Elizabeth-Daily Movie Reviews

Charlotte's Web is the only movie my 3 year old son has taken any interest in. He watches it over and over. I love Charlotte's Web too, but I've been looking for another movie that he likes equally well. I thought a movie based on a book written by the same author would be just the thing. Nope. He took Trumpet of the Swan out midway through and put Charlotte's Web in. I'll admit that I didn't like it nearly as much either. I didn't find the animation and audio objectionable ( 3 year olds don't care), but the story just seemed a little slow. This movie will probably sit on the shelf.

Trumpet of the Swan is obviously a film made for children, but one that adults can enjoy too...which is VERY important if your children are like mine and watch their new video DAILY for the first week! I must add that I think it's unfair to hold this movie up to Disney standards as some reviewers seem to be doing. This is NOT a Disney film, which costs about $10 more, and I find it is every bit as good or better than anything else in the childrens home video department.

I've never read the book, so I can't speak to how well it follows the original story (but does anything from Hollywood EVER follow the original book?) And I concede the animation does not meet the highest standards. (There's a pretty obvious flaw in Louie's big trumpet performance.)

But on to the positives...

While the animation isn't the best quality, the color is bright and beautiful! And the vocal talent is terrific! The cast of voices includes Jason Alexander (Father), Mary Steenburgen (Mother), Seth Green (Boyd), Reese Witherspoon (Serena), Carol Burnett and Joe Mantegna. Each actor injects life and personality into their character. I especially liked Mary Steenburgen's "mother" and Jason's "father" is very entertaining. My daughter thinks the camp leader who mumbles through the megaphone is funny--I found him annoying at first but I got the joke when I saw the campfire scene.

And as a music lover I must mention the film's music. Louie's "trumpet voice" is performed by Michael "Patches" Stewart, and the music score is by Marcus Miller. I find myself humming the tunes at work and my 3 year-old is already starting to sing along with the words!

Bottom line...small children will love Trumpet of the Swan!

I sort of liked the story. I didn't like when the father gets hurt but I liked when Serena was like um like you know well I liked when Louis gives Serena his heart cause he loves her.

Charlotte's Web is the only movie my 3 year old son has taken any interest in. He watches it over and over. I love Charlotte's Web too, but I've been looking for another movie that he likes equally well. I thought a movie based on a book written by the same author would be just the thing. Nope. He took Trumpet of the Swan out midway through and put Charlotte's Web in. I'll admit that I didn't like it nearly as much either. I didn't find the animation and audio objectionable ( 3 year olds don't care), but the story just seemed a little slow. This movie will probably sit on the shelf.

Trumpet of the Swan is obviously a film made for children, but one that adults can enjoy too...which is VERY important if your children are like mine and watch their new video DAILY for the first week! I must add that I think it's unfair to hold this movie up to Disney standards as some reviewers seem to be doing. This is NOT a Disney film, which costs about $10 more, and I find it is every bit as good or better than anything else in the childrens home video department.

I've never read the book, so I can't speak to how well it follows the original story (but does anything from Hollywood EVER follow the original book?) And I concede the animation does not meet the highest standards. (There's a pretty obvious flaw in Louie's big trumpet performance.)

But on to the positives...

While the animation isn't the best quality, the color is bright and beautiful! And the vocal talent is terrific! The cast of voices includes Jason Alexander (Father), Mary Steenburgen (Mother), Seth Green (Boyd), Reese Witherspoon (Serena), Carol Burnett and Joe Mantegna. Each actor injects life and personality into their character. I especially liked Mary Steenburgen's "mother" and Jason's "father" is very entertaining. My daughter thinks the camp leader who mumbles through the megaphone is funny--I found him annoying at first but I got the joke when I saw the campfire scene.

And as a music lover I must mention the film's music. Louie's "trumpet voice" is performed by Michael "Patches" Stewart, and the music score is by Marcus Miller. I find myself humming the tunes at work and my 3 year-old is already starting to sing along with the words!

Bottom line...small children will love Trumpet of the Swan!

I sort of liked the story. I didn't like when the father gets hurt but I liked when Serena was like um like you know well I liked when Louis gives Serena his heart cause he loves her.

Charlotte's Web is the only movie my 3 year old son has taken any interest in. He watches it over and over. I love Charlotte's Web too, but I've been looking for another movie that he likes equally well. I thought a movie based on a book written by the same author would be just the thing. Nope. He took Trumpet of the Swan out midway through and put Charlotte's Web in. I'll admit that I didn't like it nearly as much either. I didn't find the animation and audio objectionable ( 3 year olds don't care), but the story just seemed a little slow. This movie will probably sit on the shelf.

