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Holy shit that's exact similar plot line as The anime version of Witchblade.pap64 wrote:That IS unfavorable! Even if Secret of NIHM had cute character the story was anything BUT cute. Its a story of a single mother trying to raise her children, save the life of her youngest child and uncover a big conspiracy.Cordy_Biddle wrote:A lot of people unfavourably compared "Thumbelina" to Bluth's earlier "Secret of NIMH", especially the woodland scenes and cutesy bug characters.
I am sure its the same people that say Anastasia is Disney .
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I've always found Thumbelina a hard movie to watch. I think it might be all the cutesy-cutesiness. I do enjoy several parts of it though--the songs, Charo as Momma Toad ("We don't do ballads."), Carol Channing, and the duet and ending scene (where Thumbelina's singing at the briar patch and the wedding). I just always hated the parts with the bird and the beetle.
Oh, and the wedding scene with the mole was a nice part, too.
Oh, and the wedding scene with the mole was a nice part, too.
Listening to most often lately:
Ariana Grande ~ "we can't be friends (wait for your love)"
Ariana Grande ~ "imperfect for you"
Kacey Musgraves ~ "The Architect"
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Thumbelina has the most exquisite soundtrack! Barry Manilow really took this film to a new level with the songs. I still sing You Will Be My Wings andSoon with my crazy friend (literally, she is crazy haha ). Such an enchanting movie, although I always knew it wasn't Disney. Thumbelina is lacking visually. I knew disney would never put a film out the way it looked the same year they released the Lion King! Still adore the film, though
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Yes however Swan Princess got well receive VHS success to make up for that.Cordy_Biddle wrote:Any animated movie released in the same year as "The Lion King" was doomed to fail--wasn't this (1994) also the year of 'The Swan Princess'?
only two animated movie I believe that beaten those two in box office and got numerous high praise that year was Lion King and Batman: Mask of Phantasm. Batman didn't well in box office either but that was because it wasn't advertise enough which is shame since Batman probably would of even beaten Lion King in Box Office.
oh and Thumbelina is only animated film to win a Razzie award
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This is really sending me down Ye Younge Memory Lane. I remember feeling some sort of connection to all the songs in Thumbelina, including Soon. I sang the sun song whenever I was depressed as a little kid, which was unfortunately often, but I also remember empathizing with Thumbelina's longing expressed in Soon.
It was interesting. I couldn't see why she wanted a boyfriend, and in fact thought it was unfair and selfish of her to up and marry and leave behind her mother after her mother had been worried about her missing daughter for such a long time. Really, fate was cruel to the woman. She wanted a child so badly, and she was given a teenager who was quickly married. I always thought that was unfair.
Anyway, I also appreciated Thumbelina's longing because the whole reason she wanted to meet fairies was to find others like her and the girl basically predicted all her feelings to come. She was almost born knowing she was different, but she harnessed her emotions in to wanting to be more than she was: to have wings, to soar. I translated a lot out of this film as a kindergartner.
But now that I remember, good grief, I sang the songs too much to anyone and everyone!
It was interesting. I couldn't see why she wanted a boyfriend, and in fact thought it was unfair and selfish of her to up and marry and leave behind her mother after her mother had been worried about her missing daughter for such a long time. Really, fate was cruel to the woman. She wanted a child so badly, and she was given a teenager who was quickly married. I always thought that was unfair.
Anyway, I also appreciated Thumbelina's longing because the whole reason she wanted to meet fairies was to find others like her and the girl basically predicted all her feelings to come. She was almost born knowing she was different, but she harnessed her emotions in to wanting to be more than she was: to have wings, to soar. I translated a lot out of this film as a kindergartner.
But now that I remember, good grief, I sang the songs too much to anyone and everyone!
That's hot.
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Then my memory must not be too bad. I still haven't seen this movie for over a decade. You had a sweet and positive theory, but didn't Cornelius hail from an entire kingdom that wasn't near Thumbelina's mother's house?Cordy_Biddle wrote:You've perfectly summed up Thumbelina's entire internal makeup.
That's hot.
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I just read about this on IMDB and on tvtropes.org. How is this possible? How is it legal?amazon980 wrote: Also i heard that they did a pre screening with the disney logo before it and it did quite well.
I've never seen the film, and I just watched the trailer; I don't remember much about the trailer, but I probably saw the trailer on TV as a kid...I guess I never had an interest in seeing it. I think that Thumbelina is pretty, but I don't like the design of some of the animals. I just wrote it on my "to rent" list, though...it doesn't necessarily look that good, but it wouldn't hurt to see it.