Steve is Angry!
No, not this Steve... You'll have to go see "Over the Hedge" to understand. And you really need to understand... 'Cause it is funny.
Sheeps was up this weekend, as she is most weekends, and since this is one of our last weekends out together for a while (nothing like that... she's having back surgery, and will be O.O.C. for a while....), we decided to catch a flick before going out to a nice dinner.
The big choices were "DaVinci Code" or "Over the Hedge". I've been an OTH fan for years, but enjoyed the Brown novel as well, so I could go either way, and Sheeps really didn't care either. Utilizing that seldom used facility called logic, I decided that DC would be the "popular" movie, and therefore hardest to get tickets to, be the most crowded, etc. Seeing that it is "controversial" and the serious bible-thumpers are picketing the show, everyone and their mother would be lining up to see it. I'd read the book (Sheeps has it, but hasn't read it yet) and so already knew the storyline. For some reason, we always end up seeing dark, forboding movies together. They've all been good, mind you, but dark. And foreboding. Talking animals it was.
Like I said, funny. Very funny. Don't lose yourself in the "it's a cartoon" mindset. Plenty of jokes for the adult viewer. The comic strip has always been aimed more at the adult sense of humor, anyway. (Check it out at www.comics.com). Being an adult male, I howled at one particular piece of visual humor (with accompanying sound effect), but was, apparently, the *only* adult male in the theater, as I was the only one laughing. You'll know which part, when you see it. (If you're a man....)
Being a "turtle", I should have associated with Verne, the steadfast, cautious, quasi-leader of the group. I've always liked Verne, and can understand him, completely, but I've also always been a big Hammy fan. The same holds true in the movie version. Hammy is the man. Or the squirrel.
If you see only one movie this year... it won't be this one. But if you do manage to escape reality a couple times, do yourself a favor. Grab a can of Spuddies and go see Steve. Er. Over the Hedge. You'll be glad you did.
Sheeps was up this weekend, as she is most weekends, and since this is one of our last weekends out together for a while (nothing like that... she's having back surgery, and will be O.O.C. for a while....), we decided to catch a flick before going out to a nice dinner.
The big choices were "DaVinci Code" or "Over the Hedge". I've been an OTH fan for years, but enjoyed the Brown novel as well, so I could go either way, and Sheeps really didn't care either. Utilizing that seldom used facility called logic, I decided that DC would be the "popular" movie, and therefore hardest to get tickets to, be the most crowded, etc. Seeing that it is "controversial" and the serious bible-thumpers are picketing the show, everyone and their mother would be lining up to see it. I'd read the book (Sheeps has it, but hasn't read it yet) and so already knew the storyline. For some reason, we always end up seeing dark, forboding movies together. They've all been good, mind you, but dark. And foreboding. Talking animals it was.
Like I said, funny. Very funny. Don't lose yourself in the "it's a cartoon" mindset. Plenty of jokes for the adult viewer. The comic strip has always been aimed more at the adult sense of humor, anyway. (Check it out at www.comics.com). Being an adult male, I howled at one particular piece of visual humor (with accompanying sound effect), but was, apparently, the *only* adult male in the theater, as I was the only one laughing. You'll know which part, when you see it. (If you're a man....)
Being a "turtle", I should have associated with Verne, the steadfast, cautious, quasi-leader of the group. I've always liked Verne, and can understand him, completely, but I've also always been a big Hammy fan. The same holds true in the movie version. Hammy is the man. Or the squirrel.
If you see only one movie this year... it won't be this one. But if you do manage to escape reality a couple times, do yourself a favor. Grab a can of Spuddies and go see Steve. Er. Over the Hedge. You'll be glad you did.
posted by Turtle at 6:59 PM
1 Comments:
Interesting. I didn't realize Over the Hedge was based on anything more than trying to cash in on Madagascar. I'll have to check it out. :-)
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