Disjointed Digression

Wanting to take a break from playing Warcraft, I popped in a DVD. A rented DVD. Hoodwinked! to be exact.
I rented it, because… well, um, I guess I the reason I rented it was because I think Patrick Warburton is a pretty good actor in odd roles (a la the live action Tick series). That and I giggled at a trailer where the squirrel says dynamite as D Na Me tay. Let me just say that I’m glad I rented it.
The movie is moderately ok. There are references to many other movies, some that the younger audience will probably not get. There is a big Fletch reference or three. XXX (The Vin Disel movie) has a few references too. A few other references are in there, I’m sure, but they escape me right now. And that’s not a big loss. This movie is mildly amusing. The best parts are in the trailer. Yeah, it’s one of those movies. The computer animation was great, in 1998. But compared to some other recent CGI/cartoon movies, it left much to be desired.
The story is contrived and obvious from the first few minutes. The voice acting was not bad. Pretty much a B-list (or lower) cast of actors provide the voices. Not that I dislike any of the actors, and they all seemed to be ok in the movie, but when the main characters are voiced by Anne Hathaway, Patrick Warburton, Jim Belushi, Andy Dick and Xzibit it’s downhill from there. I got the feeling that when this was made, it was either rushed, or had a small budget. The thing is that it tries to imitate a Pixar or disney movie and it comes across that way. It comes across as a cheesy imitation of something good.
If you simply have to see this movie, either watch the trailer, borrow it, or rent it from the dollar for 3 weeks bin.

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