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The Aint It Cool News website movie geek central on the Internet has posted its first full review of Lilo and Stitch. The full article can be found at http://www.aintitcoolnews.com/display.cgi?id=12264 . But since its AICN the language is R-rated and there are lots of unnecessary bits and lots of plot spoilers.
Here are the salient quotes from the review:
I love, love, love Lilo & Stitch. ...
Lilo & Stitch is destined to be a masterpiece on the same level as other newer Disney flicks like Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Aladdin... It has that Disney magic to it. You know the stuff... The way it can be sweet, but not so sweet that it makes you want to puke. The characters are funny, but not stupid and lowest common denominator. The animation is top notch, the voice actors are perfect and the characters are interesting.
Stitch rules the earth. I want one! He's very much the character in the first two trailers (Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin trailers) that is just fun as all hell to watch. He's mean, he's calculating, he hungry and he has a wicked sense of humor. I love him. Easily the best character to come out of Disney in God knows how long. Now that doesn't mean he's not going to appeal to the precious, sensitive little kiddies. They're going to eat him up. He's fun to watch and in the end just wants a family of his own.
I found the stuff involving the little Hawaiian girl, Lilo, and her sister to be terrifically animated and fleshed out. The cultural angle of the movie is well handled as is the character interaction. Lilo and her sister are in a bad situation. Both parents were killed and Lilo's sister was forced with the burden of taking care of her sister when she wasn't prepared for that responsibility.
They are real sisters. They fight, they pull hair, they make-fun, they yell. But they also love each other deeply. The central drama around Lilo and her sister is the ever present threat of having Lilo taken away and put in foster care. Things never seem to go well when the amazingly cool Cobra Bubbles (how cool is that name?!?!?), a huge, bald black dude is around, investigating Lilo's home situation. Cobra Bubbles is voiced perfectly by Ving Rhames. He's also fleshed out and not just the bad guy, which is what he easily could have been. He knows both Lilo and her sister love each other, but he has to do what he feels is best for Lilo, even if it means breaking her heart.
This movie is fun, it's emotional, it's creative, it's beautifully animated. It has everything I want in a Disney movie. If you can't get into the movie, if you feel nothing at all while watching this movie, I feel sorry for you, ya' cold-hearted [beep]. I'm not saying everyone's going to love this movie, but you'll be hard pressed not to enjoy the film.
The reviewers only complaints about the film are the too Star Wars opening scene and the A-Teens & Wynona cover of Elvis over the end titles (your Disney management at work).
This review and several others that I have seen have also picked up on whats bound to be the line every repeats while leaving the theater. Can anyone resist a movie that contains Its alright. My doggie found the chainsaw. ?
Here are the salient quotes from the review:
I love, love, love Lilo & Stitch. ...
Lilo & Stitch is destined to be a masterpiece on the same level as other newer Disney flicks like Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Little Mermaid, Aladdin... It has that Disney magic to it. You know the stuff... The way it can be sweet, but not so sweet that it makes you want to puke. The characters are funny, but not stupid and lowest common denominator. The animation is top notch, the voice actors are perfect and the characters are interesting.
Stitch rules the earth. I want one! He's very much the character in the first two trailers (Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin trailers) that is just fun as all hell to watch. He's mean, he's calculating, he hungry and he has a wicked sense of humor. I love him. Easily the best character to come out of Disney in God knows how long. Now that doesn't mean he's not going to appeal to the precious, sensitive little kiddies. They're going to eat him up. He's fun to watch and in the end just wants a family of his own.
I found the stuff involving the little Hawaiian girl, Lilo, and her sister to be terrifically animated and fleshed out. The cultural angle of the movie is well handled as is the character interaction. Lilo and her sister are in a bad situation. Both parents were killed and Lilo's sister was forced with the burden of taking care of her sister when she wasn't prepared for that responsibility.
They are real sisters. They fight, they pull hair, they make-fun, they yell. But they also love each other deeply. The central drama around Lilo and her sister is the ever present threat of having Lilo taken away and put in foster care. Things never seem to go well when the amazingly cool Cobra Bubbles (how cool is that name?!?!?), a huge, bald black dude is around, investigating Lilo's home situation. Cobra Bubbles is voiced perfectly by Ving Rhames. He's also fleshed out and not just the bad guy, which is what he easily could have been. He knows both Lilo and her sister love each other, but he has to do what he feels is best for Lilo, even if it means breaking her heart.
This movie is fun, it's emotional, it's creative, it's beautifully animated. It has everything I want in a Disney movie. If you can't get into the movie, if you feel nothing at all while watching this movie, I feel sorry for you, ya' cold-hearted [beep]. I'm not saying everyone's going to love this movie, but you'll be hard pressed not to enjoy the film.
The reviewers only complaints about the film are the too Star Wars opening scene and the A-Teens & Wynona cover of Elvis over the end titles (your Disney management at work).
This review and several others that I have seen have also picked up on whats bound to be the line every repeats while leaving the theater. Can anyone resist a movie that contains Its alright. My doggie found the chainsaw. ?