Saw Home on the Range...

[lenshanem]

Took the girls to see it today. They enjoyed it, it was OK, but a little weak. Oh, well...........
Guess that is the end. Here comes all computer stuff.

Is it me, or does this movie seem to be getting no attention so far? I'm just not hearing much about it.

 

[jksluvdis]

We saw the movie Friday and the family and I thought it was GREAT!!! It was very funny and the Train ride was intense for someone who has motion sickness. As Maggie the cow would say
"the movie Rocked"!!) Hand drawn animation is still alive and kicking. People just need to quit comparing the New Movies to Pixar movies!! It's OK to have different ways to Make Movies it's called Individualality!!! That's what makes the world go round!!

 

[RescueRanger]

I haven't pesonally seen it but the wife and kids saw it today and loved it. My wife can be pretty critical sometimes but said she thought it was really good.

 

[neosnightmare]

i had to choose between this and hellboy and my friends wanted to see hellboy and i had no chance because im the only disney movie lover in the group. but hellboy was pretty good. it was also weird at times. i probably wouldve enjoyed home on the range more...

 

[SnackyStacky]

It was a cute movie. It was nice to see Disney getting back into a more traditional mode with a villain, and good triumphing over evil scenario.

It was ALSO great to hear Alan Menken songs! I wish they'd do less of the narrative songs, and more monologue songs! (ie - I want the CHARACTERS to sing...)

The only thing I didn't like was the cracked out, acid-trippy yodeling scene!!!!! It was INCREDIBLY odd, and seemed very out of place.

Overall, a B+

 

[Prince Eric1]

My wife liked it, I thought it was okay, but more importantly the kids loved it, and thats why we pay the money. I thought it was funny though, the critics have been less than generous with their ratings for this movie, but they all rated Teachers Pet as being great. I thought this was far better than T.P. which I thought was absolutely horrible.

 

[gtrist4life]

Our family saw it this afternoon. We all thought it was a pretty good movie, some really funny moments.

Disney Animation, this was a good effort, but still below the Disney (and now Pixar) standard, which you've set with your previous classics. My 16 DD and I both agreed that the story seemed "rushed".

I equate (my opinion) that rushness (credit me with a new word ) to "pressure" and micromanagement, of which we've seen articles stating such from savedisney.com.

A pretty good movie, not a classic IMO. Theatre was fairly full, saw on yahoo that it pulled 14 mill in, good enough for 4th place. Though the 2 and 3 spots weren't much more and final numbers could change the positions.

Peace
G4L

 

[flyinglizard]

My son (age 25) went to see it today. He didn't like it (but he really like Treasure Planet).

However, the important thing is, he went to the 5:40 show and the theater was nearly empty.

 

[neosnightmare]

i may see this movie this comming weekend. if i can get a free day before that, ill probably see it then. ii just have to wait till i get a free day...

 

[TheWho]

I liked TP.
I liked Brother Bear.
I loved Nemo (of course).

I thought Home on the Range was very average.
I really tried to like it. I think my kids (8 & 4) weren't too in love with it either.

The movie that has the big buzz for them is Shrek 2.

Rosie was good. Did she promote this film at all?

Why no Incredibles trailer? Has the Pixar/Disney seperation affected promotion?

Dave in NJ

 

[WDSearcher]

I was surprised at how much I enjoyed Home on the Range. I don't think it's the next "Disney Classic," but it was fun and silly and light-hearted, and I walked out of the theater feeling as though I got my money's worth.

Haven't seen any of the merchandise, but I understand the plushes are very cute.

 

[DisneyKidds]

Certainly not destined to be a classic, but much better than the "Saturday morning cartoon" criticisms I've seen thrown around here. Saw it last night with the kids (kids were free with vouchers received from the supermarket after stocking up on Keebler snacks and Juicy Juice drink boxes ) and I thought it was entertaining enough while the kids really liked it.

The music was pretty good. The animation was different in style from other Disney movies, but that doesn't make it bad. Unfortunately this movie lacks any substantial, enduring/likeable characters for Disney to use for any real purpose.

Not sure I consider $14 mil to be that good an opening. We'll see where it goes.

