PIXAR and Dreamworks – both big names in the animation scene, so big that every one has great expectations for their every release. Their latest releases, however, didn’t succeed in jumping over the bar.

Their first offer is Rio, following a domesticated macaw’s adventures in Brazil. Typical talking animal cartoon. It was neither good nor bad, making it pretty much boring. Blu the blue macaw, from whose name we see such creativity, was snatched by poachers and wakes up in the home of the bookish Linda in Minnesota. In order to preserve his species, Blu flies to Rio where he gets snatched (yet again) by bird dealers right before he gets to mate with Jewel, the female macaw.

The animation, the jokes, pretty much everything is just average in this movie. will.i.am provides much entertainment, however, and the 3D brings up the price.

Everyone was sad when news broke out that the first part of Harry Potter didn’t have a 3D version. Warner Brothers blamed technical problems, abandoning their grand plan of having Part 1 of the last Harry Potter movie in glorious 3D. Nonetheless, the movie still raked in a lot of money in the theater. The producers say that they felt they couldn’t give justice to part 1 if they converted it to 3D, and they wouldn’t have enough time. This time, though, they’ve prepared well and the technology has improved. This November, part 2 will be released – in 3D!

They say that it’s not a technique to increase the sales, they even say that there won’t be flying snitches out of the screen! But they do promise that the 3D will make the movie more enthralling, more exciting, and much more complete! Don’t forget to watch Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows part 2!