I have one thing to say:

This movie is like school in the summertime...NO CLASS...

I never knew who Fat Albert was, now I finally get the emoticon we have of him here.

Heavenly said:

It was a great cartoon that Bill Cosby did in the 70s

applekisses said:

Back in the 70s we only had one TV channel here, and mostly with Israeli programs. only in the late 80's we got another channel, and in the mid 90s we finally had cable TV, with more channels to watch.

applekisses said:

Agreed. The cartoon was cool when I was growing up in the 70's. However, the movie concept is too damn corny.

the costumes alone look really, really bad.

i don't see why they couldn't have made an animated fat albert movie and used young/famous voice talent and have ol' cos do narration again. why screw around with the formula, when we haven't gotten fat albert cartoons in so long that there's a whole generation of kids who don't even know who he is?

ugh.

Anxiety said:

Exactly Anxiety. Why mess with perfection.

I used to bloody love da cartoon for Fat Albert!!! What's all this about a movie?

I was kinda looking forward to this movie but it looks like it's going to be pretty disappointing.

Anxiety said:

Dumb Donald just looks...well, dumb. That hat is wrong in so many ways. Looks like they went to Odd Lots, bought a girl's winter cap, and cut holes in it. . A friend of mine told me that Cosby is executive producing. We at least know where to point the finger!

The trailer for this film is painful to watch. I can't imagine sitting through the entire thing. One fo my favorite childhood cartoons has jsut had a huge shit taken on it!

OdysseyMiles said:

Shit, Cosby is IN the movie!!! He's lost his damn mind, allowing his characters to be buttfucked like this!!

OdysseyMiles said:

oh, great. so fat albert's going to have a 45-minute monologue in the middle of the movie about how kids today are becoming illiterate and pregnant because of the hip-hop?

Anxiety said:

all that foul flarn filth...

Anxiety said:

I don't have to read any further...BLASPHEMY! Looks incredibly stupid. Who asked for this to be remade????

I'm so disappointed about this...I LOVED the cartoon...it was so funny and always had a great message. This is just blasphemy.

I HATE this movie already. I hope it makes like $5 and disappears...

i think we should have a double feature of this and the "garfield" movie....



























....IN HELL!!!

Anxiety said:

The only reason why they decided to do a "movie" of it 'cause Fat Albert's face is on FUBU jeans, t-shirts, and other popular urban apparel that appeals to some of the younger generation. For the last year, the Fat Albert Tees have been VERY popular.

JediMaster said:

Sheeeeeit, the man's gettin old..... give 'em a break.

JediMaster said:

You know... it may have a really good script that stays true to the character of Fat Albert.

Give it a chance, at least they got his costume correct!

Forrest Whitaker was the original director until he and the Cos had STRONG disagreement about the direction of the film. Whitaker wanted it to be more contemporary/realistic, while Cosby wanted it to be just like the cartoon. Guess who won?

Cosby has been to my state - NJ - alot the past few months, speaking out against the "ills of the ghetto". Maybe it's just me, but he's always come across as somewhat bitter and not-too-nice.

He makes some valid points, though.

TheBatman said:

Cute, but this film just illustrates my argument that getting the costume right isn't the most important thing. If you take one look at the trailer, you'll see how lame this flick is going to be. Fat Albert and his gang come OUT OF THE TV AND GET TRAPPED IN THE REAL WORLD! How frigging lame is that?? Didn't they learn their lesson from The Last Action Hero???

Oh, and word is, the script is waaaaay worse than Garfield

there are no words for my disgust

I mean my babysitter is 14 and she is sooo excited about this movie, so I guess its being done to appeal to a younger generation maybe, the rest of us grew up around the cartoon so its harder to swallow, same thing with the new willy wonka

ya'll shoulda seen me when i first saw the commercial for this joint...i was flippin the hell out, and not in a good way. why why why why WHY does this have to be live-action? it makes absolutely no sense.

...this chit ain't even out yet and i already have one major pet peeve about it: weird harold didn't have all that friggin hair! and where's russell?

All I could do is shake my head when I saw the trailer for this crap.

kiss85 said:

Bill is getting older, but it's not as though this is his first box office misstep. Does anyone else remember "The Devil & Max Devlin", "Leonard Part 6" or "Ghost Dad"? He was much younger then -- all those films were released in the 80's.

This movie does not look good to me at all -- and if the previews are highlighting the best aspects of the film, then fuggedaboutit.

That said, I would love to know more about Forest Whitaker's ideas regarding the direction of this film...

This'll be on video the following week.

UptownDeb said:

i hope so. stuff like this needs a quick direct-to-video death.