 

[raidermatt]

...but much better than the "Saturday morning cartoon" criticisms I've seen thrown around here.

Just to clarify, the "Saturday morning cartoon" comments were directed at the animation style, and not necessarily at the quality of the movie as a whole.

The Frozen Head probably stated it better by referring to the animation as reminiscent of Chuck Jones.

 

[theSurlyMermaid]

Well, this is it for Disney traditional animation. I find that incredibly sad, but I also understand the world works in cycles. 3-D is the flavor of the moment, and now we can sit back and watch every studio with an animation department glut the market with 3-D features. Soon the quality will go down, as more and more features are rushed into production with the idea of dollars before quality. Eventually box office will fall, and then some independent young upstart studio will release a smart, funny 2-D feature that will take the world by storm.

At least I hope.

 

[DisOrBust]

Just to jump in here. Movie surfers was interviewing some of the animators who said it is animated to be "flat/very 2 demensional" like Sleeping beauty. Purposely to differentiate fromand not to compete with CGI. Reading the comments and critizism here everyone seems to like CGI better ....

 

[wdwfreak]

Originally posted by theSurlyMermaid
Well, this is it for Disney traditional animation. I find that incredibly sad, but I also understand the world works in cycles ... then some independent young upstart studio will release a smart, funny 2-D feature that will take the world by storm.

At least I hope.

Looking at the entire Disney FA slate from 1937 on, you will notice (and this is just my humble opinion) that there have been lulls in creativity and B.O. every so often, for a variety of reasons:

There were the packaged shorts made during and after WWII (MMM, F&FF, MT). Not necessarily bad, but certainly not on the level of the movies made a few years later in the 50's (Cindy, A in W, Pan, L & T, SB)

There was a bit of a lull (understandably) after Walt died. This continued well into the 80's - Aristocats, Robin Hood, F & H, BC!, O & C. Once again (and before I get flamed), I like a lot of these movies and, again, they're not necessarily bad movies, just not up to the BO and creative standards of those before (101 D, JB) and, of course, many of those after (LM, B & B, AL, LK ...)

Now to me it seems that lately (leaving out Pixar for the moment) we go a few years in between critical and commercial successes:
1999's Tarzan to 2002's L & S.

There hasn't been a FA movie that's come out of Disney since 1989 that I personally haven't like, with the notable exception of Pocahontas (boring). Yes, I liked Treasure Planet, Atlantis, Emperor, and LOVED Brother Bear. I saw H on the R last night and liked it. I didn't come out of the theater completely blown away like I did for LK or AL, but it was a good, funny movie.

I would love to see more movies from Disney on a grander scale, such as Pinocchio, Cindy, Peter Pan, and Lion King, but I don't blame them for trying something new.

One side rant: I do wish that Disney would stop trying to make their movies hipper with anachronistic pop culture references. It worked great in AL and sort of worked for ENG, but the "Got milk", matrix-style cow kick, and "they're real" reference in Home were the only parts I really didn't care for.

MHO

 

[raidermatt]

Yes there have been lulls before. But this isn't like an economic cycle, which is largely inevitable, and ususally viewed as temporary.

Things will only get better if the right people are given the right opportunity and resources to make them better.

 

[lenshanem]

Originally posted by raidermatt
Things will only get better if the right people are given the right opportunity and resources to make them better.

Quite true and unfortunately they have fired most of those peopel...

 

[MPLsDad]

And liked it. It did have a very Looney Tunes quality about it. The music is very good. I think I had a hard time feeling any emotion towards the human characters, which left a little empty feeling in me when I left. When the train crashed into the farm at the end, I cringed (for what I think are obvious reasons). I will buy the DVD when it comes out - which will probably be fairly soon!

 

[Prince Eric1]

I wonder if this movie would have done better a couple of months ago. I know that when the kids were off for presidents week and for the winter months around then, there were no kids movies out and we were dying for something to do. Now, spring is here and we get kids movies popping out every week. I wonder if they had released this in the winter, late January/early Feb if more people would have went to see it and if more would have went a second time, as opposed to now when there are more new movies each week.