Yesterday, I watched the movie Bridge to Terabithia, and I considered writing a review for it, but it was so bad that I don't even want to bother. I decided to review Arthur and the Invisibles instead. I watched it a few weeks ago, and I loved it! It's a perfect family movie - unlike Terabithia, which I found to be both boring, and depressing.
~ Movie Review ~
Arthur and the Invisibles
10-year-old Arthur is living with his grandmother in a quiet country house. He has recently lost his grandfather, and sees little of his parents. His grandmother entertains him by reading stories to him. One of these stories is about the Minimoys — tiny elfin beings living underground in the garden of his grandparents' house. According to these stories, the Minimoys hold a wondrous and expensive treasure of rubies given by an African tribe to Arthur's grandfather. Arthur has become enamoured with a picture of Selenia, princess of the Minimoys.
10-year-old Arthur is living with his grandmother in a quiet country house. He has recently lost his grandfather, and sees little of his parents. His grandmother entertains him by reading stories to him. One of these stories is about the Minimoys — tiny elfin beings living underground in the garden of his grandparents' house. According to these stories, the Minimoys hold a wondrous and expensive treasure of rubies given by an African tribe to Arthur's grandfather. Arthur has become enamoured with a picture of Selenia, princess of the Minimoys.
Arthur's grandmother has been given a two-day deadline to pay a large sum of money to a building developer named Davido, who has bought up her mortgage from the bank and plans to evict the two. Arthur takes it upon himself to find the rubies in order to pay off the debt. After stumbling across various clues written a few years previously by his grandfather, Arthur manages to find the key to the Minimoys' world...
(From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia)
I give this movie 4 out of 5 stars. ****
Voices:
Madonna - Princess Selenia Jimmy Fallon - Betameche Robert De Niro - King Harvey Keitel - Miro Chazz Palminteri - The Travel Agent Emilio Estevez - Ferryman Snoop Dogg - Max Anthony Anderson - Koolomassai David Bowie - Malthazard
Actors:
Freddie Highmore - Arthur Mia Farrow - Arthur's Grandmother Penny Balfour - Arthur's Mother Douglas Rand - Arthur's Father Ron Crawford - Archibald Adam LeFevre - Davido
~*Quote of the day*~
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
Freddie Highmore - Arthur Mia Farrow - Arthur's Grandmother Penny Balfour - Arthur's Mother Douglas Rand - Arthur's Father Ron Crawford - Archibald Adam LeFevre - Davido
~*Quote of the day*~
A bank is a place where they lend you an umbrella in fair weather and ask for it back when it begins to rain.
Currently Listening to... "More Than Words" - Extreme
3 comments:
It's a shame that Bridge to Terebithia was so bad...I loved the book when I was a kid. Yes, it was really sad, but it was just one of those books that are perfect regardless of how sad the ending was.
I was disappointed in the movie, but I have heard good things about the book...
Books are almost always better than movies anyway. : )
I never heard of the "Arthur" movie. "Terebithia" did not look good from the ads, which featured uninspired CGI.
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