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Summary: Best Disney non-computerized film in ages
Review: One of the best animated films in some time. This should become a classic. A whole-lot-of-shaking-going-on.
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Summary: COOLAGE
Review: Man it's the bomb! i love the use of King Presley! it's...ooohhh it's coolage.
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Summary: Don't leave this DVD behind!
Review: It is a shame that this superior Disney product was put against the lackluster "Scooby Doo Movie" and had to fight it out for attention. If you really want to do yourself and your kids a favor, toss out those discount coupons you got for "Scooby Doo" and spend full retail on this. Lilo is a lonely, misunderstood (I wont tell why) girl from Hawaii who needs companionship, a friend, and whose family is hanging on by a thread and being threatened to be torn apart by Social Services (whose agent is a cross between Mr. T and a Man in Black). She finds, through a series of mishaps, a wonderful pet named "Stich" who also needs some help. The help Stich needs is way beyond what Lilo can give him- - - at first. Lilo and her sister love each other, Lilo finds love for Stich and Stich doesn't know what love or family really is. If you want a film that mixes laughter, a real solid feeling for family, some great (and well placed) Elvis toons, and a big helping of Science Fiction please get this. It's not the Disney needs the money. It's that you need the story that this movie tells.
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Summary: I Was Very Surprised!
Review: I WAS gonna see the Hey Arnold movie, but it was over so instead I saw this. Now, I chose this movie only because it had Kevin McDonald in it. I admit it, I'm a die hard Kevin fan. Anyway, I was really surprised when I saw it. The movie was so funny! I thought Disney was finally going the right way for once! Like those old movies they used to show, without the Sequels. I wasn't too fond of the music though. I'm a heavy metal girl, and it was just not my thing. If you liked this movie, try Monsters Inc. which was another recent Disney movie that didn't make me throw up. The Emperor's New Groove is also a good choice. Actually, any Disney/Pixar movie is okay. But everything else lately is Ugh. Anyway, Stitch is fun. I love destruction in all forms...
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Summary: Ohana Means "Fit in with your Peers"
Review: Oh wow. Where to start? It's like Wack-A-Mole at Chucky Cheese. So many moles, so few mallets. This movie is singularly the most cruel movie I've seen in the past dozen years. It's Animal Farm with a bad Hawaiian soundtrack and no sense of humor. It's so bad, I have to talk in broken sentences, like a punch-drunk boxer who lost the last round on a technicality. Wait - I am getting a sense of how the story-board at Disney went!! Happy-go-lucky, destructive beastie does not fit in to society. Moons government authority figure. Audience giggles, nods in understanding that he must be banished. Can't be productive member of higher society. Only an evil scientist likes it. Stitch is only redeemed when he learns to appreciate family, and get along with everybody else. Children taught valuable lesson about what happens when authority figures go unheeded. Estrangement, banishment, righteous indignation - Bad musical interludes will be your fate if you do not find your right place in Society. See, everybody really wants to "be like folks", right? We all wanna be the SAME, don't we? We wanna FIT IN and FIND OUR PLACE in the world. Oh sure, Stitch can be crazy and wacky and creatively independant (for the first half of his life), but when it gets right down to it, he's a sorry, needy squid like the rest of the modern world. Stitch is on his knees begging for Family before the One-Hour mark in the movie, spittling the movie's theme line just in CASE you missed the point when it was said for the previous 87 times. Ohana means Family. Of course, it's not really about family - it's about conformity (maybe that's what family is about these days, too - who knows?). It's about finding a group and blending in. Disney tells us about freedom - the freedom to be like everyone else or be excoriated. Excuse me, but I'd rather cozy up to "Dude Where's My Car" while being pelted with rocks than ever have to subject myself to this trite, insidious piece of propaganda again. If I wanted trashy propaganda, I'd watch Triumph of the Will - at least then the fascists would be easily spotted. Today, they apparently sometimes have mouse ears and cute fuzzy voices.
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Summary: One of this year's best movies!
