over the ledge!

Rating: 4/10 (8 July 2006)

Over the hedge?More like over the ledge! This films is good, the technique is good and i can see why people enjoy this film, especially the kids, but at the same time to follow up an animated film like Shrek or Magagascar is a pretty hard thing to do! I have seen this three times in the last week (don't ask) and the first time i sat down to watch it with my friends thinking it was going to be just as funny as Shrek was!I mean come on everybody loves Shrek, He's just a mean green love machine and literally everybody who's seen the film loves it and never complains when they have to watch it again! But over the hedge was a disappointment for me. I just felt that it hit to hard on the subject of the "American Dream" and the obesity levels getting higher across the world. For example when RJ voiced by Bruce Willis was proving to the rest of the animals that "human beings live to eat" and animals "eat to live" making it look like people only have food when they want it! It also symbolises the American dream by the woman who's back garden they kept going into. She had a cell phone, a traditional big American house and also a big car, for one person! Not everyone in America lives like that! And yes OK maybe the obesity levels in America are getting a little higher but I'm sure dietitians and doctors will help them if they get too over weight! But being a media student I'm going to be able to point these out as that is what I am being taught to do, so the targeted audience won't be able to pick it out as much as media related people can. Overall i gave this movie a 4 as i was disappointed with the outcome. I thought that the hidden meaning behind the film could of been a bit lighter hearted, but i can see why it is a family film, and my younger brother enjoyed it, aswel as there being a few jokes thrown in there to! The storyline i have to say followed structure very well it had a beginning,middle and an end and also had Villains, victims and a hero, and to make the storyline better some of the roles were reversed!for example RJ was the victim at first, then becomes the villain and at the end is the hero!An interesting storyline but my friend even fell asleep wile watching it!