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National Treasure - First time I've watched it since the several theater trips I made. I really enjoy this one. I was watching it after the news of the sequel broke, and after finishing it with that in mind, I still stay there's definitely potential for one.

-Aaron

The Sword In the Stone: I decided to watch this movie after reading the appreation thread, and it was so-so. I really liked Merlin! He had alot of great slapstick moments! He made me laugh several times. I even think Blake Edwards and Peter Sellers would be amused! And of coarse the animation is good(even though I noticed alot of simularites betwenn this and the Jungle Book). However out of the 41 animated classic that I have seen, this is the only one to have all the songs turn out terrible. I mean the songs were either slow and boring or they were just annoying. I mean even though this wasn't the first Disney Soundtrack I didn't like, at least there were at least 1 song I liked. I didn't find one song I liked here. Also I felt that the story was a bit rushed! Overall there certaintly some good points in the Sword in the Stone, but this just happens to be one of the weaker Pre-Walt fillms. When you say to someone Pre-Walt this movie isn't usually the first movie to pop up in your minds! And I think it should stay like that. 5/10

The only Disney movie i've watched since I last posted was Pirates of the Cribbean. I really like this movie. Johnny Depp did a great job with his chracter.

Timon/Pumba fan wrote:Overall there certaintly some good points in the Sword in the Stone, but this just happens to be one of the weaker Pre-Walt fillms. When you say to someone Pre-Walt this movie isn't usually the first movie to pop up in your minds! And I think it should stay like that. 5/10

What do you mean by pre-Walt? The Sword In The Stone was actually the last movie to be released while Walt Disney was still alive. And if it was released before Walt Disney, it wouldn't be a Disney movie, would it.
Anyway, I think it is a fine flick, even if it is far from their best ones.

Joe Carioca wrote:What do you mean by pre-Walt? The Sword In The Stone was actually the last movie to be released while Walt Disney was still alive. And if it was released before Walt Disney, it wouldn't be a Disney movie, would it.
Anyway, I think it is a fine flick, even if it is far from their best ones.

I think what he means by pre-Walt is the movies that Walt himself was involved with. The last movie that Walt was involved with was The Jungle Book but Walt died priior to it being released. Anything after The Jungle Book is considered post-Walt.

Ice Princess

is good, but nothing remarkable

Nightmare Before Christmas-

I asked my boyfriend to randomly pick out a movie to watch last night in celebration of finally having a DVD player in our bedroom again, and that's what he came up with.

I hadn't watched it since October (for Halloween, of course) but it's a treat any time of the year.

I love the look, the music, the characters. . . plus I love the fact that it takes me back to the excitement and anticipation I had when I saw it for the first time in the theater.

Joe Carioca wrote: What do you mean by pre-Walt? The Sword In The Stone was actually the last movie to be released while Walt Disney was still alive. And if it was released before Walt Disney, it wouldn't be a Disney movie, would it.
Anyway, I think it is a fine flick, even if it is far from their best ones.

The word Pre-Walt means a movie that was released while Walt Disney was still alive. It's a term I think got created at the Polls and Games a while back. But overall Pre-Walt means during Walt.

Oh and I watched The Tigger Movie! Call me crazy, but I think this is the best Pooh film! Even better than the original! Maybe the reason was because Tigger was is my favorite Pooh character. The only problem I had with the movie was that Paul Winchell didn't get to voice Tigger(he was going to originally, but the Disney company thought he was "loosing" his tigger voice). But aside from singing "The Wonderful Thing About Tiggers" Jim Cummings does it almost as good as Paul. While Paul isn't in this, the late John Fiedler(The voice of Piglet) is. And he did an great job. He even made me laugh a several times. Eeyore and Pooh are riots. They made me laugh alot of times. Owl was also amusing. Even Rabbit(who is my least favorite Pooh character) was okay in this. But the real reason this is better than most of the Pooh movies was because it had alot of heart. It had a great and touching story about families. And I thought they ended it great! The songs are also great. Jim Cummings does a FANTASTIC job in singing two of the songs Tigger sings. I also liked the song "How to be A Tigger" and the song during the credits. Overall the movie wasn't anything mind blowing, nor was it trying to be. It was trying to be an enjoyable film with alot of heart and humor for kids and adults. And IMO, it succeeds perfectly! 9/10 for this wonderfully enjoyably film!

Pirats of the Caribean Sea

Great music, nice special efecs, great cast, all roasted,toasted, salted and served with an extra weird-o pirat.

It´s the best dinner I could ever ask n_n

The Rescuers Down Under

Just watched Father of the Bride yesterday (or was it the day before?) and last night I sat down and watched Brother Bear. It was a blind buy last sunday for $9 at KMart. I figured I couldn't beat the Anniv sale so I bought it. I was very impressed. I had expected much less but really really enjoyed watching it (I even cried at the end!!). I didn't even know any of the storyline so the entire movie was just very refreshing and new to me.

