Tag: Animation
REVIEW: Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001)
“Our people live but our culture is dying.” In the early 2000’s Disney was intent on experimentation. The studio had produced a slew of hits in the early 90’s, but throughout the decade their success slowed and the output needed to adjust accordingly. Rather than cling to the formula that ga...
Read MoreREVIEW: The Emperor’s New Groove (2000)
“A llama? He’s supposed to be dead!” The Emperor’s New Groove was the second animated movie Disney released in 2000, and suffice it to say, it’s a very different film from Dinosaur. Initially, the studio was producing a film called Kingdom of the Sun, intended to be a serious version o...
Read MoreREVIEW: Dinosaur (2000)
“Some things start out big, and some things start out small. Very small. But sometimes the smallest things can make the biggest changes of all.” Throughout the late 80s and 90s Disney films utilized computer graphics quite a bit. By the turn of the century, they decided to try to make a film wit...
Read MoreREVIEW: Tarzan (1999)
“No matter where I go, you will always be my mother.” Edgar Rice Burroughs’ Tarzan novels may be among the most frequently adapted literary works of all time. Games, comics, movies and TV shows have been spun off from the books since almost the very beginning. Disney’s Tarzan is one of many ...
Read MoreThe Top 5 Remakes Disney Should Actually Make
Remakes as a concept are unfairly maligned (the same can be said for spin-offs). There have been plenty of stinkers made in practice, but a remake doesn’t have to be a bad idea. In fact, they can be on par with or, on occasion, even better than the original. For years now Disney has been … ...
Read MoreREVIEW: Isle of Dogs (2018)
Wes Anderson’s new film Isle of Dogs tells the story of a twelve-year-old boy searching for his dog. The movie is set twenty years in the future, when Japan has become overrun with dogs and dog-specific diseases. Mayor Kobayashi sends all dogs in the country to Trash Island, which is exactly w...
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