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Summary: Classic Veggie Tales!!!
Review: This movie is a MUST SEE for any Veggie Tales fan!!!
The Veggie Tales series has captured the hearts of kids (and adults) with more than a dozen different videos. Each about 30 minutes long, and now Big Idea Productions has gone all out to create the first ever full length Veggie Tale motion picture. And as with all the previous works, this one is full of what fans have come to know and love. State of the art computer design, memorable music, a lesson in faith and general silliness that makes you laugh out loud.The animation is truly fantastic and a delight to the imagination. This film abounds with cool details and effects, especially with the pirate ship, the storm at sea and movements of the armless veggie characters. Big Idea did a great job in illustrating the story of Jonah. Very thorough, clear and kept consistent to the Biblical story. Expertly telling it with their classic twist of humor, making it unique and a completely unforgettable. Watching the Veggies on the big screen, in a dark theater with total strangers gave me mixed emotions. To see such a film, in a public setting, that praises God in a "no-bones-about-it" sort of way, did create a weird feeling, but at the same time it was refreshing experience from the norm. Defiantly worth the ticket! And in my opinion it is one to be watched twice. Don't miss the boat! See Jonah: A Veggie Tales Movie while it's in theaters the best place to veiwed it.
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Summary: Jonah- A Veggie Tales Movie
Review: My 4 year old son and I went to see this and we had a great time. The music made you want to start dancing in the isle.
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Summary: Phenomenal!
Review: I just took my daughter to see Jonah at our local theatre. We loved every minute of it. This was a movie you could really get into. We clapped and sang, even danced a little. In fact, all the kids watching the movie did. There was nothing more refreshing to see a crowded theatre of laughing, singing and dancing children at a Christian movie! We are going to go see Jonah again next weekend! Thank you Big Ideas!
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Summary: A great movie
Review: What a great movie! Opening weekend was sold out at the theater. We had to hit a 9pm (after the kids bedtime) showing. I will go and see it again because the boys loved it!
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Summary: disappointed and surprised
Review: This movie may be okay for some very young children. My eleven year old was miserable most of the time and my five year old was moderately entertained. The music and the songs were ordinary and simple; nothing to hum home afterward. My husband and I were disturbed and bored and we found it overly religious and preachy. The dialog and song lyrics of the talking vegetables really gave me the creeps. The intended lessons were too forced and overstated. This is something that would be appropriately aired on one of the religious television channels...
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Summary: The First Big Movie From Big Idea.
Review: After anxiously awaiting months to see JONAH: A VEGGIETALES MOVIE, I am very happy to say it was more than worth the wait. VeggieTales videos first came out a few years before TOY STORY and though it may never be acknowledged in entertainment circles, Big Idea is really the innovator of computer animation. Anyway, the people at Big Idea have taken their art to a new level and it is amazing. JONAH tells the story of the Biblical prophet by the same name. Jonah is a prophet of God, living in Israel. God tells Jonah to deliver a message to Ninevah, the capital of Assyria. The Assyrians are the most hated nation on Earth at the time and are enemies of the Israelites. Jonah doesn't want to do what God tells Him and runs away and his flight lands him in a whale of trouble. Unlike most tales of the story, the VeggieTales JONAH tells the complete story of Jonah, even tying in complaints many people have about how "incomplete" the Biblical story is. The animation in JONAH is top-notch, on par of SHREK or MONSTERS, INC. I've seen all the Veggie videos and I was amazed at how brilliant and vivid the characters and scenery were. Granted it's less difficult to create vegetables than Ogres or Monsters, but the Veggie gang seemed truly lifelike. Kids will love this film, even if they have never seen a VeggieTale before. However, many adults (if they put their cynicism aside) will delight in this film as well. VeggieTales, like the Muppets and the Simpsons, works on several levels of humor and there are many jokes that children just won't get. For example, watch for references to Monty Python and WILLY WONKA AND THE CHOCOLATE FACTORY. Overall a great movie that children will love and that adults will probably enjoy. The movie has a great message about compassion and mercy and that's something everyone could learn a lot more about. Big Idea Productions are engaging culture in the way it should be done and it's worth one's time and money to see what they are doing.
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Summary: Veggies are great for the whole family!
Review: The new Veggie Tales movie, Jonah, is just what you'd expect from those silly but clever creators at Big Idea. A fun filled hour and a half serving of hilarious produce, and with a meaningful message to boot. My husband thought it was a little more along the lines of just a really long Veggie Tales video, but I on the other hand felt that the added time gave the movie the chance to really get the message across and to tell the story of Jonah in a simple but complete way. It was entertaining to the kids and grownups alike and the message of compassion and the whole story of Jonah itself was something that all of us could learn from! I gave the movie 4 stars for its ablility to use humor in an educational and spiritually uplifting way-a great movie for the whole family!
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Summary: Top notch movie for all ages!
Review: This truly is the best kids movie ever made! It beats E.T. to #2! This movie is just pure fun to watch. Everyone in the theater was laughing. It was a full house too! This is a movie for all ages. I saw what looked like 60 year old people watching this movie and enjoying it too. I have never seen this good a kids movie! I will definitely be adding this to my DVD library when it comes out, hopefully in a Special Edition with deleted animation, games, music videos, maybe a couple of episodes from the videos, etc. We can only hope for a good DVD! COME OUT SOON SO EVERYONE CAN SEE THIS GREAT STORY!
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Summary: Take the whole family
Review: This was a wonderful movie to take the whole family to. Our children were dancing and laughing, as well as learning some important moral messages in a venue that could understand.
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Summary: Can Christian Vegetables be Too Scary?
Review: Can Christian veggies be too scary ?. . . yes they can. I had waited until what I thought would be an appropriate G rated film to take my 4 year-old to. I avoided some of the G rated Disney's films that I thought were too violent or had too much adult content, but I think the Veggie Tale crew overlooked the very young ones in this film too. We have seen several Veggie Tale videos, so my daughter and I were familiar with their message and content, and my daughter really likes them. Some of her favorites are "Esther" and "King George and Ducky", and she thinks "Dave and the Giant Pickle" is laugh out loud funny. But several times in "Jonah" she was scared, and a couple of times she indicated that she wanted to leave. So, I would prepare us to leave, but then she would settle back in her seat as the "scarey part" came to a close and all was o.k. again. Don't get me wrong, I think excitement and even some tense moments in children's films are fine, but not to the point of genuine fear. There are too many scenes that take place in eery places such as down below in the Pirate's ship or inside the whale's stomach. Other parts are simply too intense for a four year-old like when the whale is approaching Jonah to eat him or when God is angry at Jonah and causes a dark thunder storm to errupt over the pirate ship. Another time is when the movie depicts Jonah's wish for God to tyranically obliterate a city with a large blast of fire. All the things I mention are fine for maybe ages 6/7 and up, but I was mistaken to think that this was appropriate for my 4 year-old. Our first movie going experience turned out to be far less than ideal. Perhaps this film would NOT be so ominous and scary on a small screen??? So for those of you with very young ones, just wait for the video. Nevertheless, I would have expected more forethought from the creators of Big Idea regarding the isssue I take with this film. Now for those of you who have kids who are about 6/7 years-old and up, you should see this movie. The overall story/message is well told and Big Idea retains its Christian perspective without watering it down for a mainstream audience. The animation is vastly improved and the songs are the highlight of the film. As a matter of fact, I wish there were more songs in the film. Maybe more songs would have been a fantastic way to temper those "scary parts."
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