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Dimanche, août 29th, 2010
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Movie Title: Curious George
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As a child, what I loved best about Curious George was his absolute inability to resist temptation, especially if fun was involved. His curiousity got him into all sorts of trouble and I got a vicarious thrill out of watching him get out of trouble and have everything turn out all right, but not without a lot of action and suspense and humor first.

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What kid can’t relate to the constant struggle between following the rules and testing the boundaries.?

Luckily, this movie stays true to the spirit of the classic books and it features a stellar cast, including Drew Barrymare and Will Ferrell. They do fine in their roles.

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DO keep in mind that this movie is NOT designed to entertain adults (as Shrek did) There aren’t the clever “in” jokes and the animation is a bit strange at times. Also, there are updates such as cell phones (not around when Curious George was created).

But the spirit of the series remains intact. At the theatre where I saw the film, the younger members of the audience were laughing wildly. The older ones weren’t nearly as thrilled. It really is aimed at a younger age group.

With those aspects in mind, it’d be the perfect family film for those with young children.

Curious George is a delightful book and a delightful movie. That the two don’t match up very well is a testament to changing times I think, and not because the creators of the movie didn’t care about preserving the original. But before I get into that I will review the movie as it stands on its own.

The “man with the yellow hat” (nicely voiced by Will Farrel) is a museum docent who cares passionately about his work and wants to communicate his love of history and the natural world to a disinterested city. It seems that the museum is failing financially, and destined to soon become a parking lot unless he and the owner can come up with a grand new attraction to bring in the money. So the man with the yellow hat buys the latest in adventure clothing and sets out to Africa on a mission to find a gigantic idol for their exhibit. He finds George instead (a very good little monkey, but extremely curious). George stows away on the ship headed back to America, and there he creates a lot of mischief and fun. The man with the yellow hat is at a loss about what to do with his new little friend, but soon learns to appreciate the little monkey and learns from his insatiable curiosity to stop worrying and enjoying life more.

We are Curious George fans (my household includes a 4 and 7-year old to whom I have read these books many times before bed). I thought the movie was sweet and innocent, done in a simpler animation style with soft washes of bright color that stayed fairly true to the feeling of the illustrations from the books. This entranced my four year old: the seven year old was bored, as I might have expected. After all, the books were meant more for the pre-K ages.

Speaking of innocence, you might have guessed from my summary that the movie took HUGE liberties with the plot. In its defense, imagine movie audiences of today reacting to some guy showing up in Africa, dropping a monkey into a sack and hauling him off to America to live in his house largely unsupervised. Then imagine that the monkey accidentally dials the Fire Department, which shows up and arrests him for false alarm, taking him to a prison infested with rats. When the books were written what, 50 years ago? this may have seemed more plausible. Not today, by a long shot! So you see how there had to be a major rewrite for this to work as a movie in 2006.

I thought this was a fun film to see with your 2-5 year old child, but perhaps too simple for older kids unless they are rabid Curious George fans to begin with. We will probably rent or buy the DVD when it becomes available later this year.

-Andrea, aka Merribelle

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Vendredi, avril 9th, 2010
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Movie Title: Curious George
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Ever since my son saw Curious George at the theater, he’s been into the whole George scene. He has a stuffed George, the PS2 game, several books (one based on the movie and two from H.A. Rey), etc.

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When he saw this DVD at the store, he wanted it (of course). It was very affordable, so I bought it for him.

I was VERY surprised to find out that, despite the illustrations on the box, it is NOT an animated film or collection of animated stories. It’s not even stills of the Rey books with voice actors reading the story.

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No, what this Collector’s Edition DVD is made up of is two Curious George stories done in stop motion with puppets. Although it’s unusual to see at first, it has TOTALLY entranced my son. He watches it a least once a day…and this has been going on since before Easter.

However, there are only two actual Curious George stories on this DVD: Curious George Comes to America and Curious George Goes to the Hospital. The first story, created circa early 1980’s, is about the Man in the Yellow Hat and his initial meeting with George…including his decision to bring George to the city. George’s shipboard antics gets him in BIG trouble!

The second story has George going to the hospital when he swallows a puzzle piece. He’s rushed to the emergency room (which is a rather odd storyline for young kids), but ends up forgetting his fears…instead cheering up other people.

The rest of the DVD includes four stop animation/claymation stories (NOT featuring George):

*Frog and Toad Together

*Frog and Toad Are Friends

*Mouse Soup

*Morris Has a Cold

There’s also a “making of” at the end.

One of the episodes is absolutely hilarious. It features two rocks bemoaning how they don’t have eyes and such. They break out in song “We don’t have belly buttons…” and as they mention various body parts, the parts magically appear. It’s clever and very funny…my husband and I make sure we’re in front of the TV every time it’s on! (You gotta see it to appreciate it, believe me…)

So if you’re looking for 100% Curious George, you may be disappointed. But at this affordable price–and considering the length (almost 2 hours)–I think it’s a good buy for something different for the youngsters.

John Clark Matthews is a rare talent and his “Curious George” creation is a true masterpiece. The attention to detail is impressive as is his use of music and voices. Take the scene when George is put in jail, for instance. This is truly touching, pure, innocent and beautiful.

These animations, here including the “Frog and Toad” series from the 1980s are a delight to children. Our daughter has watched them over and over and has brought joy to all of us. These make much of what is produced today look like banal rubbish.

Matthews must also be a modest person, it is difficult to find information on him today. The “makings of” on this DVD are also very interesting but be careful about letting the kids see him taking George’s face off the puppet (might be a little upsetting!)

I advise any discerning parent to buy this for the mental health of your child… and the community at large! The world needs more of this kind of refined art.

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