it's good

I didn't like the ending at all.

b cr

I took my 7 year old son to see this movie and he laughed out loud several times and said he loved it. I caught myself laughing as well. The special effects were pretty good. The story line while simplistic for an adult was just right for my son. I thought Chevy Chase was under utilized as well as Rip Torn. Tim Allen is a funny guy, not a great actor. I will never see Courtney Cox in anything I don't like. As a straight geek, she is pretty good. In one of the gag clips, Tim Allen borrows a line from friends in which he says, "Uh, I forgot what I am supposed to say. I'm so in love with Courtney." Well Tim, so am I. I would recommend this movie as good, light entertainment.

The one thing that stuck with me long after watching this movie was the realization that my first impression of Chevy Chase was wrong. When he first appears on screen I was positive he was covered in make up. But as time wore on it became clear that's actually what his head looks like these days. Good Lord... The current state of Chevy Chase's head is actually the most interesting aspect of this movie. The rest of the movie is celluloid child abuse and by that I mean you really need to rethink your parenting skills if you willingly subject your kids to this. It indicates you hate them and punish them severely or you have a desire to warp their minds with absolute crap. Children's movies have a lot of apologists out there. People who will toss out "it's a kid's movie, what were you expecting?" or some equally weak line that makes it seem like stories should treat kids like complete idiots and be poorly structure from the beginning, because what do kids know? They're probably stupid enough to buy it. Maybe I was an overly sarcastic child, but I know I would have ripped this movie a new one back in the day, too. It's garbage heaped on garbage. Why does Courtney Cox have pratfalls? Just because Laurel and Hardy haven't done a lot of work lately, there's no need for Courtney Cox to steal their shtick. Nor is there need for her to deliver some of the worst lines in filmed history, but whatever. The writer of this film is a demon that needs to be exorcised by a force far greater than me. What abominably forgetful and unobservant, near-sighted beast edited this thing? Never have I seen such heinous editing in all my life. Montage after montage is tossed at you and in no way do the events portrayed therein reflect the story that exists when the montage stops. It makes no sense at all. You have Tim Allen, just as talentless and unfunny as ever, being crabby and pathetic as the would-be teacher to these kids, then a montage starts and everyone looks like they're having the time of their life, then the montage ends and someone whines about how Tim Allen still isn't doing his job and the kids need him and blah blah. All until the next montage starts when everything seems happy again. But wait, there's more. Smash Mouth? Are you joking? Who thought, in 2006, that a band no one has cared about in 5 years would be good for a soundtrack? A band that has to accompany every single one of the numerous, pointless montages. And to keep things consistent, all the rest of the songs in the movie are also outdated. But...why? Did they get a deal on a NOW CD or something? Why did they cast a kid who isn't fat as a fat kid and then stuff a pillow down his shirt? Why can I see the boom mic? Didn't anyone at all care about how this movie looked? Why do casting directors always look to Tim Allen when they have a horribly unfunny children's movie to make? I get that he's not funny so it stays in the theme but I can't help but think maybe they didn't intentionally set out to make the movie unfunny. When Rip Torn says "I speak Greek not Geek" I could almost see all the 4 year olds around the world rolling their eyes as one. I'm going to go out on a limb and suggest the entire end of this movie was improv. It's the only explanation I can think of for why it's so terrible. The entire awful, nonsensical movie builds up to this ending with this super villain whose powers are inexplicably nullified by Tim Allen in an absolutely idiotic body stocking and helmet running around him really fast. Then everything is cool again. In a nutshell, this is a perfect movie if you want to punish your children for some nameless crime, or if you're just an unloving kind of person. For any other reason, I can't imagine anyone needs to watch this. Ever.

I think that it did take the ideas from other superhero movies but it had a cool story and it was a really good kids movie. Who cares if they took ideas from other movies everyone is doing that kids are not going to notice. So yeah in other words just watch it and watch the kids laugh not all the movie had parts taken from other movies there were lots that are original. And the actors were really good at the parts they did. You need to think how hard it would be to make a superhero movie original because all the ideas were taken already. I always thought that all the movies combined into one would make a really cool movie. Now they have done that.

I loved this movie! It's about time that movies start having good messages for children. This one did! I love Tim Allen, and Courtney Cox is wonderful too. If you don't like Tim Allen, then don't even bother, you won't like the film, like I won't go see any sort of Will Ferrell film...it's the same principle. If superhero movies aren't your bag, then don't bother either. But I love both and loved the movie. I went and saw this at a matinée and everyone there seemed to be enjoying themselves. True, you won't grow any brain cells, but since when did going to a simple movie have to be such a cerebral experience? Just sit back and enjoy yourself!

A very pleasant children's movie, with roots from power rangers. This movie would have been miserable had it not been for the comedic talents of Tim Allen and Chevy Chase. But the two of them managed to pull a rating of six out of me with almost non-stop laughs. The action in this movie leaves something to be desired however. Go see it for the comedy, not the action. I will not give away the ending, but I will tell you that it is probably safe for you to walk out of the theater at about the 75m minute mark. After that the movie becomes even more predictable than it already was, and that is really not good. But once again the laughs save this movie from dismal failure.

The people who rated this movie 1-star should get their heads out of their posteriors. Too many movie-goers these days seem to only see movies as either being the best thing ever or the worst thing ever. The only way a movie should get 10 stars is if it would be difficult to improve upon and the only way a movie should get 1 star is if it was absolutely ineptly made on every level, and I assure you this movie doesn't come close to that. Even solely rating on personal taste and ignoring the technical filmmaking and how successfully the movie achieves the filmmakers' apparent intent, this movie could hardly be in the worst 10% of movies for anyone's taste. This movie fails in many respects, but it has some redeeming moments and taken as a movie for small kids, it's not bad. The humor and acting both fall flat or miss the mark about as often as they're on target, but that is a sign of mediocrity, not atrocity. Unfortunately at this point most of the IMDb users seem to think that if they enjoyed a movie they should give it a 10 and if it wasn't all they hoped for they should give it a 1. For instance the Lord of the Rings movies were entertaining, but have no business being rated higher than Citizen Kane or any of the countless classics relegated to lower ranks here. Similarly. Zoom has no business being rated lower than a piece of garbage like I Accuse My Parents which wasn't even watchable when it was skewered on Mystery Science Theater 3000. Remember folks most movies are mediocre. That means a low rating, not the bottom rating. Furthermore, just because a movie is exciting or satisfying doesn't make it a 10. For example, one can love the original Star Wars movies and still realize they have occasional flaws in acting, direction, pacing, or script. Is Zoom a great movie? Absolutely not. Will some children, some parents, and even some adults without children enjoy it? Yes. Will it go down in history for being remarkable in any way? Probably not.

This is a solid KID movie. Our family of five (kids aged 9 to 13) watched the whole thing, no one left or wanted to. My wife kept saying how it was a good movie. I liked it and watched -- much more than I can say for Barnyard. This movie featured Smash Mouth and they did a lot of songs, some their own and some covers. This made the music much better than average. Tim Allen is a very watchable likable guy and here he is no exception. The CGI was above average, making the movie an X-Men for kids. It is also a bit like Spy Kids, only better in my eyes. Courtney Cox was very game, the kids (and The Kid) were just fine but personally, I thought Rip Torn's take on his part was goofy -- but I don't think this will hurt his rating by those aged 12 or under. Frankly I am totally mystified by this film's rating (2.2 as of this writing). All I can think of is Hollywood is afraid on someone in this movie becoming a threat to the elite and wants to sink them (like they did with Costener in Waterworld).