Trumpet of the Swan is obviously a film made for children, but one that adults can enjoy too...which is VERY important if your children are like mine and watch their new video DAILY for the first week! I must add that I think it's unfair to hold this movie up to Disney standards as some reviewers seem to be doing. This is NOT a Disney film, which costs about $10 more, and I find it is every bit as good or better than anything else in the childrens home video department.

I've never read the book, so I can't speak to how well it follows the original story (but does anything from Hollywood EVER follow the original book?) And I concede the animation does not meet the highest standards. (There's a pretty obvious flaw in Louie's big trumpet performance.)

But on to the positives...

While the animation isn't the best quality, the color is bright and beautiful! And the vocal talent is terrific! The cast of voices includes Jason Alexander (Father), Mary Steenburgen (Mother), Seth Green (Boyd), Reese Witherspoon (Serena), Carol Burnett and Joe Mantegna. Each actor injects life and personality into their character. I especially liked Mary Steenburgen's "mother" and Jason's "father" is very entertaining. My daughter thinks the camp leader who mumbles through the megaphone is funny--I found him annoying at first but I got the joke when I saw the campfire scene.

And as a music lover I must mention the film's music. Louie's "trumpet voice" is performed by Michael "Patches" Stewart, and the music score is by Marcus Miller. I find myself humming the tunes at work and my 3 year-old is already starting to sing along with the words!

Bottom line...small children will love Trumpet of the Swan!

I sort of liked the story. I didn't like when the father gets hurt but I liked when Serena was like um like you know well I liked when Louis gives Serena his heart cause he loves her.

Some criminals escape form Dimension X and want to (surprise!) conquer Earth. Then the Turtles try to stop em (wow this is just full of surprises, eh?). The 2nd episode is notable only b/c it marks the 1st and only appearance of the Triceratons out side of the comics, where they are major villians to the TMNT.

These cartoons are dreadful. Its a shame to see such a great comic creation become such a cliched, derivative, sugar-coated kiddie show. And to think this cartoon actually got even worse!!!

I went in search of this tape not for the first, featured episode but because of the second, "Night of the Dark Turtle." It's one of my favorites. This was such a great series and I miss it.

An argument among the turtles concerning the virtues of brain vs. brawn prompts Donatello to boast he could take on Shredder single-handedly using his intelligence and technology. Just then, they hear of Shredder forcing a scientist to create the Micro-Blaster, a tiny laser device the size of a battery with enough fire power to destroy an entire building with a single blast. Donatello attempts to come through on his threat, and is seriously injured while the micro-blaster is accidentally lost in the lab. The turtles flee with their unconscious friend while Shredder escapes.
Back at the lair, Donatello awakes in a mad fury and becomes obsessed with wanting a second chance at taking Shredder down permanently. Deciding he needs new tactics, one of Michaelangelo's comic books inspire Don to change his image to a fierce some costume to strike fear into the hearts of "cowardly superstitious lot of criminals." He eludes his brothers with some pillows in his bed, and leaves as the "Dark Turtle." ... Not even his three brothers are enough to stop him. He begins roughing up and shaking down criminals trying to find information about the Shredder and his intentions. Meanwhile, the Shredder has teamed up with the Wolf Jackson gang in order to break back into the lab to retrieve the micro-blaster, and if that wasn't enough, a group of dinosaur-like aliens called the Tri-ceratons have invaded Earth and are beginning hostile take-over! Donatello turns more and more violent the closer he gets to Shredder. When he finally confronts him, Donatello fights the Shredder without his normally ethical TMNT turtle convictions holding him back. ... Michealangelo accidentally causes Donatello to repeat his earlier injury, bringing him to his senses. Using robot dinosaurs from the museum, the micro-blaster from Shredder, and the Dark Turtle's sinister image, they are able to frighten off the Triceratons. Thanks to Donatello's quick-thinking, and a little help from Shredder, the day is saved! So even the evil vile Shredder had some good use. But Don had come so close, without his turtle code, he had almost succeeded in ridding the world of Shredder for good. ...

this is an excellent addition to any ones library of videos and is just amazing for you to enjoy. you have to get it, watch it and enjoy it. its pure amazation.

