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22 Jump Street (2014)
waste of time
I kept fast forwarding until at least the half way point before it stopped being too stupid or boring. The rest of if was sophomoric at best. The gratuitous swearing by the Captain was indicative of the rather juvenile scripting. It'll be tough to write ten lines of text without getting down to the movie's level of vapid spew or sleep inducing text. I realize this is not an Oscar level piece of film, but they could have at least done a better job of it. This makes Mall Cop and Furry Vengeance look like a Masterpiece Theater offering. The basic story line of mismatched partners doing undercover work to catch the bad guys is a well proved armature to hang your script on. Too bad they made theirs out of used tissue causing it to collapse right from the start.
Shaun the Sheep (2007)
marvelous!!
My granddaughters and I started watching this a couple years ago. What a wonderful bit of fun. I'd enjoyed Wallace and Grommet before and along comes this grand bit of claymation that's even better IMHO.
There's a nice selection of characters including one-time entries like the fox. The regular "cast" is a good mix up of bright, not so bright, and all in between. I love when the sheep put on the hard hats and tool belts to do some bit of repair or creation. The skulduggery of the pigs is a nice change-up in the plots. As a matter of fact, I love it all. Well done to the Aardman folks and all who work to bring us this fun bit of family entertainment.
I recommend this for all family, especially the kids, and the "kids".