Anyone seen "Brother Bear" yet?

[prberk]

It opened Friday in New York and L.A., and I understand that it is showing in digital projection in at least two Manhattan theatres...

It is also playing, according to the New York Times, at the Ziegfeld, a huge, classy, old-time theatre with a huge screen; it was where Star Wars and lots of other famous films premiered on the East Coast. If any of you New Yorkers get to see it there, or in digital projection, please let us know about it!!!

Same for L.A., where it is showing at Disney's El Capitan theatre in Hollywood (unfortunately, where Jimmy Kimmel broadcasts from every day...)

 

[prberk]

... And it looks like in L.A., you get a special deal at the El Capitan, with a stage show....

http://disney.go.com/disneypictures/el_capitan/index.html

If you see it, let us know!

 

[TURKEY]

Originally posted by prberk

Same for L.A., where it is showing at Disney's El Capitan theatre in Hollywood (unfortunately, where Jimmy Kimmel broadcasts from every day...)

Off topic, but Jimmy is still drawing pretty decent ratings compared to Nightline and other offerings they've had.

I saw numbers on this somewhere recently. He's still drawing a 0.7 or 0.8.

 

[Bagheera]

Don't forget the special Disney Club screenings across the country. (Albany's was Saturday morning.)

It's very good, but not great. Some really nice scenes, and some points where I felt taken out of the picture. It felt a little disjointed, but overall worth seeing. (Oh, and at the very end of the credits, there's a little humorous scene stuck in there. I won't ruin it, though.)

 

[CTXRover]

Haven't seen it yet, but BB did get TWO THUMBS UP! from Ebert and Roeper. As Bagheera said, they too agree that its not the best Disney animated film, but its a very good one. I'm glad to see they liked it, along with USAToday and the general public who had the chance to see it this past weekend with 94% giving it an excellent or very good rating. I was starting to get worried that this would become Brother "Bore" after the first flood of reviews that came in at www.rottentomatoes.com, but at least the critics I usually read like it

 

[catinthehat]

I've already purchased to tickets to see thsi tomorrow. Can't wait.

 

[Goofster]

Just got back from Brother Bear, and might I say, what an amazing movie! Great music, beautiful, beyond beautiful animation. And from a personal animation standpoint, the color palate of this film was perfect, very natural, and brightly colorful once he's transformed into a bear, not irratic and weird like Treasure Planet was, but that's just my opinion.

Anyway, the theater was packed with kids and parents, all of whom loved the movie. There was even some clapping at the end. If this doesn't show the world Traditional Animation still entertains and moves people to laugh, cry, and hugely enjoy themselves, i don't know what will.

Ohh, and my friends and I stayed til the end of the credits, which are very short, or at least seemed that way when Phil Collins awesome music is playing in the background, and it was worth it. There's a small but funny clip at the very end.

:sohappy: :sohappy: :sohappy:

 

[xfkirsten]

I agree! This one gets a thumbs up from me, too. The animation was beautiful. I was particularly impressed with Kenai's characterization. And the scenery was gorgeous. Saw a nice, subtle nod to Grizzy Peak (at DCA) in there! The moral was wonderful - something I think people all too often forget. And there's definitely a couple of parts in there that made me cry, and I wasn't the only one! Both women next to me were pulling out tissues.

Of course, I don't seem to learn from the past, and didn't stay after the credits. I will next time I see it!

-Kirsten

 

[KevinPage]

Why is it that everyone HAS to mention that it isn't the "Best" Disney movie ever done?

Is this the standard we hold every film that comes out to? I never heard anyone use that in their reviews of Lilo & Stitch, just that it was a really good movie.

The people who enjoy this film almost seem disappointed that they did, "yeah I liked it but it's not the best Disney film".

It's almost as if this film has a HUGE monkey on it's back that it hs to fight off to get people toi judge it properly for whatever reason.

 

[catinthehat]

We loved loved loved this movie. I took my niece and nephew and they were absolutely mesmerized the entire time. The animation is BEAUTIFUL and it just has a really good story.

 

[Bagheera]

Is anybody else wondering why the bear and other animals at the beginning wer very realistic, and then after Kenai's transformation, they were all cartoony? Did this take anybody else out of the movie for a while?

 

[catinthehat]

And what about the way the size of the screen changed?

 

[Goofster]

It's all about driving the point home about seeing things from a different perspective. We saw the movie from Kenai's perspective. At first, the bears were evil, cruel monsters, but once Kenai was turned into a bear we started to see the bears as fun, friendly animals. I mean, if the bear Kenai killed was drawn like Kenai as a bear, would it have been easy to hate the bear and understand Kenai's reasons for attacking it, no, of course not.