This is not a masterpiece. This is a rechewed remake of so many films on the subject : telekinesis, vampirism, living deads, and a night in a cemetery. A few changes are introduced here and there to give new shades of black to this kind of stale mixture which will not give you the visionary power of some Dune's melange. There are some moments when the springs of fear work and the grossness of many situations and scenes is by far enough to make you feel a little bit sick in the stomach. But if you like grossness and moderate gore, go ahead and practise nauseae at infinitum by playing the tape over and over again. Kids will like it as if it were a recollection of some summer camp night time ghost story around some camp fire in the depth of some forest.

Dr Jacques COULARDEAU

So let me be the first one to tell you this is one cult classic flick that will scare you well most of you, those who will admit that it did. if you like supernatural thriller films then this one for you, it all begins with a daughter of a scientist that has strange dreams of Girls & Guys being murdered in a weird way . there's a pair of Ladies in high school that call themselves the sisters that are accepting a new recuit in the group , but first she has to pass their childish test. will she survive? rent it to see HEY GUYS WHERE'S THE DVD OF THIS TITLE PLEASE RELEASE THIS. it's been long enough . it's PG For mild Language & strong violence , Mild brief nudity in one scene. It stars Adam west ( Batman fame & one lady that was in better off dead as the singer of the band & now voices cartoons namely tommy of the rugrats Elizabeth Daily. so enjoy this one dark night haaaaa if you can stand it . :) this is a real horror movie not a one passing as one Highly Recommended for a Good Scare .

I saw this film with my daughter (6 years old) and her friend (7), none of whom are Rugrats fans, mostly because they consider the Rugrat's humor to be too immature and inappropriate. My daughter and I did, however, mostly enjoy last year's The Wild Thornberrys Movie.

The plot is a literal and figurative shipwreck. The Rugrats and their parents end up on an uninhabited island somewhere in the Pacific, on which the Thornberrys happen to be. Various groups and individuals splinter off in search of others. By the time Nigel Thornberry gets knocked on the head and reverts to the mental age of a 3 year-old, I had lost track of who was looking for whom and why. How a kid is supposed to follow all these machinations is beyond me.

The sheer number of characters and the randomness with which they run into each other prevent any sort of character depth from being explored. For example, in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, considerable attention was given to Darwin the monkey, who is one of the more interesting characters in this entire assembly (Darwin is smart and makes very insightful observations of human behavior, but he can only communicate with one person, Eliza - to everyone else, he is a dumb monkey). However, here he has what could be characterized as a cameo appearance at best. So, unless you are already familiar with all the characters, and don't expect much in terms of character development, you'll be disappointed.

I think there was a moral to the story (something about leadership and redemption), but I was nodding off by the end of the movie, having lost track of the plot. The audience I saw the film with was mostly subdued, with only a few audible laughs. My daughter and her friend said they liked the movie, but they like every movie I take them to, as long as I buy them popcorn. They did not talk about the movie at all the rest of the weekend. On the way home, we listened to the Lilo & Stitch soundtrack, which has much better songs than the few musical numbers in this movie.

I'm not giving this movie the worst rating, because it might be enjoyable for a few Rugrat fans. And the Rugrats' potty humor is not as bad as it could have been, although there are diaper jokes, bird droppings, and Spike the dog raises his leg a few times.

She is a HUGE Wild THornberrys fan, and although we don't watch Rugrats, that did little to dampen her enthusiasm for this film. Perfectly pleasant way to spend some time together. I happen to get a kick out of Bruce Willis' singing, and was very pleased that Chrissie Hynde was also featured. As a mom, I preferred The Wild Thornberrys movie, but I forsee at least several more viewings of this film while it's in theatres. Kick back and enjoy the popcorn.

This is the gr8est Nickelodeon movie ever!!!! The Rugrats finally meet The Wild Thornberry's!! Now Eye thought "Wild Thornberry's Movie" and the 2 Rugrats Movies were gr8 but, this is the gr8est 1 of all 3!! There was an episode of "Wild Thornberry's" where the found an undiscovered island. In this movie, they are back on the island and the Rugrats go on vacation. Debbie a & Eliza beg their parents 2 go on vacation. Stu Pickles has every1 thinking they r going on the Dr. Lipschitz Cruise. Stu tricks them. They end up in a tiny boat that stu rented. I really like it when Tommy calls his hero, "Nigel Strawberry." They ain't on the cruise. They end up on the island the Thornberrys discovered and they are stranded. Eye really like when Debbie meets Angelica and gets 2 no her. Debbie says the funniest thing, "I'd trade her for the monkey anyday!" That was halirous!! Angelica wants Debbie 2 teach her how 2 b bossy. Eliza talks 2 Spike 2 help him hind the babies but Eliza tyhinks they r looking 4 puppies. The Rugrats and their parents r stranded on the island w/ no food. They eventually come in contact with the Thornberrys and Every1 (Rugrats And Thornberrys) go on the Lipschitz Cruise. his is a must own 4 kidz! Eye can't w8 4 this 2 come out on dvd.

