But as it currently stands, people like Ashley Judd, Jack Black, and Jonathan Rhys Meyers all have major roles in movies where kids are constantly being trapped in mazes or love triangles with vampires that sparkle like diamonds because someone has to play the father figure or spiritual guide in these wastes of time and space. I won’t lie, some of them are actually mildly entertaining but for the most part I just find myself flipping through the Fappening hoping to find some dirty little photos of the young stars.
Thankfully Jack Black didn’t pop up on the Fappening but he does have a starring role in the latest Young Adult movie Goosebumps. I’m not his biggest fan of his but his personality is actually perfect for the reclusive oddball R.L. Stine.
Stine is the author behind all the ridiculously popular Goosebumps books and his work is widely considered to be some of the best in the industry. But what no one seems to know about him is that the all of the creepy characters he’s created over the years can actually come to life if you open up one of his original manuscripts. Well one day Stine’s new neighbor Zach (Dylan Minnette), finds out this dirty little secret of his after he decides to sneak into his home in an attempt to save his daughter Hannah from apparent harm. But as he does, he unwittingly opens up a book and unleashes the Abominable Snowman.
Once that happens, the book that contains Slappy is also opened and all hell breaks loose on the otherwise sleepy town of Madison, Delaware. Slappy has plans of unleashing all of Stine’s characters to not only terrorize the local community but to also punish Stine for locking them up for all of those years. So now Stine, Hannah, and Zach must come up with a plan to stop Slappy and get all of the evil characters back in their homes before they completely destroy the town.
The CGI actually looks pretty cool in this movie and that is something that had to be accomplished when you’re trying to bring the teenage Wolfman to life. If something like that is botched, then you’re basically looking at men walking around in cheap costumes and you have yourself a sequel to M. Night Shamamalan’s (purposely misspelled) Signs. I still can’t believe I sat through two hours of watching the dumbest aliens that were ever conceived by man! They go to a planet that’s made up of two-thirds of a material that will kill them? Really???
Anyway, they have enough cheesy one liners and awesomely lame jokes in this movie to keep both the adults and the kids entertained. And there are actually a few creepy moments in the movie to get you in the spirit of Halloween.
For the first time since maybe Hocus Pocus came out, there is actually a film in the theater that the whole family can enjoy before going out to trick or treat. I rate this movie as FRESH and I suggest you go see it!
On a personal note, I want to thank the director for giving us the new Mila Kunis as the 18 year old Odeye Rush is a knock out in the making. Can't wait for the Fappening Part 3 to see her entry.
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