Monkeybone (Special Edition)

Brand new and arrived early.

When I got it the case was bent and the disc wasn't even in the holder part it was flopping all around, there are some scratches on the disc itself so hopefully it worksEdit: finally had a chance to watch the movie! Despite the case being deformed, the DVD did not skip!

Still makes me laugh. Brandon Fraiser is so underrated

Well, after my "Country Bears" review, it was only a matter of time before I come across a monkey movie. And yet miraculously, this is the better film."Monkeybone" can give most children nightmares, pretty much what  "Cool World"  did for me. But unlike Ralph Bakshi's unmerited trash, I sorta enjoyed this movie as well as admit to its disturbing atmosphere. Director Henry Selick has always been the go-to guy for scary designs based on a  couple of   films  he made, which is why he's Tim Burton's no.2 on his buddy list. His stop-motion works always appear so grim and yet so fascinating, filled with creative nuances in how the set pieces move. Therefore, I really like the visual treatment this live-action/stop-motion combo is going for.It's about a cartoonist named Stu (Brendon Fraser) who successfully pitched a cartoon series based on his creation, Monkeybone. He was about to pitch to his scientific girlfriend (Bridget Fonda), until he somehow got into a coma from an inflatable animal-related car accident. His soul went into a purgatory-like place, Downtown. It's a vulgar, perverse surreal world he's in, and many frightening stop-motion animations cross his path; on the upside, it had Rose McGowan as cleavage-tastic catgirl. He meets his cancerous, unlikable imaginary simian, Monkeybone, and the two tried to escape from this world, but it was trick by Monkeybone who instead stole his body. Stu has to rely on the unlike force of Whoopi Goldberg as Death to get his body back and to stop a sinster plot to produce more nightmares from the living, because his girlfriend happened to make chemical compound called 'nightmare fuel' (which acts more like the toxin The Scarecrow used).As interesting as the story is, it's not much to rave about. The director seems to be weak in the real world scenes, because they're not as fun as Downtown and the Monkeybone-possessed Stu's antics are more primal than clever. If there's one scene in the real world that I enjoyed, it's the part where Stu possessed a dead gymnast (Chris Kattan) and is being chased by doctors wanting his organs, probably because Bob Odenkirk was one of the doctors; normally, I would get annoyed wondering why the doctors are chasing a corpse without wondering why it's even alive, but since Bob and Chris delivered a good set of laughs, I let it slide. "Monkeybone" was fun by its artistic merits, because it sure isn't for Brendan's dull attempt at playing two characters, the title character's wisecracks, and people simply monkeying around.

Perfect cast, Chris kattan, Whoopi Goldberg, Thomas haden church, Rose McGowan, Brendan Fraser... all In what seems out of their element, absolutely killing it. Everyone's role feels brief, but this fever dream of a movie does not disappoint. Bad guy, good guy, romance, drama, comedy... It has it all.

This movie gives me childhood nostalgia. I remember loving this movie as a kid, but as an adult I did not realize how inappropriate it is for kids. Oh well! I did enjoy watching again as an adult just because it is such a different movie.

Monkeybones and Bedazzled are my favorites of his films because they both show his great acting ability. At first they are super-ridiculous comedies, but in the end they both have in interesting what I would call a "life message." Maybe hard for some to see. I love how the guy in the comma is trying to wake up before his sister has the doctors turn off life support. And in Bedazzled how we need to be careful what we wish for and learn to overcome disappointments. But I'll admit you DO have to look hard.

I rented this movie after seeing Brendan Fraser on a talk show where he said it was one of the worst movies he ever made.

Me encanta esta película !! Disfrute mucho con ella me llego en perfecto estado con un pelin de retraso por la situación que vivimos actualmente pero sin problemas.

Fantastic. Bought as a replacement for a damaged disc. Can watch it again without disc jumping. Well worth replacing.

good film

No puedo valorar la película ya que no la he visto y fué adquirida como regalo, solo se qué mezcla animación con actuación (tipo SpaceJam). Dejo la valoración de 5 estrellas al excelente servicio de amazon y su rápida entrega.Un punto a favor es que ya solo realizan envíos desde USA por UPS; han dejado de ocupar USPS y Correos de México, lo que ha agilizado mucho las entregas y se han evitado que los paquetes lleguen dañados. Mi paquete con 10 películas importadas llegó en 7 dias, enhorabuena por el cambio

This dvd doesn't work. Says I'm in the wrong region. Is it really that hard to put somewhere on the item description that it only works in Europe?