Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius
Added 6/21/2009
Jimmy is challenged to use his big brain to solve problems; a good role lession for kids. Jimmy also seems to have unlimited engineering and manufacturing resources creating stuff out of ... nothing. This is where complete fantasy takes over and much of what is portrayed is simply bad science. Kids in space ships with open cockpits and no space suits, for example, does not add to any understanding of space for even the youngest kids. Neuton is simply cartoon entertainment with good animations with only one take home message that it is cool to be smart.
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I have this movie on VHS and DVD!!
Added 9/3/2008
I saw this movie with my old friend during my sophomore year in high school. My older sister bought me this movie on VHS when my cat Flower died the week before I started my junior year in high school. My older sister got the movie on dvd my last birthday to watch in my room.
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Way, Way Sub Par
Added 6/30/2008
In my opinion, the true mark of a good children movie is one that can entertain and speak to children and adults at different levels. This is a movie children will enjoy but not likely grow into discovering grown-up jokes or a more sophisticated understanding of its theme as they mature. It is very much a vapid story within a framework so arbitrary that anything can happen. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius it's not so much a children movie as it is a children's movie.
I saw this with my daughter when it was first released in theaters and two minutes into it I realized there was just no comparison between it and anything from Pixar or Dreamworks. Prior to the theatrical release Nickelodeon had for months played a number of JN sketches and some were quite funny, but they were all so disjointed I realized after a while they couldn't all possibly be in the movie. And they weren't! This movie was just an attempt to capitalize and promote a show that was going to be on TV.
The voice talents are excellent and the animation is good. The characters themselves are funny (especially the dad and Sheen) and stand out from one another, unlike other shows in which several characters seem to speak with the same voice, both physical and from script. Yet the story line is halting and, even for a kid show, inconsistent, i.e. Jimmy travels around the world (before breakfast) in a rocket he made which is faster than military planes but his family is still middle class and makes no money off his super talent/He is a genius but still attends the same class as non-genius -and downright loopy- kids/He travels through space without a space suit, etc. Fantasy is not the issue, but there has to be consistency within the fantasy; there are "rules" even in the most fantastic children fantasy universe that keep the story concordant with itself and not, like in JN, flying off the handle and going wherever it wants to. You'd never see a story so loose from Pixar or Dreamworks.
Eventually, Jimmy Neutron TV episodes went on to be refreshingly original and unusual for a children show (open endings/bad guys winning) but this movie was a letdown, it surprises me the mostly good reviews it has gotten. Whereas I'm just as excited -if not more- than my daughter about whatever new CGI movie is released, with JN I kept glancing at my watch and mentally balancing my check book.
There are worse children movies you can buy, but there are not many of them.
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Science Geeks Unite
Added 6/17/2008
It was a great movie for me(oh yeah, and my kids). It brought back lots of memories of wanting to be a space explorer. Plenty of fun stuff and action!
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A great family movie!
Added 7/29/2007
I thought that this movie was a great one to watch any day. It is about a genious boy who I think is in the 5th grade. His parents are abducted by aliens, so Jimmy and his friends go to save them. It is a very lighthearted punchline. I think it is great for kids- and adults alike- who enjoy funny, funny films!
Also, try the TV show!
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Jimmy Neutron - Boy Genius
Added 6/21/2009
Jimmy is challenged to use his big brain to solve problems; a good role lession for kids. Jimmy also seems to have unlimited engineering and manufacturing resources creating stuff out of ... nothing. This is where complete fantasy takes over and much of what is portrayed is simply bad science. Kids in space ships with open cockpits and no space suits, for example, does not add to any understanding of space for even the youngest kids. Neuton is simply cartoon entertainment with good animations with only one take home message that it is cool to be smart.
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I have this movie on VHS and DVD!!
Added 9/3/2008
I saw this movie with my old friend during my sophomore year in high school. My older sister bought me this movie on VHS when my cat Flower died the week before I started my junior year in high school. My older sister got the movie on dvd my last birthday to watch in my room.
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Way, Way Sub Par
Added 6/30/2008
In my opinion, the true mark of a good children movie is one that can entertain and speak to children and adults at different levels. This is a movie children will enjoy but not likely grow into discovering grown-up jokes or a more sophisticated understanding of its theme as they mature. It is very much a vapid story within a framework so arbitrary that anything can happen. Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius it's not so much a children movie as it is a children's movie.
I saw this with my daughter when it was first released in theaters and two minutes into it I realized there was just no comparison between it and anything from Pixar or Dreamworks. Prior to the theatrical release Nickelodeon had for months played a number of JN sketches and some were quite funny, but they were all so disjointed I realized after a while they couldn't all possibly be in the movie. And they weren't! This movie was just an attempt to capitalize and promote a show that was going to be on TV.
The voice talents are excellent and the animation is good. The characters themselves are funny (especially the dad and Sheen) and stand out from one another, unlike other shows in which several characters seem to speak with the same voice, both physical and from script. Yet the story line is halting and, even for a kid show, inconsistent, i.e. Jimmy travels around the world (before breakfast) in a rocket he made which is faster than military planes but his family is still middle class and makes no money off his super talent/He is a genius but still attends the same class as non-genius -and downright loopy- kids/He travels through space without a space suit, etc. Fantasy is not the issue, but there has to be consistency within the fantasy; there are "rules" even in the most fantastic children fantasy universe that keep the story concordant with itself and not, like in JN, flying off the handle and going wherever it wants to. You'd never see a story so loose from Pixar or Dreamworks.
Eventually, Jimmy Neutron TV episodes went on to be refreshingly original and unusual for a children show (open endings/bad guys winning) but this movie was a letdown, it surprises me the mostly good reviews it has gotten. Whereas I'm just as excited -if not more- than my daughter about whatever new CGI movie is released, with JN I kept glancing at my watch and mentally balancing my check book.
There are worse children movies you can buy, but there are not many of them.
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