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Summary: BEARLY WATCHABLE....FOR ADULTS
Review: Children will probably love BROTHER BEAR. It's filled with elements of adventure, danger, humor and corny songs. However, from an adult's standpoint, I found it a little disjointed. It starts off fairly dark, with one of the heroes offed in a battle with a rather frightening bear. Once the main hero Keini is turned into a bear that can talk and communicate with other animals, it changes its tone to a more lighthearted and affable atmosphere. The danger still lurks in the form of Denai, the surviving brother, but it is interspersed with typical Disney features, such as an abominably boring musical score by Phil Collins and musical numbers that come from nowhere and do little to enhance the film.
The animation is beautiful; there are some extraordinarily beautiful scenes, and the computerized animation adds to the usual style.
Most of the recent animated films (Finding Nemo, Shrek, Monsters Inc., Ice Age) were all enjoyable for all ages. I found BROTHER BEAR to be one of the weakest Disney productions in years. Maybe I'm getting too old???
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Summary: Watch it in Biology
Review: My class watched it in Biology and it was funny! It was made perfictly. It would make a great movie for the whole family (or
the whole class!:)) If you like to watch funny movies with your family, this would be a great one! Go get it!
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Summary: Uninspired, Over-Schmaltzed With a Dash of New Age Goo
Review: Brother Bear comes nowhere near the animation heights Disney achieved in the early to mid 90's. As story, it was tired and formulaic, as animation, it lacked visual energy and inventiveness. An eskimo folk tale serves as vehicle and inspiration for the film's new age "we are at one with nature" theme, but the overall feeling is closer to greeting card sentimentality.
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Summary: mickey mouse entertainment
Review: I was rather disappointed with the movie because it pales in comparison to other, recent Disney movies. The story felt like the producers had been saddled with a bedtime story and were forced to make it another chapter in the Lord of the Rings. Kinda like old-wives' banter: they have nothing to tell, so they tell things really slowly and eventually arrive at a conclusion that you saw a long time ago. Most of the conflict was internal, and even then it wasn't very obvious that our main character was struggling through it. The Koda character left a lot to be desired. And for me, the most annoying part of the whole movie was that they just walked. And walked. And walked. Yes, they walked through some colorful places and commandeered an unusual ride, but they traveled from point A to point B and did almost NOTHING in between. A real stiff interpretation of a story whose original script was perhaps 500 words. Good for little kids who like bright colors. A tough sell to most adults.
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Summary: Very emotive and deep!! Amazing and inspired history!
Review: Only Spirit from Dreamworks brought me to tears with their beautiful and deep history of the horse and the indian. Well, this was until I watched Brother Bear. The movie is about man living in peace with nature and respect it and the other animals. Kenai, the little indian had to discover it when he turned into a bear. The mooses on the movie are funny as hell, the best comic characters that I've ever seen, since The Lion King. It worths every cent!!
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Summary: Maybe not for younger folks
Review: I bought this for my grandchildren 1 1/2 and 5 1/2. They were not taken with the movie, and were actually somewhat concerned by some of the scenes. The cartooning becomes very serious and facial expressions of fear and anger appear often; especially in the beginning and ending portions. The plot was a little abstract even for the older child, who is a Star Wars fan but didn't much get this movie. It's not a movie I would have purchased for them if I had seen anything other than the cute middle section moose spots they advertised on TV. I finally turned it off because I worried about nightmares since it seemed there were more confrontational parts than fun parts. Just not what I was expecting, and I was disappointed because I was looking for some light entertainment and fun for them.
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Summary: Disney gives us another winner!
Review: Once again, the folks at Disney gives us a story about life. This time, the storyline is about the Native American practice of Shamanism, or the importance of the connection to the deepest power of nature. Respecting life and all animals. This story may be too deep for most kids. But what they'll enjoy are the characters like the two moose, who turn out to be the voices of the Mackenzie Brothers from SCTV. Recommended!!
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Summary: I watched it with my son and loved it
Review: This is a great movie that shows how man and animals should coexist and that we are all brothers. At first I thought it was going to be really hokey but the story grabbed me right away and at the end left me choked up. Rent this for your kids but make sure to watch it with them, you'll be glad you did.
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Summary: ADORABLE!
Review: This movie is very cute. Of course, typical of Disney, someone has to die, but in the end everything comes out well.
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Summary: Loved it!
Review: Hello! I'm 14 years old and hopefully a future animator myself.
The story: The story was wonderfully seriouse. I'm not sure little kids will understand how seriouse the plot really is. I love that Disney is showing a backbone and making animated films a little more seriouse so older kids like myself can take an interest in them. Anyway, yes, the story is about broadening your mind and seeing things from different points of veiws, learning from those that are different than you, and appreciating those who are already close to you.It all starts when Kenai's brother is killed by a bear who was only protecting her cub. Kenai is of course upset and sets off to seek revenge. He finds the bear and kills it. Kenai's Brother who is now a spirit turns Kenai into a bear himself to teach him why killing the bear in the first place was wrong.
Though the story is seriouse and deals with seriouse things (as life does) it's also wonderfully lighthearted and entertaining. The animals are full of character and are very funny and sweet. The art:
Beautiful! I noticed the linework was a little thicker than usual Disney standard, and the highlight and shadows were also quite thick, but it didn't irk me too much.
The painted backgrounds were EXQUISITE. The character designs are my favorite aspect of this movie. Kenai's character in particular. His facial expressions and character in general are extremely likeable.
One of my favorite things about this movie are the northern lights scenes, though. Gorgeous. The music: Some of it is wonderful, some of it is a little hokey. Luckily, there are NO spontanious every-character-busts-into-song-moments in this movie wich I liked alot. :) They used the music as a guideline of emotion in the scenes, not as a cheap thrill for kids to sing along to. I'd say this is a good movie for any age. :) I've watched it twice in 1 day already.
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