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Tabi says: 2 Stars

I remember being freaked out by this movie as a kid. I was surprised by the number of images I remembered while of the actual storyline I remembered very little. No wonder. Such a weird disjointed story. Still a little freaky.

Zathura

Tabi says: 3 Stars

Surprisingly enjoyable. Liam liked it too.

Space Chimps

Tabi says: 2.5 stars

This one was an okay kid's movie. I liked the character Ham, but the rest of the characters were so-so. The aliens were annoying and cliche.

Wall-E

Tabi says 3 stars
Our son has been looking forward to this movie for months, so we just had to go see it. I thought it was cute, but not my favorite of the Pixar movies. There were parts that had me cracking up. Surprisingly little dialogue, but does a good job of showing emotion through robotic sounds.

I think this is one I would like better the more I watched it.

Kung Fu Panda

Tabi says: 4 stars

I really enjoyed this one. I wasn't expecting a whole lot going in, so maybe that's why, but I liked it as much as Ninja Turtles...maybe even more. Total little boy movie, but surprisingly laking a lot of the crudeness that usually comes with them. (Burping, ect.) Fun. The part was made for Jack Black.

Shrek 3

Tabi says: 1.5 stars

Some funny parts, but not as good as the second Shrek.

Underdog

Tabi says: 3 stars

I thought this one was a cute kids' movie. The villains are cheesy, but great for children.

Nancy Drew

3.5 STARS

Cute, with some punch. I rather enjoyed this one - for a girly-kid movie. I wasn't expecting much, but I thought it was pretty fun. The bad guys are the same old infamous goofy "Horace and Jasper" characters, but it fit the movie.


Tabi says: 4 maybe 4.5 stars

I loved this one. It's the best kid's movie I've seen in a while. A one word description might be "cute." It's not the same "Nancy" as the books but still a lovable one. It wasn't over the top cheesy like a lot of kid's movies, although I could have done without the annoying, "surface-y " California girls. The story was engaging and more action-packed than expected (for a kid's movie).

I think this is one even boys would enjoy.

Oh, and if anyone from the family is reading this: the scene with the cameo is shot on Olvera Street in Los Angeles which we visited on our big family vacation in the summer of 2005. It's the street with all of the little vendors, a fountain, and of course, being that it was a trip with Dad, a Mexican restaurant.

Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium

2.5 STARS

This was a fun kids movie. It reminded me a lot of Chitty-Chitty-Bang-Bang, the old Dick Van Dyke movie. Some of the characters were well portrayed, and parts of it were very good. The ending... was a little lacking - probably because it was a bit cliché. It was not as good as other recent kid shows like The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe or Bridge to Terabithia, but was more like The Last Mimzy.

~Will


Tabi says: 2.75 STARS

I thought this was a fun idea, and there was a whimsicality about it that I loved. However, I didn't feel as emotionally pulled into the story as I wanted to be. It seemed kind of "surfacy" to me.

The look totally fit the movie, very colorful and creative. The sets were fun, and I would love to live in the store. Overall, it was okay, but not a movie I see myself remembering with fondness in 5 years.

Horton Hears a Who

3.5 STARS

It's pretty funny - but I'm a big fan of the CG (computer graphic) comedy. It wasn't as good as most of Pixar's films, but I thought it was an excellent rendition of the famous Dr. Suess story.

The characters were amazing. They looked like and acted like I imagine Dr. Suess would have imagined. I admit, there were parts that were less entertaining - parts that I'm sure were there only for the very young - but it certainly had it's moments of genius.

If you like CG cartoons, I recommend it. If your not a cartoon person... you should probably avoid this film.

Tabi says: 3 STARS

I thought this was fun, but not a favorite. Pretty average for a cartoon. I appreciated that Jim Carrey wasn't oozing Jim Carrey-ness in this movie and that he was not crude like in the Grinch. I felt like he was portraying "Horton" versus "Jim Carrey as Horton."

Our brother-in-laws would appreciate the dentist scene. It was hilarious and had Will laughing his crazy "I just can't take it" laugh (complete with knee slapping). You know, the laugh everyone else in the theater laughs at more than the actual scene in the movie. You may have heard it when we saw the little Muppet movie at California Adventure.