A good movie

This movie is definitely a childhood favorite. Indeed, I saw it in the theater when it was released, I must have been 10 years old, and I really loved the damned thing at the time. Back then, when there was no CGI, I thought it looked really awesome and the story was really exciting for my young age. Of course, the plot was not really impressive but it was never supposed to be since it was definitely oriented towards a young audience. After all these years, I have to admit that it does look a little bit cheesy for nowadays standards but I still think the whole thing still look decent even 20 years later. Obviously, since it was a box-office success, they had to come up with a sequel. Eventually, I watched this sequel many years later and it was just terribly underwhelming. Concerning Joe Johnston, it was a solid directing debut and even though he never became a major director, he has managed to build up a decent career focusing mostly on blockusters (‘Jumanji’, ‘Jurassic Park III’, ‘The Wolfman’, ‘Captain America: The First Avenger’). To conclude, even though the whole plot is a little too simple for the adults, I think it is an awesome flick for young kids and I feel a lot of nostalgia when I think about this movie.

7/10