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Summary: IT WAS AN EXCELLENT MOVIE GRAPHICS WERE GREAT
Review: TOMMY LEE JONES WAS SURPURB IN THIS ANIMATED MOVIE AND THE GRAPHICS WERE BETTER THAN TOY STORY. THE MOVIE WAS ACTION PACKED, NOT ONE MOMENT DID I LOOSE INTEREST. THIS MOVIE WAS A BIG HIT.
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Summary: Better than I thought it would be.
Review: I thought this movie was entertaining for adults as much as for children. My 3 1/2 year old couldn't get enough when I rented it. He watched it 3 times. Would have been more if I didn't have to take it back to the video store. It's all he can talk about now.
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Summary: My 6-year-old loved it!
Review: As an adult viewer, Small Soldiers rates three stars. However, through the eyes of a six-year-old boy, five stars just aren't enough. I took my son and his neighborhood pal to see this movie the weekend it was released and they went nuts! Ever since, it's been "Small Soldiers this and Small Soldiers that". If you've got boys, this will do it for 'em.
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Summary: More than small soldiers
Review: This is a great movie for the family to watch. It has action that would be enjoyable for all ages. Those who love 80's machine movies will love "Small Soldiers". The writers thought of a unique storyline that makes it more entertaining and bring hopes for the loners. The beginning accurately desplicts how the toy industry is being treated today.Gregory Smith(TV's "Everwood"), who plays Alan, wonderfully performs his role as a loner who finds toys in a truck. Alan sneaks them home. Little does he know that the toys are alive. He meets a girl at the toy shop, played by the fabulous Kirsten Dunst. The chemistry between the characters give the movie that added spark. The characters' secret about the toys helps build the storyline, readying the war eruption. The two actors prove that "Small Soldiers" is little about toys who fight; rather, it's about the importance of breaking out of one's shell. The special effects team made the alive toys more entertaining to watch. Those who provided their voices gave it the added humor, especially the female dolls. Computer animation wonderfully combined them and the real-life people. This was especially crucial in the war scene because of the weapons used. Though no child would ever fight a war in real life, "Small Soldiers" will never leave their audience disappointed. Note the two rising stars.
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Summary: Flawless entertainment
Review: This movie got a bit of a bad rap when it came out, because people were expecting another "Toy Story", which is great in it's own way, but far from the spirit of this picture. In this story, the toys not only can die, but they can kill. It shows what would happen if supercomputers the size of a doll's head were placed used as the "brain", and then they were programmed to kill other toys. If humans get in the way, well, I believe the term is "collateral damage". Surrounded by this story are a lot of comments on corporate greed. Dennis Leary gives yet another (see "The Ref") terrific performance with his no-nonsense look at the world. In this one he's the CEO of a conglomerate who wants to make toys that actually do what the commercials lead on to. With an unlimited budget and a tight deadline, the results are not quite what people hoped for. You see, there are two sets of toys: one is a peace-loving set of oddballs, and the other is a group of soldiers. Even though the oddballs are intellectually interesting, they are merely cannon fodder, as the soldiers are programmed to kill them. Since this is what the toy-buying populace will want, that's what the company gives them. It goes a bit off-kilter when the soldiers do their job way too well. The special effects that show this are state-of-the-art for their time, and still hold well today. There is humor all around, both for kids and adults. When the soldiers discover a group of Barbie dolls, and one observes with a leer that they're bendable, mom and dad get the joke while still keeping it OK for kid viewing. Now I know a little bit about programming, and the movie does take a few liberties with what computers can do in the spirit of advancing the plot. A computer, no matter what the size, is still a big calculator that does what it's told. Some programmer had to tell the dolls to reek havoc. The movie blames the bad behavior on a batch of "aggressive" computer chips, which is like blaming an auto accident on an "aggressive" car. This is a great movie, but I just wanted to point this out. Why? Because I can.
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