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[leave for no raisin]

I hate them.  They are doing the opposite of what they are designed to do.  When I first saw the trailer for Bee Movie, I planned on seeing it eventually (probably on DVD) since I am into the whole animated movie scene.

However, now that I have been bombarded with the painfully unfunny "Bee Movie TV Juniors" for the past few weeks every time I am just trying to chill and watch Heroes or The Office, I never, ever, ever want to see it.  Ever.

Anyone else with me on this?

[Liz]

Well, I never planned to see it in the first place. Also I never watch NBC (oh no!), so the painfully unfunny would have no effect on me.

[leave for no raisin]

That's probably a good plan.  I haven't watched network television in years, but now there are shows on that I actually care about.  I sometimes wonder if it wouldn't be better if I just waited it out for the DVDs.

[Liz]

Oh, I watch TV, don't get me wrong. But all the shows I like on network TV are on ABC and CBS, and I haven't seen large quantities of Bee Movie stuff on either of them.

[KvP]

Almost ruined the first episode of 30 Rock this season, but they sort of made fun of it in the last episode, in a roundabout way (the Followship award given for product integration)

Maybe Seinfeld has a lot of his own money sunk into this thing? It's really just being thrown out there and they're failing miserably to attract any sort of positive attention, but I don't think that's the point. The point is to pound it into parents' heads that this is a movie to drag their kids to. These days people will feel obligated to see any "event" movie even if they know it's going to be dismal (Fantastic Four 2) and the overload of commercials seem to be for making the movie look unavoidable.

That doesn't excuse it, though. I hope it bombs. Save your cash for WALL-E.

[Blue Kitty]

I have a problem with the commercials as well, though I never actually thought Seinfeld was funny

I kind of want to see the movie, but at the same time I do not want to see it.  quite the conundrum

[Johnny C]

Screw you guys, I think it looks funny as hell.

"So you'll work us to death?"
"We'll try!"

[bryanthelion]

His voice burns my throat..

[Lines]

I think some of them are funny. The one with all the rooms made me giggle. But half the time I'm not in the room on commercial breaks or they get fast forwarded because I have to tape Heroes and whatnot, so I haven't seen any that make me cringe so far.

[TheFuriousWombat]

Is it just me or is the animation in this movie (based upon the trailers) truly painful to look at? After 'Ratatouille,' which had really excellent animation, it's a shame to see the sickly shininess and overglossed animation of this one.

[leave for no raisin]

Yeah, you're right.  In my opinion, Pixar is far superior to DreamWorks.

[StaedlerMars]

Dreamworks is responsible for Shrek.
they are therefore better than pixar.

I kind of want to see this movie. I like Seinfeld.

[Lines]

Dreamworks has Shrek 1, 2, and 3. Pixar has Toy Story 1 and 2, The Incredibles, Finding Nemo, Cars, Ratatouille (sp?), and Monsters Inc. Though I enjoyed Shrek 1 and 2 (didn't see 3), Pixar is faaaaar superior. And then there's this little gem. Not saying that Bee Movie will be bad, but I don't expect it to surpass a Pixar movie.

[leave for no raisin]

Shrek is great, but DreamWorks would have to make like 5 or 6 more Shrek-calibur movies in order to stand up to Pixar.

[Johnny C]

Yeah except Dreamworks probably reads that as "5 or 6 more Shrek movies."

[Blue Kitty]

I have always seen the Dreamworks 3D movies as shit and Pixar near gold status, with the only exception being Shrek.

[StaedlerMars]

there's a "puss in boots: the story of an ogre killer" coming out in the future.

I guess pixar does have more good movies to its name. Ratatouille was brilliant.

[Valrus]

Shrek 1 was ok. Shrek 2 was slightly better than poop. Didn't see Shrek 3. Conclusion: DreamWorks <<< Pixar.

[muteKi]

DreamWorks seems to try to ride on the coattails of Pixar with their movie concepts (Antz, Shark Tale) and then fail to create a charming atmosphere like Pixar does; instead of trying to make humor that appeals to large groups of people they instead try to create sets of jokes intended for adults, and sets for children, which makes them seem to have more "layers of depth" than a Pixar film... like an onion.

I don't go to the theaters or get a DVD to see an onion. I want to see an interesting film.

Dreamwork's biggest success in animation is working with Aardman in stuff like the Wallace and Gromet movies and Chicken Run, and technically that means they're only distributing them.