A silly fun comedy should always be welcome no matter how bad it may appeal to some folks who expect a Lion King every time they view an animated movie. Same situation happened with Turbo, which had mixed reviews and I liked that one too. In some ways, this reminded me of Chicken Run which had another animated style. Owen Wilson's turkey hooked me instantly because in many ways his approach was like Lighting McQueen with his cynical point of view, and his startling scenes of yelps. This character actually overshadows everyone else except STEVE, the time traveling machine pod who has got to be every geeks wanna have list. Very functional, and very streamlined. Completely voiced by Star Trek familiar. I will give this feature a C+ because it had promising results and some of the jokes fell through such as the female's turkey eye occasionally coming jarred loose and having to breath inward to reset, never really worked. To me, I think the bigger turkey would have been funnier had Sylvester Stallone did the voice, and probably would have been more endearing, but Owen nailed his part, and I really did like his character a lot. I would actually consider to buy an illustrated book. As far as the evil type pilgrims, in my head I don't think they were in a position to be evil at this point as they were much too busy trying to learn how to survive than have reckless behavior, the space just didn't seem to be there to be this type of spoiled brattiness. However, to animals who are game for food and what not, people always appear evil, so I will take it from their point of view under circumstances. There was nothing wrong with the animation style, just delivery and possibly a crisper script to deliver much needed laughs to break up the nonsense of a tale. The pod of time travel transport was stylish, and I thought one of the most valuable things of this kid's comedy. But Owen's turkey deserves a better chance at a better movie, although this was one heck of a good try.
Review of Free Birds
