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If you're looking for a movie to keep the kids quiet and entertained for 90 minutes, then 'Stitch Head' will suffice. If you're looking for an animated movie with a deeper underlying message, then this might not be for you. I'll say it straight out: 'Stitch Head' is for kids. The humour is cartoonish and will definitely appeal more to a young demographic.

'Stitch Head' is based on the popular Frankenstein story. A Mad Professor who lives in Castle Grotteskew overlooking a village, creates monsters purely for the sake of...well, creating monsters - and for no other purpose. Every creation is meant to be "his best creation yet", but his best was probably still his first: a boy named Stitch Head. The Monsters are scared of the villagers, and the villagers in turn are frightened of the castle and its monsters - all except one girl named Arabella.

The Professor's latest creation is a one-eyed monster simply called Creature. When Fulbert Freakfinder - owner of a traveling circus - comes knocking at the castle one day, Stitch Head - feeling he doesn't get love from the Professor - decides to join the circus. Saddened by his departure, Creature takes it upon himself to 'rescue' Stitch Head, and the adventure begins. Meanwhile, Stitch Head is a huge success, and even becomes a celebrity among the villagers.

'Stitch Head' feels a bit like a mix of 'Frankenstein', 'The Greatest Showman', 'The Nightmare Before Christmas', 'Monsters Inc.', and even a hint of 'Moulin Rouge' (especially the song lyrics). As I said, this is definitely more for kids, who will no doubt love the monster characters and laugh at their silly antics.

Being a fan of the TV series, I've always been reluctant to watch this film adaptation. The one and only reason I decided to watch it, is because of Sharlto Copley. The more I see of Sharlto, the more I want to see of him. (erm...maybe I should rephrase that?)

While Sharlto didn't disappoint, I can't say the same for the film itself. They took everything we love about the TV series and made it bigger. Sorry, guys, but bigger isn't always better. This film is all over the place with some of the action sequences inching towards fantasy, and the CGI is really bad, and overdone.

Ok, so if you're familiar with the TV series, you know the characters and you know their story. Liam Neeson, Bradley Cooper and Sharlto Copley were well cast as Hannibal, Face, and Murdock, but Quinton Jackson did not live up to Mr T as B. A. Baracus. He was too much of a softie, unfunny, and just not believable as B. A.

When a mission goes terribly wrong, the A-Team is jailed. Being the A-Team they, off course, escape, and now they're out to avenge Pike, who set them up. I didn't find Patrick Wilson with his innocent boyish looks convincing as the antagonist. Another wrong casting decision.

The film's biggest problem, is its writing. Man, all that silly and confusing comic relief moments are so distracting and annoying! There literally were times when I didn't understand what the hell was going on, or why some of these scenes were included in the movie. There's also way too many close calls for our heroes to be believable. Note how everything always seems to happen on cue...yawn... And the bad guys can't shoot for shit!! I mean, seriously!

The film's climax is laden with so much bad CGI that I literally sat there shaking my head in disbelief, wondering how industry professionals could possibly have approved it. Hey guys, they used practical effects in the TV series and it was awesome! Ultimately, 'The A-Team' is a forgettable movie which I can't recommend for fans of the series.

Merab is from a poor family who battle to make ends meet. He lives in a small apartment with his mother, grandmother, and brother Dennis. He is a waiter, and is taking Georgian dance classes. His best friend is Mary, whom he's been dancing with for several years. Mary has hopes of having sex with Merab, not realizing that he has other inclinations.

Enter Irakli, and Merab's life is about to change. Irakli joins the dance classes as a replacement dancer, and becomes Merab's biggest competition when both him and Merab are selected to audition for the Male Ensemble.

Despite them competing for the same part, they become friends, which soon turns much deeper. Their relationship poses many threats and challenges, though, and this allows for character development. The performances are good and the events are realistic and relatable.