Ashwin Haldipur
Deccan Herald
The Good Dinosaur
2015 · Deccan Herald · Dec 2015
What exactly was Pixar's plan? Make a flick similar to How To Train Your Dragon by substituting a dino for a dragon. The Good Dinosaur is predictable and for a change, shows T-rex in good light. It is strange that as long as Pixar's films were set in the present (Toy Story, Cars, Up) or the future (Wall-E, The Incredibles), they were ground-breakers. No luck with the past though (Brave and The Good Dinosaur).
Penguins of Madagascar
2014 · Deccan Herald · Nov 2014
While the plot isn't anything extraordinary, the penguins are seriously funny, as are Skipper's puns when commanding his team. Not to be missed are the cute mockumentary by German director Werner Herzog in the opening scene, which is a parody from March of The Penguins, and the mid-air crisis as the penguins wake up on plane.