Happily N'Ever After

[brownie]

"Happily and Ever After" doesn't really make any sense to me. I think that, as opposed to simply titling it "Happily Never After," they chose to add the odd apostrophe to make it stick out more; some businesses will replace an "s" with a "z" or a "c" with a "k" to make people notice whatever they're selling.

Anyway, I probably won't be seeing this film until it's out on DVD (which only takes about three months these days). If, however, it receives a lot of good reviews, I might change my mind.

[Timon/Pumbaa fan]

Well, honestly, I think it looks better than Shrek 2 and, from the looks of it, "Shrek the Third". It looks to be a much better satire of fairytales as that was a problem I had with Shrek 2, it made fun of fairytales(like the first one), movies, and pretty much any other type of pop-culture out there(I'm not even going into the endless sexual innuendo and burp/fart jokes ) that the whole film was a gigantic mess. Granted, it's hard to tell from a trailer, but this film looks as if it's much more creative in spoofing fairytales than any of the Shrek films are(even the first one).

Okay, it doesn't look mindblowing or original, but it looks sort of fun and a good rental, at least let's give it a chance.

As far as "too many Shrek clones" arguement, well, who's fault is that? With both Shrek films making millions more than much better films(a large majority including Disney), then it's pretty understandable they'd make similar movies.

[Kram Nebuer]

...Happily Never After.

um.....maybe im stupid, but i thought that is what the title was implying....

You're not alone. The announcer even pronounces it as "never." There's no space between "n" and "ever" in his speech which is probably why Luke and the others were confused that the apostrophe is there.

It's funny that Andy Dick is left playing furry little animals in CGI fairy tale parodies.

Is it just me or has this movie been having previews for a long long time even before this trailer? I remember seeing a trailer with just the cat and other creature and the animation looked really really different like the same animation quality of the new Care Bears CGI animation and the Veggie Tales CGI animation. It looks a lot smoother now though.

Another thing that confuses me is "George Carlin as the Wizard." Umm...why should we care. Is it improtant that we need to know who he's playing and not who the other people are playing? It makes sense if they said "Sigourny Weaver as the wicked stepmother" since she's last but the Wizard doesn't make too much sense. Is this a cheap ploy to try and hook Harry Potter/Lord of the Wings/Wicked fans into watching this movie?

[Escapay]

Another thing that confuses me is "George Carlin as the Wizard." Umm...why should we care. Is it improtant that we need to know who he's playing and not who the other people are playing?

He probably had it in his contract to get special billing. I assume the marketing peeps would think adults and parents would be bored to tears at this movie, but knowing that the Carlin is in it, they might give it a chance.

Escapay

[PixarFan2006]

Razzies.com has named this movie the "Worst new movie of the week". My local newspaper gave it a 5 out of 10.

[Jasmine1022]

hey escapay i like your signature

[Just Myself]

Hey Jasmine, what were you talking about? Just out of curiousity.

This film looks like garbage. Then again, it is January.

Cheers,
JM

[Jasmine1022]

Hey Jasmine, what were you talking about? Just out of curiousity.

This film looks like garbage. Then again, it is January.

Cheers,
JM

i was quoted in escapay's signature, and this is the first time i saw it. so, i commented.

[Just Myself]

Hey Jasmine, what were you talking about? Just out of curiousity.

This film looks like garbage. Then again, it is January.

Cheers,
JM

i was quoted in escapay's signature, and this is the first time i saw it. so, i commented.

Yes, I know that, but in the quote that Escapay's siggy refers to, what was the subject?

Cheers,
JM

[Jasmine1022]

it's a direct response to danfrandes.

in aladdin from agrabah's art thread, he kept requesting things and being impatient and then al from ag said that he was going to stop doing requests but danfrandes goes and requests another picture anyway.

thus, my WIST.

[disclosedtruth]

The TV spots for this movie look awful! I don't get why everyone appreciates CG animation over traditional...I mean, why bother doing CG if it doesn't even look decent?

[the-reason]

I posted a very similar topic over at another board, but I want to know your input on this aswell. So here goes.

What do you guys here think about the current way that fairytales are being potrayed, specifically in this movie. Do you think that disney should follow this trend and do their fairytales like this? Or should they continue to do them on the same level as Beauty and the Beast, Cinderalla, Little Mermaid, etc.

Personally, I think the integrity of animation has dropped with the adoption of CG. I understand that CG is like the new trend of animation and every studio that comes out with a CG film, they all have to be comical. But I dont see these films being classics later on down the road. It seems that disney animation is somewhat suffering a little because of this new comical trend. It also seems that disney makes more money off of their dvd releases of classic movies than they would at the box office.

What do you guys think about all of this.

[Just Myself]

Firstly, I think this might be better suited for off-topic, where I believe there is already a thread on this. Al, please do the search button dance for the-reason.

Secondly, I don't think Disney will (quality wise, anyway) make any movies like Happily N'Ever After, Shrek or Hoodwinked. Ever since they went all CG, though, their animated films have technically all been comedy (where the humor is in Chicken Little, nobody knows*.) I have a feeling, though, that when the studios figure out lame comedies like these don't always sell well, they will try serious CG animation or even *gasp!* revert back to 2-D.

Cheers,
JM

*Timon/Pumbaa Fan always says how great CL is, but I personally was bored through it. We kinda have a Cowboys/Giants-like rivalry with CL and Finding Nemo.

[darth_deetoo]

Well, while I enjoy a wacky CG comedy as much as the next person, I think there is a trend of overdoing it with the CG films now, and everyone seems to be jumping on the bandwagon.

I've just been rewatching the early Disney animated classics on DVD (just up to no. 11 - Cinderella next), and what's striking about the early days of Disney is the variety on offer. I don't see that with a lot of the CG stuff.

Pixar obviously stand head and shoulders above what everyone else is doing, but I would love to see a return to the more traditional approach with 2D animation.

[dalmation134]

I agreee with darth_deeto. The CGI movies aren't bad, but they just aren't the same as Beauty and the Beast and such. I could never see some of the things that Disney has done made in CGI.

[darth_deetoo]

London Investigation 'n Detective Agency

Watch out for the Absorbaloff!

[memnv]

I went and saw this and fell asleep

[dvdjunkie]

Memnv, you need to get more sleep before going to a movie.

I took my oldest grandkids (two 7-year-olds and a six year old) to see this flick, and they laughed their collective butts off. I thought it was a little slow, but not boring. I still don't see what all the bru-ha-ha is about. The animation was really good, the character voices fit, and the story was pretty good. It did need a little more humor in certain places, but overall I would not say this is a great picture, nor would I say it was one of the worst. I will add it to my collection when the DVD comes out in about four months.

[Siren]

I'll wait till Blockbuster for it. Doesn't look worth the price of movies and snacks these days. I rather see Charlotte's Web

[memnv]

Sorry, I thought this movie was so terrbile, I knew I should have gone and seen Eragon again.