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- 200 years ago, Inuyasha’s father sealed away a powerful demon from a foreign land named Hyoga. A Shikon Jewl Shard awakens Hyoga’s son, Menomaru, inspiring him to absorb the remains of his father’s power to take control of the world. It’s up to Inuyasha and his friends to stop this nearly invincible foe!Running Time: 100 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre:聽ANIMATION Rating:聽PG-13 Age:
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200 years ago, InuYasha’s father sealed away a powerful demon from China named Hyoga. A Shikon Jewel shard awakens Hyoga’s son, Menomaru, inspiring him to absorb the remains of his father’s power to take control of the world. It’s up to InuYasha and his friends to stop this nearly invincible foe!The first Inu-Yasha theatrical feature plays like an extended episode of the popular television series. Kagome, Inu-Yasha, Shippo, Miroku, and Sango are pitted not against Naraku, but against the moth-demon Menomaru, who was awakened by a falling shard from the enchanted Shikon Jewel. Menomaru seeks to recapture the power of his father Hyoga, who was defeated by Inu-Yasha’s father when Hyoga came to Japan “from the continent” (i.e., during the Mongol invasion of 1274). Only the combined power of Kagome’s arrows and Inu-Yasha’s sword Tetsusaiga can defeat this mighty demon. Affections Touching Across Time is unusually handsome for a feature based on a broadcast series: When snow falls on Kagome’s 20th-century home, the designers evoke the prints of Kawase Hasui. Unfortunately, the images have been compressed to fit the TV format, and there’s no widescreen option. Still, it’s a must-have for Inu-Yasha fans. (Unrated: suitable for ages 13 and older: violence, grotesque imagery) –Charles Solomon
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LIVE-ACTION ADAPTATION OF JEFF KINNEY’S ILLUSTRATED NOVEL ABOUT A WISE-CRACKING JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT.The first volume in Jeff Kinney’s wildly popular Web and book series hits the screen in this live-action adaptation. The impish Zachary Gordon, who recalls Wonder Years-era Fred Savage, plays Greg Heffley, who enters middle school determined to become class favorite. It won’t be easy. His best friend, Rowley (the sweetly funny Robert Capron), is a big, redheaded lug who embarrasses him at every turn. Greg’s obnoxious teenage brother, Rodrick (Devon Bostick), advises him to keep his head down, but Greg believes he needs to excel at something to achieve his goal. Smart, but small for his age, he tries wrestling and safety patrolling, but nothing seems to fit. During gym class, he and Rowley meet wise-beyond-her-years newspaper reporter Angie (Chlo毛 Moretz, (500) Days of Summer), who finds popularity overrated. Greg isn’t convinced, but the harder he tries, the more boorish he becomes, until even Rowley abandons him. After a humiliating encounter with some high school bullies, though, Greg learns what really matters: self-respect (he also discovers that the dreaded “cheese touch” is just a myth). Berlin-born director Thor Freudenthal (Hotel for Dogs) avoids any dull or sentimental patches, which should please kids and adults alike (an upbeat modern-rock soundtrack doesn’t hurt). Rachael Harris and Steve Zahn could use more face time as the terminally un-cool Heffley parents, but Harris’s rhythm-impaired moves at the mother-son dance provide one of the best laughs. Kinney fans will also appreciate the way Freudenthal weaves stick-figure drawings from Greg’s journal throughout this zippy entertainment. –Kathleen C. Fennessy
April 18th, 2011 on 8:51 pm
Hey,
Good grief. Okay, for one, don’t listen to all that garbage down there(metalwhatever29, etc…). They’re just extremely bored because they have no lives and short attention spans-they clearly strayed away from the main subject. Seriously, guys… We’re talking about THIS dvd, and reviewing IT. Not your monotonous subjective opinion on an entire anime series. You probably go to the InuYasha key-chains and bash on those too. Pathetic…
Anyway, for people who are interested in this dvd:
If you really enjoy Inuyasha, then you will like this movie. I’ll truthfully say, it’s not better than the 2nd or 3rd(the best one in my book!)movie, but it IS the very first Inuyasha movie and that makes it special in it’s own way. For those of you who love to see them, there are a few classic Inuyasha and Kagome moments in this movie you don’t want to miss. Actually, this is the first thing I ever watched of Inuyasha when they showed it on cartoon network, and I was totally absorbed. So if your a fan or a newcomer, I would definitely suggest to add this to your Inuyasha collection.
