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Return to Never Land (2002)
Unlike Jane, how can *I* believe in Peter Pan anymore?!
***NOTE: my review contains spoilers, but none so spoiled as this movie itself.***
Some will say that Disney has already sold out. My gripe is not with marketing strategies, nor with flooding us with sequels to ALL of the classics within a couple year's timespan.
My gripe is with the new characterization of Peter Pan. It's kind of like the comic book that saw Luke Skywalker join the dark side, but without as good an excuse.
This movie has Peter Pan & the Lost Boys pulling a little girl's hair, destroying her journal to shreds, and getting ANGRY at her and calling her a traitor (when she was innocent)! Where is the magic of Neverland???
Peter Pan lies to her also...in a plot to save Tinkerbell, he tells her he feels sorry for her and wants to make it up to her...but he is just using her and has already explained why and how, to the Lost Boys!
I guess this film was made for little girls during a time of war. I guess by showing her have a change of heart, SHE is the real hero, and Peter Pan is irrelevant.
But I came to see Peter Pan! If you really really have to have good guys do bad things and not know any better...well why did it have to be a character that older Disney fans had ALREADY learned to believe in?
I still can't believe it.
The Little Mermaid (1989)
Disney's AMAZING rite of passage into modern times
Where to start? I have always loved this movie, and like all Disney, it probably had a lot to do with shaping who I am. Is this why I am vegetarian now? who can say!
I just celebrated my 24th birthday listening to a 3-volume set of Disney music, which I had bought at Disney World years ago, since they didn't have the Little Mermaid soundtrack by itself.
And I gleamed something magical. I felt like a chimney sweep on the London rooftops gazing into the soul of Disney: Just as Mickey is the very heart of Disney, Ariel is the very-human voice of us Disney children.
It all started with Mickey Mouse, all endless, innocent antics. The characters in Disney movies hence became more diverse, but the style and music was fairly consistent.
Now, I quiver at films like Return to Neverland, which make it seem like you HAVE to have rock stars re-hash the old magic since the times are a-changin' and you can't top perfection.
But it isn't so! Never has a fantasy character been as pure as Snow White and as introspecting as Hamlet, at the same time. And never has a movie soundtrack been such a captivating symphony of all-to-familiar styles, with new-born heart-melting melodies.
This movie proves that no matter what, Disney has an endless arsenal of pixie dust that can be taken to anybody's living room, ANY time.
The world faces harsh times now, but if you listen, you can hear Ariel singing about the promised land.
Return to Never Land (2002)
Unlike Jane, how can *I* believe in Peter Pan anymore?!
***NOTE: my review contains spoilers, but none so spoiled as this movie itself.***
Some will say that Disney has already sold out. My gripe is not with marketing strategies, nor with flooding us with sequels to ALL of the classics within a couple year's timespan.
My gripe is with the new characterization of Peter Pan. It's kind of like the comic book that saw Luke Skywalker join the dark side, but without as good an excuse.
This movie has Peter Pan & the Lost Boys pulling a little girl's hair, destroying her journal to shreds, and getting ANGRY at her and calling her a traitor (when she was innocent)! Where is the magic of Neverland???
Peter Pan lies to her also...in a plot to save Tinkerbell, he tells her he feels sorry for her and wants to make it up to her...but he is just using her and has already explained why and how, to the Lost Boys!
I guess this film was made for little girls during a time of war. I guess by showing her have a change of heart, SHE is the real hero, and Peter Pan is irrelevant.
But I came to see Peter Pan! If you really really have to have good guys do bad things and not know any better...well why did it have to be a character that older Disney fans had ALREADY learned to believe in?
I still can't believe it.
Spaceballs (1987)
The definitive Sci-Fi parody, EVER.
Any Star Wars fan must admit this movie is even funnier than the Big Three themselves (in case you thought it smelled bad on the outside).
And since Mel Brooks uses the SAME jokes in every film, how can anyone say this ain't good Brooks? Pick your genre, he'll give you the same dialogue.
But Spaceballs is the cheesiest, the most moronic, and even better has THE best cast of all Brooks-dom. The schwartz was with this film, which speaks for itself. If you've seen it. If not, get to the video store at Ludicrous Speed. NOW!!!