Well, why don't you give the review a more in-depth read? Your argument falls apart a bit when you say that you gave it just a bird's eye glance. Kelvin may make criticisms, but he's been pretty positive, and praises it as being an improvement over the last two films.WDWLocal wrote:I just gave Kevin Cedano's review of "Great Fairy Rescue" a bird's eye glance and, IMO, he's pretty negative towards the films and franchise and doesn't give it enough credit.
Kelvin doesn't necessarily deny that in the review. He notes that the Fairies franchise has been doing reasonably well, but most of the success simply gravitates around Tink herself (and not so much the other fairies), which prevented them from going ahead with the planned Pixie Hollow area as part of the New Fantasyland at WDW (that and they realised that the expansion, with princesses and fairies in abundance, may be too girl-centric).WDWLocal wrote:Despite what he says, the Fairies franchise IS a a major success and has been making tons of money for the company.
Well, I'm sorry, but I don't think that any of the reviewers are complete apologists.WDWLocal wrote:Another case of a product getting reviewed by the wrong person.
First of all, that was rude to Kelvin.WDWLocal wrote:Not only that. The fact that Kevin Cedano (who also should've never been allowed to review any of the High School Musical films or DVD's, among others) even interviewed the directors for the Tink films should've been incentive enough to give the new film a much more positive review.
Just because he has certain tastes, it doesn't mean that he doesn't have the right to review certain movies. If you want undying praise for certain films, why don't you set up your own Disney review site where you can write hyper-positive reviews of films you don't feel got good enough reviews here?Secondly, though Kelvin spoke to the directors, it's not as though they're long-time friends, and any negative criticism of their product wouldn't be particularly personal. And of course, Kelvin has to be as unbiased as possible, as any journalist and critic must; trying to rid the review of any criticism as a gesture of undying kindness to some people he spoke to for around five minutes (probably not face-to-face at that) would just be bad journalism.
As Luke said, they aren't being particularly negative, just addressing the concerns that a number of Disney fans may have (and the general consensus with the Tink films is that they're getting better with each new entry, which goes to show that they're trying to make things better, and that any potential criticism is being viewed as constructive). The Disney Fairies line, which served as the inspiration for the Tinker Bell films, is essentially a merchandising line reworking the world of a classic Disney character, who herself was actually based on an earlier character in a novel/play by J.M. Barrie. All this is bound to ruffle some feathers amongst Disney fans, as well as a whole lot of Barrie enthusiasts (many of whom are Disney fans), and one can't write an insightful, professional review on any of the Tinker Bell films without addressing any of these facts.WDWLocal wrote:I think he seems just as hateful and critical of the Fairies franchise as Renata "Fairy-Hater/Princess-Hater" Joy (who reviewed the first Tink film) and the person that reviewed "Lost Treasure".
I thought we could make it with all 5 movies in one thread. 
I think there will be another one after the Mysterious Winter Woods tentatively called Race Through the Seasons.
go tink, u will be really gud at ice skating. 
evrythin cumming out of the new Disney is awesome, butter than with ei$ner! 
