I think the theme was "don't let others control you". Nessie was controlled by the developer and the other animals but then her crying created Loch Ness and she got back at the developer during the credits.
More Buscemi at http://forum.reelsociety.com/I saw Winnie the pooh two times. The first time I saw it there was a bit of a crowd(i'd say about 15 people). Some being teenagers to moms with their kids. The second time I saw it was at a different theater the place was packed. Hey shota, the moral of Nessie is not to let others control you. I'd just thought I'd let you know of that lad(or lassie).
As for Pooh. I really enjoyed it. It made me very happy, this has Doing It for the Art written all over it. Disney delivered what I was hoping this film to be, a great animated feature that is hand-drawn animated. Its such a shame that their marketing had to put in the wrong spot.
From the Cartoon Brew talkback. Talk about dodging a bullet...
Oh Jeffrey Katzenberg, not everything has to be Darker and Edgier.
Times like these that make me happy he seems at home at Dream Works. What he wanted to do with Disney's films seem exactly like the animated films they're making1
Katzenberg wanted to create the animated Skids and Mudflap? What else is new?
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The only positive thing I can say about that proposed movie... is that it would have made for a helluva episode of The Nostalgia Critic.
Well my box office info comes from the Spill main page (said info comes from box office mojo) but based on their podcast's discussion of why pooh should of come out later this year says it's all true.
It would have done better in the fall. There are no family films in October and combined with the positive reviews, it would have been a surprise hit.
This makes two July releases that would have done better later in the year (Larry Crowne is the other).
More Buscemi at http://forum.reelsociety.com/Still, 6/4 is hardly "doomed."
"Proto-Indo-European makes the damnedest words related. It's great. It's the Kevin Bacon of etymology." ~Madrugada
That would hold water if not for...
- the movie being considered part of the Disney Animated Canon, unlike the previous adaptations, which were not, and produced by veteran Disney feature film artists instead of being outsourced to their Toon Studio.
- the original featurettes being extremely short as well, as a way to show they're going back to their routes.
- it being promoted exactly like their other more full-length features, complete with a red carpet premiere.
edited 19th Jul '11 12:40:49 PM by kyun
The movie only cost $30 million. It won't kill hand-drawn animation.
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I was a bit put off by "The Ballad of Nessie". The moral is "it's all right to cry", which is good. But the way they presented it was completely overblown! Kids may believe that not only is it okay to cry- you should cry an entire lake and make all your problems be solved?!?! That just makes you a wimp. Nessie was a wimp. She didn't do anything to actively try and save her home! Especially when characters consistently told her that crying is for wimps! And being a wimp is what solves her problem?!?! What??!?!?!?!?