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Bee Movie

After making a mint off a series about nothing, Jerry Seinfeld apparently decided that his first feature film ought to be about something—in the case of Bee Movie, the enslavement and torture of bees for the pleasure and profit of humans, which is, like, hilarious. Alas, there's only so much you can do with talking bugs that hasn't already been covered in A Bug's Life, Antz, and The Ant Bully. For all the muscle and money behind Bee Movie, it still feels unfocused and unfinished. For a while, it's cute family fun—a visually sumptuous and goofy hour during which Barry (Seinfeld) discovers he doesn't want to be just another worker bee, flies the hive to Manhattan, and meets an adorable florist (Renee Zellweger). But rather suddenly, the bee-a-man plot disappears, as Bee Movie turns into . . . a courtroom thriller? Sadly so, as Barry finds himself in a courtroom prosecuting the likes of, yes, Sting. The funniest moments in Bee Movie are the Seinfeld-esque throwaway lines—the bit about women and toe rings ("It's like putting a hat on your knee"), the gag about TiVo ("You mean you can just freeze live TV? That's insane"). And then there's Chris Rock as a mosquito. Rock has but two scenes in the film, but he needs a hundred more. Give the man his own movie, please, if only because it'd bee far better than this one.

 
  • maroni 12/11/2007 9:21:00 PM

    bee movie...excited to be there and anticipated it being a lot better/funnier than it was. not enough good supporting characters for the bee.chris rock was like a candy stick being taken away from an excited kid not once but twice. very mean trick. the only time the audience really rolled with laughter and enjoyed the movie was with the mosquito. not really feeling the main and too adult relationship between the bee and florist zellweger. should have been someone funny instead of just available. is it a kid's movie or could it be for adults too? have to be reallllly talented to pull off another toy story. the least amount of changes to the movie that would have made it so much better: mosquito should have hung out with bee when he left the hive. would have taken the spotlight off of seinfeld... so maybe that's why it didn't happen. should have though. rock could have pulled the movie out of many of the messes and draggy spots that you found yourself in while watching. seinfeld was smart to have all the funny characters on seinfeld. he's very smart but not all the funny that he needed to be to pull this movie off. why does oprah never sound like herself except on her own show. stabbing the hand with the fork and flying into the mountain side was a bit confusing in this widely publicized "children's" movie. a little left there. overall left a bit let down and knowing how it could have been much better. how could this have happened?

 

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