![]() ![]() ![]() I've never found the 3-D gimmick adding much to my enjoyment of a movie, and it's often left me with a bit of a dull eyestrain headache. We saw this showing at my daughter's request, and tickets were an extra $2.25 apiece. Is it worth paying extra for the 3-D version? Bonus Geek Cred: Bruce Campbell and Neil Patrick Harris are in there, too, but it's more fun if you don't find out who they are ahead of time. ![]() Other voices you'll likely recognize are James Caan and Mr. And as a GeekDad with a daughter, I was also happy to see a crystal clear "Don't dumb yourself down" message sent through the character of Sam Sparks, a brainy type who's abandoned her glasses and pretends to be an airhead to keep up appearances.īill Hader of Saturday Night Live is Flint, Anna Faris is Sam. He's got a Nikola Tesla poster on his wall, his lab surroundings are half totally awesome tech and half just-for-fun goofery, and he narrates his hectic moments out loud like it's all a big video game or comic book. Add in a TV meteorolgist who's way smarter than she lets on and a shortsighted, gluttonous mayor, and there's pretty much your plot in a To Go bag.Ĭartoon tinkerers like Flint have been all the rage the past decade or so, but besides the usual list of humiliating public failures, he also brings a wholly identifiable kind of enthusiasm. They add characters and gadgets: The food storms don't just happen in the film – they spring from a gadget dreamed up by wannabe inventor Flint Lockwood. So, how did they get a 90-minute movie out of that book? ![]()
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