Lilo & Stitch

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Summary: Big thighs are in
Review: My 4 year old son and I love watching this movie together. It is short, fun and snappy. The music is outstanding. Also, I am so glad to see beautiful big thigh-ed girls (nani and Lilo). Any move away from the Princess Collection look is good for girl's self esteem.

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Summary: A Disney Movie for people who aren't "into" Disney
Review: Short & sweet...well, maybe not entirely sweet, but he is cute & furry...And who wouldn't fall for a little girl who knows one of the great secrets: Pudge controls the weather. If you want to understand what this means, buy this movie. This is Disney's (first?) best anti-hero. And in addition to lots of wonderful pieces of humor, and some truly imaginative & heart-filled animation, they manage to slip some great lessons into the story, to boot. They rediscovered Disney's imagination...
But if you're not looking for the moral of the story, or the beauty of Dinsey's Hawaii, and just want a good laugh, you still want to see this movie. My husband is not "into" Disney (and I married him, anyway), yet he has voluntarily watched this movie four times, now (and he wasn't tied to the chair.)
Buy it. Watch it. Trust me...

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Summary: I hate to be scrooge but...
Review: We received this video as a gift and I expected it to be wholesome animated entertainment for my young children (ages 5 and 2). My 5-year old was terrified from the get-go and by mid-film we had to turn it off. Not only is the film incredibly violent, but what is a 5-year old to think of social workers taking small children from their homes or aliens capturing said children and flying off with them.

While it might be more appropriate for older children, it remains gratuitiously violent with many bad values thrown in with a few good ones. We won't be watching it again!

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Summary: Doerfsthoughts
Review: Just another perfect Disney Movie. Great graphics and beautiful backdrop. Stich is a great character and the surrounding group of support is awesome. A great movie to sit down and watch with your kids.

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Summary: What do You Freaks Have Against this Hilarious Movie????!!!!
Review: Lilo and Stitch is one of the best movies I've seen in a long time. Disney is finally switching back to making their movies the old way (hand drawn with realistic backrounds). I am so proud of Disney!!!

Now, people, about the so-called violence, IT IS JUST SUPPOSED TO BE FUNNY!! Geez, if you think Lilo is a brat, look who's talking. Lilo and her sister are supposed to have a funny relationship by acting mean to each other, just like any sisters do. It's really more funny than violent, so don't take these freaks' word for it.

Yeah, so maybe there is a little space action/violent scenes with lasers, guns, violent extraterrestrials, but it was rate at PG if you didn't notice, so why let a 3 year old watch it anyway??? Oooh, shut down =(. It is pretty conspicuous if you ask me...

So, on a happier note, Lilo & Stitch is a delightful, hilarious, comedy action-packed film with laughs and surprises right around the corner! =)

Lilo and Stitch are awesome and meant for each other!!! =)

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Summary: Movie entertaining...but
Review: I've just received Lilo and Stitch on DVD as a gift. I had already seen it in the movie theater over the summer. Overall, it is an extremely entertaining movie--very "un-Disney." This is a tale of a troubled, (and sometimes very difficult) girl who finds plenty of fun and adventure when she befriends an alien who was cast off from the the planet Turo. I've really enjoyed this. Now for those of you who complain about violence and poor role models, please note that this movie was rated PG. I applaud the decision to create a situation involving a dysfunctional family--very believeable.(Yes, sisters do act like that. Not positive, but that is, sadly the reality.) Also, if you dislke movies about space aliens, etc. you might not like this. Wondering why there are only four stars? The DVD itself is not all what it could be. What is lacking is a more detailed account of how the film was made, etc. It would also be helpful to be able to change from widescreen to a full screen. I hear that Disney will rectify this by releasing a two DVD edition. So, if you are looking for a quirky, enjoyable film, check out Lilo and Stitch.

