Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
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Movie Reviews of Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Movie Review: Honey, I Finally Launched on DVD
Summary: 5 Stars
INTRODUCTIONIn summer 1989, this worldly-weird movie bursted onto the screen by Disney, with the audience expecting another blockbuster hit like the previous summer's "Who Framed Roger Rabbit". Include that with the rave reviews recieved, the great idea and Rick Moranis (very big at the time), and the audience flocked to the theaters announcing "1 for Honey, I Shrunk the Kids". Yet, people used to mix it up like, "I Shrunk the Kids" or "Honey, I Shrunk" or even (I heard this one myself) "Honey Shrunk Kids". Soon enough, "Honey, I..." was a household phrase. Just because of this movie. What was so good and wonderful, and yet quirky and weird about this movie? Read on...
MOVIE
...continuing on, here's a brief, yet spefic description: When a baseball from the neighbor kid enables Wayne Syzlinski's shrinking machine to work, Amy and Nick Syzlinski and with the neighbor kids. To the kid's unfortune luck, they are stuck in the rear of the backyard, and need to walk about five miles (which is actually not that long, it will only take you about three hours, but it is a backyard full of dangers) to get back home. Throughout, romance blossoms between Russel and Amy, they ride bees (at the time, the response was the same as the door vault scene in 2001's Monsters Inc: Make a Disney ride out of it!), avoid huge water droplets from sprinklers, dangerous scorpions and huge forgotton toys, and don't forget the horrible world under the grass (which A Bug's Life gave us a second helping of nine years later).
REVIEW OF MOVIE
This movie has got to be the greatest display of how trippy the live-action movies of the late 80s were. Watch the first 30 minutes, complete with a completely-80s animated opening sequence (which gave a first look into computer graphics and hand-drawn animation combined). But, later, the very quirky mad scientist score and trippy idea gets on you...until the scorpion and Russel kissing Amy...it gets pretty trippy again. Just until the kids almost get eaten (yes, the Cherrios-ad scene) the movie's a weird experience. If you happen to take a trip to Disney/MGM Studios at Walt Disney World, the HISTK playground gives you exactly what this movie was like. But, this movie is wonderful, a great experience for all...
Movie Review: A Grand Adventure Of Miniscule Proportions
Summary: 5 Stars
Have you ever just wanted to watch a fun, humerous, adventurous film that literally the entire family can emjoy? Well, you've come to the right movie!
For a basic plot summary, "Honey, I Shrunk The Kids" begins with eccentric inventor Way Selinsky (Rick Moranis) crafting a machine to shrink objects to miniscule proportions. After an unfortunate baseball-through-the-window accident, the two Selinsky children (and two neighbor pals) are shrunk down and thrown out with the trash. The rest of the film focuss on their quest back home through a grass jungle, swarms of bees, giant ants, and teh dreaded lawnmower.
There are few movies that can be enjoyed by both old and young simultaneously. Usually, the jokes either use childish situations as a conduit to adult humor, or pander to the kiddies with enough syrupy sap to make adults nearly wretch. Fortunately, this film succeeds in both areas. The characters and drama are children fare, but the crazy adventures and touch of heart are enough to keep seasoned viewers tuned in for the duration.
Is this little adventure flick an all-time family classic? Not necessarily...I don't know if anything starring Moranis truly can be. What it is, however, is a fun, quirky, 93-minutes filled with laughs, thrills, and even a bit of emotion thrown in. Avoid the sub-par sequels, but at least give this one a look for its originality and spectacle.
Movie Review: total classic
Summary: 5 Stars
Honey, I Shrunk the Kids is one of the best comedy films of all time. It was very interesting when it came out because, as a child, I was amazed to think that if you were the size of an ant, it would be a LONG journey from the back of the yard ALL the way to the house. Just the fact that you'd have plenty of obstacles to avoid would make it all the more challenging and adventurous.
That's exactly what happens in the film- the tiny kids have to walk through tall grass and other objects just to make it back to the house. It's awesome. This was also a pretty groundbreaking film when it came out because of all the hard work that went into making the story believable. I love this movie.
Movie Review: Very Cute Movie! What's The Correct Aspect Ratio? Widescreen Or Fullscreen?
Summary: 5 Stars
I watched the movie Honey I Shrunk the Kids and I really liked it. This is a really cute movie and the special effects are really good and I like the entire cast, Rick Moranis, Marcia Strassman, Kristine Sutherland, etc, and I would like to buy this movie on DVD but I'm hesitent to buy it because of it being fullscreen nad not widescreen. Is fullscreen the correct aspect ratio or is it a pan and scan edit of a widescreen movie? if this movie was filmed in fullsreen that would be acceptable but if the correct ratio is widescreen than that's what I want. I would even be okay with one of those double sided DVD's where widescreen is on one side and fullscreen on the other side.Movie Review: Honey, I Shrunk the Kids
Summary: 5 Stars
Wayne Szalinski is a crazy scientist who invents a miniaturizing machine that is so powerful it only blows things up. When the kid next door hits a baseball through the window and it lands in the path of the machine's laser, it begins working. Wayne's two kids plus the two kids next door end up becoming tiny. Wayne accidentally sweeps them up and puts them out with the garbage, so the kids then have to travel through the thick grass back to the house, while braving giant bugs, sprinklers and a lawn mower. This is a fun movie for the entire family. Well, of course, it's ridiculous but the kids will love it and you can laugh right along with them.