Chicken Little Discussion

[isaac15]

i think it did very good. the only other good movie was lilo and stitch. all there other movies did bad. disney s chicken little is a hit.

[isaac15]

the total for chicken little now is 129 million.

[landofdisney]

Just saw the movie today. Have to say I wasn't impressed. Saw trailer for Valiant (without ANY disney references for some reason) and that looks to be a much more entertaining movie. For me one of the more forgettable Disney movies.

[Disney-Fan]

Saw trailer for Valiant (without ANY disney references for some reason)

Outside of the US, Disney has no connection what-so-ever to the movie. Maybe that's why... Where are you from?

[yoda_four]

Thought this might interest some, although it's certainly not confirmation on either artwork or Blu-Ray title availability:



Courtesy of IGN.com

[landofdisney]

Saw trailer for Valiant (without ANY disney references for some reason)

Outside of the US, Disney has no connection what-so-ever to the movie. Maybe that's why... Where are you from?

In Australia. I figured that must be the reason but was a little surprised that Disney didn't distribute it globally. Looks like a decent movie

[Kenai]

i think it did very good. the only other good movie was lilo and stitch. all there other movies did bad. disney s chicken little is a hit.

Brother Bear also was good as well.

I figured that must be the reason but was a little surprised that Disney didn't distribute it globally. Looks like a decent movie

Eww. It was a bomb in both the US and the UK. And it got appaling reviews. That should tell you something......

[Wonderlicious]

I finally rented Chicken Little and saw it on Saturday afternoon. I went in thinking that it would be like how I found Home on the Range; a picture that isn't and doesn't try to be the greatest Disney film, yet succeeds. However, whilst the film didn't seem all that pretentious, it really didn't seem to succeed for me. I don't want to seem like one of the "every Disney feature since The Lion King sucks" crowd, but I just couldn't like it on the whole even though I wanted to.

The film was technically proficient. Perhaps the animation wasn't the best that had ever been done using CGI (if I had my way, I would have ordered the Disney animators not to delve into a 3D animated film straight away and done some shorts or a package feature in order to get testing), but it was still good and I liked the backgrounds. I think that the story was the problem; it was so messy. For the first act, it was fine. The relationships between Chicken Little, the townfolk and his father were well placed. After the baseball game, however, and when the piece of the sky fell, the story just changed direction completely, turning from an emotional story into a high energy yet not emotionally connectingpiece. It almost seemed as though some Disney executive had forced the crew to put the whole alien plot into the story without any consideration towards the emotional arc, which becomes destroyed by a childish idea.

I can see that a lot of the people who worked on this film are very talented (actors Harry Shearer and Zach Braff and animator Nik Ranieri spring to mind), but I must say that it's a shame that they end up working on a mediocre piece like this. I know that people like Timon/Pumbaa Fan and 2099net will hate me for saying this, but I think that this is actually one of Disney's worst animated films. Sorry.

5/10

[TheSequelOfDisney]

I know that people like Timon/Pumbaa Fan and 2099net will hate me for saying this, but I think that this is actually one of Disney's worst animated films. Sorry.

5/10

I wouldn't call it one of Disney's worst animated films, but it isn't spectacular. I might give it a 7/10. Oh yeah, I don't hate you, I just disagree with you.

[Disney-Fan]

I know that people like Timon/Pumbaa Fan and 2099net will hate me for saying this, but I think that this is actually one of Disney's worst animated films. Sorry.

5/10

I have to agree, though I would give it even less. This pales in comparission to even the most modest of Disney's animated feature cannon. I thought it was disappointing from start to finish, and to be honest for a comedy it rarely made me laugh.

[Billy Moon]

I finally rented Chicken Little and saw it

Me, too. I didn't really have much interest towards it until I saw the DVD at a rental store and curiosity won me over.

After the baseball game, however, and when the piece of the sky fell, the story just changed direction completely, turning from an emotional story into a high energy yet not emotionally connectingpiece. It almost seemed as though some Disney executive had forced the crew to put the whole alien plot into the story without any consideration towards the emotional arc, which becomes destroyed by a childish idea.

That's an interesting point of view. I thought the beginning was uninteresting and too long - the film got better IMO with the aliens. But not much. I ended up skipping and fast forwarding portions of it.

I understand that what the general public likes changes from time to time, but this film was too big of a departure from the previous works of the Disney animation studio for me. There was almost nothing in it that I found amusing or otherwise likeable at all. I didn't like the way music was used in it, there were many elements in the script that didn't work for me, and I just don't find references to other modern films humorous.

Sad to say, but Chicken Little is the first (non-Pixar) Disney animated feature I have no interest in watching again.

[Elladorine]

I actually happened to like this one a lot but can see why it's not for everyone.

I like the alien twist on the story, and I love the look, designs, the energy of the film. So fun and cartoony.

I loved and totally related to the lack of communications between Chicken Little and his father, and thought it was a good set up for the events to follow. I like how winning the game didn't solve anything.

And using the REM song was classic.

[slyslayer3000]

My Opinions in This Movie:

It's a major disappointment for Chicken Little being Disney's first CGI animated Classic. I haven't learned any valuable lesson in the movie. It's just all about trusting Chicken Little that the sky is falling and a building father-son relationship. What more can you get? Will it make you laugh? It's filled with funny scenes, jokes and crazy dancemoves - none made me laugh. It's not a heart-warming tale, though the animation is great. And there's nothing special in the songs. I don't have it at my collection and I have no plans of buying it. I'll give it 4/10.

[Mr. Toad]

Finally watched it tonight. The first animated movie that ever got turned off half way through(watched some muppets instead). Although I knew my wife and I were totally bored it was the first time my three year old ever wanted a movie turned off for shear boredom.

