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Disney/Pixar

May 29, 2009

Children's, Animation, Dramedy?

DVD
D+

I think more than any Pixar movie, this made me loathe the company, especially as I found the whole "marriage in a minute" montage incredibly manipulative.  Watching the first quarter hour today, I just found the movie, well, bland, especially the character design.  But, yes, I didn't detest it, so I've mellowed.  Peter Docter and Bob Peterson co-directed, and co-wrote with somebody else.

El Dorado (1967)

El Dorado (1967)

Paramount

June 7, 1967

Western

DVD
C-

Weird undercurrents, including later political opposites John Wayne and Ed Asner facing off, make this more interesting than many Westerns.  This is based on Harry Brown's novel The Stars in Their Courses and directed by Howard Hawks, who needs no introduction.

Elf

Elf
New Line Cinema
November 7, 2003
Fantasy, Comedy
DVD
C

There's nothing terribly wrong with this movie, even if I'm generally not a Will Ferrell fan.  It just didn't grab me and it isn't as funny as it thinks it is.  Jon Favreau directed.