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- Thu Dec 27, 2018 12:55 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Mary Poppins Returns
- Replies: 861
- Views: 301929
Re: Mary Poppins Returns
From what I recall, Michael gave the tuppence to his father not the bird woman. Still an act of compassion, albeit inadequate in light of his father’s impending job loss. As for the adults will all forget by tomorrow line, I took that not to mean that they would forget what they learned so much as ...
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 2:33 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Mary Poppins Returns
- Replies: 861
- Views: 301929
Re: Mary Poppins Returns
I thought I’d like it. I do love the original. But it was quite a disappointment. For a film which is – supposedly – put together by lovers of the 1964 original, it is deeply thematically out of step with it. This is a film made by someone who evidently regards the cartoon penguins as more integral ...
- Mon Dec 24, 2018 2:33 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Mary Poppins Returns
- Replies: 861
- Views: 301929
- Sat Dec 01, 2018 1:39 pm
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Rank Disney's CG Movies
- Replies: 9
- Views: 4662
Re: Rank Disney's CG Movies
1. Moana 2. Zootopia 3. Meet the Robinsons 4. Tangled 5. Frozen 6. Chicken Little 7. Wreck-It Ralph 8. Dinosaur 9. Big Hero 6 10. Bolt For all that Dinosaur is a dreadful experience from a narrative standpoint, there are still moments of real beauty, visually, and the early montage with the egg is v...
- Tue Nov 13, 2018 12:13 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Toy Story 4
- Replies: 993
- Views: 290210
Re: Toy Story 4
I’m very curious to see what this supposed emotional ending is. After all, we do know for certain that the characters will not die, they won’t be split up, they’ll get a happy ending - so now we’ve already had them being passed on by Andy, where do we go from there? Imo, I think it’s kind of concern...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:35 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Rank the Cinderella Songs
- Replies: 35
- Views: 10732
Re: Rank the Cinderella Songs
A Dream Is a Wish Your Heart Makes So This Is Love Cinderella Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo O, Sing Sweet Nightingale The Work Song I love this movie’s songs. Even The Work Song. I don’t think O, Sing Sweet Nightingale is as good as the similar-sounding other songs sung by Cinderella, but animation-wise, that...
- Mon Nov 05, 2018 5:28 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Live -Action Renaissance?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23863
Re: Live -Action Renaissance?
That’s a rather alarming prospect. We can only hope that sequels to such remakes don’t prove as popular - and it’s rather difficult to conceive of where these sequels could go that’s interesting (especially as the direct-to-video DisneyToon precedents aren’t very promising). But then again, maybe an...
- Sun Nov 04, 2018 1:35 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Live -Action Renaissance?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23863
Re: Live -Action Renaissance?
They won't need to since both titles are heading directly to streaming. Disney's streaming service will be the home for remakes of moderately popular animated films. That’s wise of them! But it doesn’t change the overall point I was making - once Disney is done remaking the really popular ones, whe...
- Sat Nov 03, 2018 6:30 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Live -Action Renaissance?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 23863
Re: Live -Action Renaissance?
I don’t think there is a live-action renaissance. Like so many of Disney’s recent live-action properties before it, from John Carter to A Wrinkle in Time, Nutcracker and the Four Realms is clearly going to bomb. Hard. The only big hitters in Disney’s live-action production are of course the remakes ...
- Fri Nov 02, 2018 3:48 pm
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Celebrating Mickey on Blu-ray 10/23
- Replies: 25
- Views: 10947
Re: Celebrating Mickey on Blu-ray 10/23
An interesting selection, one that’s both frustrating and pleasantly surprising. I think the fact there’s just one black-and-white cartoon, despite there being a good selection of some solid ones (The Mad Doctor, Mickey’s Good Deed...) is a bit disappointing, and as anyone looking at my username wou...
