Review of The Emperor's New Groove - The Ultimate Groove
The Emperor's New Groove - The Ultimate Groove was an incredible movie! Both John Goodman and Eartha Kitt were amazing! The great cast includes John Goodman, Eartha Kitt, Wendie Malick, David Spade, Patrick Warburton. If you love watching John Goodman or Eartha Kitt, you are deffinetly going to want to watch The Emperor's New Groove - The Ultimate Groove.
Originally developed as an epic called Kingdom of the Sun, The Emperor's New Groove lost scale and most of Sting's song score (some of which can be heard on the soundtrack) on its way to the screen. The end result is the lightest Disney film in many a moon, a joyous romp akin to Aladdin in its quotient of laughs for kids and adults. The original story centers on the spoiled teenage emperor Kuzco (David Spade), who enjoys getting the best of his Aztecan subjects. When he fires Yzma (Eartha Kitt), his evil sorceress, she seeks revenge and turns Kuzco into a llama with the help of her hunk of the month, a lunk named Kronk (Patrick Warburton). Alone in the jungle, the talking llama is befriended by Pacha (John Goodman), who has just been told to vacate his pastoral home by the human Kuzco. What's an ego to do? That's pretty much the story and the characters--simple, direct, fun--a Disney film on a diet. For any fan of the acidic humor of Spade, this is essential viewing. As narrator of his tale, Kuzco uses a sarcastic tone to keep the story jumping with plenty of fun asides (he even "stops" the film at one point to make sure you know the story is about him). Even better is character actor Warburton (Elaine's stuck-up boyfriend on Seinfeld), who steals every scene as the dim-witted, but oh-so-likable Kronk. There's even a delicious Tom Jones number that starts the film off with a bang. --Doug Thomas
The Promise was an incredible movie! Both Carmen Maura and Ana Fernndez were amazing! The great cast includes Carmen Maura, Ana Fernndez, Juan Margallo, Santiago Barn, Evaristo Calvo. If you love watching Carmen Maura or Ana Fernndez, you are deffinetly going to want to watch The Promise.
Carmen Maura, the premiere leading lady of the Spanish screen, has a field day with her role of a runaway housewife who hears murderous voices in this riveting psychological thriller. A tired marriage, the lack of affection of an insensible and aggressive husband, no children and fanatical religious practices are the pillars that maintain the tormented life of Gregoria (Carmen Maura, Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown). One day a housepainter drops dead at her doorstep, but before his fatal moments, he lifts Gregoria's spirits with a new hope and destiny by telling her of an idyllic village.