Miscellaneous Movie Musings the Sequel - Page 10

Alex · 12-16-2009, 09:12 AM

About 80% of the movies I see in the theater I see alone. Never noticed anybody caring in the slightest.

Bornieo: Fully Loaded · 12-16-2009, 06:57 PM

Saw Princess and the Frog - Animation was fantastic proving my theory that its an underappreciated art as of late. Everything else was pretty weak. Music was decent but nothing that had me running out to buy the soundtrack or realy remember. The story was different but was really all over - which I'm sure was written by committee and it shows.

Best part was the Firefly - really well done and voiced very well. The scene with them in the swamp was very Disney/Magic which was lacking from the rest of the movie.

Better than Pocahontas in many ways but not quite to the Hercules & Huntchback levels IMHO. Beautful to look at though.

flippyshark · 12-16-2009, 08:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Alex

About 80% of the movies I see in the theater I see alone. Never noticed anybody caring in the slightest.

These days, never. But back in my college days, I would often find myself the lone non-parent adult at showings of Disney films, (this was before the big Disney renaissance of the early 90s) and I definitely got suspicious glances from parents wondering why I would possibly choose to be there. I even recall one of them asking me why I was attending "The Fox and the Hound," and I felt silly explaining to them that I was there because I enjoyed animation.

Alex · 12-16-2009, 09:03 PM

Well, if you were watching the animated Disney animation films from the '80s in the theater and weren't forced to by a child, I too would be suspicious.

lashbear · 12-17-2009, 05:10 AM

I just saw the trailer for The Sorcerer's Apprentice - I didn't even know Disney was filming this.

Is it wishful thinking, or did one of the scenes look like a bunch of brooms walking around a flooded cellar?

Strangler Lewis · 12-17-2009, 06:20 AM

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Originally Posted by flippyshark

These days, never. But back in my college days, I would often find myself the lone non-parent adult at showings of Disney films, (this was before the big Disney renaissance of the early 90s) and I definitely got suspicious glances from parents wondering why I would possibly choose to be there. I even recall one of them asking me why I was attending "The Fox and the Hound," and I felt silly explaining to them that I was there because I enjoyed animation.

I saw "The Fox and the Hound" alone during college in the '80s, but I don't remember it being animated. I think everyone in the theatre was there alone.

Wait. That was "The Foxxx and the Hound."

Cadaverous Pallor · 12-17-2009, 09:17 AM

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I just saw the trailer for The Sorcerer's Apprentice - I didn't even know Disney was filming this.

Effects, nice, casting, godawful. Wiseass kid and Nicholas Cage? You couldn't pay me to see this.

Gemini Cricket · 12-17-2009, 11:42 AM

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Effects, nice, casting, godawful. Wiseass kid and Nicholas Cage? You couldn't pay me to see this.

Indeed.

Disney's trying soooo hard to come up with their own blockbuster series like Harry Potter. I bet they're kicking themselves that they didn't acquire the rights for those books, but I'm glad they didn't.

Here's the Disney description for the movie:

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Walt Disney Studios, producer Jerry Bruckheimer and director Jon Turteltaub, the creators of the National Treasure franchise, present THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE -- an innovative and epic romantic comedy adventure about a sorcerer and his hapless apprentice who are swept into the center of an ancient conflict between good and evil.

Balthazar Blake (NICOLAS CAGE) is a master sorcerer in modern-day Manhattan trying to defend the city from his arch-nemesis, Maxim Horvath (ALFRED MOLINA). Balthazar can't do it alone, so he recruits Dave Stutler (JAY BARUCHEL), a seemingly average guy who demonstrates hidden potential, as his reluctant protégé, giving him a crash course in the art and science of magic. Together, these unlikely partners must stop the forces of darkness. It'll take all the courage Dave can muster to survive his training, save the city and get the girl as he becomes THE SORCERER'S APPRENTICE.

Epic Romantic Comedy Adventure... Uh, yeah.

alphabassettgrrl · 12-17-2009, 11:47 AM

Wow- that's certainly un-inspiring to see the Sorcerer's Apprentice. Great potential, but ... no.

Alex · 12-17-2009, 11:50 AM

Well, you couldn't pay me to watch the National Treasure movies (actually, I did get paid to watch both but that's the only way I'd be happy about it) and that seems to have worked out ok for Disney.

And on paper Enchanted sounded awful so you never know.

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Bornieo: Fully Loaded Lego Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Disneyland, USA Posts: 3,704	Saw Princess and the Frog - Animation was fantastic proving my theory that its an underappreciated art as of late. Everything else was pretty weak. Music was decent but nothing that had me running out to buy the soundtrack or realy remember. The story was different but was really all over - which I'm sure was written by committee and it shows. Best part was the Firefly - really well done and voiced very well. The scene with them in the swamp was very Disney/Magic which was lacking from the rest of the movie. Better than Pocahontas in many ways but not quite to the Hercules & Huntchback levels IMHO. Beautful to look at though.
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Alex . Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 13,354	Well, you couldn't pay me to watch the National Treasure movies (actually, I did get paid to watch both but that's the only way I'd be happy about it) and that seems to have worked out ok for Disney. And on paper Enchanted sounded awful so you never know.
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