Do computer games make good films? What happens when an island full of happy-go-lucky birds fall foul/fowl of duplicitous green pigs?On a small island with a huge eagle-shaped mountain in its centre lives a group of birds, going about their anthropomorphic business. Red spends most of his time being rather cross, but most of the other birds are fairly equable. Into their lives comes a boatful of green pigs, all hail-fellow-well-met on the surface, but actually bent on a nefarious, nay, despicable plan.Angry Birds is, I am told, a popular computer game for mobile phones and the like. I confess I have never played it, so I approached this CGI feature without any prejudgement other than the trailer, which I found quite amusing. So what can I tell you?It has a decent plot - simple, of course (as kids are a big part of the intended audience), but with some genuine suspense and jeopardy in it. Lives are at stake here! And there is some genuine emotion, too: it wouldn't be unreasonable for your eyes to start watering a bit here and there. It is very bright and colourful with pleasing animation, in terms of both design and execution, albeit possibly a little over-kinetic in places. I initially thought the character design was rather basic, but it actually fits each character well and, of course, reflects the game. Voices also match the characters well, and the voice actors, being seasoned pros one and all, invest their characters with genuine personality (it's amazing how much difference a good voice cast can make in an animated film). Crucially, Red is a very likeable character despite being angry, which is a point of some importance given that he is the protagonist.The last two CGI films I've seen have both disappointed me, so it is pleasing to report that this one didn't. And I should also report that it is very funny. It is crammed chock full of gags: sight gags, character gags, verbal gags, action gags, and they nearly all work. There is occasional toilet humour - you're probably not to worried about that given where you are reading this, but there are those who may object to their children being exposed to (for instance) the first Eagle gag which had tears streaming down my face. But then, I am very infantile in my appreciation of humour. If you're taking your kids, they'll find it a funny film, and you will enjoy sitting there picking up the references which skate over their heads (there's one from Kubrick's The Shining, for instance).The 3D has its moments, but is fairly non-essential.This is a strong 9 out of 10, maybe even a full 10 if the wind is in the right direction. And I'm not eggs-agerating.

I wanted to see this film since I first saw the trailer however never got around to it till it went on Netflix and found that I loved it! It has comedy for both adults and children and made me laugh which was a great surprise to myself. Highly recommend giving this a watch

The only reason I decided to watch this movie was out of curiosity. How did they make a movie out of such a simplistic phone app? Luckily it was available on Netflix. You can always count on Netflix to have just the greatest content. Plot - This movie is mostly filler. There are a few poorly executed subplots in this thing. Hard to tell which one is supposed to be the main one. The script is very bad. This movie is mainly just a collection of references and rip-offs of better and more entertaining movies. Like X-Men and The Shining. Characters - They're all poorly written and annoying. Most of them are morons. Enough said. Animation - The animation isn't very good. Its not terrible though. There are some odd choices that were made. All the trees have scales for some reason.PG? - This movie is full of sexual innuendos. There's also a lot of adult references. I'm not sure that this movie is appropriate for children. There is a scene where a bird pees for over a minute (I'm not even exaggerating - the bird pees for like over a minute into a lake for some reason). Its very gross and unnecessary. There is also an attempted suicide that's mostly glossed over. Comedy - This movie isn't funny. I guess the idea that someone thought that this movie would be a good idea is funny, and some stuff is so cringy that its funny, but there aren't a lot of legitimate laughs you're likely to get. Some of the set ups are so instantly stupid and nonsensical that I had to laugh. The jokes themselves don't worth though. This movie is dumb and not worth watching.

It's actually more than one bird. Although if you know the game, you do know the Eagle. But let's leave him out of this for the review (no pun intended). And I have to admit, I was surprised when I watched it. It is pretty coherent, it makes sense, it has a story and it is funny, which is way more than I expected.Am I surprised this is considered for an Oscar? I am a little. But then again I just read a topic by someone comparing the movie to ISIS and Angela Merkel. I almost lost my train of thought, when I just read the subject line. And I was tempted to read the thing, but I reckon I have better things to do with my time. Like write a review about this movie ;o) All kidding aside, this may be predictable, but also a lot of fun. The voice talent at hand is also spot on