Loved it!!

Oh and now I'm watching Aladdin (another sale buy). It's an old favorite of mine... and the platinum version is definitely better than the bootleg I bought unknowingly in Florida!!

The Jungle Book

The most recent Disney films that I watched were The Rescuers Down Under and The Jungle Book. The former was simply amazing and shows that animation is a powerful genre of film. The latter, however, despite some amazing animation, still seems overrated. I just don't get how people are blown away by this film. Sure, apart from the animation and art direction, there's some good songs, but the whole piece seems a little messy in places; there are lots of plot holes and Mowgli can be annoying. Generally good, but half baked in a number of places.

The Nightmare Before Christmas (haha, like Sunset Girl!)
Because Ryan's three-year old cousin wanted to watch it...and she enjoyed it! Man, at that age, I'd be freaked out with the worms in Oogie Boogie! Or seeing a doll stitch herself up! But I liked seeing it again...even though it does seem better to watch that in Halloween, or ironically, Christmas. Who knew, huh?

Peter Pan
Pete's Dragon

Alice in Wonderland

It was good, but not great. I'll do something different with this review and name everything I didn't like and then everything I did.

What I didn't like:

- The pacing seemed very, very off to me. The beginning and especially the ending seemed way too rushed and Tweedle-Dee and Tweedle-Dum's story was way longer than it should have been.

- Alice didn't seem to care that she might never get home until about 3/4 through the movie. She said some really out of place things also. When she fell like 200 ft. down the rabbit hole, she wasn't afraid at all. She even waved goodbye to her cat and said "bye" in a calm voice. I would have been scared to death. She didn't even seem freaked out that she wasn't home anymore.

- This one is said a lot, but Alice learns basically nothing throuout the course of the story. One could argue that she learns to listen, but if she did, she doesn't show the audience that she did.

They're only three things, but they have a huge effect on the movie.

Now let's move on to what I did like:

- The characters were great and quirky. The Cheshire Cat was funny and Sterling Holloway was a perfect choise for the voice. The Mad Hatter was really one of my favorites. Him and the March Hare are without doubt some of the funniest characters in Disney history. The queen trying her best to find a reason to cut people's heads off was good to.

- Some of the songs were great. Many were forgettable, but "The Unbirthday Song" (and in my opinion "I'm Odd") are some of the most unforgettable Walt movie songs.

- The animation was supurb. This is a 1951 film, but when you see it, it doesn't look like one. The artists do an excellent job of making everything seem normal but at the same time completely different.

I guess if I had to give it a grade, it would be a 6.5/10. Not a high grade, but I'm sure glad I bought it.

Mulan
I haven´t seen this one for a while, so, I thought I should watc it again

Wonderlicious wrote:The most recent Disney films that I watched were The Rescuers Down Under and The Jungle Book.

Same here!

I found Mowgli to be a little bit annoying and naive. I know the Jungle Book is kind of a coming-of-age story, but why did Mowgli whine so much? Sometimes I just wanted him to shut up and think about what was best for him.

It would have been nicer if Mowgli had been easier to relate to...

I just recently watched "Pocahontas" myself, on VHS.

Unfortunately I don't own the quality DVD version

So during the beautiful musical sequence between the Native Americans and the Biritsh, the what seems gorgeous burning reds completely fuzzled out any viewing pleasure I had...

This was brought on as I was asked to create drawing involving a friend of mine and Thomas (She absolutely adores him!).

I STILL love this film, with a passion.[/img]

Well Pasta finally saw Alice! Your feelings of the movie are probably the exact same way I feel about the movie.

Yesterday I watched:

The Tigger MovieYes again I know. I find it funny how most kids my age would watch R rated movies 24 hours but I'm watch The Tigger Movie 2 times in a row without any little kids! It still gets 9/10

The Aristocats:First of all, WOW! Such a great cast! I mean c'mon: Phil Harris, Sterling Holloway, Pat Buttram, Thurl Ravenscroft and Paul Winchell. Has any Disney movie have so many great actors all in the SAME film? It even has Disney legends Eva Gabor(The Rescuers) and Bill Thompson(Sleeping Beauty and Peter Pan). Wow quite alot!

But as for the film itself, it wasn't that good(I even LOVE cats). Though I was very amused by Edgar. He made a really good comical villian. I also liked the song, "Everybody Wants to be a Cat". I mean you have to love a song that both Thurl Ravenscroft and Paul Winchell get to sing. But aside from that the movie was really disappointing. I mean I got bored in some parts. I mean it could've speed up things at some parts. Like those geese! They started to slow down the film for me. There were points in the film I think could've gone a bit faster.

Overall it probably isn't the worst Disney film ever made, but could've been better. It was the first film to not have Walt Disney's direct oversight and yet it was really disappointing follow-up to the awesome Jungle Book. It was also the start of a dark point for the Walt Disney Company.
My Rating: 5/10