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Summary: good movie
Review: I thought that Lilo and Stich was one of the best movies to come out this year animation wise. The story of how the two sisters have to take care of one another while under the watchful eye of the caseworker gave the film a sense of reality. Stich was kind of a strange character and was hard to get into until the middle of the film when his being there was revealed.
I think it gives the viewer the meaning of family and i would buy this film before Disney pulls it at the end of Jan. You won't regret it

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Summary: Typical Disney
Review: At first, I was hesitant about buying this but now I am glad I did. My sons really love it. They want to watch it over and over.
Love the music

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Summary: This movie is great!
Review: Stitch is very cute! I like everything about this movie.

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Summary: New Delightful Disney Classic
Review: A young Hawaiian girl adopts a pet who is actually an alien fugitive from the law. This short description doesn't do this movie justice. This is probably one of the most inventive Disney originals in a long time. Highly enjoyable for both children and adults.

The characters are almost real. You can believe that Nani and Lilo have gone through many troubles in their life. The interaction between Nani and Lilo are very close to what real people would actually do. That makes Nani (and thus Lilo) more realistic and more believable. Nani's bit about "gravity increasing" makes you believe that she's just a kid at heart with more responsibilities than she may be able to handle yet. And Lilo reading to Stitch was just precious.

The characters are fantastic. "Cobra Bubbles" indeed. Some of the "in" jokes may go over younger viewers heads, but older viewers in the audience, and certainly the adults, will be laughing along with the kids, just for different reasons. Watch for the sequences about the mosquito - you will absolutely die laughing when you get to the punchline.

Even the main character's name - "Stitch" - suggests something that was sewn together out of parts and pieces. Older adults will appreciate the use of Elvis tunes throughout the movie to illustrate main points. Watching Stitch imitate Elvis was one of the better bits.

And the dialog in the movie is fantastic. The scriptwriters deserve a hearty congratulations for coming up with some of the most memorable lines that have been used in cartoon movies recently. Examples include: "No more caffeine for you." "Nah, the manager's a vampire. He wanted me to join his Legion of the Undead." "Oh, good; my dog found the chainsaw." "So far, you have been adrift in the sheltered harbor of my patience, but I cannot ignore you being jobless. In case you're wondering, this did not go well. You have three days to change my mind."

But it's "Stitch" that steals the show. Even in the commercials for this movie, you knew "Stitch" wasn't going to be one of the Disney heroes we have come to expect. He starts out so bad - whatever he says at the start of the movie was so terrible that it makes some council members faint, and even a robot throws up. But by the conclusion of the movie he grows into the role of a hero - and that makes him one of the more believable Disney heroes in a =long= time. Stitch also becomes more like a person in that time - making him even more believable as a character and as a person in his own right.

And the message is equally important. "Family means never being left behind - or forgotten." Sure, it's one of the messages that Disney is known for promoting. But it is presented the best when Stitch finally realizes that it means something important to him. And the family that Stitch knows is preserved. Perseverance pays. It is -how- that family is preserved by Stitch that makes this move special.

This film is presented in the time honored frame-by-frame animation technique - a technique that often gets forgotten in these days of computer animation. Sure the visuals may look a little simple - but that's part of the joy of the old frame-by-frame animation process. And the characters look more real. Nani looks a -lot- like what a young Hawaiian woman would look like. Lilo looks like a kid. No out-of-proportion human female figures here.

I do not give five star reviews very often - only true classics usually ever get that kind of award from me. But this movie made me rethink that decision. Rest assured that this movie will eventually have a place of honor in my library next to such gems as "Beauty and the Beast" and "Little Mermaid".

BTW, just a quick note here - if you are thinking of purchasing a copy of Lilo and Stitch now, just wait a little while.
Sometime in 2004, Disney will be doing a "Special Edition", two disc DVD release that will be similar to thier recent reissue of Sleeping Beauty.

With all of the features on that, people who buy this DVD recently will be disappointed if they didn't wait.

Disney will be including all of the "Making of", pre-production art, and other features that make their new "Special Editions" great, to the new edition.

There are three other "Special Editions" due in 2004 - Mary Poppins, Pocahontas, and Alice in Wonderland. Alice will be the first released in 2004. Also, there's the "Platinum" edition of Aladdin in October 2004. Worth waiting for in my opinion. You have been warned. :-)