A Little Chicken and Zargons from Space

The kids are alright and the family films aren't too bad. Disney's Chicken Little was better than I had antcipated as was Zathura (more on that below.)

With Chicken Little, Disney made it's first foray into CG animation from their own studio. The movie would be held against the mighty efforts of Pixar, a high standard for any movie. To my surprise it was pretty good. The animation was cute and held up well. The acting, voice and animated worked really good together. The story was not bad, though it did get a little predictable towards the middle of the movie. My one complaint would be that within the first 15 minutes of the show, they had three musical peices all pop songs with no dialogue during the montagues. Normally this is okay to help stretch the time and tell a little story but not three times before the movie even gets started. Overall the movie was cute and well suited for kids. My little girl enjoyed it which is a good bench mark.

Zathura is based on a children's book by the same author of Jumanji and Polar Express. The story is somewhat similar to Jumanji, where two sibilings play a board game that luanches into high adventure. This movie was a surprise as well, it was well acted, the effects were pretty good and the story I felt was even better than Jumanji.

Family movies tend to be the better investment for studios as of late and that's fine with me. With two little ones of my own and being just a big kid myself I like to have a movie that we all can enjoy and that I don't have to cover my kids eyes in.

-mojomann