I love it. This movie is the best for me but in my first time that I see the picture's movie I think the cat will be main character in story.
... View MoreWhen I started watching this movie, for the first few minutes I thought this was just going to be another modern 3D animation, falling into non- sophisticated family drama and dry but OK comedy, but Home truly amazed me.Because the way it makes you feel, is special and unique. The feeling started since the beginning of their advantage(Tip and OH) with soundtracks played in their bubble-flashy flying car, I noticed people blaming there were too many songs of Rihanna's, but I didn't notice and did not care.It's like swimming in a colorful pool and you can see rainbows while feeling potentially being suffocated but not really. The adventure was not intense at all, but with the special background music it makes me feel like the movie makers were intentionally making it this way and it's really special and unique, in a great way.The movie is not just for children, actually I tend to think there was something in Home that's only for adults to taste and understand, family, bravery, love...But beyond that, the loneliness of being an outcast in a social environment being eliminated by those who care about you, and henceforth the thing they give you which you would cherish forever----hope. And then, you get to feel the warmth, the "temperature", the HOME.Indeed, why isn't it called Planet Earth or A Friendship Between Me And A Poov? Because, there's something worthy of your thinking, and it's what's called home.The only drawback I think is the length of the movie is a little short, it feels like the makers were trying to condense it, so sometimes I feel the inconsistencies between several subsplots at the end, but the feeling did not fade away. Overall, I give it 9 out of 10.
... View MoreYes there are spoilers here. There are always spoilers here.It's a shame when you see a trailer and realize that everything you're seeing is the best of the movie. Sometimes you can't see that until you actually watch the movie, and sometimes you already know that what you see is all you're going to get.In the case of HOME, you get neither.Oh is an alien who is oblivious to Everything. He's part of the Boov race, a race of aliens that have decided to move in and take over Earth because They're universal cowards, running from a much more advanced adversary that is desperately trying to destroy them For some reason. Although, to be fair, considering how annoyingly stupid they are, there could be any number of reasons— I'm digressing.The good in this movie is Jim Parsons. His voice acting and comedic timing are spot on, so watching Oh prance about and speak his one-liners is actually pretty enjoyable.The bad is the part where you realize, if you are like me, that your suspension of disbelief gets shot out the window when you notice that Rihanna is not only voicing Tip, who seems likable enough, but is also promoting her music. The scene in the (flying) car when she turns on (her own) music suddenly made me realize that Rihanna was doing Tip's voice.And promoting the soundtrack.This is not a good thing for a movie that barely had my attention in the first place. It destroyed the flow of the movie, and made me cringe as I watched the scene. See, suspension of disbelief is the very CORE of all visual art. What you see on the screen is fake, it's artificial, it's made up in such a way as to sweep you along for a ride that your brain, if it was looking at it from the outside, knows that it cannot be real. But we surrender it to fall into the story, to embrace the colors and the characters, to trick our brains into buying something that is, essentially, a collaboration of illusions.Done correctly, you buy it in WEIRD SCIENCE when Gary and Wyatt create Lisa with their puny 1980s computer software, because you WANT to.Shoving Rihanna's music in your face while Rihanna is driving the car makes you realize you're watching a fake light show. And worse, if you're like me, it makes you feel like you're watching a commercial.Nobody likes commercials. Nobody.What could have been awesome is the plot of the movie itself. The setup was strangely sinister, considering the soft, plushy Boov and their less-than sinister appearance. Relocating Earth's population and taking everything over without asking was a strange kind of surprise that had me intrigued. Tip's part in bumping into the oblivious Oh worked for me, as well. I cringed slightly at some parts, like the redesign of the car with Seven-Eleven fountain-works that of course made zero sense, but I swallowed it because of the type of movie I was watching. Rihanna's music ruined the flow of the movie, but I liked where it went after that, and I even liked the final delivery at the end.What was nauseating was Rihanna's music. She's always been, how shall I say, fond of sexuality, and to hear her music played in kid's movies wears a little on me. Even "Shut Up and Drive" in WRECK-IT RALPH had me cringing a bit, especially if you pay attention to the lyrics. Rihanna is the car, and she wants you to drive her. And she wants you to shut up while you do it. So to hear her music here, especially HOW it was done, was horrible.By itself, I have no problem with Rihanna. Or her taste in music. I just don't think it fit here. Or in any kid's movie, to be honest.Like THE BOOK OF ELI, this movie is a pile of wasted potential. It could have been magnificent, grandiose even. It was a pale, Seven-Eleven soft drink, wrapped in bright colors and filled with sugar to make you laugh.Until you realize you drink it too fast, and get a headache for your trouble.
... View MoreRihanna, sorry – I mean Home, is a story of likable aliens who invade earth in order to hide from evil aliens. They relocate the entire human population to Australia, rehousing them in camps. (geographically impossible I know, but it's a kids film so just go with it). Oh (which is the name of the main Alien) has a reputation for being clumsy and stupid, he is ignored by his peers and when he makes a catastrophic error on earth, he goes on the run! Here, he bumps into Rihanna – sorry, Tip! Her name is Tip, not Rihanna. She is a teenage girl who has been left alone with her cat in the alien community as her mum got relocated to Australia. The pair bump into each other and partake on a worldwide road trip in a flying car to find her mother and also keep Oh from being discovered by his own kind.As is the case with most Animated movies, the story is simple and the humour is predominantly child orientated with some subtle adult references. The messages are less subtle but well intended all the same. It isn't a bad movie, I enjoyed myself while watching it I just didn't see it as anything special.It looks visually great with lots of vibrant colour and impressive settings. The main character 'Oh' is extremely likable, he's cute for the kids and also surprisingly witty for the older viewers. He changed colours on dependent on his mood, pulls some funny facial expressions and made me laugh many times. The story line is simple yet has enough about it to stand up for an hour and a half. Also, the overall message is a good one, mistakes are going to be made, by everyone, and that isn't necessarily a bad thing it's just a part of being human. As with nearly all kids movies, friendship, loyalty and courage are all at the forefront of this movie, despite that being very overdone, it does fit well with Home.Rihanna/Tip/Rihanna. The kid looks like what I would imagine a young Rihanna would look like, she's would by Rihanna and it is distinctly annoying how recognisable this is – she's screechy and unbearably annoying at times. The soundtrack is essentially a Rihanna CD, every opportunity possible we are forced to listen to one of her songs, often with the Rihanna character twerking with her pet cat – it got tiring. There were 5 Rihanna songs in this movie, say what you like, but you cannot argue that that is ludicrously excessive. I imagine they approached Rihanna to voice the role, to which she agreed but upon the conditions that the character must look like her and the entire soundtrack must be recorded by her. God knows why they agreed to this, but I doubt Rihanna minds, she must have made a fortune starring in her own personalised movie.Overall, Home is a pleasant enough kids movie, it doesn't have the wow factor I have gotten from other animated movies (Shrek, Ice Age, Pixar movies) but it does its job well enough and it was better than I expected. If you aren't as irritated as I am by the Rihanna love-in, you could well enjoy the movie more than I did.6/10
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