Another Voice
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- Jan 27, 2000
Since someone brought up the subject of Disneys summers movies, I thought Id pass along that the FilmForce site over at IGN.com has posted some stills and plot information from the most eagerly awaited films.
For stills from Lilo and Stitch, Country Bears and Treasure Planet, go to http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/317223p1.html
For some publicly pictures and some plot information on Reign of Fire, go to http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/317222p1.html
The first page has a link to their section in Lilo which includes a lot of plot information (some of which should be considered as plot spoilers, so no complaining if you cant control yourself and you take a look). I have finally seen some scenes from this film and I am truly excited about it. It really is a departure from the typical Disney mold, but a change that succeeds in recapturing the storytelling that really is the magic of Disney films. There is one brief scene that has more pure filmmaking skill than Disneys last half dozen animated features put together. No explosions, no technical wizardry, no non-stop Saturday Night Live banter just someone building a sandcastle all by himself and seeing all the emotion the character is feeling. This may very well be the Feature Animation groups last chance to save itself from oblivion, and from what Ive seen hope still lives. I will shortly be blackmailing several associates to get me into a full screening and Ill report back.
The other films are more problematic. The FilmForce site has the first pictures Ive seen of the bears from Country Bears and they look good. The industry buzz is that the film looks great, has a lot of country music cameos, but the story is weak and unoriginal (theres not much past the VH-1 band in trouble cliché and the novelty of having bears live in the human world a la the Muppet movies).
Treasure Planet remains a troubled production and its current release date is pegged for Thanksgiving 2002 (okay, it's not really a summer movie but it was supposed to be). People are trying to hype up the movie as being this time we got Atlantis right, but with the movie screens at the time being filled with Harry Potter 2 and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers I doubt that sailing ships in space are going to have the coolness factor the film is counting on to succeed.
And Reign of Fire well, Matthew McConaughy sports some cool tattoos. Beyond that ..
For stills from Lilo and Stitch, Country Bears and Treasure Planet, go to http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/317223p1.html
For some publicly pictures and some plot information on Reign of Fire, go to http://filmforce.ign.com/articles/317222p1.html
The first page has a link to their section in Lilo which includes a lot of plot information (some of which should be considered as plot spoilers, so no complaining if you cant control yourself and you take a look). I have finally seen some scenes from this film and I am truly excited about it. It really is a departure from the typical Disney mold, but a change that succeeds in recapturing the storytelling that really is the magic of Disney films. There is one brief scene that has more pure filmmaking skill than Disneys last half dozen animated features put together. No explosions, no technical wizardry, no non-stop Saturday Night Live banter just someone building a sandcastle all by himself and seeing all the emotion the character is feeling. This may very well be the Feature Animation groups last chance to save itself from oblivion, and from what Ive seen hope still lives. I will shortly be blackmailing several associates to get me into a full screening and Ill report back.
The other films are more problematic. The FilmForce site has the first pictures Ive seen of the bears from Country Bears and they look good. The industry buzz is that the film looks great, has a lot of country music cameos, but the story is weak and unoriginal (theres not much past the VH-1 band in trouble cliché and the novelty of having bears live in the human world a la the Muppet movies).
Treasure Planet remains a troubled production and its current release date is pegged for Thanksgiving 2002 (okay, it's not really a summer movie but it was supposed to be). People are trying to hype up the movie as being this time we got Atlantis right, but with the movie screens at the time being filled with Harry Potter 2 and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers I doubt that sailing ships in space are going to have the coolness factor the film is counting on to succeed.
And Reign of Fire well, Matthew McConaughy sports some cool tattoos. Beyond that ..
