Rock-A-Doodle is a movie, in that it was recorded on film and has people performing various roles. I watched this film for the first time on Saturday, and I can say with certainty that I never need to watch it again. It opens with telling us that the Rooster guy, named Chanticleer, who is such a great guy that the whole farm adores him. The farm loves him so much because they think his crowing in the morning is directly responsible for the sun rising. One day the dickbag Duke of Owls decides that he wants to be an even larger asshole than ever before and he tries to have Chanty killed. that doesn't work but it is revealed to everyone in the farm that the sun rises on its own every day regardless of Chanty's crowing. So the farm animals laugh him out of the farm. Then the live action segment begins. we are introduced to the protagonist of the story, some kid that has a really annoying voice. This kid is an example of why child actors suck ass. anyway this kids family also has a farm and they are currently dealing with heavy floods. The kid decides to use his latent magical abilities to try to summon Chanty to help save the Farm, but he summons The Duke on accident. The Duke also has magic powers so he turns the kid into a cat. Now a cat, the kid enlists the help of a dumb dog, a misogynist magpie, and a pretty smart mouse. They all start heading to The City, with the hope of finding Chanty. After a really long and nonsensical journey, they find Chanty. Unfortunately for them, Chanty is actually pretty happy. He has fame, money, and a girlfriend that he genuinely cares about. By this point in the story, it seems to me that The Duke did Chanty a favor when he got him run off the farm, but this is a kids movie so the dark owl guy has to be a villain. Anyway, after some shenanigans they "rescue" Chanty and make their way back to the farm for the climax. The Duke uses his magic to start a tornado but then Chanty awakens his latent abilities and uses his magic powers to save the day. Then the kid wakes up and it turns out the whole thing was a dream. Except the part where the animals all come back for a musical number like the ending of Labyrinth. In closing, I have more questions than answers, such as: why the hell is everyone have magic powers? Really, if the movie told me the reason for that I would be, well, not happy, but less angry, maybe.
Requested by Chirstopher
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