By no means is this a very good movie, but from the negative reputation of this movie had I expecting something much more unpleasant to sit through. Definitely one of Disney's weakest films, but not their all-time worst.
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It's more to do with what it represents rather than the film itself, really. 2D animation was dying, and instead of stepping up their game and utilizing the unique aspects of two-dimensional animation that three-dimensional simply cannot replicate, they made... this. And the rest is history.
Perfectly okay entertainment, but not much more. For my money, it's a much better film than those early 3D attempts of theirs that I will not, for the life of me, voluntarily subject myself to again. Now that they've gotten into the groove again, though, maybe peoples' opinion of HotR will shift more towards the film itself. Or what do I know?
Really? Because I thought it was terrible as people made it out to be. It wasn't very funny, it wasn't even remotely endearing or even interesting. It's just a waste of a film really. I mean, it's boring.
"While guys hold on to their toys forever, girls soon throw out their playthings."
It's more to do with what it represents rather than the film itself, really.
Treasure Planet was a pretty good movie. Sure, some aspects of it were a little odd (such as the ships that sail through space, I guess it was intended to keep with the theme of it's source material but it was still distracting) but it was a fun, creative, and adventurous family movie with superb voice acting and breathtaking visuals.
I can't say the same for Home on the Range though. The animation is bland and pasted like a Saturday morning cartoon, characters are unmemorable, the plot is as simplistic and unoriginal as they can get.
Basically the whole movie has a really phoned in feel about it, how it managed to get a worldwide theatrical release is beyond me.
I didn't even think it was terrible at all. It was a fun comedy and didn't try to be anything more than that. I think this movie was a victim of bad timing more than anything else. 90s Disney fans were waiting for that film that was going to revive 2D and kick it full force again. Fans enjoying Disney's more "serious" side of the early 2000s were hoping Disney would cross the line and make a masterpiece using their new style. But neither happened and this came out, shortly followed by the announcement that Disney would shut down the 2D studios. Tough break because I found this film surprisingly enjoyable.
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Same here. It's not on par with the Golden Age or the Renaissance, but it's not as terrible as some would make it out to be.
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I've never seen this film but it can't be as bad as 'Barnyard' that was released fairly close to this film - and was another family movie about farm animals.
I think people just hold Disney to a very high standard. Movies like 'Brother Bear', 'Chicken Little', and 'Meet the Robinsons' aren't "bad" but maybe short of the typical Disney standard - and looked even worse compared to the amazing things Pixar was doing.
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