The movie really had nothing going for it at all. I echo Joe - not only one of the worst Disney films ever, maybe the worst.

[akhenaten]

i hated chicken little very much.i actually cried when watching it at the theater. i was so embarrased to have brought my brothers to watch it as an event.we ended up watching corpse bride afterwards to compensate for the lousy experience.im so ashamed that disney made it.i will always see it as disney's illegitimate animated feature child. i bought the dvd anyway as a completist. but i rarely watch it only when i feel like TRYING to give it a chance which ended up in less than 5 minutes. i have total faith in robinsons anyway. if only theyd change the title back to a day with wilbur robinson.

1/2 out of 10


give me home on the range anytime, at least it has the good ol disney spirit of the 60s and 70s

[Isidour]

...I don´t get it, why would you buy a movie you don´t like?

[Escapay]

...I don´t get it, why would you buy a movie you don´t like?

Reread his post...

i bought the dvd anyway as a completist

Think reyquila.

Anyway, even though I truly love this film, I haven't watched it much since I've been down in FL, though I do have the next two days off, so I'll try and squeeze it in somewhere.

Escapay

[2099net]

Well, this thread has been bumped again. So I guess it's time for my say in the matter.

I really don't understand this hatred for Chicken Little at all. I can understand indifference, but not hatred. It is really that bad? I mean, compare it to Scary Movie or Date Movie or almost any other comedy (such as even the Cheaper by the Dozen movies) and it's a masterpiece!

So I guess the hatred comes from the fact it's not seen as a "Disney" movie. A lot of people compare it to Shrek (which I think is unfair). But would it have got a better reception if it was a Dreamworks film itself. I mean, it can't be worse than Shark Tale can it? Can it?

I've said this before, and was shouted down, but I'll say it again because I think it's true. I think Chicken Little has a very British sense of humour about it. It's all about a looser rather than a hero. And a geeky looser - to various extents - has been a staple of British humour for years, from Mr Bean to Basil Fawlty; from David Brent to Alan Partridge; from Arnold Judas Rimmer to Tim and Daisy in Spaced; From Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and a Funeral to Simon Pegg in Shaun of the Dead. The Britains tend to champion the underdogs while at the same time mocking them. I can't actually think of a successful "successful" British comedy creation.

Chicken Little started the film as a total looser, having faced the ultimate embarassment. Something which isn't normal for American films. Aladdin may have been a "street rat" but he had charm, looks and, hey, he was cool. Same for Belle in Beauty and the Beast, she may have been nerdish, but she had independence and an inner strength too. Not Chicken Little who was not only a nerd, but hung around with all the other nerds too.

I think this didn't sit well with some people from the start.

Secondly, the movie was sort of random. If I had to pick something it resembled, I would have to say the (sadly not so good) Blancmanges Invading Earth bits from an episdoe of Monty Pyhon's Flying Circus, in that that has a sort of sci-fi narrative throughout, but with lots of diversions. Chicken Little may not of have the most coherant and logical of scripts, but it was never about the story really. It was all about the characters.

It also had some wonderful animation. I think the somewhat crude designs put some people off seeing a lot of the detail of the movement. Here we had 3D characters that had "rubber banding". Take a look at the sequence at the start where the theme song is playing and Chicken Little is running to get to school. There's more life and energy in that than most CGI movies (bar Pixar's). Its also wonderfully inventive.

As for some specific complaints I have heard against Chicken Little:

* "It's too much like Shrek, just full of pop-culture references."

Well, I think this is a little unfair. Shrek wasn't the first to do this. To some extent as movies and TV become more and more part of our lives, it only natural that they should parody and reference examples from the past. TV itself had been doing it for years before Shrek did. Remember Tiny Toon Adventures, Animaniacs and Disney's own Bonkers? Shrek just did it more than any other (and it actually riffed on Fairy Tales more than movies - Shrek II did it to movies far more)

I guess everyone who complains about soon to date pop-culture also complains about Robin Willliams' Genie in the Aladdin films?

* "I didn't like the Wannabe karaoke, it had no purpose"

On the contary. The fact that Runt of the Litter was singing Wannabe, played "I will survive" in a crisis and had a collection of Barbera Streisand records was probably a (not so subtle - or PC) hint at his true character.

* "Why did he only have a father. It was just like Finding Nemo"

Just like Arial only had a father. Or Pinocchio. Or Belle. Or Snow White (technically). Or Pocahontas. Or Max Goof. Or Linday Lohan in Herbie: Fully Loaded... And then of course the following only had mothers - Jim in Treasure Planet, Andy in Toy Story, Dumbo, the chick in Ice Princess... Yes, you're all right. It was just like Finding Nemo

[Escapay]

It's all about a looser rather than a hero. And a geeky looser - to various extents - has been a staple of British humour for years, from Mr Bean to Basil Fawlty; from David Brent to Alan Partridge; from Arnold Judas Rimmer to Tim and Daisy in Spaced; From Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and a Funeral to Simon Pegg in Shaun of the Dead. The Britains tend to champion the underdogs while at the same time mocking them.

Don't forget Jeff Murdoch!

Escapay

[Luke]

And a geeky looser - to various extents - has been a staple of British humour for years, from Mr Bean to Basil Fawlty; from David Brent to Alan Partridge; from Arnold Judas Rimmer to Tim and Daisy in Spaced; From Hugh Grant in Four Weddings and a Funeral to Simon Pegg in Shaun of the Dead.

If only the geeky bird in question had been a partridge. Alan Partridge. A-ha!