Shark-Jumping Veggies...
The intelligent humor of the first several years of Veggie Tales has been all but left behind in "MacLarry & the Stinky Cheese Battle". Part of what made Veggie Tales a success was their ability to appeal not just to young children, but to the college students working in bible book stores across the country. Engaging stories, well-written dialogue and Scriptural truth combined with genuinely funny humor led to twentysomethings being the second-largest consumers of Veggie Tales. That creativity and humor was next to killed in "The Easter Story", and is effectively buried in MacLarry.
MacLarry & The Stinky Cheese Battle seems remarkably similar to what Phil Vischer mentioned as a problem dealing with "Jonah": Attempting to cram in too much stuff in far too little time...only this time, there was no two-hour movie possibility to allow time for development. The jokes fall flat, the rushed delivery style makes everything seem irrelevant, and young kids will have a tough time...
Another Veggie hit!
You'd think they would eventually run out of ideas, but for some reason they just keep giving us great family movies time and time again. It's shorter than the others previously released. This DVD only has one show where some of them have an additional short show. However, the characters are good, and teaches a good lesson of being okay with who you are. So much better than anything on tv.
Pretty good
I have done A LOT of Veggie Tales reviews through the years. Our family has EVERY Veggie Tales ever released as well as books, toys (oh, so many toys) and so much more. If you are a fan, you are going to want this in your collection. While it is by far not the worst Veggie Tale video they have made it is not the best either; definitely not in the top ten. It has a great story line & some really great gags for kids & adults. It just kind of fell flat; honestly, the music (especially the silly song) just wasn't up to Veggie Tale standards. It was nice to see Bob in a more prominent role. (he's my favorite veggie)
If you are a huge Veggie fan, you will be glad to get this one. If you are not or new to the Veggie world, look elsewhere.
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