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Madagascar : 3 of 5
6.07.2005 9:49 PM \| Link	I think animation usually falls into two categories: stories that pull out your emotion and make you feel for drawings as if they were real, and truly hilarious, goofy stories that wow you with clever jokes. Madagascar is definitely in the goofy category, but I really had a great time seeing it - I like both kinds of movies! The story is about a group of Central Park Zoo animals that end up in the wild, where they have to deal with survival, and worst of all, fighting their natural instincts (since one of them is a lion!). This is a fast-paced movie, and anywhere that a joke could be squeezed in, consider it squeezed (including lots of movie references, including Planet of the Apes and American Beauty). The main characters are all pretty funny (though I didn't completely buy the hypochondriac giraffe), but I think the penguins and lemurs totally steal the show (the lemurs song had kids singing "I like to move it, move it" all the way out the theater). DreamWorks does a fine job with the animation, especially the awesome textures, such as water glistening on the hippo's skin and the amazing silky surface of the penguins. I can't say this is a breakthrough in the art of animation or storytelling, but nothing's wrong with a hilarious cartoon that made me laugh my head off! Labels: movies


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