#mark dindal

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#movies #polls #cats don't dance #cats dont dance #90s movies #mark dindal #requested #have you seen this movie poll

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Prepare to hurt, and I don't mean emotionally like I do. CHICKEN LITTLE (2005) dir. Mark Dindal

#* #sfgkumi #chicken little #mark dindal #animationedit #scifiedit #filmedit #filmgifs #userstream #flashing gifs #userteri

[acmeoop]

To The “Secret Lab”! “The Emperor’s New Groove” (2000)

#00s #disney animation #emperors new groove #gif #yzma #quote #mark dindal #disney villains

[fyeahfailedcartoonpilots]

Me and My Shadow

Directed by Mark Dindal

DreamWorks Animation, 2014

#me and my shadow #mark dindal #dreamworks #2014 #2010's #original #family #cgi #film #Youtube

[punster-2319]

We’ll just have to wait and see how it turns out.

#random thoughts #the garfield movie #garfield #mark dindal #cats don't dance #the emperor’s new groove #chicken little #kombucha meme

[aleppothemushroom]

I'm sorry but...

Chris Pratt as Garfield does not work at all. It's so off-putting.

#garfield #garfield movie #the garfield movie #chris pratt #samuel l jackson #odie #jon arbuckle #david reynolds #mark dindal #it's worse than his mario voice #because his natural voice doesn't match garfield as a character #why didn't they get someone like jim gaffigan or will arnett?

[geekcavepodcast]

The Garfield Movie Trailer

When Garfield is unexpectedly reunited with his father Vic, he and Odie are forced from their life with John into joining Vic on a high-stakes heist.

The Garfield Movie is based on the Garfield characters created by Jim Davis. The movie stars the voice talents of Chris Pratt (Garfield), Samuel L. Jackson (Vic), Hannah Waddingham, Ving Rhames, Nicholas Hoult, Cecily Strong, Harvey Guillén, Brett Goldstien, and Bowen Yang. Mark Dindal directs from a screenplay by Paul A. Kaplan & Mark Torgove and David Reynolds.

The Garfield Movie hits theaters on May 24, 2024.

#garfield #garfield movie #jim davis #chris pratt #samuel l jackson #hannah waddingham #ving rhames #nicholas hoult #cecily strong #harvey guillen #brett goldstein #bowen yang #mark dindal #paul a kaplan #mark torgove #david reynolds #sony pictures #TGCLiz #Youtube

[erstwhile-punk-guerito]

#Cats Don't Dance #Scott Bakula #Jasmine Guy #Matthew Herried #Ashley Peldon #Kathy Najimy #John Rhys-Davies #Betty Lou Gerson #Hal Holbrook #Don Knotts #George Kennedy #René Auberjonois #Mark Dindal #1997

[akasanata]

Best animated movie!

Choose your favorite movie:

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#Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse #The Emperor's New Groove #Rodney Rothman #Peter Ramsey #Bob Persichetti #Studios Columbia Pictures #Sony Pictures Animation #Mark Dindal #Disney #polls #my polls #best animated movie #animation #animated movies #y #Youtube

[adamwatchesmovies]

The Emperor's New Groove (2000)

It’s hard to believe Disney’s The Emperor’s New Groove was a box office disappointment. This is Disney doing Dreamworks before Dreamworks had an identity. No romance. No princesses. Only one musical number. It’s a fast-paced comedy, the kind whose jokes come and go so fast you miss half of them. It was a big risk that might not have paid off in dollars in the year 2000 but certainly does in entertainment value today.

Self-centered Incan emperor Kuzco (voiced by David Spade) has just finished informing Pacha (John Goodman) that his small village is going to be torn down to make room for a royal pool when he is betrayed by his advisor, Yzma (Eartha Kittening). Unfortunately, her dim-witted eye-candy flunky, Kronk (Patrick Warburton), mixed up the potions. Instead of poisoning Kuzco, he's transformed him into a llama. Forced to ask Pacha for help, Kuzco begins to change his selfish ways.

Right away, you know you’re not watching the typical Disney story when Kuzco breaks the fourth wall and introduces The Emperor’s New Groove as HIS story: the tale of a king who’s been abused and mistreated. It’s not the last time we’ll be told to abandon our expectations. There’s only one musical number (two if you count the reprise). It’s an anthem all about how wonderful and glorious Emperor Kuzco is, sung by Tom Jones. Still not convinced you’re in for something different? Just take a look at the character designs. The proportions are wildly exaggerated, even for an animated movie. Kronk’s torso must be five times as wide as his waist while Yzma’s skeletal-like figure would be impossible to achieve in real life. Anything to make them funnier. That’s the motto of the film. Historical anachronisms? Why not? Goofy-looking characte designs? You know it. Unexpected and impossible developments? Of course! The goal is to make you laugh. To do this, the running time must be packed tight with jokes. If Kuzco is going to be chased by jaguars while screaming his head off, then Mark Dindal chooses to first take a half-second to put in one little gag before the big one. Kind of a warm-up for the main event.

The animators have been given free rein to smash and twist Kuzco any way they want as they teach him a lesson in humility. It makes for a simple story - which is why the picture only lasts 78 minutes - and that’s exactly the way it should be. Just when you’d get tired of laughing, the credits roll. "Aww no! Really? Well, maybe I’ll just watch it again. I sure had a good time and I know I missed out on some of the jokes." You will, particularly with the way the film uses backgrounds to comment on elements in the foreground or glosses over stuff so we can keep things moving. Other comedies might pause and give the audience the chance to drink it all in. The Emperor's New Groove has somewhere else it wants you to be already.

