Good film, bit cheesy but worth watching

Rating: 7/10 (13 November 2014)

This film has all the same problems that a lot of Disney films have: I'm not just talking about the family friendliness of them and the inevitable cheese that brings; they also seem to have problems with their values. They always feel 'old-fashioned' like they haven't realised that the world is changing and we don't expect to see men behaving like stereotypical 'gentlemen' or 'players who meet their soul mate and change their ways'. We don't need to see the woman be saved by the man and the protagonists don't have to be white (or brown but covered with green paint). I just think that Disney need to get in touch with today's reality.
Also, the CGI was fairly bad in a lot of places and the story and script were very predictable most of the time.
So it seems that when you have a cheesy, predictable, old-fashioned and clichéd story to tell, the answer these days is to make sure it's funny.
Which brings me to why I've given this a 7 and why I would recommend watching it: it's genuinely funny! I laughed out loud a fair few times and I was never bored.
There's no real character development, most of the characters are one-dimensional but it's fun! I think this should be a TV series although the amazing Firefly didn't last long so I doubt this would either.
7/10
(and bring back Firefly please)