YOGI BEAR
1 out of 5 stars

yogi: “kick it, boo boo!”
boo boo: “kicking it, yogi.”

do kids today even know who yogi bear is? do kids today even care? why hollywood decided to redo the children’s classic is beyond me! did y’all run out of creativity juice? ;/

we all know the story of yogi (dan ackryoyd) and boo boo (justin timberlake), two cuddly bears always scheming up ways to steal ppl’s pic-a-nic baskets and living happily in jellystone park. ranger smith (tom cavanagh) and ranger jones (t.j. miller) take care of yogi’s shenanigans as well as take care of the park itself. one day, rachel AKA miss movie lady (anna faris) comes to jellystone park to film yogi and boo boo in action, but the devious and corrupt mayor brown (andrew daly) has other plans for jellystone. he was to sell the park land and give logging rights to the logging companies, so that he can balance the city budget... (to close the gap of the deficit he caused in the first place) so, jellystone park is in trouble, and what’s yogi and boo boo to do? well, bring ppl to the park by showing off yogi’s water-skiing skillz! ;)

it’s one of my pet peeves when a movie that’s animated featured real live characters because the whole thing could have been animated. i think they did it to make it “interesting” but this movie is really cheesy...even for a kid’s movie! what happened to class and creativity and a certain finesse? it’s a grand shame that such a great cartoon classic is reduced down to a anorexic storyline with recycled lame jokes. at least, boo boo is cute? :/