When
Chicken Little had an acorn fall on his head, he thought the sky was
falling, and got the entire town in an uproar. Chicken
Little is Disney's take on what happened after the whole "Sky is Falling"
incident. Afterward, Chicken Little basically became the town loser.
Everyone hates him, and nobody believes anything he says. This becomes
a problem when more things begin to happen around town, and Chicken Little
is the only one who knows what is really going on.
Chicken Little has problems
with everyone in town, and when he discovers that the planet is being
invaded by aliens, of course nobody believes him. This is about the
extent of the plot. I won't bore you with details, as you'll see most
of them coming in the movie. It's extremely easy to figure out
where the movie is going, and it stays on course for the entire 78 minutes.
It's pretty clear that this movie was simply a way for Disney to fully
computer animate a movie without Pixar's help. They didn't take too
much time to iron out lots of gags or laughs.
The humor in the movie is
mostly geared toward kids, with very little for adults to enjoy. It's not to
say that it's unbearable, but it's just not funny for everyone like the
Disney/Pixar ventures had been previously. The story was somewhat
there, and the movie was very detailed, so it definitely looked great, and
was put together well. It just had a thin plot and the limited number
of jokes made it feel a little flat from time to time.
The
real thing that attracted me to this movie, was not the Disney tag, but the
fact that it was being shown in select theaters in Disney Digital 3D.
This concept is totally awesome, as Disney REALLY knows how to pull off a 3D
movie. (It's polarized 3D, which means full digital color and quality.)
See, at the Disney theme parks, every movie is designed with a 3D audience
in mind, and it shows. The effects are usually great, and you leave
the theater with a feeling of excitement like you rarely have in a movie
theater. Chicken Little did NOT leave me with these feelings.
Chicken Little was designed to be shown in regular theaters, but "enhanced"
for 3D viewing. This left you with very few working effects, aside
from everything on screen essentially looking a bit closer. While this
was neat, nothing really jumped out at you (except for the Disney 3D logos
at the beginning of the movie). The logo thing showed that the
technology was there, but they just didn't use it full scale. Either
make a 3D only movie, or don't bother. Trying to double dip the same movie
for two different audiences didn't work.
Overall, I'd say that the movie was OK, but
definitely don't go out of your way to get to a 3D theater for the
lackluster effects. Just check it out at a regular theater, at a
regular price. I'll likely give it another shot on DVD when it comes
out.
When Chicken Little had an acorn fall on his head, he thought the sky was falling, and got the entire town in an uproar. Chicken Little is Disney's take on what happened after the whole "Sky is Falling" incident. Afterward, Chicken Little basically became the town loser. Everyone hates him, and nobody believes anything he says. This becomes a problem when more things begin to happen around town, and Chicken Little is the only one who knows what is really going on.
The real thing that attracted me to this movie, was not the Disney tag, but the fact that it was being shown in select theaters in Disney Digital 3D. This concept is totally awesome, as Disney REALLY knows how to pull off a 3D movie. (It's polarized 3D, which means full digital color and quality.) See, at the Disney theme parks, every movie is designed with a 3D audience in mind, and it shows. The effects are usually great, and you leave the theater with a feeling of excitement like you rarely have in a movie theater. Chicken Little did NOT leave me with these feelings. Chicken Little was designed to be shown in regular theaters, but "enhanced" for 3D viewing. This left you with very few working effects, aside from everything on screen essentially looking a bit closer. While this was neat, nothing really jumped out at you (except for the Disney 3D logos at the beginning of the movie). The logo thing showed that the technology was there, but they just didn't use it full scale. Either make a 3D only movie, or don't bother. Trying to double dip the same movie for two different audiences didn't work.