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Ideologue

#19215
May 14, 2014, 04:00:37 PM Last Edit: May 14, 2014, 04:02:19 PM by Ideologue
I really enjoy Hercules quite a bit.  Mulan or Tarzan (depending on your tolerance for Phil Collins in his dotage) are probably the last ones most would accept are great--or even really good--before Tangled.  (Fantasia 2000 has great things in it--I'd trade the Donald Duck "Pomp and Circumstance" for "Sorceror's Apprentice" anytime--but as a whole it's no Fantasia 1940.)

In full disclosure I haven't seen Home on the Range, Brother Bear, Chicken Little, or Meet the Robinsons.  Range and Chicken Little essentially have no chance at being good; Brother Bear could be something, but has Phil Collins back on the score even though he murdered Tarzan; Robinsons could be anything, it could be great, it could be insanely annoying, it could be stunningly mediocre.
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garbon

#19216
May 14, 2014, 04:21:27 PM
I recall liking Hercules but unlike the two I listed, I can't recall a single song off the top of my head.
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Eddie Teach

#19217
May 14, 2014, 04:31:30 PM
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Liep

#19219
May 14, 2014, 06:16:35 PM
The internet never disappoints.
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Josephus

#19220
May 14, 2014, 07:48:06 PM
Hannibal. Find the Verger story line somewhat distracting and not necessary.
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jimmy olsen

#19222
May 15, 2014, 10:12:06 AM
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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jimmy olsen

#19223
May 15, 2014, 10:15:13 AM
Quote from: Valmy on May 14, 2014, 03:00:52 PM
What I liked is how the love these two women had, who had barely talked to each other since childhood and had a horrible relationship, cured everything. 
:huh: You can still love people deeply that you have a horrible relationship with.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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Sheilbh

#19224
May 15, 2014, 10:17:52 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on May 15, 2014, 10:15:13 AM
Quote from: Valmy on May 14, 2014, 03:00:52 PM
What I liked is how the love these two women had, who had barely talked to each other since childhood and had a horrible relationship, cured everything. 
:huh: You can still love people deeply that you have a horrible relationship with.
Exactly it's surely the basis of family life.
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Viking

#19225
May 15, 2014, 10:19:13 AM
Arrow end of season. They stumbled a bit at the finishing line, but still ossum.
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A terrorist which starts a slaughter quoting Locke, Burke and Mill has completely missed the point.
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Malthus

#19226
May 15, 2014, 10:19:54 AM
Quote from: Sheilbh on May 15, 2014, 10:04:45 AM
Cannot wait! :w00t:
http://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/may/15/mr-turner-cannes-review-mike-leigh-2014

Looks great. I'll see it if I can.

The review reminds me somewhat of the A&E movie Longitude, which I very much enjoyed.
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celedhring

#19227
May 15, 2014, 10:24:43 AM
Quote from: Ideologue on May 14, 2014, 04:00:37 PM
I really enjoy Hercules quite a bit.  Mulan or Tarzan (depending on your tolerance for Phil Collins in his dotage) are probably the last ones most would accept are great--or even really good--before Tangled.  (Fantasia 2000 has great things in it--I'd trade the Donald Duck "Pomp and Circumstance" for "Sorceror's Apprentice" anytime--but as a whole it's no Fantasia 1940.)

In full disclosure I haven't seen Home on the Range, Brother Bear, Chicken Little, or Meet the Robinsons.  Range and Chicken Little essentially have no chance at being good; Brother Bear could be something, but has Phil Collins back on the score even though he murdered Tarzan; Robinsons could be anything, it could be great, it could be insanely annoying, it could be stunningly mediocre.

Brother Bear doesn't work as a whole, but it has some interesting stuff in it. Loved the change in animation and cinematography once he becomes a bear, Wizard of Oz-style. The story is pretty generic, sadly.

I haven't seen Frozen yet, but I didn't think Tangled was all that. It was your run of the mill 1990s-style Disney toon coupled with the broader comedy that's been around since the Shreks.

Ideologue

#19228
May 15, 2014, 12:28:23 PM
Lighting and color, man, lighting and color.
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Sophie Scholl

#19229
May 15, 2014, 01:03:42 PM
Quote from: Viking on May 15, 2014, 10:19:13 AM
Arrow end of season. They stumbled a bit at the finishing line, but still ossum.
Yeah, it felt dragged out, then rushed at the end.  I agree it still worked pretty damn well despite all of that though.
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