: Madagascar 3: Europe’s Most Wanted
I missed the earlier films in this series. I’m not sure why, as I wanted to see them. Now I’m not so sure. I just didn’t get this. Maybe I’m getting too old. I have no problem with suspending reality for the sake of a fictional world, but the world of this movie just turned me off. Zebras walking around upright like humans? Swimming from Madagascar to Monte Carlo? Huh? Nothing made any sense.
But the worst part was that this wasn’t very funny. It was 15 minutes into the movie before I even cracked a smile. I only laughed out out twice. To be fair, it did get better, once the film had a plot (such as it was). Basically the animals join a European circus to escape from a maniacal animal catcher. They lie to the other circus animals to do this, and there’s a nice wrap-up at the end when they regret that, but not that much really happens. There’s wild action (absurd chase scenes) and tons of silliness, but the characterizations are slim and phony. Basically this thing just hints at a real story. Disappointing.
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