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Comment on Halloweentown High by D. Mitchell

D. Mitchell — Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:00:30 +0000

I bought Halloweentown I & II and my grandchildren loved them. The third one did not keep their interest at all. It was not scary and the storyline was not exciting. I also purchased the 4th one but we have not watched yet. Hopefully it will be better.

Comment on Halloweentown High by kevin

kevin — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 22:41:07 +0000

Halloweentown and Halloweentown II were great fun,but upon watching this one,I was deeply disapointed. First of all,why the heck would you bring a bunch of monsters into your high school?And what happened to the old characters,like Benny and Gort?If you like it,thats fine,but its not a favorite of mine

Comment on Halloweentown High by B. Tise

B. Tise — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 20:24:48 +0000

In this Halloweentown movie, Marnie is off to High School. It seems like the timeline is off a little (shouldn’t Marnie be older than a freshman in High School?). The movie doesn’t have any major scenes in Halloweentown, which is kind of wierd. The whole point of the series is Halloweentown! This installment did have a good plot, but was somewhat lacking the original Halloweentown magic.

Comment on Halloweentown High by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:42:36 +0000

I rated this 4 stars ’cause I did not get to see it but i want it i had to get rid of cable before it came out

so until i see it 4 stars

Comment on Halloweentown High by sec127

sec127 — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 18:42:36 +0000

I was always a fan of the HALLOWEENTOWN movies, I loved the first two when I was little but the thrid effort fails. It was a limp film that did not capture the magic of the original or even the sequel. You will most likely de dissapointed by it but its nice to see the triolgy getting a DVD release.

Comment on College Road Trip by Brian E. Erland

Brian E. Erland — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 15:02:38 +0000

`College Road Trip’ released in ‘08 is another slick Walt Disney Production that offers its audience 83 minutes of amusing and harmless, albeit mindless family entertainment that any self respecting adult should not be watching unless in the presence of a child under the age of 10. The scenarios are predictable and unoriginal and yet there’s still enough magic in the old Disney vault to somehow make it work nonetheless.

I hate to say it but in my opinion the best sequences in the film revolve around the life-sized grinning Cheshire cat better known as Donny Osmond. His totally insane, off-the-wall performance was so far out there that it added a surreal atmosphere to an otherwise ordinary storyline.

Watch this one with a room filled with children. At least you’ll enjoy seeing them have a good time even if you don’t.

Comment on Disney’s: Winnie the Pooh’s: Book of Manners by Anonymous

Anonymous — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 14:15:50 +0000

I really thought this book is aborable. Not only me but more importantly our kids. As wonderfully cute as the Winnie the Pooh characters are, the book lends itself to the same. The simple everyday life of Pooh and his friends leads them into everyday situations that cause us to use are manners. I, we recommend this book highly.

Comment on Disney Channel Playlist by J. Loomis

J. Loomis — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:40:49 +0000

Loads of fun stuff here proves again that Disney knows how to pick ‘em! My 2 kids love every song on this CD, especially the Mitch Musso song “THE GIRL CAN’T HELP IT” which is good, catchy rock n roll.

Comment on College Road Trip by Andrew Ellington

Andrew Ellington — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:38:13 +0000

Saying that I wanted this to be good is kind of stupid because, well, just look at it, but really, I expected it to at least be `three star’ worthy. I mean, it has Raven-Symone in it, and she is quite hilarious, even if her shtick is pure corn. Besides, it also has Martin Lawrence, and while I never found him as engaging as everyone else, he has a knack for making me laugh. So, it should be cutesy and forgettable, but above all else cute; right?

Eh, not really.

Melanie wants to go to Georgetown to study law and hopefully go to Tokyo, but her overprotective father James doesn’t even want her to go to the supermarket, let alone another country. When his plans to send her to Northwestern (a college only forty miles away from home) get squashed by a surprise Georgetown interview, James decides to accompany his daughter on her drive to the college, hoping to persuade her along the way to ditch her dreams and pursue his. Instead, they fight and makeup then fight and makeup. Add to obvious, a slew of scenes involving more obviousness and you have (obviously) a clichéd family film; but, where a lot of films layer predictability with chemistry, charm and humor, `College Road Trip’ fails.

Raven is funny at times, but her approach to comedy, while delightful in half-hour doses, gets tiring after a while; and Lawrence, who seems to be trying to emulate De Niro’s `well meaning jerk’ from `Meet the Parents’, is just awkward. They don’t really come together like they should (and Lawrence is NO De Niro).

The gags grow old really fast (the first time we saw the pig my wife said to me “this is going to get old quick” and she was right) and the `father/daughter bonding’ element just feels like a regurgitated plot point with not fresh individuality. In fact, a lot of the film comes across like a poor-mans version of highlights from OTHER films. I actually thought that Donny Osmand was funny for a hot second and then, well, he wasn’t anymore. The whole thing just seemed really lazy and uninspired. I have seen a lot of these teeny-bop brand family films, and some of them are quite entertaining and endearing and memorable. `College Road Trip’ is not one of those films.

Oh, and don’t even get me started on the ridiculousness that was that slow motion `it’s so sad to finally be going to college and have my daddy there happy for me’ scene that comes at the end. . . roll my eyes retarded (it was like 5 minutes long!)

I’m not sure why so many seem to love this movie, but maybe the reviewers are really young (that’s not meant as an insult, just an observation). I can see that, since the humor here seems to be targeted at the 5-10 crowd, which baffles me since it was one of those movies that seemed to be thrust in the `tween’ department. I can’t think of a single person over the age of 9 that is going to find this movie remotely funny.

Comment on Disney Channel Playlist by Patricia A. Lee

Patricia A. Lee — Sun, 05 Sep 2010 12:03:46 +0000

Bought this for my daughter, she is the ultimate Disney Channel fan. This CD includes many of the songs actually played on the shows on Disney channel, she loves it!