One of my absolute favourite B-Movies/Creature Features, and EASILY the best entry of this particular franchise. The puppets themselves have a lot of character, the characters aren't exactly three dimensional, but they're memorable and likeable, it knows when to be slightly tense and when not to take itself too seriously, and it works on multiple levels- the version I watched had editing to make it broadcastable during the day, and it still works as a fun romp for older kids.…

Something didn't work here, and I can't really figure out what exactly. The film had issues I COULD identify- the framing device of an unnamed writer interviewing Pi felt very TV Movie, even though Irrfan Kahn did a fine job of bringing warmth and likability to Pi (infact, all FOUR of the actors who played Pi during different parts of his life deserve praise); the transitions between some of the scenes were overly cute and took me out of the…

For the first fifteen minutes it's unwatchable. I mean properly. It's almost like some sort of endurance test. "Think you're tough, do you? Think you're HARD? BAM, THE MOST ANNOYING OPENING TO A MOVIE, EVER." It's just a barrage of bleating and overly-cute camera work and annoying, annoying, ANNOYING characters. I was this close to turning it off. I had the remote in my hand at least twice.

But then something happens. It's hard to describe. It's like the movie…