Wild Animals Become Politically Correct Idiots

Rating: 4/10 (22 June 2005)

Random thoughts that ping-ponged through my noggin during 'Madagascar':
-It would be more entertaining to listen to young kids pronouncing "Madagascar" then to hear any of the weak jokes IN 'Madagascar'.
-The best animated flicks are fun for both kids and adults. Obviously, the makers of this cartoon didn't get that memo.
-Co-director Eric Darnell must have loved working with Woody Allen on 'Antz' because the 4 animal leads are just like the Wood-man's own worst characters---neurotic, whiny, and not as funny as they think they are.
-Names like Stiller, Rock, Schwimmer, and Pinkett Smith provide the uninspired voices for the headlining animal characters, but Sacha Baron Cohen's goofy lemur is the only one who's...you know...actually funny.
-Okay, this is just a rough cut, right? The real movie is going to start any time now?
-Those animals are great at building things, considering they don't have opposable thumbs.
-They beat the cute jokes to death. Spit takes are funny once or twice. Anymore than that and you're just making a mess.
-Lame riffs on 'Cast Away', 'Chariots Of Fire' and 'Planet Of The Apes' in a cartoon made for the littlest of little kids? Know your audience, guys.
-No, it seems this is NOT a rough cut. Do they have some pillows and a blanket in this theatre?
-Okay, so the lion and the zebra are best buddies until the starving cat gets hungry enough to (guiltily) turn on his striped friend. And the none-too-subtle lesson is---if those two mortal enemies can overcome their differences and be chums, maybe we ALL can. Geez, now even our vicious animals have been turned into politically correct idiots.
-If you offered me 1000 bucks, I don't think I could quote a single memorable line from this movie...and I thought that DURING the show.
-And now the end credits---the highlight of any crappy movie.