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|April 18th, 2011 on 9:01 pm
Go Kagome!,
Well wow! I bought this on a whim because I love the series and since I have no money to start my tv collection now I thought I’d start a little smaller. If you love the show, you won’t be disappointed! The laughter, the tears, the utter frustration, its all there! Its also nice because it moves away from the tv show a little but still gives some explanation for the people who don’t know anything about the characters. There are some awesome fight scenes and for girls like me, a few touching moments between Kagome and Inuyasha. Also nice, and the reason for my review title, Kagome actually does stuff! I found myself often screaming at her to do SOMETHING in the series…in the movie, she takes action a little more quickly, which is nice! No disappointments here, an excellent, jaw-dropping flick!
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|April 18th, 2011 on 9:32 pm
A must buy!,
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I was so excited to find out that the movies were finally coming out dubbed. As much as I love watching undubbed anime and movies I still enjoy being able to pay attention to the artwork, body language of the characters, and small details that you tend to miss when you are reading subtitles. The artwork in this movie is flawless, even more beautiful than the series on TV. There is a lot of character development for everyone. It’s even worth to sit through the beaituful ending song to see the little pictures that come up and the small ending sequence between Inuyasha and Kagome. A must buy for new and old fans alike. The entire first half hour or so tries to bring new fans up to date on what’s going on (a good thing to do when doing a movie from a series, that way you can appeal to all audiences). An hour and forty minutes of great anime. I plan on buying the enxt movie and the Season One Boxset (yay!).
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|April 18th, 2011 on 9:55 pm
Awesome Family Fun!!!,
This movie was actually a lot better than I expected, and had some hilarious moments. I can relate to some of the things that happened to Greg. I have not read the book, so I couldn’t compare it. 12 year old Greg Heffley is nervous about starting middle school. Him and his dorky best friend, Rowley Jefferson try to fit in and become popular, but that’s easier said than done. Throughout the school year, Greg and Rowley come up with weird ways to become popular like being a Safety Patrol officer, wrestling, and performing in epic school plays. In order to truly appreciate this film, you either need to be a parent, or think from the perspective of a kid. I highly recommend DIARY OF A WIMPY KID!!!
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|April 18th, 2011 on 10:18 pm
Fun, Funny, But…,
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For pure entertainment and a basic feel good message about popularity and real friendship, Diary of a Wimpy Kid delivers.
Most kids are going to eat up the bathroom and booger humor (sorry about the pun). Most will love the problems Greg Heffley (Zachary Gordon) gets himself into. There were some pretty hysterical and absurd moments that made me laugh out loud. Lots and lots of physical humor and lots and lots of bad ideas. Greg eventually learns some important lessons like real friends trump popularity and popularity isn’t everything especially if it costs your self-respect and good friends. However, Greg does a little bit of damage while getting to the lessons.
Parents may want to consider that this movie contains a few subtle negative messages. First, there are the parental units who are generally clueless. Now, for most older kids to teens this is a real fantasy — who doesn’t want to do what they want to do when they want to do it? Who wants rules and parents sticking their noses in and redirecting or handing out consequences? The more parents are portrayed that way, though, I wonder if kids begin to chafe even more against their own parents who might not be so easy going or easily fooled. I know most kids do know movies from reality. But the more that stereotype is tossed out there the more I wonder if that’s not part of the “but everyone’s doing it, Mom.” mentality.
