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Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa

Monday, 6 April 2009 ‡ 23:40

The penguins from the first film made a huge impact and it was brilliant to see them have more of a feature in this second film. I don't want to say this is a better film, because i don't want to imply the first was no good, because it was. This film was better than i expected, i laughed, which is very difficult since i rarely find comedy funny enough to make me laugh out loud. Again, this was colourful, may have had less music, but it was funny and the penguins almost stole the show.

The penguins are helping the group return to New York, but as the title suggests, they only make it as far as Africa. This time there are two stories within the story and the group is split in two, to account for two individual stories, sounds difficult, but easily followed. This is more complex than the first film and introduces many more characters. Definitely well worth a night in with the kids/friends whoever, easily a comedy to lift the spirits and put smiles and laughter on faces.

My daughter loves watching the first film and i am sure she will be playing this now, every day.

Labels: africa, ben stiller, chris rock, david schwimmer, jada pinkett smith, madagascar

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Slumdog Millionaire

I really did not know what to expect and i was surprised. I suspect it would have been a bit pointless showing the story as a sequence, but i think some early parts of the film and story where over "Tarantino'd" but the rest of the film was easily followed as it continued to present the story.

The film really does show the areas of India that are never usually shown, it tells a real story about how kids grow up, how police behave, how criminal gangs operate, with this film showing a dream that everyone has living in the slums, which i suspect is no different from anywhere else in the world. We follow the story of Jamal and how he knew the answers to all the questions on the Indian version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire.

Dev's acting and portrayal of Jamal was excellent, truly believable. With a touch of class from Freida Pinto, this film really does open your eyes. You are easily drawn into Jamal's world, as he tells his story.

Definitely need to add this to my collection.

Labels: danny boyle, dev patel, freida pinto, millionaire

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