Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1 Audience Rating: Unrated Binding: DVD Brand: Twentieth Century Fox EAN: 0024543541875 Format: AC-3 Label: 20th Century Fox Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox Number Of Items: 1 Publisher: 20th Century Fox Region Code: 1 Release Date: 2008-11-04 Running Time: 88 Studio: 20th Century Fox Theatrical Release Date: 2008
With fuel prices skyrocketing, the Planet Express crew sets off on a dangerous mission: to infiltrate the world's only dark-matter mine, source of all spaceship fuel. But deep beneath the surface lies a far stranger place... a medieval land of dragons and sorcery and intoxicated knights who look suspiciously like Bender. So park your hover-car and saddle up your unicorn for Futurama's grandest adventure yet: BENDER'S GAME!
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Customer Rating: Summary: Disappointing Comment: I thought the first Futurama movie was excellent and the second was pretty good so I went ahead and bought the third before renting it. I regret that. It just wasn't funny. At all. Customer Rating: Summary: The Futurama movies are getting better, bit by bender. Comment: Futurama was under-appreciated in its time, and I'm glad that it's experiencing a rebirth of sorts. I didn't watch it when it was on the air - it was at the same time too much like The Simpsons, and yet not enough like The Simpsons. In the past four years, however, I've purchased all four seasons of Futurama on DVD, and love each and every episode. The show was GENIUS. The stories are hilarious, irreverent, cynical, hopeful, and even sentimental. The characters are wonderful, and the concepts mind-blowing. I think I enjoy it especially now, in a world where the Simpsons have fallen so low, to such a terrible show, it's nice to remember the genius of the creators, and what once was.
I was ecstatic when I heard that Futurama was coming back, in four movies, to be staggered over a few years. The first two movies were okay. They both started out strong, then lagged in the middle, but were able to pull it out in the end. They seemed too long, as though it was the extra time that made the story lag - as though it would have been perfect for a 30-minute episode, but that the writers just stretched it out to fill time. Why is that? Is Futurama somehow better geared towards a 30-minute time slot? Is that the perfect amount of time - neither too much, nor too little?
It's possible. All I know is that the first two movies were a little too long, and they left too much space in the middle for the view to become confused and/or bored. But, as I said, each movie managed to pull itself together in the end. Because of that, I guess I can say that I liked them. I enjoyed them, because they're a beautiful reminder of Futurama, but I didn't love them. And there's a difference.
"Bender's Game" was a little different than the first two movies. It was held together better, it was tighter, and more fluid. Unfortunately, it too lagged a bit in the middle, but far less than the first two movies. I hope that this is a sign that the Futurama writers are getting their act together again after so many years off. You know how it is, it takes a TV show a season or so to get its bearings, to find it's sense of self. Just think about Seinfeld, Friends, or Sex and the City, and even The Simpsons - when you re-watch the first seasons, it's a little weird. The characters aren't full formed yet. It's conceptual, but not yet real. That's what I'm hoping is going on with the Futurama movies. Hopefully these first few ones are just for the writers to get back in the game, (Bender's game?), and to flex their writing muscles to produce something even greater. Hopefully the final movie will be as wonderful as the series was, and will ensure that more movies are made. Customer Rating: Summary: Best of the bunch so far Comment: This is the best of the bunch so far. The first movie looked like Futurama but it had no soul (and no balance). The second movie had its moments but it just sort of melted away (unmemorable). This third installment... Wow! Extremely funny during the first watch, and plenty good for many subsequent viewings. This movie is as good as the TV series episodes, but more refined. Customer Rating: Summary: Bad news everyone! Comment: The transition from show to film after a two year break, was not seamless. 'Bender's Big Score' felt like a never ending story, with nowhere to end.'The Beast With a Billion Backs', whilst not being flawless, managed to rekindle the Futurama style of humour and fun. This movie, however, was unlike either of the two.
'Bender's Game' gets off to a brilliant start, and a satisfactory (if somewhat unfinished) ending. However, after the firtst 20 minutes, the jokes grow scarce, and an uncharacteristic level of blood and violence is introduced. To make matters worse, 'potty humour' was too, something far below what Futurama has acheived in the past. The simplistic plot (following the Planet Express Crew to the fantasy realm of Cornwood) should have made matters simple. However, there a several points where the movie seems as though its lost, such as when the professor and Nibbler give a long flashback, which adds nothing to the story.
It was obvious the writer(s) had something special,after their superb opening. Yet the following script, crammed on shelves in time for Christmas, proves that Matt Groening and his team don't know what made this funny, and are lost. I loved Futurama, but this isn't it. They've had three chances, and a heck of my money. Their next adventure is one I won't take on, before my memory of Futurama is entirely tarnished. Customer Rating: Summary: Good Transaction Comment: Ordered this for a Christmas present. It got here on time in brand new condition. Very pleased.
