Except in cases where you=Escapay and it=TheLionKing. Then it's a bad film.MadonnasManOne wrote: Just because you don't like it, doesn't mean it's a bad film.
I forgot about that. There was a moment of toilet humor and it mildly shocked me. When the Bowler Hat Guy descides to go after Lewis, he writes in his book of notes to himself "Get that &%#* kid." I heard a gasp and a laugh from the people around me, but a laugh at profantity (or suggested profanity) is never a positive kind of laugh. It's a shocked laugh, and I don't think it was necessary at all. In fact for a few moments I felt the degredation it brought to the film.Princess Stitch wrote: I thought it was funny without using toilet humor, and the characters were great.
It's not the first time Disney's hinted at profanity, though.gardener14 wrote:I forgot about that. There was a moment of toilet humor and it mildly shocked me. When the Bowler Hat Guy descides to go after Lewis, he writes in his book of notes to himself "Get that &%#* kid." I heard a gasp and a laugh from the people around me, but a laugh at profantity (or suggested profanity) is never a positive kind of laugh. It's a shocked laugh, and I don't think it was necessary at all. In fact for a few moments I felt the degredation it brought to the film.
I wouldn't go as far as to say that I disliked Chicken Little, but for me, all of the warmth that you got from it felt very rushed and just thrown in there to me. It's greatest strength is the comedy and I feel like they completely failed with the emotional aspect of it. The film fipped back and forth between funny and sad so many times that I lost interest and by the time the conflict was resolved, I no longer cared. A lot of people failed to connect with Chicken Little on an emotional level, so I don't think it's just me. It almost seemed like they had written this clevar funny film and then decided it needed heart, so they added it at the last minute. I feel that film would have been better without the father-son relationship problems. Some of my favorite Disney films are the ones with the least amount of heart (Alice in Wonderland, Peter Pan, etc...).CL felt like a warm, affectionate, and funny movie in two acts.
I also don't understand why many people disliked Chicken Little. I found CL to have heart, a consistent pace, likeable and funny characters, and great music.
You wrote this about Chicken Little, but it is exactly how I felt about Meet the Robinsons. The middle part, while far too chaotic for my taste, felt like what they probably started with, and the beginning and end felt like tacked on pieces to give the film heart. They felt like two different movies to me and very disjointed.goofystitch wrote: It almost seemed like they had written this clevar funny film and then decided it needed heart, so they added it at the last minute.
The father/son relationship issues are what made Chicken Little so special for me...along with Chicken Little's sense of awkwardness, and eventual self-confidence. I felt these pieces blended with the adventure and comedy in a natural way. In MTR, the heart and soul of the movie felt interupted by all the nonsense in the middle (at least it felt nonsensical to me).goofystitch wrote: I feel that film would have been better without the father-son relationship problems.
That's an awful lot of unfair conjecture. I find those who disliked CL are mostly made up of online Disney fans. I saw it twice in theatres, once opening weekend and once several weeks later, and the audience reaction both times was very positive.Disneykid wrote:IA lot of people went to see Chicken Little opening weekend out of curiosity, and when most were less than satisfied, they discouraged others from seeing it.
I'm not anti-Chicken Little, but almost everyone I've talked to in person, not online, has had similar feelings. The general complaints I've heard are that it wasn't anywhere near as good as past Disney films, that it was too off the wall with the humor, the characters weren't appealing, and the most shocking is that it didn't feel like a Disney film. I'm sure similar things will be said for Meet The Robinsons and since it's new, I don't know many people not on UD who have seen it yet, but my whole family loved it which is more than I can say for Chicken Little, and I'm the only online Disney fan in my family. Also, I felt that audience reaction when I saw MTR was better than for CL, but that could be attributed to the fact that MTR was 3D and I saw CL in 2D.I find those who disliked CL are mostly made up of online Disney fans.
