| Jan. 18th, 2006 @ 01:23 pm The SpongeBob Square Pants Movie |
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I caught this Monday night with the Baroness. She's a fan of the show, whereas I've seen a few episodes here and there. That being said, this movie made me laugh my ass off. None of the over-the-top sentimentality or lesson teaching that often plagues children's movies, with plenty of stuff that an adult will find funny (the end musical number, a parody of over-the-top hair band videos, for example).
The film is sort of stream-of-consciousness, so it's hard to write a review, but basically Spongebob (Tom Kenny, The Animatrix) and Patrick Star (Bill Fagerbakke, The Hunchback of Notre Dame) have to journey to Shell City to regain King Neptune's (Jeffrey Tambor, The Grinch Who Stole Christmas) crown, which was stolen by Plankton, so that he can frame rival Mr. Krabs (Clancy Brown, Extreme Prejudice). King Neptune (persuaded by his daughter, Mindy (Scarlett Johansson, Ghost World)) gives Spongebob (who just lost a promotion to Manager of Mr. Krab's new location to Squidward (Rodger Bumpass, Heavy Metal)) 6 days to get the crown and save Mr. Krab. Along the way they are persued by Plankton's minion Dennis (Alec Baldwin, She's Having a Baby), and there's a memorable cameo by David Hasselhoff.
Last night we watched another episode of The Outer Limits, O.B.I.T.. Peter Breck (The Beatnicks) plays Senator Jeremiah Orville, who's investigating a murder at a research center which revolves around a new device, an O.B.I.T. machine, which allows individuals to spy on anyone at anytime anywhere. It's quickly made apparent that the device is ruining the lives and morale of everyone at the center, with suicides and drinking way up. Jeff Corey (Conan the Destroyer) plays the mysterious figure Dr. Albert Lomax, the acting head of the center who blocks the investigation.
The plot on this one was quite good, and I did not guess what was going on until very near the end. The idea itself is a good one-I think this was the show at its best. |
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