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| 346.1 | Talk about transatlantic time-lag | 42253::BOWEO | Careful of that warhead warren! | Wed Oct 06 1993 11:50 | 4 |
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It starts its run in the cinema in December over here yes DECEMBER
Oliver,
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| 346.2 | | 7892::SLABOUNTY | Whose Line Is It Anyway? | Wed Oct 06 1993 14:15 | 8 |
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I saw this the other day [my sister made me watch it] and I
thought it was great!! Much better than "Beauty and the
Beast", which I hated.
Gilbert Godfried [sp]? was great!!
GTI
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| 346.3 | Beauty and Beast better | 37811::BUCHMAN | UNIX refugee in a VMS world | Thu Oct 07 1993 13:47 | 16 |
| Re: .-1, what in particular did you hate about B&B? I thought it was
wonderful! The animation was superb, of course, as were the songs; but
the script and story were just outstanding! Think about it: everything
that happened in B&B was necessary to the story, everything flowed
easily from one event to the next. The characters were consistent, and
their interplay was very convincing. How could you *not* be moved by
the scene where Belle is cleaning the Beast's wounds after fighting off
the wolves?
Much as I enjoyed Alladin, the story was not nearly as well done. The
characters do things that are not entirely convincing at several
points, and at a couple points in the middle of the movie, the story
really lost its momentum. Most of my enjoyment was from watching the
antics of the genie/Robin Williams. I have to rate this after B&B
andthe Little Mermaid, even tho its animation was the best.
Jim B
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| 346.4 | | 12035::MDNITE::RIVERS | | Thu Oct 07 1993 15:23 | 23 |
| Make no mistake, I liked this movie. What I didn't like about Aladdin
was:
* a pretty weak/lame villian, compared to the expected Disney-esque
villian. Poor Jafar, he even got his big Villian Song cut out of the
movie.
* The sequence of flying on the carpet through the cave. It *looked*
too slick, too tech, too much like the computer animated scenery it was
(I'm referring all the stuff that was in these scenes save for the
"actors" -- Aladdin, Apu and the Carpet). It didn't fit and for me, it
wasn't very exciting.
* The main characters were rather overwhelmed by the very delightful,
but very show-stopping Genie. In comparison, Aladdin and Jasmine were
rather, well, bland. Sort of like the well-meaning Prince Eric in TLM.
That's why I'd rate Aladdin behind Beauty and the Beast and the Little
Mermaid. But I still watched it twice in the theatres and I'll buy the
tape as soon as I can find it at a good price.
kim
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| 346.5 | new movie??? | 19280::JACOBSON | | Fri Oct 08 1993 14:12 | 2 |
| Is Disney coming out with another animated movie this year? I haven't
heard of any yet?
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| 346.6 | Next animated movie | 16913::MILLS_MA | To Thine own self be True | Fri Oct 08 1993 16:01 | 11 |
| Re. -1
The Aladdin video has a preview of the next animated featuer. It will
be called "The Lion King". I'll have to see it, but it doesn't look
very interesting to me. It looks like an all animal story but not as
anthropomorphized (is that a word?) as say, the Jungle Book.
We'll have to wait and see.
Marilyn
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| 346.7 | | 8269::MARTINN | okay,now what?.... | Sat Oct 09 1993 06:24 | 15 |
| I'm truly shocked anyone would find *anything* to dislike about this
movie!!!
First Robin Williams is hysterical and perfect as the genie!
Second the animation is brilliant! The way the marble floors seem to be
real; with its reflections. The great job of showing emotion with a
something that has no face or voice, the magic carpet!
And I thought the story was nice....it wasn't dragged out with a bunch
of unneccesary twists.
This has become my favorite Disney film!
Natalie
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| 346.8 | | REGENT::POWERS | | Mon Oct 11 1993 10:30 | 17 |
| > I'm truly shocked anyone would find *anything* to dislike about this
> movie!!!