I saw this film with my daughter (6 years old) and her friend (7), none of whom are Rugrats fans, mostly because they consider the Rugrat's humor to be too immature and inappropriate. My daughter and I did, however, mostly enjoy last year's The Wild Thornberrys Movie.

The plot is a literal and figurative shipwreck. The Rugrats and their parents end up on an uninhabited island somewhere in the Pacific, on which the Thornberrys happen to be. Various groups and individuals splinter off in search of others. By the time Nigel Thornberry gets knocked on the head and reverts to the mental age of a 3 year-old, I had lost track of who was looking for whom and why. How a kid is supposed to follow all these machinations is beyond me.

The sheer number of characters and the randomness with which they run into each other prevent any sort of character depth from being explored. For example, in The Wild Thornberrys Movie, considerable attention was given to Darwin the monkey, who is one of the more interesting characters in this entire assembly (Darwin is smart and makes very insightful observations of human behavior, but he can only communicate with one person, Eliza - to everyone else, he is a dumb monkey). However, here he has what could be characterized as a cameo appearance at best. So, unless you are already familiar with all the characters, and don't expect much in terms of character development, you'll be disappointed.

I think there was a moral to the story (something about leadership and redemption), but I was nodding off by the end of the movie, having lost track of the plot. The audience I saw the film with was mostly subdued, with only a few audible laughs. My daughter and her friend said they liked the movie, but they like every movie I take them to, as long as I buy them popcorn. They did not talk about the movie at all the rest of the weekend. On the way home, we listened to the Lilo & Stitch soundtrack, which has much better songs than the few musical numbers in this movie.

I'm not giving this movie the worst rating, because it might be enjoyable for a few Rugrat fans. And the Rugrats' potty humor is not as bad as it could have been, although there are diaper jokes, bird droppings, and Spike the dog raises his leg a few times.

She is a HUGE Wild THornberrys fan, and although we don't watch Rugrats, that did little to dampen her enthusiasm for this film. Perfectly pleasant way to spend some time together. I happen to get a kick out of Bruce Willis' singing, and was very pleased that Chrissie Hynde was also featured. As a mom, I preferred The Wild Thornberrys movie, but I forsee at least several more viewings of this film while it's in theatres. Kick back and enjoy the popcorn.

This is the gr8est Nickelodeon movie ever!!!! The Rugrats finally meet The Wild Thornberry's!! Now Eye thought "Wild Thornberry's Movie" and the 2 Rugrats Movies were gr8 but, this is the gr8est 1 of all 3!! There was an episode of "Wild Thornberry's" where the found an undiscovered island. In this movie, they are back on the island and the Rugrats go on vacation. Debbie a & Eliza beg their parents 2 go on vacation. Stu Pickles has every1 thinking they r going on the Dr. Lipschitz Cruise. Stu tricks them. They end up in a tiny boat that stu rented. I really like it when Tommy calls his hero, "Nigel Strawberry." They ain't on the cruise. They end up on the island the Thornberrys discovered and they are stranded. Eye really like when Debbie meets Angelica and gets 2 no her. Debbie says the funniest thing, "I'd trade her for the monkey anyday!" That was halirous!! Angelica wants Debbie 2 teach her how 2 b bossy. Eliza talks 2 Spike 2 help him hind the babies but Eliza tyhinks they r looking 4 puppies. The Rugrats and their parents r stranded on the island w/ no food. They eventually come in contact with the Thornberrys and Every1 (Rugrats And Thornberrys) go on the Lipschitz Cruise. his is a must own 4 kidz! Eye can't w8 4 this 2 come out on dvd.

Michaelangelo is lazy but he wantsd a surfboard so bad so he...gets a job! Delivering, of course, pizza. Something's just a little familiar about his boss though. "Return of the Fly" couldn't've said it better myself. Bax is back and ready to do the TMNT, Shredder and Krang harm! Yikes!

Shredder and Krang discover a Dinosaur reserve at the earth's core and plot to steal their life source, an energy crystal, to repower the Technodrome, drill to the surface, and comence w/ world domina.. blah blah yada yada and of course the turtles are ready to stop 'em. In the next episode the Ratking makes his debut and plots to control Splinter and make him a part of his rat army.