orangerful | movie thoughts: The Good Dinosaur (2015), Sanjay's Super Team (2015), Trainwreck (2015)

I put The Good Dinosaur on while cleaning up downstairs today. I'm usually a big fan of Disney/Pixar movies but this one was kind of a letdown. While the premise was interesting (What if dinosaurs weren't killed by a meteor), the pay off was not and it had to be one of the most cliche Pixar stories ever. I just kept waiting for it to be over, and it wasn't even that long of a movie.
3 "I'd rather be watching 'Land Before Time'" stars

I really wish that the animated short included on the DVD, Sanjay's Super Team, had been the feature film. It was a story I felt was more worthy of being told. Yes, we've seen stories of children trying to find that balance between their culture and pop culture, but I think it is more relevant than what awkward buddy movie that 'Good Dinosaur' wanted to be. Sanjay's Super Team had me more emotionally invested in the first few seconds than the movie did in 90 minutes.
5 "More of this please" stars

Trainwreck was far too long for a comedy - clocking in at 2 hours. Usually I find that the best comedies are 90 minutes. But when I go back and think about which scenes were superfluous, I can understand why the movie ran long because some of those scenes were HILARIOUS. I did not expect to laugh as much at this movie, but it was really well done and had some moments that surprised me when it came to finding the heart, not just the laughs. If you want me to enjoy your raunchy comedy, your characters have to be people and learn and grow.

Also, this movie made me love Bill Hader even more and I DEMAND that he have more leading roles. I just adore him. But really the whole cast was great, especially the scenes with LeBron James and Hader which had me LOLing so much.
3 1/2 "This scene with John Cena serves no purpose but I'm laughing to hard to care" stars

movie thoughts: The Good Dinosaur (2015), Sanjay's Super Team (2015), Trainwreck (2015)

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