I saw it a while back. It looked prettier than Monster House, but it seemed like it was written by committee. There were a lot of little errors here and there, like not killing that one wasp off, or the Chuck E Cheese animatronic queen, or the whole business of walking up walls because you believe it. Not a bad movie per se, but kind of average. It seemed like it needed fewer jokes about butts and their functions, and more dark humor like the grinning head in the frog's stomach. I wanted to see beetle and the glow worm some more. And Ricardo Montalban. It's hilarious hearing "Attacking without provocation, without reason, eet's barbaric!" in the voice of Khan.
I guess I should ask some questions. Like, how did that creep know the parents left town? How did Zock navigate the stairs when Lucas and four other ants could manage the carpet? Heck, how did Zock get downstairs ahead of Lucas? How did they see downtown DFW from the top of a mushroom when you couldn't see the next street at human size? Why doesn't Bruce Campbell do more stuff like this? Where can I get a frog beating game? Did I really see Lucas's weiner when he fell out of bed? Did you feel queasy over the Stalinist re-education camp feel when Lucas was sentenced to learn ant stuff? (I did.)
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