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Post by politicidal on Sept 29, 2019 23:20:09 GMT
At the moment, set for a December release. Well, at least Will Smith still has Aladdin.
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Post by Vits on Apr 1, 2020 14:23:05 GMT
SPIES IN DISGUISE has a creative climax and the use of color and lighting is very eye-pleasing, but the comedy... Let's just say that there are 2 gags about something getting shoved up a character's butthole... within 10 minutes. This is an adaptation of PIGEON IMPOSSIBLE, but the credits say "Inspired by" instead of "Based on." I can see why. That short film was about a pigeon trying to steal a donut from a spy while he was on a mission, but it wasn't 100% clear how sentient it was. This feature film is about a spy named Lance Sterling who thinks he's hot shit until he's accidentally transformed into a pigeon. So... It's more of an adaptation of THE EMPEROR'S NEW GROOVE. Instead being chased by a villain who tried to take over his place by lying to everyone about him dying, Lance chases the villain who stole his identity and framed him for a crime in order to make everyone turn on him. Both Lance and Walter Beckett (the gadget inventor) fall under the same comedic character category as Kuzco: The "I'm trying so hard to be cool by relying on childish voices, awkward slang and lame hand gestures" guy. However, that emperor didn't cross the unlikeability line, because he was paired up with a kind-hearted man, resulting in a hilarious dynamic. Here, the 2 protagonists have some differences (mainly that one is a celebrity among his peers and the other is an outcast), but there still isn't a proper contrast, so they come off as annoying at times. In fact, Walter (a pacifist who likes pigeons so much that he enjoys their company more than other humans) throws Lance from a rooftop thinking he'll know how to fly. Lance falls down and Walter says "Meh, he'll figure it out." What the fuck?! Comparisons aside, it's still a flimsy premise. Is it really that hard for the agency to believe that the man seen in the security footage is an impostor, considering all the cartoonish technology the spies employ in this fictional world? 5/10 ------------------------------------- You can read comments of other movies in my blog. |
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