Movie Rentals Releasing Tuesday November 16th, 2010
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Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation, Regency Enterprises, Davis Entertainment
Owen Wilson, George (Marmaduke), Spirit (Marmaduke), Emma Stone, Huck (Mazie), George Lopez, George Lopez, Mai Tai (Carlos), Kiefer Sutherland, Judy Greer, William H Macy, Glen McCuen, Lee Pace, Sam Elliot, Damon Wayans Jr., Marlon Wayans
I was completely set to HATE this movie. It has everything in it to hate. Talking dogs and cats with the CGI mouth movements, Owen Wilson as the dog, George Lopez as the cat, animals that can understand their owners(and each other), but humans that can’t understand the animals, comics made into feature films, and even dancing dogs. It should have been a disaster.
But it wasn’t. I loved this story! It is really clever, very funny, and every moment is enjoyable. Yes, it’s derivative, but it has to be. But it’s also pretty fresh. Marmaduke is a lovable guy, and his attempts to try to fit in his new life in the O.C. (after moving from Kansas) is hysterical.  This is a live action movie, not a cartoon, and is very well done.  The animal trainers are awesome, and the CGI is not overdone or too tacky.
Trust me, if you have little ones, or pre-teens, they’re going to love this movie. And if you’re a dog lover, you’re going to like this movie. The gags are funny, and it has just enough heart, but not too sappy. It’s a fine film, and I really enjoyed it very much!
EdG – EdsReview Dot Com – A Movie Review Blog
Golatee Films, Pathe, France 2 Cinema, Disneynature
Pierce Brosnan (Narrator)
I started watching this film with a half open mind dreading when I was about to be bashed over the head about what an evil person I was and how the US is an evil country.  I am behind at work, have lots of chores around the house to do, and I’m struggling to keep paying the mortgage and stay even with the bills.  I feel bad about all that, but I didn’t want to be completely responsible for the death of all mankind and for personally killing the ocean.
To my surprise it didn’t really come until an hour into the film. Then there it was. I am trashing the ocean, killing the kelp, destroying species, and devastating the ocean, just as I expected. But the sad thing is I don’t even eat seafood of any kind.
Well, this is a documentary, and the film is beautiful. They used to fabulous techniques and this must have been awesome on an Imax screen. So I have to give great credit for the cinematography and the fantastic way we got to look into the lives of the creatures of the sea. This is a great film, but Pierce Brosnan, bless his heart, gets to be grating on the nerves after a while. Several narrators might have helped this a bit.
So as I expected, the visual is stunning, but it would be nice to watch again with a nice instrumental background with the sound turned off.  Worth watching, except for little kids who might find nature a little bit disturbing (birds eating baby turtles for example), but don’t mind the evil human theme.  It’s required to get something like this made.
EdG – EdsReview Dot Com – A Movie Review Blog
Class 5 Films, Grand Army Entertainment
Edward Norton, Lucy DeVito, Kent Jude Bernard, Amelia Campbell, Tim Blake Nelson, Randal Reedner, Leo Fabian, Tina Parker, Susan Sarandon, Ty Burrell, Keri Russell, Richard Dreyfus
NetFlix describes this as a “quirky” movie. Well, I have to admit that is right on! Quirky is an understatement.
I expected to hate this movie, but I surprised myself in that I didn’t hate it. But I didn’t love it either. But it was interesting.  I am not a big fan of Edward Norton, but I have to give him credit for the job he did in this difficult dual role. Like the old “Patty Duke Show”, Edward has to play to identical people (twins this time) who are completely different. One is a successful, professional business man, and the other a pot growing, backwoods, drug dealer.
Lured home by a lie, and with no relationship at all with his Mother, Bill Kincaid (Norton) was drawn into one mess after another. First, simply a reunion with his estranged mother to provide an alibi for his brother, and it keeps getting worse and worse after that. Â
This film has about 3 endings, for when you think it’s over, it continues and more happens, then again at the end, it still continues. But the extra info is good and helps wrap up the story. I’ve just never seen a movie that fakes you out thinking it’s over when it’s not. And it’s a quirky story.  It was interesting to see Norton performing his craft trying to play these two roles that are so different from each other. It must have been fun to make. But the story, in the end, though filled with humorous incidents, is a tragic and sad story.
EdG – EdsReview Dot Com – A Movie Review Blog
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