The Vertical Limit

Procrastinator Junior an' meself went to see "Hoodwinked," brilliant film, that. The animation was a little low-fi and the shading was extremely mediocre, but you get used to it because the writing was excellent and the jokes kept coming. Anne Hathaway, Glen Close and David Ogden Stiers (channeling Kenneth Branagh) were all outstanding. Andy Dick nearly stole the entire movie and Jim Belushi was actually funny on purpose.

It's a Rashômon-thing that any adult will be able to figure out within the first ten minutes, but I can accept that because you want a mystery that every kid in the audience will get and they had to keep the red herrings to a minimum. Definitely one of the best non-Pixar, non-Miyazaki, non-Wallace & Grommit animated films that I've seen in awhile. And yes, my nose managed to stay popcorn free unlike the last time...

http://writeprocrastinator.blogspot.com/2005/11/disney-give-pixar-what-they-want.html

The one improvement of today's multi-plexes over the theaters of old is the fact that the front row seats no longer give you the same neck strain. The show was over-sold and we were lucky that I bought the tickets ahead of time on Fandango or we would've been begging each row to scoot over like two dozen other people were forced to do. Still, we were stuck in the second row and the improved viewing angle meant just a smidgen of neck strain.