Maybe this movie isn't as bad as some people say it is. Robin Williams and JoJo are familiar names, so I don't know how they could screw it all up. Josh Hutcherson isn't too bad given how old he was when this movie was worked on and released.
RIP to Robin, he kicked ass.
IT IS NOT A GOOD MOVIE...IT IS HOWEVER A FUN MOVIE. NOEMOJI
shareThis movie smells of desperation. It doesn't have a 'fun spirit', you don't even know what you are supposed to feel half the time.
However, I am watching it for the third time now, and oddly, this seems better every time I see it.
There are many good points - for example, the Gorneckies (however you spell this) are really 'good people', or they would be, if they weren't so into the cruelty industry.
I like the chipper vibe of the female Gorneckie, and the moustached version warms my heart with his kindness.
It's the kind of movie that you know isn't very good, but you end up watching it every now and then anyway for some reason, and it doesn't disappoint.
It's the perfect movie to watch during the darkest time of the year, which is what I have always done, I found this in a bargain bin a couple of years ago.
Robin clearly didn't do it because this is exactly the movie he always wanted to make, but some contractual, financial, etc. kind of reason. He seems like he's really sad most of the time, and that's hard to take from the guy, who played the most eccentric, fun and energetic otherplanetarian in TV history.
What somewhat saves this movie, is that it does have a coherent story arc that keeps progressing all the time, and it does tie everything neatly together at the end, while showing the expected, but still heartwarming character growth. Some of the sceneries are also gorgeous.
If it's hard to gleam what I think about this movie from this post, it describes perfectly as to how confused I am about the movie itself, I don't know what to feel or think.
I watched this a couple days ago. I gave it the grim, "I wonder if it's better now that Robin is gone too soon" test. And it worked, I definitely like the movie more than I did the first time and it's totally because Robin is gone and we're lucky to have what we got. It's no brilliant comedy or anything. But it's enjoyable enough and the photography looks really good.
shareI watched it years ago. It was ok.
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