Jack and the Beanstalk (1952)
Dir: Jean Yarbrough
Starring: Abbott & Costello
The idea of Abbott & Costello in a fairy-tale sounds a lot funnier than it was actually executed. Not an awful movie, but certainly not one of Abbott & Costello's classics either. At least it's better than Jack Black's
Gulliver.
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The Pagemaster (1994)
Dir: Joe Johnston (live action), Maurice Hunt (animation)
Starring: Macauley Culkin, Christopher Lloyd, Patrick Stewart, Whoopi Goldberg, Leonard Nimoy
Another film that sounds better than it actually is. The original idea was "a kid who hates to read goes on a literary adventure and learns to love reading." The producers altered it to "a timid and shy kid goes on a literary adventure and learns to be brave." Books made me love to read, the did not make me any more brave or less shy. I think the original idea would've been better. Anyway, it was just an ok film, but I had wanted it to be so much better.
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Looney Tunes: Back in Action (2003)
Dir: Joe Dante
Starring: Brendan Fraser, Jenna Elfman, Steve Martin, Timothy Dalton, Heather Locklear, Bill Goldberg
It's like a good Muppet movie only with the Looney Tunes gang. We've had this DVD for quite a while and, while the kids have watched it a few times, I never had. This is actually quite an enjoyable movie. Silly and fun.