a question for the comments to start us off if you could talk to any kind of
animal which animal would you choose to talk to for me I would talk to the
domestic house cats I would love to know what's going on inside my cat's head but
for dr. Dolittle he can talk to anything and I was keen to see Dolittle the new
film the trailer looked amazing I looked very funny it looked like my kind of
film while I seen the original Doctor Dolittle with Eddie Murphy and enjoyed
it it's not one of those films that I personally hold very closely to my heart
from my childhood I like it but when I heard it's being remade I was more
excited than nervous um now I've seen it I don't really know
what to think the film is directed by Robert Gagen Gaghan I apologize if I've
got that wrong and it does have quite a stellar cast it's narrated by Emma
Thompson he also voices Polly the parrot and Robert Downey jr. as dr. Dolittle I
think it wouldn't he wouldn't have been my first choice for that role but it
works so well and Antonio Banderas Michael Sheen Jim Broadbent ray Fiennes
- on a page Selena Gomez phenomenal voice cast and an acting cast as well
and to kind of take the first box it's very well acted and I think it's very
well cast one thing I didn't expect from this is that it's set in the 19th
century I and I kind of thought it would be a contemporary location some of the
pleasant surprise because they gave us some very rich vibrant colors furniture
furnishings and costumes it made the discourse much more archaic
and I really liked that but I feel like personally I feel like it should have
been done in a contemporary setting to have wider appeal and I think maybe they
didn't because dr. Dolittle the first if I remember correctly or the Eddie Murphy
film if I remember correctly was a contemporaneous film but this one isn't
and for me personally that works but I feel like and they probably would have
got better ratings if it was a contemporary
product but that is by the back Doolittle has to go and try and meet the
Queen of England otherwise he's going to lose everything the animals are going to
get kicked out of the sanctuary and things get
very quickly now somebody correct me if I'm wrong on this but I believe with dr.
Doolittle Eddie Murphy the Dolittle realizes that he could talk to animals
as the film progresses whereas straightaway Doolittle in this film he
knows he can talk to animals and he's done so for a long time and he helps to
heal animals and get them back to their full health and this little boy brings a
squirrel to him and that's how we're introduced to the character and there's
nothing wrong with the character I don't think he's very likable I don't hate him
I just don't think there's a quality about him that makes them particularly
appealing but what I do think with this film is that it will make a lot of
children maybe younger children aware of animals how and how endangered some
endangered some of them can be and that they need to take good care of them and
not shoot squirrels the animation quality I thought was great the animals
all looked brilliant realistic lifelike there was an autumn with a tiger with
gold teeth which I kind of loved the we got is in really weird situations where
Doolittle was having like a fight with this animal and there was just so many
random scenarios that didn't for me really make that much sense and kind of
made the narrative too sloppy the animal characters themselves they'll save the
day it wasn't hilarious it wasn't very funny there were a few quips but for me
it was very much a popcorn film you know put it on in relax don't need to really
think at all and it is definitely more of a kid's film whereas as I remember
the previous films were very much more family-friendly and family-oriented this
is quite I don't say immature of juvenile except slightly above that but
I would say it would appeal to a younger audience more than an older audience
there's also the issue about how some of the animals would not cohabit with the
are in this film but that can be overlooked and the film can just be
enjoyed as a pleasant kind of Sunday afternoon watch it's not incredible I
enjoyed my time watching it I probably will never watch it again
if anything else it's just made me inspired to go and rewatch the Eddie
Murphy