Devil’s DVD Disappointment: Gulliver’s Travels

Director Rob Letterman, who up until now had only done animated films like Shark Tale and Monsters vs Aliens, makes his live action debut with Gulliver’s Travels.  The pairing makes sense for two reasons: first of all this take on the 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift looks like live action animation and secondly, there is so much CGI in this movie, it may as well have been fully animated.

Gulliver’s Travels

Director Rob Letterman, who up until now had only done animated films like Shark Tale and Monsters vs Aliens, makes his live action debut with Gulliver’s Travels.  The pairing makes sense for two reasons: first of all this take on the 1726 novel by Jonathan Swift looks like live action animation and secondly, there is so much CGI in this movie, it may as well have been fully animated.

Year One (Devil’s Advocate *sigh* what the hell was this edition)

As I prepared to write my review of Year One I remember what my Mom always says “If you can’t say something nice don’t say anything at all.” Then I think to myself screw that…this movie was crap. Jack Black and Michael Cera are two sidekick actors thrown together in a leading capacity. Shocker of shockers it doesn’t work. Jack Black plays hunter Zed, who isn’t very good at hunting. Michael Cera plays Oh who can gather, but he whines a lot and is overly sarcastic. They get kicked out of the village and embark on a journey where nothing really happens.

Year One

Year One follows two misfit friends as they stumble their way through the Old Testament. The two friends played by Jack Black and Michael Cera are banished from their village after one of them eats from the Tree Of Knowledge Of Good and Evil. From there they make their way through the ancient world and run into a few familiar faces from the Bible, ending up in Sodom and Gomorrah to rescue two women from their village who have been captured and enslaved.