Movie Review - Change of Plans

[kriadydragon]

D'aaaaw! Adorable! Oh, and the show was cute, too ;)

Well I was pleasantly surprised. I'll admit I gave the show a chance because of Joe, but I had expected to cringe quite a bit because made-for-TV family movies tend to be... er... unpleasant viewing, especially movies about families. I'm not a fan of characters with kids because more often than not - to me at least - the kids tend to be bratty, whiny, selfish, stupid and completely difficult to sympathize with.

But I really liked the kids in this movie. They were kids going through an actual trauma and trying to get through it, not kids looking for trauma as a reason to be self-pitying. It was actually easy to sympathize with these kids, and though the movie was predictable in some parts, it was all together still pretty dang good. There were actually a few times I got all misty-eyed.

And Joe, good old Joe, still his hot self :D He works great with kids. Very natural and easy going with them, which made it hard to buy that he was supposed to be an inexperienced new parent;) Not a bad thing, though, as too much parental bumbling would have been just as cringe-worthy as self-centered kids.

I have it DVR'd, so may give it another watch later on.

Comments

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

I liked it a lot but the jerky camera movements in the beginning and a few other places were making my head hurt. What ever happened to the smooth pan from one scene to another instead of the shaky jerky unstable movements that they think is a wonderful new thing?

[kriadydragon.livejournal.com]

Yeah, what is up with that? Just keep the dang camera still! I blame movies like the Blair Witch Project, which is ironic because from what I heard the jerky camera movements made a lot of people nauseas :S It's not innovative, it's annoying.

[timespirt.livejournal.com]

Annoying was my thought exactly. I had to turn away a few times before I got sick.

[dinabr.livejournal.com]

Yes , it's very annoying