>The king of Madagascar
>Technically the only reason the other two movies can still be called Madagascar despite taking place in Africa and Europe respectively.
>Gets his own show
Sacha Baron Cohen always making the best characters.
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What was his relationship with Skipper?
Here come the folders
Funny, I just came here to make a thread about the Madagascar movies. I just binged all three movies for the first time and I have some thoughts about them.
I thought the first movie was of middling quality. It got some laughs out of me but I thought the animation wasn't that great, story was super basic, and I thought musically it was quite mediocre, featuring mostly awkward Karaoke moments and no real memorable new songs or use of existing songs outside of a few gags. The one song people always remember in the movie is "I like to move it" which at least sticks.
Madagascar 2 actually feels like it has a real story to tell. Once again it's a bit basic, but there's enough going on to make me feel more interested. Overall it was a lot better written and the animation was much better quality than the first movie.
The third movie felt the most different and I suppose you could chock that up to it coming out 8 years after the first one, and also because Dreamworks Animation was reaching maturity as a studio. In some ways I actually liked the third movie the best out of the bunch. It was kind of all over the place but the central story worked and the new characters had good chemistry with the original cast. The thing that really took me by surprise was how much more elaborate the action and setpieces were, and how much they were featured in the movie. The way it used music also felt like a major step up because they used it to really spruce up the emotional highs and lows, which is what I'm looking for.
So yeah, I'm glad I gave these movies a chance even though I skipped them when they were still new. I just threw them on because I wanted some noise while I was working, but I felt like they got better with each one and I was actually into it after a while. They're not amazing but they were solidly entertaining and worth watching.
The cartoons are also good.
true.
>also because Dreamworks Animation was reaching maturity
too bad those "maturity" years spawned kung fu Panda 2, one of the worst and most tonally confused animated films i've ever seen from a major studio
I like Kung fu panda 2
good for you
i think Kung Fu Panda 2 is awful. The story is banal, characters are annoying, dialogue is lame, action scenes are repetitive and confusingly edited, and the humor is painfully unfunny
>The story is banal
How is that banal when compared to any Pixar movie?
because it ain't a good story. It's flimsy, basic and unoriginal
Post 3 examples of good stories in your opinion.
>characters are annoying, dialogue is lame
subjective
>action scenes are repetitive and confusingly edited
Wrong
oh yeah, the main characters are annoying. Po is too "Po" this time, and it isn't charming like in 1 because he isn't starting out or trying to earn Shifu and the 5's respect. He is now the Dragon Warrior yet behaves more inmaturately than before. As for the peawiener, he is just an edgelord. His dialogue amounts to "China will be mine", talking about that prophecy, talking about killing, or bossing around his men. Everyone else barely registers
Well, that's just like your opinion man.
you're right. Not gonna change my opinion that Kung Fu Panda 2 is one of the worst animated films by a major studio
>humor is painfully unfunny
It had its moments https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3rKwq-Zw_A
>1 mildly amusing moment in a film with over a hundred unfunny jokes equals "having its moments"
Kung Fu Panda 2 was the best one in the series, what are you on about?
it's a bad sequel. Direct to vídeo quality
But it's got an impressively huge city setpiece with a dynamic high speed chase through it.
by that point, i'm not gonna praise Dreamworks for their animation quality. They had like 3 facilites, Hewlett Packard workstations, hundreds of technicians, and millions of dollars. It was expected of their films look good. I want quality writing, not just quality animation
Megamind was good because it had a quality script, not because Metro City was impressively huge
AH HA HA HA DUDE THOSE ANIMALS ARE SO FRICKING FUNNY
HIPPO HOP
1 is the best by far. Not exhausting to watch like 2 and 3
>Madagascar Escape 2 Africa
dumb name. They don't even say the words "escape to Africa" in the film
they flanderized the penguins in 2. They sometimes knocked out humans in 1, like the ship captain, but didn't try to murder anyone
>comments turned off
Probably because everyone was pointing out that she was gonna say the N-word.
THAT'S RACIST, SHE CAN'T SAY THE N-WORD!
>the entirety of AHKJ is rendered worthless by the ending tying into the first movie
Movie, Penguins and AHK Juliens are all entirely different characters. Trying to put them in the same timeline is a mistake.
Eh, at least AHKJ was building from the movies and even made some minor background characters into recurring characters.
>i know, I just have so many questions: like how did I ever fit in this tiny basket. Why didn't i like pants? And who am i?
>Lord Shen! I saw a panda!
>a panda!?
>a kung fu warrior... he fought like a demon! Big and furry... soft and squishy... kinda plush and cuddly
>tell me what happened that night!
>what night?
>thatnight!
>ahhh...thatnight.
>yes!We're talking about the same night, right?
>and then you'll be stopped...by the unstoppable weapon!
>nothing's unstoppable except formewhen I'm stoppingyoufrom tellingmesomething's unstoppable!
>i hope this turns out better than your plan to cook rice in your stomach by eating it raw and then drinking boiling water
>this plan is nothing like that plan
>i threw up a little on the third floor, someone might want to clean that up. Is there some sort of evil janitor or somethin'?
>look at him! A lifetime to plot his revenge and he comes to me on his knees!
>hey, wait, I did not have alifetime... we only heard about Master Thundering Rhino a few days ago, and we came to avenge him!
>you've come to avenge nothing else?
>yeah, all those pots and pans you stole. We're going to want those back!
>the only reason you're still alive is that i find your stupidity... mildly amusing
>well, thank you, but i find your evilness extremely annoying
>who do you think you are, panda?
>who do you think i am, peawiener?
Kung Fu Panda 2's comedy is consistently unfunny
I hope one day you will realize no one is convinced by you copying the written dialogue of a movie when the humor is also based on timing, context and tone.
Post the god damn scene like this anon
>my fist hungers for justice (stomach growl) that was my... fist
it's a fair point, but not even the comedic timing is good
Posting it
Mort got to smash this big buff beautiful babe and you didn't
stop pretending to be sharkgay
>2009 : Monsters vs Aliens, Merry Madagascar, MvA : Mutant Pumpkins from Outer Space
>2010 : How to Train Your Dragon, Shrek Forever After, Scared Shrekless, Megamind, Kung Fu Panda Holiday
>2011 : Kung Fu Panda 2, Megamind The Button of Doom, Puss in Boots, Gift of the Night Fury
when you're working on so many projects at the same time, quality drops are unavoidable. Dreamworks accidentally made one of the worst mainstream CG films ever with Panda 2 as a result
>1998 : Antz, The Prince of Egypt
>2000 : The Road to El Dorado
>2001 : Shrek, Shrek in the Swamp Karaoke Dance Party
>2002 : Spirit
>2003 : Shrek 4-D, Sinbad, Cyclops Island
>2004 : Shrek 2, Shark Tale, Far Far Away Idol
things were different in their early years