Comments on: Dreamworks Animation Countdown 10 ‘Madagascar’

By: Jeff Quinde

Jeff Quinde — Wed, 17 Jan 2018 23:01:00 +0000

In reply to Dan Siciliano. He didn’t say the story was weak, he said it was a solid one. Just that it was distracted with all the pop culture references

By: Amber Dvorak

Amber Dvorak — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 04:17:00 +0000

It’s clear that the filmmakers were trying to replicate the success of Shrek here, but it didn’t quite work.

By: Amber Dvorak

Amber Dvorak — Fri, 06 Oct 2017 04:16:00 +0000

Thank you for mentioning the part about Alex wanting to eat his friends…I knew I couldn’t be the only one who thought that hallucination sequence was pretty messed up. Aside from that, I’m honestly surprised this became a franchise.

By: Rachel Wagner

Rachel Wagner — Tue, 03 Oct 2017 02:37:00 +0000

Yeah I am with you on this one. I was shocked how bad the animation was when I watched it for the first time a few weeks ago. It’s not a good film.

By: Marielle

Marielle — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 08:22:00 +0000

I think it’s a good movie. The characters are interesting and setting it on Madagascar was an original idea. I didn’t even notice the pop culture references you mention. I think the movie works on both levels. Even without the pop culture references, there are some pretty funny situations with the old lady, the penguins, the hallucination, etc.

The animation is bad, I agree with that.

By: CarFan

CarFan — Sun, 01 Oct 2017 04:36:00 +0000

I have a soft spot for Madagascar. Yes, the animation was weird and it was a little too
frantic. However, I liked the comedy, the references, and the character were fun as
well. It’s by no means great and the squeal was better, but this 1st one was simply fun.

By: Haley Gilbertson

Haley Gilbertson — Sat, 30 Sep 2017 00:51:00 +0000

I’ve only seen this one twice in whole sittings and a few times in passing for work this summer and idk if I like it or just respect it.
I mean the animation is clearly its own and the humor is mostly super hilarious with the Penguins/Julien and his friends, but again….I just am not sure, I think I gotta give it another shot to really know cuz I don’t hate it or anything! So weeeeiiiirdddd!!
Also HILARIOUS opening to the article!! Definitely could see this going down!

By: Chelsea Warner

Chelsea Warner — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 23:30:00 +0000

I liked Madagascar when I saw it in theaters. Later I watched like the first 45 minutes it at school (it was like the day before Thanksgiving or winter break or something) and I hated it. I never bothered with any of the sequels.

By: Alex Beezley

Alex Beezley — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 23:05:00 +0000

The Madagascar franchise is my least favorite that DreamWorks has to offer. That being said, I don’t think that the original Madagascar is a total miss. There are the penguins, of course, but there is also a good selection of songs, some good humor outside of the scenes with the four flightless birds, and decent voice acting. I agree that the pop culture references are overbearing, but I don’t think that they date the film too terribly. Overall, I think that this is an average film that I just don’t enjoy as much as I did when it was first released.

By: Dan Siciliano

Dan Siciliano — Fri, 29 Sep 2017 21:18:00 +0000

I enjoyed the first “Madagascar” for the penguins and some of the jokes. But I agree with you that the story is indeed weak and some of the sound effects made me underwhelmed.