"Valiant" - Anyone see this movie?

[grinningghost]

Disney Movie Club sent me this (I assume it was the selection of the month and I forgot to send back the card saying no thanks) movie. It's about a pigeon in the army???? Or something?

I never even heard of it. Ewan MacGregor voices the pigeon. Should I keep it or send it back?

 

[cardaway]

Send it back. It's not one that you will want to pay that much for even if you end up liking it.

Personally I thought it had it's good parts but as a whole I would give it a C-.

It's the kind of movie you will be able to grap for under $10 before years end. It failed big time.

 

[goofyforlife]

I saw it for free at the movies...

Wouldn't have paid for it....

Send it back.....Send it back......

 

[grinningghost]

Thanks. It's going back. Unless DD wants to watch it, and SHE can pay for it.

 

[TurboKitty]

I agree with the others, send it back.

I wanted to like it, but it was entirely forgettable. Not a waste of the $3.00 rental fee we paid but not a movie that anyone in our house will ever need to watch again.

 

[Kimberle]

It's one of the worst kids movies I've ever seen. I really didn't think it to appropriate for kids, either.

 

[pixiemomma]

It is a stinker. Also, a truly odd concept for a kids movie.

 

[amy4bruce]

Well, my daughter (five when she saw it) said she liked it. On the other hand, she never talks about it, and has seen the DVD in the stores and hasn't wanted to own it.

It is way over the heads of American kids (British kids might have some local knowledge that lets them understand some of the jokes), and the script really isn't good enough for adults.

 

[LindsayDunn228]

Send it back, it's awful.

 

[GoofyDad869]

I'll be the voice of dissent here...

I liked it. I'd give it a solid "B" grade (or 3 Thumbs Up out of 4). We saw it last year at the theater (matinee) and had a good time with it (we weren't expecting Oscar-nominated performances going in). Not the best movie out there, but it's certainly not the worst either. I liked it much better than either "Hoodwinked" or "Over the Hedge".

The French Resistance mice are funny. The training scenes are funny (most of them are in the trailers / previews). They COULD have done more with it though.

I had built-in interest in the movie though. "Animal corps" stories are very cool to me, and I'm a World War 2 buff.