Sunday, October 10, 2010

Alpha and Omega Review

Dreamworks has had it's share of awful movies in the past, namely titles like "Flushed Away" and
"How to Train Your Dragon" but seeing their newest film, "Alpha and Omega" made me see them in a new light. Is this new image good? Let's find out.
Firstly, the plot. The movie centers around 2 wolves being taken from their pack in order to repopulate the species. As you can guess, the rest of the movie has that cliche romantic comedy feel with the overused "Cross country trip" setting.
Though, might I add, Dreamworks seemed to have ripped bits and pieces of famous movies and added it into their own, down to completely copying the stampede scene from the Lion King. No joke, it's exactly the same.
One theme I sensed from this whole thing was feminine rights. In the movie, a certain female wolf is named the "Alpha" or basically up and coming leader to the throne, and demonstrates her Bruce Lee- like reflexes many times.
Now into the specifics: I should not here that since it is a children's movie, I won't bash on it's horrible jokes and unappealing gags. First and foremost: Hayden Pannetiere's voice acting was horrible, which I don't get at all. She was flawless as Kairi in Kingdom Hearts, so why was she so horrible? Oh yeah, because she complained throughout the entire movie.
Some parts were also horribly scripted. We get introduced 2 female vegetarian wolves in the beginning of the movie, and don't see them at all throughout the entire thing. What was the point? Did they serve any purpose? Your guess is as good as mine.
But I shouldn't just state the bad aspects of the movie. Throughout the course of the film, the music was great, Justin Long's voice acting was likable, and there weren't any really slow parts. The Overall character design was great, especially for the supporting cast.
One character I really liked was one of the mothers in the movie. She's a docile, Super Christian mother who turns into Chaos from Final Fantasy whenever someone crosses her.
Overall I give it a 6.3. If you want to see how many sex references Dreamworks can fit in a movie under the radar of the Moms of America, go and see this. (My count was 14)
-Thanks to Vin for all the help

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