Tuesday, August 28, 2012

BEAR IN MIND, THE CAST HAS EMMYS, GRAMMYS, AND OSCAR NOMINATIONS: If you've been to the movies of late, you may have been subjected to advertising for The Oogieloves In The BIG Balloon Adventure, including a trailer that indicates that dancing along in the theatre will be encouraged, and I offer, without comment, this ACTUAL synopsis of the film from its advertising material:
Over the mountains, beyond the sea, is the loveliest place there ever could be.  It's in this wonderfilled land of Lovelyloveville that our BIG interactive adventure begins.  Meet Goobie, Zoozie, and Toofie, the Oogieloves, as we set out to find Lonelyloveville's last five magical balloons in time for our very dear friend Schluufy's surprise birthday party. Shhhh!!! It's a secret!!! As we all search for the golden balloons throughout Fun Forest and over Great Grass Lake, together we meet colorful new friends along the way, including a comically rose-obsessed diva (Toni Braxton), a grandmother with a hysterical passion for polka dots (Cloris Leachman), an Elvisesque diner owner and his milkshake-making cow (Chazz Palminteri), a cowboy who grows bubbles in the back of his truck (Cary Elwes), and a couple of enthusiastic dancers who live in a giant hovercraft shaped sombrero (Christopher Lloyd and Jaime Pressly).  With the help of old friends and new, can we along with the Oogieloves, find the balloons in time for what could become Lonelyloveville's most sensational surprise party ever?  In a world of endless possibilities, The Oogieloves In The BIG Balloon Adventure just might be the most extraordinary and joyous adventure of all time.
I really don't know where to start, but I'll start with two questions--does Palminteri play the diner owner, or the cow?  Do the dancers live in a sombrero shaped like a hovercraft, or a hovercraft shaped like a sombrero?  Does it even matter?