The older brother, Roderick, is a completely mean-spirited jerk. And in some of Greg’s dealings with the world it almost feels like he has picked up some lessons from Roderick. The leading female within Greg’s class is so annoying I wonder how she could be popular, oh, yes, it’s because she threatens everyone. Some of the light-hearted fun is hobbled because of these characters and their excessive meanness. Some remarks made my two friends flinch. Roderick has a biker babe magazine under his bed and it appears in a few scenes. His mother confronts him about the disrespect he’s shown all womankind while his friends laugh during the confrontation.
Aside from the parental warnings, it’s-a-laugh-a-scene movie that most older kids will enjoy.
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|April 18th, 2011 on 10:30 pm
Diary of a Wimpy Kid is a cute look at school bullies & popularity in middle school,
“Diary of a Wimpy Kid” was directed by Thor Freudenthal (“Hotel for Dogs”) based on the book by Jeff Kinney. Zachary Gordon plays Greg Heffley, a kid entering middle school for the first time with the company of his best friend, Rowley Jefferson played by Robert Capron. Greg becomes obsessed with the idea that he needs to do something notable to get into the “Class Favorites” section of the yearbook in order to make his mark and hit the big time, if it weren’t for the dorkiness of his best friend holding him back.
Greg has the curse of being a middle child so he is largely ignored by his parents in favor of his younger brother still potty training and his older brother, Rodrick (Devon Bostick) takes great delight in torturing Greg giving him rules he must follow or suffer the consequences. Incidentally, a sequel is already in the works called “Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2: Rodrick Rules.” Instead of keeping his head down and getting through these difficulty years, Greg fights the laws of nature in his household becoming a burden to his family and often getting in trouble.
With the situations and the way they are presented, “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” feels more like an extended TV show of something like “Malcolm in the Middle” instead of a feature film. It has an amusing way of blending in the stick figure illustrations from the book into the story to represent Greg’s visualization of the up and down changes in social status he and his friends experience. Greg tries several tactics to get famous in his school that fail fantastically like joining the wrestling team, auditioning for the school play, and joining safety patrol. Many of his problems stem from his own ego which is immature and underdeveloped and often places the blame on his less than cool friend, Rowley instead of turning the focus on himself.
The only times “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” feels like a movie are when Chloe Moretz (Hit Girl from “Kick Ass” who plays Angie Steadman enters the scene. She towers over the boys in height and maturity about their current situation. She tries to impart her wisdom on them that none of what happens in middle school really matters in the grand scheme of things and that it is infinitely better to sit back and watch others make fools of themselves for popularity and comment on it in the school newspaper. Greg turns down her invitation to join the paper insisting it would be a conflict of interest since the paper will be too busy reporting on him (which it does…when he makes a fool of himself). Chloe Moretz has an amazing screen presence that is such a pleasure when she is there and the movie noticeably reverts back to that TV style format again when she is gone.
The take on middle school drama, social status concerns, and the influx of made-up rules that can make or break your popularity is very familiar and a good wake-up call to kids that age. For adults, it might be a little familiar or nostalgic but no longer as engaging a problem to relate to. Director Thor Freudenthal’s style is very much for kids and young families and in reaching that target demographic, it succeeds. It doesn’t quite hit that sweet spot where it can be appealing to kids and adults simultaneously like “A Christmas Story” though it tries very hard.
Special Features:
There is full-length commentary by Director Thor Freudenthal and Writer Gabe Sachs where they go into detail about what was and wasn’t in the book, what monologue was used to audition for the lead and how they picked Zachary Gordon. The Angie Steadman character played by Chloe Moretz was not in the original source material, but was added because there were all these diverse guy characters and no girls to even it out, like they were an alien species so bringing one into the mix clearly helped the movie.
There are 10 deleted scenes/diary pages consist of many more scenes with the scary ginger kid, Fregley and mostly consist of helpful how-to’s and antidotes about the supporting cast characters.
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