SERIOUSLY. This is what the crap Hollywood still puts out?

Powerful

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

The movie's not perfect, but it sticks the landing of its message. It was engaging - thrilling at times - and I personally thought it was a great time.

Whereas the Middle School movie was fun to watch, the Wimpy Kid series always presented a problem for me: it makes being that age seem as terrible as it really was. When Dog Days opens with a crowded pool scene, I didn't laugh at the predicament; I cringed at how unappealing it looked. Much of the rest of the movie had the same problem. Greg only seems to make things worse for himself with each scene, such that I lost empathy for him and just wanted to get out of his world. The main highlight is Roderick, and his storyline with the miserable Heather Hills. The ending scene where he destroys her party should have been a hilarious climax, but doesn't work for me. He isn't used enough in this film for my tastes. The series never really seemed to be putting in too much effort, but this entry feels like the laziest.

It's summer vacation time, and all Greg (Zachary Gordon) wants to do is play video games. His dad Frank (Steve Zahn) is not happy, and sends him outside. With his school crush Holly (Peyton List) spending her time coaching at the country club, Greg decides to spend his time there. Only he needs to use Rowley Jefferson (Robert Capron) pretending to be his guest. That's because Rowley's father disapproves of him. Then there is Greg's brother Rodrick (Devon Bostick). He threatens to expose Greg's lies unless he gets invited himself to play with his band at Holly's sister Heather (Melissa Roxburgh)'s party.Greg is most annoying when he's lying and scheming. It would be better if he had more reluctance to do some of these things. It makes him too unlikeable. However it's great when he learns his lesson. I guess that's what this is all about. His friendship with Rowley is at the center of this film. But it's also great to see that Holly isn't simply a 2-dimensional character.

Let me start off by saying that I'm a big fan of the books and I've seen both the films before seeing this. I was really looking forward to this, in fact it was one of my most anticipated films of 2012! Strange, huh!?! Luckily, this film did not disappointment. It does what the franchise does best: Goof around a lot! There were loads of entertaining moments in the movie and the acting was great. The dialogue was decent for a DOAWK movie and the directing was great.We again have some of the funnier and more awesome Diary of a Wimpy Kid characters, such as Chirag and Fregley! In this film, Gregg Heffley doesn't really disappointment me as much as he has in the past, but the characters never annoyed me here, except for Heather Hills. I understand her character is supposed to be like all snobby and stuff, but I just didn't like her. Everyone else was fine, especially Rowley's Dad on a few occasions***SPOILERS*** Some of the better moments #1- "I love you because" scene This scene perfectly illustrates what the Jefferson family is like. I was laughing so hard at Mr Jefferson's reactions when Greg couldn't find something nice to say about him.#2- "The Cops vs Mr Jefferson" scene That bit was absolutely hilarious. I loved the absurdity of the scene and the scenario and the innocence of Mr Jefferson put into the scene make it absolutely hilarious#3- "Rodrick drowning" scene That particular scene was hilarious and it kept me laughing, especially Rodrick's reaction after the man gives him mouth to mouthOverall, this is a great kids film and I really enjoyed it as a 15 year old guy!

I've had enough of this inter-species romance in family films. Before Avatar I thought the line would have been drawn at Turner and Hooch. You know what he was really doing with that dog, that's why he gave it beer. But anyway, this movie is worse than mashing my pud with a handful of sandpaper, not just because of the fact that there's a skinny dipping scene that has no nudity and teases you like Avatar but worse because even though you do wanna see the blue monkey lady's nipples you know they aren't real anyway then you end up spilling popcorn and Mike and Ike's into your bare lap then get kicked out of the theatre for indecent exposure and screaming, rather than now where it would be have edgy and raw to show everything, but also because the film is totally unrealistic. It says it's about a wimpy kid, and even though, true, the butthole kid is a total wimp, he succeeds in the end. I thought this was gonna be something real, where the dweeb gets pounded by jocks for 90 minutes, but nope, just another one of Hollywood's should-be abortions. It was also morally reprehensible for the director to make a film wherein it is implied the hero rapes his dog throughout the film off camera, as if that's a quality to be commended.