Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Gnomeo and Juliet Movie Review: Beyond The Trailer

Gnomeo and Juliet, Gnomeo and Juliet  poster, wallpaper

Garden gnomes Gnomeo (voice of McAvoy) and Juliet (voice of Blunt) have as many obstacles to overcome as their quasi namesakes when they are caught up in a feud between neighbors. But with plastic pink flamingos and lawnmower races in the mix, can this young couple find lasting happiness?

Gnomeo and Juliet Movie Review: Beyond The Trailer


Plot

Gnomeo and Juliet, Gnomeo and Juliet  poster, wallpaper
Gnomeo and Juliet, Gnomeo and Juliet  poster, wallpaper
Mrs. Montague and Mr. Capulet (Julie Walters and Richard Wilson) (two elderly people who despise each other) exit their houses, and the garden objects come alive in the Blue and Red sections. Later, both blue and red gnomes attend a lawnmower race. Representing the blues is Gnomeo (James McAvoy) and representing the reds is Tybalt (Jason Statham). During the race, it looks like Gnomeo is winning; however, Tybalt cheats and wins the race, destroying Gnomeo's lawnmower. Gnomeo and his best friend Benny (Matt Lucas) insult Tybalt for cheating, but Tybalt ignores them. Later that night, Gnomeo and Benny, wanting revenge, infiltrate the red garden in disguise, intending to spray the reds' lawnmower. With Tybalt sleeping and Tybalt's best friend, Fawn (Ozzy Osbourne), playing cards with small red gnomes (who are beating him), it looks like there are no flaws, until Benny foolishly sprays Tybalt's well and accidentally triggers a security light in the process, alerting the red gnomes to attack. Fortunately, both escape however Gnomeo ends in a different garden. He then bumps into the daughter of Lord Redbrick (Michael Caine), who is called Juliet (Emily Blunt). Both attempt to get the Orchid to make each other's garden look more beautiful, falling in love in the process. While each other tries to take the Orchid from them, they discover they are from opposing clans. When they both go back to the gardens, Juliet tells her friend Nanette (Ashley Jensen) much to her surprise. Gnomeo and Juliet then have secret meetings in a secret garden, where they meet pink plastic flamingo Featherstone (Jim Cummings). He supports and encourages their love, and the two begin to meet regually. Though when the two of them are getting ready for a date, Juliet's father introduces her to Paris (Stephen Merchant), a red gnome that Nanette has fallen for, though Juliet manages to get away. Later, when the two return back to their gardens, Gnomeo finds his mother (Maggie Smith), who is distraught after the reds infiltrated the garden and destroyed the plant Gnomeo's deceased father planted. The blues want Gnomeo to take revenge on the reds, but he realizes he can't refuse unless he tells his secret. He tunnels underneath to reach the red garden, but as he is about to spray the prized flowers of the reds, Juliet sees him. He backs out suddenly, telling Benny that the nozzle on the spraying bottle was jammed. When he and Juliet meet up again, they briefly argue until Featherstone stops them, telling them that other peoples' hate destroyed his love, as 2 people in the house where the garden was had argued and divorced, where Featherstone and his wife had been separated. After he has explained, Gnomeo and Juliet apologize, though when they are about to kiss, Benny sees them, distracts them, then runs into the alleyway, where Tybalt is waiting-with his lawnmower. Tybalt drives at Benny and knocks his hat clean off. Tybalt fights Gnomeo on his lawnmower, but is destroyed when crashing into a wall. Fawn begins to aim objects at Gnomeo, but Juliet, to the surprise of her father and clan, defends Gnomeo, saying that she loves him. A woman suddenly jogs along so all gnomes have to become still. Gnomeo ends up on a road and everyone believes he was run over by a car. Juliet's father then glues her to her fountain because he does not want to lose her like her mother. Shroom is left alone and goes on the road, where he realizes that what was run over was a blue teapot and that Gnomeo is still alive and avoided being run over by climbing onto a truck. Gnomeo eventually ends up in a park, and climbs onto a statue of William Shakespeare (Sir Patrick Stewart) and tells him his story. Shakespeare then tells Gnomeo that his story is very similar to Romeo and Juliet and that it is likely Gnomeo's will have a sad ending as well. Shroom and Featherstone come to find him. Benny, meanwhile, buys a large lawnmower online to get revenge on the Red Gnomes, despite Shroom trying to convince him that Gnomeo was still alive, but it goes out of control, destroying most of the two gardens. Gnomeo makes it back to Juliet to try to un-glue her, but he is unable to. She tells him to go but he refuses, and the two share a kiss just as the lawnmower crashes into the fountain and everyone believes that both Gnomeo and Juliet are dead. Lord Redbrick and Lady Blueberry, both realizing that their feud was responsible for this, decide to call a truce. Suddenly, both Gnomeo and Juliet climb out of the rubble and are both fine. The movie ends happily with the two of them getting married.

By Animation Pitstop
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