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looks and sounds like garbage

posted 21 years ago by Anscules
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when will the fascination with comedy via anachronism end? seems like these late model disney films employ this device ad nauseum. seems like it's a sleepy, worn out trick to get some adults to laugh. problem is, it's been done to death.

cows doing slo-mo roundhouse kicks? seems like that didn't go over well in a little crapfest called kung-pow a few years ago.

i hate, abhor, loathe, etc. the marketing scheme for this movie. it is plain hideous.

what should i expect from a company that repeatedly rapes its own properties to spin off crap straight-to-vid babysitter material? no shame. the lion king 1 1/2? embarrassing. it's bad enough i had to see the first spin off staring garishly out at me from the prestigious grocery store check-out line.

"Goodnight, sweet maiden of the golden ale!"

[–] FuriousFreddy 21 years ago

it's not hot garbage

there's only ONE slo-mo cow-kick

There's plenty to laugh at besides the anachronisms.

And yes, the marketing scheme seriously sucks.

The movie itself is GREAT tho.

[–] rich_moe_szyslak 21 years ago

Oohhh! What got in your bonnet? I already have my tickets for Home on the Range, and I think the kids I am bringing are going to love it! Sorry if plot line is not intricate enough for you, or the songs are too catchy, there is more dramatization than Shadowlands. I think the kids are gonna love it!

[–] Anscules 21 years ago

look, i have a kid, so don't get all wacky on me. i teach critical media studies for a living and am fascinated/repulsed by disney. as far as i'm concerned, they sowed the seeds of their current trouble about a decade ago when they began whoring out their good films (and even some bad ones) for sequels that were never asked for.

that's all i was saying. i'm as irritated as anyone that they have dropped their traditional animation. more irritated that something that appears by all accounts sub-par is the heralded final film.

disney's gone through these troubles before and will perhaps rise again.

but until they turn things around (losing Pixar is not a good start), and do things like make the Disney channel something more than a pre-teen Mtv warm-up/training ground, i will have little faith.

(my kid has no clue the disney channel exists, because i think 90% of it is absolute crap. i dropped it from my cable program long ago).

well, while your kids are out seeing HOTR, i may decide it's time for my kid to bask in the greatness of The Iron Giant, a warner's film.

PS- i didn't care for Shadowlands, either.

"Goodnight, sweet maiden of the golden ale!"

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