- Wed May 02, 2018 6:17 pm
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Rank the Snow White Songs
- Replies: 14
- Views: 5086
Re: Rank the Snow White Songs
1. Someday My Prince Will Come 2. With a Smile and a Song 3. Heigh-Ho 4. Whistle While You Work 5. I’m Wishing/One Song 6. Music in Your Soup 7. The Silly Song 8. Dig-a-Dig Dig 9. Bluddle-Uddle-Um-Dum 10. You’re Never Too Old To Be Young I basically love the whole lot, even the deleted ones. Only ‘Y...
- Thu Nov 23, 2017 4:33 pm
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: How would you rank the different eras of Disney animation?
- Replies: 16
- Views: 5626
Re: How would you rank the different eras of Disney animatio
Here goes... 1. The Golden Age (1937-42) : It's nice to see a consensus around this, both here and in terms of film criticism generally. There isn't really a serious debate to be had, is there? Walt Disney created 4, maybe 5 absolute masterpieces, the logical endpoint of his innovations in short sub...
- Mon Jul 10, 2017 12:11 pm
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: Doctor Who Discussion
- Replies: 120
- Views: 53101
Re: Doctor Who Discussion
Resurrecting this topic to discuss the oncoming Christmas special! Who should be the 13th Doctor? Personally, I think it has to be a woman - both on a thematic, storytelling level (considering the precedents of Missy, Clara Who and the like) and an ethical one. But whoever they are, it's been a long...
- Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:18 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Incredibles 2
- Replies: 292
- Views: 111178
Re: The Incredibles 2
I'm pretty sceptical about an Incredibles sequel. It's not really the kind of conventional superhero movie which leaves thematic and storytelling space for follow-ups. It was always closer, in style and in fact detail too, to something like a family-friendly Watchmen than it is to Iron Man or Batman...
- Sun Jul 09, 2017 10:09 am
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Funko POP! Disney
- Replies: 1831
- Views: 659155
Re: Funko POP! Disney
Scrooge isn't the best pop ever, but he's a vast improvement on, say, the likes of Donald and Goofy. The newer Disney pops are lightyears ahead of the originals - especially those SDCC ones. Very frustrating to be in the UK where I can't get those, or Disney Treasures, except through the likes of eB...
- Sun Mar 27, 2016 6:53 pm
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: 2016 elections thread
- Replies: 43
- Views: 32756
Re: 2016 elections thread
Maybe if you don't live in the country, where you'll experience the direct effects of a Trump presidency. I can understand why people don't like Hillary, but the idea that anyone thinks she's equally bad as or worse than Trump does not compute. Trump is effectively an isolationist on foreign policy...
- Sat Mar 26, 2016 8:25 am
- Forum: Off-Topic
- Topic: 2016 elections thread
- Replies: 43
- Views: 32756
Re: 2016 elections thread
Speaking as a Brit...Bernie is wonderful. Cruz and Kasich are evil. Clinton is a different type of evil. And although his stated policies are unpleasant, I think Trump would, in a way, be preferable to Clinton.
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:24 pm
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Zootopia
- Replies: 912
- Views: 447522
Re: Zootopia
I would say that the newer films like Frozen and Zootopia are superior in that they try to actively put forward relatively contentious moral messages at a time when those issues are particularly topical/divisive, as opposed to simply repeating accepted and perfectly banal wisdoms like in Beauty and ...
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 7:06 pm
- Forum: Main Disney
- Topic: Zootopia
- Replies: 912
- Views: 447522
Re: Zootopia
Wowza.
This era of Disney animation is better than the Renaissance. And with the welcome addition of being morally pristine to boot.
This era of Disney animation is better than the Renaissance. And with the welcome addition of being morally pristine to boot.
- Sun Mar 20, 2016 6:54 pm
- Forum: General Entertainment
- Topic: A Series of Unfortunate Events (Book Series)
- Replies: 12
- Views: 8588
Re: "A Series of Unfortunate Events" books
I've always adored the books. What other piece of children's literature can get young people into Lolita and depressing 19th century erotica? The movie is what got into me the books in the first place, but looking back it is...severely flawed. As has been mentioned on this thread, Carrey doesn't pla...