Ben 10
Ben 10
TV-Y7 | 27 December 2005 (USA)
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  • Reviews
    Ameriatch

    One of the best films i have seen

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    Fairaher

    The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

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    Hattie

    I didn’t really have many expectations going into the movie (good or bad), but I actually really enjoyed it. I really liked the characters and the banter between them.

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    Catherina

    If you're interested in the topic at hand, you should just watch it and judge yourself because the reviews have gone very biased by people that didn't even watch it and just hate (or love) the creator. I liked it, it was well written, narrated, and directed and it was about a topic that interests me.

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    FixinNixon

    Let's start with the good. Ben 10 is a fun show with an interesting premise and a decent execution. The show centers on Ben Tennyson, a ten year-old boy, who stumbles upon an alien device that allows him to transform into different aliens. In effect, he can give himself different superpowers for a short time. It follows that the device is sought-after, creating the setup for a good story. Along with his cousin and his grandfather he begins fighting various villains they run across. The characters are real and likable and the plots are well-executed. In short, it's good entertainment.Where does it fail? The most obvious failure is that Ben 10 — like so many of its cartoon brethren — lives in a limbo between an episodic style (villain-of-the-day, rather than a comedic Spongebob-style) and wanting to have an overarching plot. The short of it is that you can watch any episode regardless of chronology without feeling like you've missed something — not a good sign for a show trying to tell a larger story. Character development could, likewise, be improved. At the start of the series Ben is whiny, annoying, and rash. By the end of it? Slightly improved, but not as much as you'd assume from what he's been through. Gwen too is not developed to her full potential, while Grandpa Max is, frankly, underutilized as a character. The relationship between Ben and Gwen is also left under-developed. Generally speaking, character-developing moments just aren't seized and are left to flow by without mention. Ben and Gwen are the same people leaving the series that we meet at the start of it.The action is cartoony, if entertaining. The fights are largely there because we're supposed to see some fights rather than because of natural conflict. Like most cartoons, there's lots of hitting and flashiness, but little that's actually damaging. It divorces us from the action by giving us no real sense of anyone's strengths or weaknesses. This helps hinder development even more.In the end, the worst I can say about Ben 10 is that it doesn't live up to its immense potential. There's nothing wrong with it that isn't wrong with most cartoons, and Ben 10 among its peers is by far one of the better cartoons you could watch. The show is entertaining and fun, and while it probably won't satiate any hunger for deep stories and/or engagement the same way Avatar: tLA might that's not to say it isn't worth watching. Do I wish it could have been better? Of course, but that's only because it's so good and interesting already. There are many shows that can strive no higher than being episodic, villain-of-the-week pulp cartoons, but Ben 10 is not one of them.…It certainly makes the 2016 reboot all the more disappointing.

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    christian-97062

    I think that it's an OK series overall. I don't like though that Ben has a hard time figuring out throughout this series the genuine reason for why he should be a hero. I feel like that was a concept that he should have figured out during the first season.I like all of the aliens that Ben gets to be throughout the series. The last episode was random though. I thought that it was weird that he told his classmates and teacher within a very short time about the omnitrix.

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    www-jats

    must say that "Ben 10" is awesome. I really enjoy watching the show, and just watching it progress further and further from where it started. The characters and voices are great (especially Gwen's...he he he). I think that its worthy of watching every Saturday morning on cartoon network, so everyone should give a chance before they say anything, and no one should be saying that its just like "Teen Titans". Because it isn't, it's "Ben 10"...So all that being said, I hope that everybody gives the show a chance. Be sure to catch the new season because it's going to be amazing...Good job to everyone on the show you all deserve some praise because you all truly are amazing!

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    Horseman123

    There are definitely a few problems with this show indeed. While I understand this is a kid show even Teen Titans did better than this crap. First of all why does Ben NEVER lose. You'd think after about 50 alien fights he'd lose at least once. Oh I get it, he typed 'godmode' in the console. Second point is the danger. Why would a grandfather take his ten year olds to face dangerous aliens? It doesn't make any sense at all. There are so many dangerous situations in the show and every time when someone is about to meet their doom they get saved in the nick of time. The Aliens are too American and they seem to speak perfect English. while I understand you can't have subtitles for each alien if they were speaking a different language and just to keep the show going they need the aliens to speak English. I'm talking about all the aliens that come to earth like malfax, the trio that wanted that huge thing to suck the life out of the earth, the ones that wanted to steal the watch etc...Including ghost freak who escaped. You think they might mispronounce words, talk with an accent, or might even from time to time talk in their native language. Even the attitude of the aliens are so American it annoys me. What happened to the good old days when Cartoon Network played GOOD shows like Outlaw Star and Tenchi?

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