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Just 2 years ago, we had a fairy tale brought to 3-D and was a huge success for Disney. This film, from what I saw in the teaser, to me is a step back to films like Chicken Little and Meet the Robinsons. But, I'll just have to wait until the film comes out. Disney has made different kinda off-beat films that became classics like 101 Dalmatians and Lilo & Stitch. Frozen sounds more promising though.

Shouldn't this rant be in the actual Wreck-It Ralph thread?

Well I don't know about you, but I think Disney has done everything they can with fairy tales. If they can pull a movie like this off, as unconventional as it looks for the Mouse House, I'm game.

But I do see why you and other Disney believers can seem skeptical about Wreck-It Ralph. I find it funny that Pixar is making more of a "typical" Disney movie while Disney is working on something that could just as easily fit in Dreamworks or Sony or some other company. I'd be a little more alarmed if I didn't love the era of video games the film was reaching for and thought that the trailer was appealing.

Wreck-It Ralph can't be as bad as Chicken Little. I really, really, really hope it isn't.

Oh no, not the down on Chicken Little rants again. I loved that funny and charming little movie.

Agreed, this is something that belongs on the actual thread (which is still quite active). Can someone either lock this or merge it with the other thread?

toplaycool22 wrote:Disney has made different kinda off-beat films that became classics like 101 Dalmatians and Lilo & Stitch.

101 Dalmatians wasn't off-beat or even that different. It was a more current setting with talking animals. It wasn't off-beat for Disney at all.

Yes it was too! So "offbeat" that Disney himself hated it at first!

SWillie! wrote:Yes it was too! So "offbeat" that Disney himself hated it at first!

No he only hated the style, which was "off-beat" (not really off-beat just different and kinda less quality) because it had to be, he didn't choose it on purpose. He apparently also hated Dumbo and Alice in Wonderland it doesn't mean they were off-beat from Disney (though is admittedly off-beat in general, lol, but it fit with Disney adaptations of fantasy and classic literature).

toplaycool22, I think you need to go read about some of the forum rules before starting any more new topics. As has been stated, there is already a topic for this movie. There was NO need to start this one. It just clutters up the board.

ehhh Not sure about this thread...

here's the thing, not only are there limited fairytales in existence, but Tangled was too formulaic to be at the top of my list of 2010. Walt Disney was all about "new and exciting" and the Disney formula can apply to all sorts of stories and genres.

Well, after seeing the film, the film will definitely will rank up there wit 101 Dalmatians and Lilo & Stitch as being a great contemporary feature added to the canon.

Disney Duster wrote:He apparently also hated Dumbo

Where do you get your information from? Dumbo was Walt's favourite film out of all the Disney features (well, maybe besides Bambi).

I haven't seen Wreck-It Ralph yet, and I doubt I will at the cinema. I like John C Reilly, but I don't find the humour or visuals appealing, and I find most video games as interesting as 12th Century Chinese politics.

Dr Frankenollie wrote:
Where do you get your information from? Dumbo was Walt's favourite film out of all the Disney features (well, maybe besides Bambi).

No he's right. Walt originally hated the fuck out of dumbo because He was pissed over the fact that dumbo, a small experimental production he didn't really put much attention and effort into, got bigger money making income than the previous movies where he did put so much attention, love, and dedication into (Pinocchio, fantasia, Bambi) yet didn't get the returns he was hoping for.

later on in the years did he start to mellow out on accepting Dumbo a bit but before that? He was pissed over that.

Didn't the animators strike happen during production of Dumbo as well which affected the quality of the animation?

Personally, I think Wreck-It Ralph was amazing. Actually, and I'm preparing for verbal disagreement here, I liked it more than Tangled. The jokes were at times bad and childish, but Wreck-It Ralph packed a lot of heart.

Dr Frankenollie wrote:

Disney Duster wrote:He apparently also hated Dumbo

Where do you get your information from? Dumbo was Walt's favourite film out of all the Disney features (well, maybe besides Bambi).

Y'no, Walt may have said this during an introduction for the movie on Disneyland, but I don't believe that's necessarily true. He apparently said something similar for Bambi and So Dear to My Heart, so it might be hard to select what might be Walt's personal favorite.

I'm also not sure if Walt actually did hate Dumbo, though. He probably did resent how the one film he wasn't involved with during the studio's first golden age made more than the others during that period, Snow White aside. But I don't know Walt, so I could be way off.

I feel like Walt said so many of his films were his favorite at some point, that I don't think we'll ever know which he really loved most. I'm sure it would be like choosing between your children for him, in some cases.

AlasmineLover:) wrote:Personally, I think Wreck-It Ralph was amazing. Actually, and I'm preparing for verbal disagreement here, I liked it more than Tangled. The jokes were at times bad and childish, but Wreck-It Ralph packed a lot of heart.

I actually agree with you completely. Although it would be natural for me to prefer a fairy tale over a film like WIR, I just don't like Tangled, and actually liked most of WIR better. While I would say I like Rapunzel better than any character from WIR, but I only have a mellow liking Maximus, and I dislike Gothel and Flynn; with WIR, I really like Vanellope and don't dislike any of the other characters.

Fight like these 2 ladies http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XKYyATVt98

Belle "What goes on in this castle isn't any of your damn business!"

Rapunzel "You bitch! Why are you doing this to me?"