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This movie really isn't that bad

posted 14 years ago by Juaqino
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I remember liking this movie as a kid. Now I'm 21 and I came across this movie again. I looked at it and, even though I remember enjoying it, though it was probably really awful especially considering it went straight to video.

Fortunately I actually have a weird fascination with bad movies, so I decided to pop it into the old VHS player and see how it holds up to the other two, which I've seen more recently.

So it's not the greatest movie ever made. But I have to say that there's nothing entirely bad about it(unlike some other movies that came out in the same era, like Meet the Deedles). You can nitpick the physics and stuff all you want, but you have to remember that it's just a movie and it was intended for families. Overall, I found it enjoyable. It was fun, and there were even some jokes that I laughed at. With a little science here and there.

To those of you who think this is the worst of the Honey I Shrunk * movies, just take a look at the first two again. Or you can even just look at the second one(Honey I Blew Up The Kid). Then remember that both of those movies were in theaters, and yet the third one was not. I actually felt like this movie looked like it was meant to be in theaters, but got short-changed and thrown on to video. The only things that really set this apart from a silver screen film are the cheese stock sound fx and the overall length.

The only aspect of this movie I didn't like was the two boys. Now I know what it's like to be a 9/10/11 year old boy since I was one not that long ago, and I did some weird stuff, but these boys just seemed kind of cocky. They weren't bad kids, but there was something about their attitude about their parents that mildly irritated me. Fortunately they made the daughter into a decent character. Oh yeah, and Wayne's wife was a huge pain in the neck most of the time. Oddly, it was only after she was attacked by the cockroach that she was able to mellow out.

This movie deserves at least a 7 out of 10. Not great, but better than the tripe that kids watch nowadays, and even in contrast to the stuff kids watched back then. If I have kids, I'd let them watch this movie. And I'd probably watch it with them.

[–] cspin 13 years ago

I really like this movie, too. It's definitely not better than "Honey I Shrunk the Kids", but it's still a satisfying sequel. I liked it more than "Honey I Blew Up the Kid", actually. That one was a terrible follow up to which could've been a good concept that stands on it's own.

[–] thereseuphemiaabernathy 13 years ago

This one is actually my favorite of the "Honey, I/We Shrunk/Blew Up" movies. Very close to the first, though. I didn't care as much for "Honey, I Blew Up the Kid" either.

[–] fass99 12 years ago

I agree. Remember the second but it was this one and the first I remembered and enjoyed the most.

[–] fmarzz 12 years ago

Yeah, I saw this one first so this was the standard for the series and all others were prequels in my view. One of my favorite movies as a kid, I must have watched it on VHS like 100 times. Ironic thing is after seeing Black Swan I fell in love with Mila Kunis and looked up her filmography and saw this listed, it was as if I was conditioned to like her based on viewing this a lot.

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[–] thereseuphemiaabernathy 12 years ago

That sort of thing happens to me a lot! XD I'll start getting really into an actor and then suddenly be struck by the fact that I was already predisposed to loving them by some awesome role they had in a childhood favorite.

I always watched this movie much more often than the others, and loved it best. It was sort of the standard for "Honey I Shrunk" productions for me, too.

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[–] MusicLover3889 (307) 3 years ago

I love this movie a lot. I literally do not understand all the hate. I actually love it better than the second one, which was putrid compared to this one. Amy and Nick may not have been seen here, but they were acknowledged nonetheless, proving they weren’t forgotten.