but not Statham. not ever.
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Fortunately, I'm seeing the new Adam Sandler comedy Just Go With It instead! Who cares about gnomes and Justin Bieber when I can watch and laugh at Sandler's ever growing problems with women!
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UPDATE: I didn't think another Adam Sandler movie could be as bad as You Don't Mess With the Zohan, but holy crap, Just Go With It might be up there as one his very worst!
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I can't believe this movie has a 52% on Rotten Tomatoes. Apparently some critics really loved it.
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Go see "The Rite" Anthony Hopkins is a God among men or in this case devil *smack* bad joke very bad joke
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It sounds like the filmmakers took Frank Reynolds' blackface advice when they created the frog. "You gotta make the lips funny"
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This movie looks really bad and stupid but fun for kids.
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http://imgur.com/NT5Dc
Here's a picture of the frog, just in case anybody's curious.
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It's only the Dreamworks cgi animated movies that end with a group dance sequence.
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Except this is a "Disney" movie being a Touchstone production.
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So Steel, the pimp, Kung Tai Ted and the Cinema Snob all exist in the same universe.
Nice. Now I'm waiting for 80's Dan and the original Brad Jones from 'Brad Tries'.
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It has Jason Statham, Ozzy, and Hoak Hogan? Dammit, now I have to see it.
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Well i knew from the name alone that it would be fairly kiddish and pun riddled ugh
yay more 80's dan
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I saw the picture of the frog, and I really don't know what you're talking about. The frog just has big lips, frogs have always had big lips in cartoons as far as I remember.
I obviously havent seen the movie, but I don't see how this character could be remotely compared to someone in blackface.
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No. No I saw it too. Had to see this movie the other night, thought the exact same thing.
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I wasnt interested in seeing gnomeo and juliet but just go with it was fuckin horrible, great review though
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I knew you wouldn't like this, it's like when you went to go see Alice in Wonderland and I hadn't even seen it and i said " There is no way he liked this movie"
You know you might not have liked this movie but maybe you go see another animated movie like Rango in a couple of weeks and give that movie a shot. I strangely would like your oppinion on that. A weird western tale with Johnny Depp as a Lizard. Might be interesting to see
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The gnomes are like the fucking weeping angels from Doctor Who.
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The gnomes are like the fucking weeping angels from Doctor Who. Scary.
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This camera angle is way better than the ones you normally use for your reviews (and a hell of a lot better than the car). I like that it shows off your DVD collection, which looks fucking massive.
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It'd be Zeppelin being overplayed here in Colorado.
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Do I spy the imperial edition of Caligula in the middle of the top shelf on the left?
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Yeah, I remember seeing Romeo and Juliet porn once and it was much more dignified than this.
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You can't fathom how bad animated Shakespeare can be unless you've seen "Romeo and Juliet: Sealed with a Kiss"
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vg-URWWDth8
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the frog is indeed in greenface >.>
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Wow, I'm surprised. I mean, I didn't think this would be the best movie ever but I thought it would be at least harmless. O_o
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Hamlet with pigs? Like HAM-let? By Gorge, I think you're onto something!
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I'm not surprised that this movie was terrible. Speaking as someone who generally does like kids movies, you can learn to recognize which ones will be freaking terrible from the trailers. This was one of those movies.
I am surprised you referenced Toy Story over "The Christmas Toy" though. Given that the Christmas Toy is from the 80s and basically did the Toy Story premise first, I'd have bet that's the one you'd go with.
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I'm not surprised, not many people have seen "The Christmas Toy" unfortunately because it was made for tv.
I'd say it was not only first but less sappy and with better songs, but what do I know I'm just a cat toy
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The titular characters of the Shakespearean play are supposed to be unlikable, or at least viewed with disdain by the audience, because of their puppy love. The tragedy precipitates directly from Romeo and Juliet's indiscretion and lack of maturity.
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K. Still don't like it. I'm a "Julius Caesar" guy =)
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Brad you knew already that this was pure and stinking kids shit. So this time you had it on yourself. When I watch a Steven Seagall flick I expect a simple story and fighting, nothing more.
And I liked the star wars ripp off review. I am sure you can review some more italian imitation. They are fun to watch!
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Pssht, Brad...
...Jason Statham is in 'Never say Never' with Justin Bieber!
Check IMDB.
Got you there!
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Yeah, I love Shakespeare and all, I think Hamlet was one of the best stories ever written, but of all his works Romeo and Juliet is by far his weakest. What you basically have is a guy getting dumped by his girlfriend, and in his distraughtness falls in love with the first girl he sees. Juliet literally got Romeo on the rebound. Their love is entirely lust-based, and the only reason the priest character goes along with marrying them is because he thinks it'll end the strife between the two families. And in the end, it makes their deaths all the more hollow.
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I saw an ad in the Washington Post for this movie. It said "Featuring the music of Elton John and guests". Those other musicians had the honor of being a guest in Elton John's movie!
Oh brother...
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Why do people keep trying to make Romeo and Juliet for kids? It's not for kids! It's a story involving murder, fickle teenage love, marriage and sex between a 12-year-old and a 16-year-old, and double suicide. Once you've dumbed it down enough so that a young audience can enjoy it, you've already lost any elements that made the original enjoyable...
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Almost every version of "Romeo and Juliet" gets it wrong. It's not about young love, it's about how stupid young people can be. The beginning and ending soliloquies of the play mention this, but people constantly assume that it's supposed to be about the undying nature of love.
"Star-crossed lovers" refers to the lovers' relationship as a BAD THING. It's not "oh, they're separated by circumstances," it's "they're not meant to be together, and they should probably stop." If the people who adapted the play would actually, you know, research the source material, they'd realize that they're doing it wrong.
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