>
> First Robin Williams is hysterical and perfect as the genie!
Robin Williams was *>THE<* problem with this movie.
He (and I mean Robin, not his genie character) dominated the movie, squeezing
every other detail into the shadows. There was no character balance left.
If an unknown actor had played the part, it might have been all right as is,
but the genie was far too much of over-the-top Robin Williams.
The rest of the characters, except perhaps the carpet, were cliched caricatures.
Beauty and the Beast was better, in at least that the cliched caricatures
had some rationalization, motivation, and depth.
- tom]
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| 346.9 | | REGENT::POWERS | | Mon Oct 11 1993 10:33 | 6 |
| > <<< Note 346.6 by 16913::MILLS_MA "To Thine own self be True" >>>
> anthropomorphized (is that a word?)
Yeah, and it's even spelled right!
- tom]
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| 346.10 | | 45239::ALFORD | lying Shipwrecked and comatose... | Mon Oct 11 1993 11:27 | 4 |
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Any chance of you Americans using <FF> to hide spoilers about Aladdin ?
It's not being released in the UK for a while yet...
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| 346.11 | | 12035::MDNITE::RIVERS | | Mon Oct 11 1993 11:33 | 14 |
| In response to the person who asked about the next animated feature
from Disney, "The Lion King" (formerly titled "King of the Jungle"), is
scheduled to be released in the summer of 1994. From what I
understand, it was first scheduled to be released this fall, but got
bumped back. The voice casting list looks quite impressive. From what
little preview there was in the tape of Aladdin, it's hard to say what
it looks. The music is being done by (gah) Elton John and Tim Rice.
(sorry Elton fans, the man don't float my boat)
Cheers,
kim
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| 346.12 | a cameo by 'the Beast'? | 35501::ROTH | Hey, this toothpaste tastes like GLUE!! | Tue Oct 12 1993 16:21 | 7 |
| Was reading somewhere that 'the Beast' (from Beauty and the Beast) makes
a cameo in this film... as I recal, there is some part where some toys
are being sorted... one of them is 'the Beast'.
Since I've not seen this film yet... can anyone verify this?
Lee
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| 346.13 | Yes, it's true | 28236::GIBSON | | Tue Oct 12 1993 16:25 | 7 |
| Yes, it is true that the Beast does appear in the stack of toys on the
left near the top.
Also, the two men talking while watching another prince go through the
streets to the palace are the two head animators for the movie.
Linda
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| 346.14 | One more... | 29881::MAKRIANIS | Patty | Wed Oct 13 1993 16:37 | 6 |
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Sebastian the crab from The Little Mermaid makes a cameo also.
I'll have to look for the Beast next time I watch it.
Patty
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| 346.15 | tons o' discussion about Disney films in the CLOSET::DISNEY notes file, fyi | HUMOR::EPPES | I'm not making this up, you know | Wed Oct 13 1993 20:53 | 0 |
| 346.16 | | 35186::BACH | They who know nothing, doubt nothing... | Fri Oct 15 1993 13:03 | 4 |
| I bought this for my 3 yr old and 1 1/2 yr old nephews.
Had to watch it three times (in a row). I like it twice. Better than
beauty and el Beastie...
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| 346.17 | Yu gotta do th' right thang! | UNTADI::SAXBY | Hot and bothered in MUC | Wed Jul 12 1995 07:41 | 16 |
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My (nearly) 3 year old loves this, but although it's OK first time,
after a while the modern Americanism of Aladdin really begins to
irritate. Robin Williams _is_ this film. Clearly, Disney decided they
didn't need to bother with any of the other characters (although Lauren
knows that Jafar is a baddie!).
By comparison The Jungle Book (from my early days) still looks good
and (aside from the Vultures) has little to date it. Lauren likes this
one too...
I've not seen any of Disney's other recent films, but after Aladin, I
don't really feel I want to.
Mark
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