No, you idiots. It's a Home Alone rip-off. Pure and simple. And a great one, as well. There a lot of scenes and quotes from HA that were repeated here:
"You bomb me with one more can, cub, and I'll snap off your testes and boil them in motor oil!"
The nail in the foot scene.
Instead of having 2 bumbling bad guys, we get 5, and instead of a little kid, we get a lion cub.
"Hiya, pal. We outsmarted you, this time. Get in here!" "There! What are we gonna do with him, Barry?" "We'll do exactly what he did to us. We're gonna burn his head with a blowtorch." "Yeah, and smash his face with an iron!" "I would like to slap him right in the face with a paint can, there!" "Or shove a nail through his foot!" "First thing I'm gonna do is bite off every one of them little claws, one at a time."
"Down here, you big horse's ass! Come and get me or I'll call the cops!"
Well, you get it. Besides, who has NEVER seen Home Alone?
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18 years ago
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lisa_katheryn
18 years ago
The wild was in production long before Madagascar. Madagascar was just released first. I thought it was damn good to!
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beer_jedi
18 years ago
biggity biggity BIZZUMP!
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elmosworld1109
18 years ago
there is a difference between a rip-off and a parody. taking the scene from ROTJ was probably just a joke. The Simpson's takes entire scenes from other classic movies as well, like The Godfather and The Shining. And don't get me started on their halloween episodes, but it's funny, so that's all that matters.
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caipirina7
18 years ago
i also think these are rather homages, nods-to or whatever you wanna call it to movies .. there are other star wars references in the movie: e.g. when they are nearly squezzed in the trash car = trash compactor scene in ANH ... Shrek e.g. does tons of these kinds of jokes .. in is funny stuff for the parents who otherwise might get bored by kids films
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derekspencer
18 years ago
I would have to agree with the homage notion. The only reason anyone calls these "rip-offs" is because of the Madagascar thing. Any other movie does things like this and its an homage. The Lion King things especially. Pretty clearly homage, especially when they actually show the Lion King musical in the movie. You don't steal from something and then credit it.
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