The Disney Thread

Anyway, here's some official concept art from Brave.

Oh, those horror version reminds me of American McGee's Alice. Anyone played that?
I played it some time back, but got stuck on a really difficult part... Think I want to try it again.

Yesterday I saw Pocahontas for the first time. (really, I've never seen it before)
So wow, to my surprise they didn't end up together at the end, that was a first for a Disney animated movie I guess.

Really, first time? Wow. What did you think of the characters, plot and animation?

The backgrounds, colourization and stylized effects were great, but the animation of the human characters had some stiffness to be honest. Pocahontas was a strong lead but John Smith felt a bit too cliched. I was amazed that the movie contained themes about arranged marriages and such (although those themes were handled in a quite mild manner) Also, the death of the Indian Pocahontas was 'promised' to was something I didn't see coming, as well as the animal sidekick of the villain turning to the good side. Those things were all a bit different from what you would expect of this type of Disney movie.
The overall tone of the feature might have been a bit too serious and that could have worked if they made the movie a bit longer and did some more emotional exploring, but now it felt as one of the lesser movies from the Disney Renaissance.
The music was topnotch though and deserved those Oscars.

It's fun to read reviews from an adult point of view, because these movies are part of our childhood and most of us can't even judge them impartially.
Recently I saw it for the first time after so many years and I thought the story was a bit weak, but when you're a kid you can't really tell.
(Also I used to say I wanted to marry Kocoum, because I couldn't say out loud I found John Smith boring or that I actually wanted to marry Pochaontas )
Um, for the ending they wanted to follow the historic events as close as possible, there's also a second movie (not as good as this one) with an unexpected finale.

eli_ wrote:

Um, for the ending they wanted to follow the historic events as close as possible, there's also a second movie (not as good as this one) with an unexpected finale.

Oh yeah, a straight-to-video movie.
I never was a fan of those kind of movies. (The Lion King 1 1/2 being the exception and I think Return to Neverland is also kind of good though, although I never saw that one either)

I also watched Wall-E with audiocommentary yesterday.
I still don't get why they decided to use live-action footage on the hyper-realistic abandoned earth during the beginning of the movie while they choose a total cartoony style once Wall-E enters the spaceship.

I rewatched Pocahontas this weekend and during my second watch I liked it better.
Weird, I have that sometimes.

Although I watch a lot of animation, there are still some classics I never saw.
So today I saw 101 Dalmatians for the first time.
Very stylized backgrounds.



Really! The painting of the backgrounds sometimes even reminded me of Van Gogh's style.

(compare with his style in his 'La Chambre'-painting)



Also, the mother dalmatian only birthed 14 puppies and the rest was adopted. I didn't know that.
I always thought she birthed the whole 101.

I'm watching the animated Robin Hood for the first time since I was kid.

I wanna watch 101 Dalmatians, too.

Jugz da' Clown wrote:

I'm watching the animated Robin Hood for the first time since I was kid.

I wanna watch 101 Dalmatians, too.

Robin Hood is a long time favorite

I am watching the Lion King on tv right now

Short 'Brave' review.



Well, it's Pixar but it feels more Disney than any other movie they ever made.
Why? Well, there's the concept of the Disney Princess, there's a witch with a cauldron and a raven, there's a spell in which a person changes into an animal... all Disney-ingredrients.

One difference though, it's not about living happily ever after with a prince, it's more some sort of tale about the differences between a mother and a daughter.

Also, I like it more than Dreamworks' How To Train A Dragon, which has similar elements.

So as great as other Pixars? No, it's no Toy Story. But better than most other cgi animated movies? Definitely!

And oh yeah, the little short accompanying it ('La Luna') is absolutely gorgeous.