CeeGee
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I just love the Jungle Book. Classic animation, amazing timeless story and fun sing-a-long music just makes it my top fav of all time. The Little Mermaid and Aladdin are also up there on the list. The characters in those movies are just so irresistable! Flounder, Sebastian, Genie and Iago will always be in my memories
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Professor Zoidy
Urban Legend
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I mean they're going to make a Direct-to-DVD spinoff of Cars called Planes. Really?
Link to official word of this please. I've not seen/heard this. That and Pixar's NEVER released a direct-to-DVD movie as far as I know. @Xanfor: You slay me with your dry humor. @hobbitboy: Same here. I'm not gonna go in expecting rainbows and unicorns and delicious cake with delectable frosting atop it. At best I'm going in expecting medicore.
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Bend-err
DOOP Secretary
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Yes, yes you can... and then ignore it, like everyone should.
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Xanfor
Moderator
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Disney is squeezing every drop of money out of Pixar that they can. What else is new?
That being said, it might not be all that bad. Really.
Maybe.
Perhaps.
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Bend-err
DOOP Secretary
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You mean it'll be even worse?
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Tweek
UberMod
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...it would just be nice if Disney could recapture that golden period again.
Disney won't have anything to do with period (golden or any colour) don't forget they still haven't released Only Yesterday in the US despite having the rights to it
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Spacedal11
Space Pope
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I might give Tangled a go as The Princess and the Frog was enjoyable enough, it would just be nice if Disney could recapture that golden period again.
Tangled did everything right that The Princess and the Frog tried to do but failed. Namely they are not fucking frogs for 96% of the movie. I just watched TP&TF a few weeks ago with my boyfriend, and it just did not work for me. Granted I loved the New Orleans theme and the villain was freaking awesome, I wish they had explored that instead of what we got. And it bothers me that this movie was promoted to have the first African American princess yet for a giant hunk of the movie she's a green frog. The magic and logic was lost on me too, I mean I guess it made sense but really farfetched. I loved how all the white characters were horribly stereotyped -unattractive and stupid white best friend, John Goodman being John Goodman in the 1920s, rude oppressive whites, the whole nine yards-. And god almighty did I hate that stupid cajon firefly. I have never been so happy to see a character get killed in a Disney movie -by the way, he looked really good for being squished-. Bottom line: Watch Tangled instead. That movie is awesome, there are not 1843 characters, it's much more basic and does well because of that. The Princess and the Frog fails in comparison.
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Smarty
Professor
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I loved Meet the Robinsons.
I figured out half the plot line halfway through, though. I love it when I can do that....
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hobbitboy
Sir Rank-a-Lot
Urban Legend
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My biggest gripe with Meet The Robinsons is that I wish they'd given Goob an active part in catching the ball at the end rather than just having it land in his glove without him knowing anything about it. Its the fully awesome Bolt tonight.
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David A
Space Pope
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My biggest gripe with Meet The Robinsons is that I wish they'd given Gooban active part in catching the ball at the end rather than just having it land in his glove without him knowing anything about it. Ah, but if you think about it, Goob never had an active part in his own scheme to take over the world either. Doris just used him to enslave humanity without him knowing anything about it. So, it kind of fits his character.
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Spacedal11
Space Pope
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@Spacedal: Maybe that explanation of yours lends itself to why I wasn't a fan of Princess & the Frog. None of it worked for me, and while watching I had this looming sense in the back of my mind that I was thinking racistly while viewing it or something. Perhaps it was due to the pretty stereotyped characters I felt that way about this film. I get that it was set in a time when that kinda thing was present, I do, but I digress. I wasn't feeling it. I'd rather endure Sword and the Stone or Black Cauldron before watching P&tF again. Thing is, John Lassiter was part of the project. He's never failed Pixar but I feel that this film was a letdown by comparison. Time will tell if he and his team can pull of Brave, the first fairytale from Pixar. I think it's a damn shame Tangled became CG because P&tF "bombed" at the box office by Disney standards. At one time it was going to be 2D as well, or so the rumors go. Oh well, Tangled is still a good film.
Yes there is a feeling of racism done in a not very subtle way. Speaking of racism, I kept wondering who was doing the Prince's voice because it sounded so fake. Turns out he's Brazillian and that is his speaking voice. I too would have liked to have seen Tangled in 2D, but that doesn't make me like the movie any less. That was the best thing P&TF had going for it, and that's something that I'm sad to see less and less of. I love animation, it's a wonderful thing but 3D and computer technology ruins it. The best example from P&TF is anything that had to do with the witchcraft/voodoo monsters and their whole world, make a movie about that and I would totally watch it. This thread needs more Flynn Rider (yeah his name is Eugene, but he's Flynn to me!)
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Xanfor
Moderator
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Given that hair is the hardest thing to render using CG, the fact that they decided to use CG to do a movie entirely about hair is astounding. And honestly, the scene with the lanterns wouldn't have been as spectacular if it were hand-drawn. Personally, I think they made the right call. Oh, and Rapunzel is finally going to be accepted as a Disney Princess in 2012. And we're going to see a short where she and Eugene get married.
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Gorky
DOOP Secretary
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I just watched "Beauty and the Beast," which gives me the warm-and-fuzzies whenever I see it. For all that talk of Disney magic--and despite how much I love everything to come out of their Renaissance--this is probably the only film in their canon to which I can unironically apply the term "delightful." I mean, seriously: I know it's been said a lot, but this movie is a freaking delight.
Yeah, I'm eloquent. It's a side-effect of those warm-and-fuzzies.
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