Review: If you love disney animated movies, then this movie is a must watch. And Lilo & Stitch joins Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King and Toy Story as Walt Disney's company best movies (after the death of Walt Disney). Or if you love animated movies, you should be able to enjoy this movie, and along with Shrek, Monsters Inc, and Ice Age. As the movie opens, Dr. Jumba (David Odgen Stiers) is showing off Experiment 626, and winds up found guilty, and his experiment manges to escape and head for earth. A little girl named Lilo (Daveigh Chase) mistakes him for a dog, and adpots him. And names him Stitch (Chris Sanders). Lilo lives with her teenage sister named Nani (Tia Cerrere) who is against Stitch. Lilo lives in Hawaii. And Nani gets in trouble with a social worker (Ving Rhames) and warns her that he will take Lilo away if she doesn't watch it. Most of the movie's songs are performed by Elvis Presley, which again Wynonna sings Burning Love and A*teens sings Can't Help Falling in Love. This movie has gotten rated PG for mild sci-fi action. So parents won't have to worry about swear words or anything bad like swear words. In my opinion, Lilo & Stitch has much better songs than Mulan. You got Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride, He Mele No Lilo, Stuck On You, Heartbreak Hotel, Hound Dong, Devil in Deguise and Suspicious Minds all perfromed by Elvis Presley. Buring Love and Can't Help Falling In Love. But the only somngs not perfromed by the king is Hawaiian Roller Coaster Ride, He Mele No Lilo, Burning Love and Can't Help Falling In Love. I reccomend this movie to anybody that is an Elvis Presley fan, or loves animated movies, or loves animated movies but one Disney animated movies. My thoughts are, that is one of the best animated movies from Disney. But if you don't like Disney, then you may or may not like this. In my opinion this should get an nomation for Best animated feataure. Also please remember this is a rare Disney animated movie to get a PG rating. And i think that most of the movies coming out Disney, like Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, and The Hunchback of Notre Dame should have gotten a PG but for some reason, the MPAA all gave those movies G rating. I'm not sure of one Disney animated movie (either during Disney or post Disney) that really needs a G rating.
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Summary: Well worth the time, several times
Review: This is a simply magnificent movie. I've seen it in the theater 4 times so far and have cried my way through it each time. I was not born in Hawaii, but lived there for more than 20 years. The film's creators' respect and love for Hawaii, its people, and its traditions are very evident. Stitch will tug at your heartstrings. Who among us has not felt left alone, wanting love? As for you who coldly condemn any family structure other than the one you approve of, consider the fact that some of us may not want that kind of family, or, like Lilo and Nani, might have lost the one we had. In my opinion, apart from the sheer entertainment and humor, the strongest part of this movie is the message that what truly matters is love and caring and that families can be of any configuration. I also appreciated the un-Hollywood-like portrayal of Nani and the fact that Lilo's personality quirks and problems were not sugar-coated. I highly recommend this movie to everyone.
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Summary: Realistic of today's families and a great movie
Review: This movie has been criticized because of the broken family that is included. I found that this was a realistic representation of how it can be difficult to maintain the family in the face of adversity. This movie had a positive message and was a great movie. This movie was action packed with some sci-fi aspects and probably could scare some younger children under 6. It is nonetheless a great movie with some very positive and uplifting aspects.
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Summary: Best Disney Film in Years and One of the Best of 2002
Review: This is quite simply the most imaginative, creative, and fun Disney film in years. The animation is stunning and beautiful recalling the wonderfully detailed cartoons of 1940' and 50's. Unlike like recent Disney efforts, Lilo and Stitch doesn't just devolve into a series of poorly animated musics videos with all star voices. This is a classic along the lines of The Iron Giant and the Miyazaki films (Spirited Away, My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke). The opening sequence featuring Stitch's escape in an absolutely hilarious masterpiece of animation. Enjoyable for adults and children with a positive message that isn't forced or overly sentimental. Far and away more impressive on any level than other highly touted Disney epics like the Lion King or Beauty and the Beast! One of the finest films of 2002. A must see!
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Summary: Lilo leaves you thinking....
Review: Last night I watched this film and really think it's one of the best Disney features for a long time on the grounds of depth, originality and animation. The plot is very strong and they [Disney], at last, tackle some very sensitive issues without ambiguity. I was surprised by the completely different approach to family aspect in the film and was considerably engaged by many moments in the film. For the first time in cinema, I felt like I wanted to applaud at the end. Still shocked by how much this film means to me. Themes play on your mind - like a very good play by Brecht or Orton, you walk out entertained but also educated. This DVD is one of two versions - Disney plan to release a Special Edition two months later. Maybe we should hold on and wait for it.
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