The Emperor’s New Groove is an oddity in the Disney canon. This just makes it that much more enjoyable. It defies your expectations in multiple ways. From the humor, to the characters, the way the story is told, to the art style and its willingness to go anywhere as long as it’s funny, this is one memorable film. (On Blu-ray, September 11, 2020)

#the emperor's new groove #movies #films #movie reviews #film reviews #disney movies #disney films #mark dindal #david reynolds #David spade #john goodman #eartha kitt #patrick warburton #wendie malick #2000 movies #2000 films

[jaredgriffin2002]

The Road to El Dorado (1996)

Four con-men (Martin Kratt, Chris Kratt, James Marsden, Matt Austin) get hold of a map to the lost City of Gold, El Dorado. After stowing away onto one of the ships of the American explorer BLU Soldier (Rick May), the pair escapes and eventually do find the city. There, a priest (Keith David) proclaims them to be gods in a scheme to win control of the city for himself. Meanwhile, they meet a two beautiful girls (Kelly Sheridan, Tara Strong) who helps them in their ruse.

@warnerbrosentertainment

Coming Soon

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Guys it’s free, stop what your doing and watch this now!

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[acmeoop]

Stressed “The Emperor's New Groove” (2000)

#00s #disney animation #gif #yzma #fork #bend #mark dindal #disney villains

[trulyinspiringmovies]

Chicken Little

“Chicken Little” is nostalgic to me, but even I have to admit how tone-deaf it can be at times.

Chicken Little rings the town bell and sends everyone into a panic. When the town confronts him about the mass hysteria he just caused, he says it’s because the sky is falling. While he’s explaining, an acorn falls on his head and the town thinks he misinterpreted the situation. He becomes an outcast and is determined to win everyone back, especially his own father.

Back in elementary school, this was one of my favorite movies to watch during indoor recess. I thought the characters were hilarious, the story was endearing, and the sci-fi visuals were fun. After rewatching it as an adult, I have mixed feelings. While it was fun to go down a nostalgia trip, this movie is more flawed than I realized. For starters, the characters are not that great. Abby thinks she’s the voice of reason, but regurgitates things she read in magazines. She keeps telling Chicken Little to have an open discussion with his father, but doesn’t ever explain what they should talk about. She doesn’t suggest what the underlying problem might be and how to tackle it. Runt has this weird obsession with speaking only in lines from songs and if you don’t know these songs, it just feels jarring. Fish weirdly turns the trio into a group of four, but doesn’t add much to the group dynamic. He’s inserted for comedy, but only for the smallest of children. You could’ve seriously taken the entire character out and the movie would’ve still worked. I think the worst character had to be Buck, Chicken Little’s father. When I was a kid, I felt bad for him because he was under a lot of stress and he had lost his wife. As an adult, I see him as the horrible parent that he truly is. His love is shown time and time again to be conditional. If Chicken Little is winning baseball games, he’s giving him all the affection in the world. When Chicken Little is warning the town about an alien invasion, he doesn’t take his own son’s side. He doesn’t stand up for his own son. He doesn’t try to get the town to empathize. He doesn’t check to see if his son’s doing okay mentally. He tries to distance himself from his own son to save his own tail. I honestly felt bad for Chicken Little. He’s constantly suffering from the town’s gaslighting and bullying and his father is just moping around feeling sorry for ever having a son like him. The story suffers because the characters have the wrong goals and are earnestly pushing the wrong messages. Also, I felt like the entire second act abruptly ended to just start the third act. When they find Kirby, the baby alien, I thought there would be a few scenes of the gang trying to learn about it, where it came from, what it wants, and how to get what it wants. Instead, they kind of just figure it out with a few lines of dialogue during the start of the invasion. Finally, the visuals. They do not hold up. Plain and simple. There are a ton of reused assets and character models. The fur looks uncanny. There were a ton of animation mistakes all over the place. The movie just looks gross today. Oh, and I thought I’d mention this, but the abundance of licensed music didn’t really bother me. Paired with the dated look of the film, it truly feels like a time capsule of the early 2000′s. Still, there were laughs to be had with this film and it’s something that was special to me as a child. There’s a lot of great voice talent and it’s not grating to watch. I don’t really recommend it in this day and age, but it’s definitely worth a rewatch to see how much you and the world have changed.

★★★

Rewatched on November 4th, 2022

#Chicken Little #October #2005 #Comedy #Children's #Science Fiction #Adventure #Animation #G #Mark Dindal #November 2022 #3 stars

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Looks like Cats Don’t Dance is free on YouTube (for now).

#cats don’t dance #1997 #mark dindal #turner feature animation #warner bros

[movies-to-add-to-your-tbw]

Title: Chicken Little

Rating: G

Director: Mark Dindal

Cast: Zach Braff, Garry Marshall, Don Knotts, Amy Sedaris, Steve Zahn, Joan Cusack, Patrick Stewart, Fred Willard, Catherine O'Hara, Wallace Shawn, Harry Shearer, Mark Walton, Sean Elmore, Matthew Josten, Evan Dunn, Mark Dindal, Dan Molina, Patrick Warburton

Release year: 2005

Genres: comedy, adventure

Blurb: When the sky really is falling and sanity has flown the coop, who will rise to save the day? Together with his hysterical band of misfit friends, Chicken Little must hatch a plan to save the planet from alien invasion and prove that the world's biggest hero is a little chicken.

#chicken little #g #mark dindal #zach braff #garry marshall #don knotts #amy sedaris #steve zahn #2005 #comedy #adventure