I saw that movie on Friday as well, and I quite enjoyed it. It was better than the previews made it out to be, but then previews often play to the lowest common denominator.
Yeah, they do. They always do. They really overemphasized the Elf-minions when they played such a low role in the film. And so many of the scenes used in the trailers were
only seen during the credits. And the Yeti played a more significant part of the film. I'm surprised, and pleasantly at that, that the film was played so
straight!
However, I have to comment on the trailer for The Croods. I was very unimpressed by it. The character designs, cavemen or not, were fugly. The plot seems like nothing special. I mean for a movie that's all about not being afraid to explore new frontiers, it sticks to cliches hard. And above all, the project sounded
much better when it was to be Crood Awakening, a film that was going to be an Aardman/Dreamworks joint venture and had a script written by John Cleese. Actually, I'm just not loving Dreamworks's 2013 movie outlook. Croods in March, Turbo (the thrilling story of a Snail who wants to be a NASCAR... yeah...), and the only thing remotely interesting being their version of Peabody and Sherman next November.