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The elephant ruined a nearly perfect movie

posted 8 years ago by rado_ap
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I was fascinated by this picture. Loved every frame of it. When the pigs started their final performance I was convinced this was one of the best if not the best cartoon full feature film I've seen. Then the ape rocked even more! I was in ecstasy! The hedgehog was not on the same level but the inertion kept going. The mouse was truly epic! When the wind from the helicopter escalated him from the stage and he kept singing the finale of the "My way" the movie got its pinnacle. It should have ended there. It would have been a flawless masterpiece. Then this *beep* happened. This ugly elephant went for a go too. It was supposed to be the best performance of all - its the last one and it has to be. And what? Some terrible uncharismatic plain song? The fat animal even started to enjoy herself and jump around so the audience will greet its joyfulness and the finding of herself... What a terrible end. What a shame. Shame on you fat ugly elephant. But twice the shame for the screenwriters.

[–] cocobuttr72-311-53542 8 years ago

Some terrible uncharismatic plain song?

Honey you need to brush up on your musical vocabulary. The elephant was singing "Don't You Worry About a Thing" by Stevie Wonder. There is nothing plain about it nor the album, Innervisions, which is considered a classic. It ranks in the top 25 of Rolling Stones best albums of ALL TIME.

HOWEVER I do agree about the elephant. Her (Tori Amos's) singing wasn't that great. Her stage fright was irritating as well. When she skulked home after messing up her audition and rehearsal, I mumbled 'stay home Dumbo'! The gorilla should've been the star and the final act.

[–] rareinicke 8 years ago

She was voiced by Tori Kelly not Tori Amos and her voice was incredible so I can forgive her character being slightly irritating.

[–] candacbap-88-377616 8 years ago

I'm guessing the OP is too young to know of Innervisions, which is really too bad.

[–] garciaruben223 8 years ago

I honestly agree with OP about the song choice. It's a good song but it's not FINAL PERFORMANCE quality. I wish they would have stuck with the original song, "Dream On" by Aerosmith. That would've been epic as a final performance.

[–] suebob-28169 8 years ago

I believe Aerosmith's Dream On was only used to help illustrate the storyline being shown in the trailer. Movie trailers do that sometimes. I don't think it was meant to be performed by one of the characters. Of course we don't for sure if this song was seriously considered for the movie or not. Perhaps it ended up not being a good fit. The actors who voiced the final competitors did their own singing, and if it was going to be used Ash would have been the better character to perform it. Plus in the trailers we would have been seeing a cover sung by the actor instead of the original Aerosmith performance.

Using Dream On somewhere in the movie would have been fine, but I disagree with it being a great final performance for Meena. It would not have suited her sweet and shy personality, and the younger kids in the audience might not appreciate it's edginess. If the filmmakers wanted a feel-good ending, they had to go for something more upbeat.

[–] kirx 8 years ago

For someone who purports to know so much about music, how the hell do you confuse Tori Amos for Tori Kelly?

[–] MortimerSpice 8 years ago

Totally agree. The gorilla was bad ass, the mouse was cool......the elephant was dumb acting.

[–] valjeang 8 years ago

Wow I disagree! That song was -for me- the very best of the movie! I adored it. Everyone's different.

[–] smithmissy171 8 years ago

..Meena is one of the most sweetest caring characters, not annoying at all. Many loved her, they all had flaws and fears, hers was actually realistic, stage fright. It's what made her final performance a knock out! they saved the best for last.

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[–] candacbap-88-377616 8 years ago

I totally agree with you. Meena was also shy which affects plenty of people in real life. What I didn't get was why they put two horns on her head.

[–] camrynbrewer98 8 years ago

I think they were supposed to be pigtails.

[–] garciaruben223 8 years ago

I know right! Although I would agree the sing choice could've been better as good as Stevie Wonder is, she was still a great character to relate too.

[–] tinytyrant 8 years ago

haha, this is a weird post. there's something going on with rado_ap and "elephants".

what's going on rado_ap? TELL THE TRUTH!

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[–] classictvgal 8 years ago

She didn't ruin it, but she was my least favorite character!

[–] cdm0061 8 years ago

Fat and ugly? Really? It's an elephant! Should it have had the body of a human supermodel? Ridiculous! You're just childishly attaching insults to your negative opinion.

[–] Jade_Gryphon 8 years ago

OP of this thread is likely just a fatphobic piece of crap who needs to go step on a mountain of Legos. :/

[–] shoutingagain 8 years ago

agreed cdm, think there's more "subtext" going on here than OP would be aware of in her post. She's taking part in trashing a character that no doubt, parallels her issues in real life (surely my guess is this person doesn't like or is uncomfortable with larger people---or maybe IS one self-loathing misfit. Maybe also one with serious lack of consideration for those with insecurities & problems. OR again...suffers them herself).

Yeah, could be making mountain out of a mole-hill here but I look at how this post was written & it makes me wonder what's under such clear & nonsensical layer of displeasure.

[–] camrynbrewer98 8 years ago

The mouse is what almost ruined the movie for me. He was such a dick! I wanted him to get eaten by those Russian bears.