Word: sliming
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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SETTING Medieval world of caves, Futuristic planet with tunnels, pools of red tunnels, pools of red lava and green murky water lava and green slime...
...venture. This is Disney at its mainpulative best. Characters and plausible storylines are stampeded in the onslaught of special effects. Williams stands agape as the Jello-like substance flies, morphs and dances its way all over the screen. The underwritten characters go down before the assualt of the translucent slime...
...once again. The film has the formula villain in Wilson Croft (Christopher McDonald) who not only wants to steal Brainard's goo, but also to capture the heart of his fiance. The predictable storyline is set up--Phillip must get back his girl, keep his hands on the gooey slime, and take on the villainous Croft...
...green slime is imbued with so much creative energy that one wonders why the characters are so universally dull. One possible explanation may place blame on Disney, which continues to recycle its old hits as guaranteed blockbusters. (Next year, expect retreads of My Favorite Martian and The Parent Trap.) Moreover, Disney's live-action films all seem to be reduced to slapstick violence between a paper-cut villain and a cheesy hero. And yet, even in last year's dreadful remake of 101 Dalmations, Glenn Close found room to make Cruella De Vil somewhat entertaining...
...part of an engineered package: expect little containers of green slime and robotic Weebo's under every Christmas tree this year. "The movie's forgettable," even Disney seems to admit, "so why not buy a toy to help you remember...