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I enjoy the Madagascar flicks. Like the Shrek movies, each subsequent installation lacks s little bit more, but you come to expect a certain amount of fun from the series when a new one comes out.

Madly Madagascar isn't a movie. It's 4 short stories the first and last of which are the Madagascar gang, the 2nd from Over the Hedge and the 3rd which just seems to be a random animated short with a bird and a businessman (although winds up being the best of all of them).

Since the character developments can't go anywhere in 20 minutes per story for the Madagascar group, this flick scores lower than it could have.

Worth a watch if you have kids, but if you're checking to see what happens next with any of the characters, don't bother.

I think she's great in her own element but I knew from the trailer that Bridget Moynahan didn't belong in this movie as indicated by the above quote. All in all this film could have been better. One of the facets that made Independence Day great was the level of planning and knowledge that the viewer was granted through following characters at the pinnacle of the American government and military. Unfortunately films like Skyline and Battle LA enjoy the uninformed characters instead that fumble along until the plot decides to actually do something.

The last fifth of the movie were pretty good but the setup needed more work and the middle 60% just wasn't necessary (fluff) and didn't contribute anything to the plot. It was like a cliché horror movie where you guess which character dies off next all the while being supported by shallow dialogue that's supposed to be meaningful just because the actors are yelling their lines. Is that how inexperienced military personal would speak in a similar situation? Possibly. Does it make a good movie? No.

Worth a watch but only a tad bit above average for me. 6/10