...that's it?

Rating: 4/10 (31 May 2005)

Dream Works tried to atone for the sin that was "Shark's Tale"...and while I'm delighted to say that most of the characters did not annoy me as much I thought it would (considering that it starred Ben Stiller), and that it had it's funny moments, which all went to the trailer, it falls short.
Unbearably short.
Too short it made me wonder if all of the hype of "Revenge of the Sith" had sucked out whatever enthusiasm of the story's writers and made them produce this...so-so piece of comedy. Considering all the hype, that I have seen from the stores, promoting the movie, I had expected to be rolling on the floor, laughing my butt off. Instead I'm left with a few giggles and eye-candy, which seemed to have taken over the movie industry as the saving grace when it comes to BO counts.
Yes, I love that Madagascar looked like some Garden of Eden with cute furry animals, and predictably ugly savage predators and cuddly Mafia-like penguins. Oh, and all of the spoofs (Shrek anyone?) are funny too, except...you know...it came out flat and forced. It seems that DW has decided, "Hey, since Shrek has made us tonnes of cash, why not try to imitate the same SPOOF formula into the rest of CGI ridden movies?" and forget that while spoof/parodies can be funny, it gets old...
The sad thing is that, this movie could have gone far. Somehow they have created characters that was quite lovable and there was a really strong chemistry between all four of them. The graphics was out of this world and they've really outdone themselves. Too bad the lack of originality and creativity killed it.