Well, I’ve been waiting quite a while to see this movie. I had some high hopes, as I was looking forward to seeing Emily Osment in a leading role, and with a good supporting cast. (I’m a big fan of Phill Lewis and David Henrie isn’t half bad either).
And I thought that this film was gonna be a real who-done-it kind of mystery. Maybe on the level of Lindsay Lohan and Brenda Song’s DCOM Get a Clue. Bu which I mean, not award winning, but certainly watchable and entertaining.
But Dadnapped was nowhere near what I expected. And considering that the first kidnapping had next to nothing to do with the actual plot of the movie, we didn’t actually start the plot until the halfway point of the film. And even then, Melissa was captured along with her father. So ultimately, the only thing she did was get the guys to take her back to the hotel and then signal the mob outside. Wow.
And what was with Jason Earles’s character? I mean seriously? WTF? Seeing that guy totally killed any sense of realism in the film.
By the time we where done, it seemed like the whole movie was just an excuse to cover pelt actors with gross things. Especially with the end credits recapping those scenes!
I have no qualms with any of the actors, but the plot was a flop.
My Play by Play Comments as I was watching the movie:
0:00 And we start with a new Emily song and packing. Okay, kind of a standard film opening but we’ll see how they play this…
0:02 LOL even the teacher wants to know what happens!
0:04 So Tripp Zoome is able to defeat the bad guy and save the girl, but he can’t even bring the bad guy to justice or something?
0:05 A girl who wants to go camping?
0:07 “I am 150% Yours” until?…
0:09 What are they throwing? What kind of convention is this?
0:10 Jason Earls’s character owns the hotel? WTF?
0:11 “Loose the fake voice” LOL!
0:12 That’s the presidential suite!? ROFLOL!
0:16 This word wham conversation is kinda painful to watch.
0:18 Onions? my goodness, this is biological warfare!
0:20 Phil Lewis’s character sees something! He must be the first lead they follow.
0:21 Wait… so the kidnapping is part of the plan to win the contest?
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0:27 “Why couldn’t he still be a dentist” And… take the video to the cops.
0:30 These continual moving camera shots on Trip are kinda making me dizzy.
0:32 This is the craziest plot ever.
0:35 So… they washed it. But it would so not look like that.
0:36 The next big lead is overdue library books?
0:37 They’re actually going to the library?
0:39 and of course she opens the book
0:42 I know you guys, you’re not real cops. “One abduction a day, that’s my limit”
0:44 Okay… this kidnapping looks rather serious.
0:46 Snack time? This plot is stalled.
0:48 “Maurice stole an elephant”
0:49 “Fingers felt like cheese” … what!?
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0:53 Why aren’t they just escaping now?
0:55 The sad emotional climax. Followed by the noicy police invasion.
0:56 “Sounds like there’s hundreds of them” “And they’ve got animals!”
0:59 It took that long to realize they where being followed?
1:00 so when being pursued, throw everything you have at them?
1:01 And now they run out of gas? How typical. The chase scene is over, so we need a reason to stop.
1:02 Quit talking to Tripp and figure out how to escape already.
1:03 Leaving clues? Okay that’s something I guess.
1:06 So… the clue was to where she was gonna try and get them to go.
1:07 Okay, so the brains of the operation have been revealed.
1:08 Riding with the pizza guy? I’ve seen that done befoe. Don’t remember where.
1:09 And Why did they un-cuff Melissa?
1:13 Time to recruit an army! “Just what I need, clever kids”
1:18 … My goodness. It is an army! And the musical reprise totally works.
1:20 The last book? So they’re gonna kill him? They shouldn’t say that to begin with.
1:25 Why did he stand at the window?
1:27 Soap on the stairs? Clever.
1:29 Oh, and now the cops decide to show up? LOL
1:31 “Reading rocks” Nice line.
1:35 And they drive off to salvage the vacation. Okay.
I still have high hopes for Princess Protection Program, but my confidence is a little shaken.
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