Doogal (2006)

I'm really glad I didn't waste any money seeing this at the theaters. I happened to flip around the TV channels today and found this, and wondered what it was (my kids aren't young anymore, or maybe I would have known). Within two minutes I was thinking it was rather lame, the characters and the story line being completely flat, so I figured I would look up what information I could on it in IMDb.com. I was astounded to see the list of actors supplying the voices, as I had only been able to successfully identify Whoopi Goldberg and Judi Dench's voices prior. So I tried sitting through another fifteen minutes of it, thinking it would get better (I like animated movies, what can I say). And not only did it not get better, I think it got worse. Dreadful, dreadful movie. Strung together lines with no relation to each other, weak, pathetic character development, and completely un-funny. I can't imagine having taken kids to see it and been forced to sit through the whole thing. It would have been pure torture.

You Know I Enjoyed This Movie When I Was 4 And When I Was 7 I Was At The Train Chase Scene When I Immediately Stopped Watching It And As The Years Went By I Looked Back On My Doogal-Loving Days. From Ages 4-7 My Reviews On The Film Were Adamant Now I Would Say Now That I'm 11 And A Half,Doogal Is Unwatchable,Poorly Animated (The Only Not Poorly Animated Character Was The Magic Train) And So,So Abysmal!Don't See It Cause Afterwards You'll Be All Like:"Oh Well There's A Very Sad 'N' Short 70 Or 85 Minutes Of My Life I'll Never Get Back" Short Version:It's A Waste Of Time.4-Year-Old's Might Like It But Adults May Hate It. Well,The End Was Heartwarming But The Rest Of The Film STINKED! (Not In A Smelly Way,In A Way That Says Doogal Is A Bad Movie,The Dog Is Toatally Unlikeable,And If It's Online For Free,DO NOT RENT OR BUY AT ALL COSTS!!!!!!!! -Dash The Film Critic

I have read a couple of reviews on this site, for this movie but i don't personally think that the movie is that bad.I saw this movie a long time back (on a hot summer day) and liked it. There were even a couple of moments in the past one year, when i wanted to see this movie, a second time. The Animations were smooth and the colors used were good. Story, Legend tells of three magic diamonds that--if in the wrong hands--can be united to create a force powerful enough to freeze the sun. When the evil sorcerer Zeebad escapes from his ancient prison, he vows to exact revenge by deep-freezing the earth forever. Determined to save the world, a fellowship of four unlikely heroes band together to foil the sorcerer's villainous plot. Led by the candy-loving mutt Doogal, friends Dylan, Brian and Ermintrude all embark on an epic adventure to save the world. In order to find the diamonds before Zeebad locates them, they must climb icy mountains, navigate fiery pits of molten lava, sail across vast oceans and pass through a booby-trapped temple guarded by an army of ninja skeleton warriors. Along the way they learn that the most powerful weapon is their friendship--which even Zeebad's evil magic cannot destroy.

Where do I begin with this. Where do I begin. Now, keep in mind I was forced to see this when it came out, since I was 14 at the time with a 3-year-old brother, so why not? I mean, I honestly went into the theater with optimistic expectations, hoping for an OK-to-decent film. In fact, I enjoyed the short right before the film a little bit. But then the film begins. When I heard that some human girl was friends with some stuffed animals, I expected something along the lines of Toy Story, you know, they just sit there, then spring to life when no one's around....then the film shows Doogal sneaking up to his owner....What happened afterward scarred me for life. This film still brings back awful memories 2 years after I saw it. I mean, the story's awful. In a nutshell, there's some carousal ride at the center of town, home to a bunch of children and stuffed animals, where some evil spring guy lives, and once Doogal sets him free, the town is freezed up, trapping the children, including Doogal's owner, and a snail just randomly says the stuffed animals need 3 crystals to stop him. No explanation of why the spring guy was put in a carousal, more importantly why that same carousal is STILL BEING USED when there's some bad guy in there, and why the 3 crystals are needed, or how they came into existence. What a bunch of plot holes for a film, and that's in the first 20 minutes. We're in for a good movie, ladies and gentlemen!Now, I'll be honest, my memory is a little fuzzy of what happens next, but I remember a slew of bad pop culture jokes that makes DreamWorks' references seem restrained in comparison, the group of stuffed animals nearly getting a crystal until Doogal messes it up, and a bunch of farting jokes, and when I saw it, the only jokes I heard any laughter in the theater were from the farting jokes, which is always a bad sign if that's the only joke type that even gets a chuckle.Now, some people know that this film was originally called The Magic Roundabout in the UK, based off of a cartoon series I believe, with, obviously, British actors, but when it came to the US in its current title, it was re-dubbed with celebrity actors, like Whoopi Goldberg and Jon Stewart, and I have to say, Jon Stewart is sadly the best actor here, with the other actors' talents going to waste here. I know these aren't the most helpless of actors, but you have to wonder what inspired them to do something like this.In conclusion, this is a really bad film from beginning to end, even if its audience was for kids, that's not a good excuse when you consider some of Dreamworks and Pixar's works. I know this isn't the worst movie of all time, but it's the worst I've seen, and I think I would explode if I saw anything worse than this piece of crap.