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Madagascar (Widescreen Edition)
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Manufacturer: Dreamworks Animated
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Directed By: Tom McGrath (VII)
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Theatrical Release: May 27, 2005
Average Rating: 4 out of 5 Stars
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Starring: Stephen Apostolina, Sacha Baron Cohen, Cody Cameron, Cedric the Entertainer, David Cowgill
At new yorks central park zoo a lion a zebra a giraffe & a hippo are best friends & stars of the show. But when one of the animals goes missing from their cage the other 3 break free to look for him only to find themselves reunited .. On a ship en route to africa. They will learn what life in the wild is like. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/22/2006 Starring: Ben Stiller Jada Pinkett Smith Run time: 86 minutes Rating: Pg
User Submitted Madagascar (Widescreen Edition) Reviews
December 2, 2008
Awesome
I love amazon, I can always find cool stuff and get it right away and I don't have to worry because I know I'm getting the best quality for my money. Madagascar rocks!! I like to move it move it.
November 25, 2008
An Absolute Delight!!
I have seen this movie more than I can count, and I laugh hysterically everytime! Each animal character has their own issues (personal baggage). The hypochondriac giraffe; the conceited lion, a charming hippo and a zebra with a low self-esteem. I can't listen to "Staying Alive" anymore without picturing Marty, the Zebra, sashaying down the city streets, to the beat..We still find ourselves quoting the penguins, "smile and wave boys, smile and wave"...The animation is perfect for kids, but the inside jokes and innuendos are classic adult! I highly recommend purchasing this movie! I can't get enough! Madagascar 2 is hilarious as well! Can't wait to get that on DVD also!
November 17, 2008
Issues with LG BH200
I've seen the movie before and it's great.
I have trouble getting it to play on my LG BH200, which I understand is a problem with the player, not necessarily the disc; however, none of my other Blu-Ray discs seem to have any problems being played on the BH200.
The issues with this movie and the BH200 are known and hopefully LG can fix this with a firmware upgrade.
November 16, 2008
Love it!
Love this video, and it was great to watch it before going to see Madagascar 2 in the theater.
November 3, 2008
Animals Leave Babylon (NYC) for Madagascar: Another Speilberg Holocaust Movie?
Hitler's original "Final Solution to the Jewish Problem" was to send the Jews to Madagascar, which I think would have been a better place than Palestine.
This movie takes animals from the heart of Babylon (a city of commerce & confusion) on a journey similar to the transports of Jews to the concentration camps.
I liked the party animals in Magagascar the best (love to party with 'em, liked the music). Unfortunately, the party is crashed by meat eating cat-like creatures.
The only animal that I really liked was the psychedelic zebra. The hippo has a lovely voice, without a body to match. The psychedelic trips the lion took was cool too.
Yet, the animals, like Jews escaping slavery with Moses long for the fleshpots of NYC.
Loved the animation, laughed a few times but found the movie scary!
November 2, 2008
Fabulous Fun
This is simply a fabulous movie, for one and all. I'm over 60 and I loved it, can't wait for Madagascar 2.
October 25, 2008
Another must own!!!!
I'm slowly collecting all the animated movies which we already own on Dvd and am updating them all to Blu-ray as they come out, and Madagasca is just another one of those must own movies. I can't wait for the next one to come out on Blu-ray also.
October 24, 2008
Madagascar is a great movie for the whole family.
We bought the movie for a trip to visit family and thoroughly enjoyed it. Even my mother watched it with us. I would have given five stars but the DVD version does not include a cartoon short feature with the penguins as we had hoped.
October 14, 2008
Still Waiting for the Laughs to Start
Marty the Zebra (Chris Rock) is having a midlife crisis. He's tired of life in the Central Park Zoo and wants to see what life is like in the wild. When he escapes, his three friends try to chase him down and bring him back. And while Alex the Lion (Ben Stiller), Gloria the Hippo (Jada Pinkett Smith), and Melman the Giraffe (David Schwimmer) do catch up with him, it doesn't turn out quite as planned. Instead, all four of them find themselves headed to Africa. Will they survive when they get there?
I normally steer clear of Dreamworks Animation movies because I find them pale imitations of the Disney Pixar films they are attempting to rip off. But the previews for the sequel looked so entertaining, I had to give this one a try. I should have stayed away.
Yes, there are a few amusing moments. I laughed at several of the movie spoofs. But that was about it. The story was boring. The characters had so much potential. Instead, they went with the easy joke (read bathroom humor) and didn't play out the jokes the premise could have set up. As many have said, the group of commando penguins are the funniest things in the film, but they don't have nearly enough screen time to make much difference.
Then there's the issue of voice casting. Yes, most of the cast did fine. But I couldn't get Ross from Friends out of my head whenever Melman had a line. Trust me, that was very distracting.
Many have dismissed Disney's The Wild as a rip off of this film. That's a shame because, for my money, it is the far superior film. Stay away from this one and get a copy of that film. Instead of staring at the TV screen, you'll be laughing from start to finish.
September 21, 2008
I'm crazy about this movie
I saw the trailers for Madagascar II, started singing "I like to move it, move it" all over the place and knew I had to rent the original. I mostly watched it to see the song acted out and wasn't expecting much. I made my sister watch it with me, my husband being out of town.
From the beginning, it seemed pretty clever and involving, but when they got to the island, it really picked up! King Julian is hilarious! My sister and I were laughing like loons. When the movie was over, we watched all the extras, and then over the next few days, we talked and and laughed over our favorite scenes. When my husband came home, we watched it again with him and laughed even harder and saw things we hadn't seen the first time. This movie takes multiple watchings to get all the funny parts, because when you're watching the main characters, other, funnier things are happening in the background. After we watched it with my husband, we went back and played our favorites scenes AGAIN. Yes, it was THAT funny! I love this movie and now I have to buy it.
I can't wait until Madagascar II comes out.
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