El-Dod Awful animation , Awful story , Awful comedy , Awful direction and Awful movie

invisibleunicornninja I recall having to watch this movie once when I was younger. It was put on for me to watch because its a cartoon and that's what kids like, right? The animation is so bad that I was genuinely scared. The story is so poorly told and the characters were so dumb I had no idea what was going on. This is a terrible movie. Don't watch it.

sol- Having earlier embarrassed himself by erroneously claiming that the sky is falling, a young chicken finds himself at odds with what to do upon discovering a planned alien attack in this undeniably imaginative if underwhelming take on the classic story. While the aliens and much of their gadgetry seems lifted from 'War of the Worlds', there is a lot of interest to this part of the film with cloaking devices, deadly weapons and one surefire intriguing spacecraft. Half the film elapses though before the title character discovers the aliens and the first half is frankly a mess. There are at least three or four loud songs and montages to pad out the running time and Chicken Little's three best friends are hard characters to warm to. One is fat, the other is ugly and the third speaks gibberish, and the film goes out of its way to make jokes at the expense of each character's signature condition (including short stature with Chicken Little himself). The film does have some heart though with a strained relationship between Chicken Little and his father that is tested and tried throughout the course of the film. In fact, had the film concentrated more on the title character's desire to make his father proud and less on crude jokes (particularly regarding weight and ugliness), the first half of the movie might have had considerable value. As it is, 'Chicken Little' at least ends on a high note with a more impressive second half, including some great animated special effects and a deliciously exaggerated film within the film at the very end, but it does feel somewhat like too little too late.

FairlyAnonymous I remember seeing this movie when I was a kid (10 years old) and thinking that it wasn't too bad of a film. I knew it wasn't Pixar grade material or anything like that, but I thought it was fun and enjoyable, while a bit overly simplistic and predictable.However, upon rewatching it, I can say that this film has not aged well. The most noticeable aging problem with this movie is the animation itself. A lot of the characters walk around with a bug- eyed look and the movement is very mechanical at times. Granted, this movie wasn't on the budget of Finding Nemo (EDIT: NO! This movie had almost twice the budget of Finding Nemo! Where did the money go?) but a lot of this film feels many years out of date in terms of animation quality. Again, this is an older film, but the biggest issue is the movement itself. A lot of the characters move in very strange ways that look and feel unnatural. A good chunk of the character movement doesn't feel quite finished in terms of fluidity.Animation aside, let's talk about the actual story. Hoodwinked! proved that a good story and clever writing can make up for bad movement and animation. Unfortunately, Chicken Little's story is very small in structure and in scale. Things happen very quickly, but not much is actually happening to progress the story. For instance, almost nothing really happens to move the plot forward until about the 35 minute mark. The first 35 minutes are essentially: Chicken Little is a big screw- up and is trying to impress his dad who has insanely low expectations of his son. Almost none of this is really important to the big "What If" question: What if Chicken Little really saw aliens? While this beginning 35 minutes is important for "Father-Son bonding" it just doesn't feel very interesting. The plot to this movie essentially needs to be redone from the ground-up (for the most part).Even the story's weaker plot could work is the characters were a bit stronger... largely the father. Chicken Little's big dilemma is that his father has no respect for him. His father literally throws Chicken Little under the bus whenever something happens. What is even worse is that his father IS THE REASON CHICKEN LITTLE IS MADE FUN OF! Yeah, it is sick. No one thought Chicken Little was insane or making things up, until his father says "My son just made this all up, he must be a little crazy, see, nothing to worry about". This is a glaring issue in the plot where you cannot respect the father to any degree, even after he supposedly redeems himself. What would fit the plot better is if the towns people assumed Chicken Little was crazy (Foxy?) and then the father goes with it. That would be understandable. However, as is, the father is mildly evil.The other characters in the film are mostly just a combination of pop-culture gags and don't have any actual depth. Surprisingly, though, the character who is the most interesting and reasonable is Abby. While the character design intentionally ugly, the character herself isn't a bad one and seems to be the smartest. I think she is ultimately the best character in the film. Sadly, the film ends with a forced romance with all of the characters. Hints of Abby and Little's relationship would be okay, but the way it goes is a bit over-the-top. It feels more like a check-box that needed to be crossed off.Is there good in this film? Yes. Some of the gags are funny, but the greatest thing in this film is the aliens themselves (until they are revealed). The aliens are really cool and have a neat design. Their legs move like wires connected to hydraulic pumps that spring out to grab things, but then always spring back into a neutral position when not in use. It gives them a very mechanical, yet fluid feel.All in all, Chicken Little is not a great film by any means. The second half is much stronger than the first half, mostly due to aliens and such, but it doesn't save the film because almost all of the character development is based off bad characters. Cool aliens, and a couple of humorous moments, but nothing overly good in this animated film.