Movie Review: Chicken Run (2000)

Hello, everyone!!

This is my 100th movie review! Well, movie review post because I am going off of my label Movie Reviews. This is not exact because in several posts I've had more than one movie that I reviewed, and I am also not counting reviews of TV shows or mini series', which I have a lot of posts devoted too.

Don't worry, the ratio of this isn't 1:3 for movie reviews on this movie review blog, I just have other things, too.

For this special occasion I was trying to find a movie to be the 100th that I have reviewed. I was reading through an old writing prompt book of mine and found a prompt that was "Write a movie review". This was before I started this blog (so, a long time ago) and I thought that it was hilarious and worth showing. For this sake I am putting it exactly as it is and not adding anything or taking it out. The only thing is I will be putting my mom's corrections in red.

Mild spoilers, but nothing really important. Enjoy!


Chicken Run ☆☆☆☆(4) / ☆☆☆☆☆ (5)
It was fairly good. To me it is just so amazing all the work they put into it. It's clay animation, so every minute has (?) about three thousand photos! My favorite part was either when they were escaping the machine, or all the parts when they were putting the plane together. There were a few problems, like such as chickens don't kiss, but that can be over-looked (one word). I would watch it again, and recommend it to others.


I never use stars for my reviews so it was funny that I did that. Look at me go, trying to be all professional. I'm also glad that I did so much research. NOT. I'm a bit of a literalist, I guess, with the "chickens don't kiss". Where did I come up with "three thousand photos per minute"? For some actual research, according to Wikipedia and BBC, it is the "highest-grossing stop motion animated film in history".

Now for some details in case any of you are interested:

When Mrs. Tweedy decides to make a company of making and selling chicken pot pies, Ginger knows that they have to escape. An American rooster named Rocky arrives just in time, and although he is hurt the chickens convince him to teach them how to fly. Will they learn in time?

Genre: Adventrue, Family.
Length: approx. 84 minutes.
Script: 9, I don't recall any bad words, a few rude comments, though.
Crew:
Directed by: Peter Lord & Nick Park.
Written by: Karey Kirkpatrick, Peter Lord, & Nick Park.
Starring the voices of:
Julia Sawalha as Ginger.

Mel Gibson as Rocky.
Miranda Richardson as Mrs. Tweedy.

Tony Haygarth as Mr. Tweedy.
Benjamin Whitrow as Fowler.
Timothy Spall as Nick.

Phil Daniels as Fetcher.
Jane Horrocks as Babs.
Imelda Staunton as Bunty.
Lynn Ferguson as Mac.
Animation: 10, as I said above, so much work goes into it!
Animation by: Dave Alex Riddett, Tristan Oliver & Frank Passingham.

Music: 7, I honestly have no recollection of it.
Music by: John Powell & Harry Gregson-Williams.
Quotes: 8. "I don't like gravy."
Content: 7, there is some crude humor, dangerous situations (I believe the official term is "mild peril"), and some kissing.
Originality: 9, it's a fun idea of chickens trying to run away from being eaten.
Age Range: I really liked this when I was little, so I think most kids would enjoy it too.
Overall Score: 8.


Thanks for reading! I hope you like my thoughts from when I was younger! What do you think of this movie?

MovieCritic

Movie Review: Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002)

Hello, everyone!

Each day we are getting closer to autumn, and fall is the perfect time to watch movies! For me, that usually means watching some of my old favorites. Today I will be reviewing one of my older sister's and my favorite movies when we were younger, which we always just called "The horse movie".

My guarantee: On ALL of my reviews there are NO spoilers unless I give you warning.

Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron (2002):

Also known as Spirit.

"The story that I want to tell you, you cannot find in a book."
Through the thoughts of the mustang "Spirit", we follow his story of leading his herd, being captured, finding love, and watching his freedom disappear. People are taking over the land with their big steel machines, but are all humans truly bad, or can some be friends?

Genre: Adventure, Animated, Family.

Length: approx. 83 minutes.
Costumes: 7, it is animated, and there aren't a lot of people, but there is someone who isn't wearing a shirt.

Script: 10, there aren't any bad words, but for that matter there aren't really any words. We get to hear Spirit's thoughts, and the people say a few things, but mostly we just figure things out visually.

Crew:

Directed by: Kelly Asbury & Lorna Cook.

Written by: John Fusco.

Starring the voices of:
Matt Damon as Spirit. "...as wild and reckless as the wind over the land."

Daniel Studi as Little Creek.

James Cromwell as The Colonel (who's character is somewhat inspired by George A. Custer).

Those are pretty much the only voices. Every once in awhile a different character will laugh or say something short like, "Easy, now".

Animation: 10! It is beautiful! I love it. There is so much work that went into it and it paid off. Some parts are based off of Glacier, Teton, Yellowstone, and Yosemite National Parks.

Music: 9! Eeep! Another thing that I love about this! The sound track, and the songs that play are both great. When I'm having a hard time with something I'll sing to myself, "I won't give up, no I won't give in, you can't break me, I'm free!"

Music by: Hans Zimmer (score) & Bryan Adams (songs).

Quotes: 8, and I'm giving it this score because as I said, it doesn't have a lot. But, it certainly doesn't need it!
"My heart galloped through the skies that night."

Storyline: 8, there is some smoking, and abuse of animals, but that's it!

Good For: Any horse lover!

Age Range: As I said, my sister and I loved this when we were little. Any age could watch it and enjoy it!

Overall Score: 9!

Bonus thoughts:

This is a super sweet story, and it is a fun way to spend an hour and a half! I think that we can all relate to feeling trapped, but it shows that we can pull through.


Thanks for reading! Have any of you seen this movie?

MovieCritic