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HIS FILM DIARY 2015
total movie count ........... viewing day count
277 .......................... 328
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November 26th
—— 2000 ——
THE EMPEROR'S
NEW GROOVE
—— animation ——
DISNEY CLASSIC no.40
REWATCH
It isn’t just the Emperor
who’s got a new groove!
In the midst of The Disney Renaissance, a sudden stylistic and technical transformation happened to the studio, where the constantly evolving technology combined with a change of heart and hand, resulted in Disney daring to try new things with almost each and every release over a span of almost 15 years. Roughly starting around ‘Hercules’ in 1997 and ending with ‘The Princess and the Frog’ from 2010, which was then followed but their popular computer-animated adventures of the 21st century, starting with ‘Tangled’, which seemed to finally be where they felt comfortable…
Going through curls, swirls, crooked and conventional lines, Disney drew their way to this buddy comedy bonanza, which was boosting a fast pace and a fun surfaced style that worked like a wild ride from beginning to end; an entertaining adventure that accelerates quite quickly and rarely lets go. The storyline felt familiar, but not like a rip-off or remake but more like a greatest hits compilation inside a cult classic to be. Disney truly changed up their style and approach with this film, but though this buddy comedy with a man and a lama isn't exactly lame, I mainly see it as mindless entertainment that keeps me watching but makes me a little skeptical over how tacky, nonsensical, hectic and dumb everything actually is in the end of it.
Obviously, I’m able to sit back, relax and have fun no matter how infant or imbecile the humor might be. I honestly did just that with this film, but the story, the themes, the music and partly the characters are nothing to dance and shout about; it has one good thing going for it, but the rest of it goes up and down hill on a journey that admittedly only gets better as it moves along. In the end of it all, children will love this one and won't even care for my criticisms… but to me, there is something missing here… the movie-like magic, the moving scenes, the emotional investment, the intelligent fundament – not much of it was here and Disney opted out on almost everything apart from entertainment and a light emotional bond of two total opposites. It might be hollow, but oh my, how alive it is on the surface of things.
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HIS FILM DIARY 2015
total movie count ........... viewing day count
277 .......................... 328
__________________________
November 26th
—— 2000 ——
THE EMPEROR'S
NEW GROOVE
—— animation ——
DISNEY CLASSIC no.40
REWATCH
It isn’t just the Emperor
who’s got a new groove!
In the midst of The Disney Renaissance, a sudden stylistic and technical transformation happened to the studio, where the constantly evolving technology combined with a change of heart and hand, resulted in Disney daring to try new things with almost each and every release over a span of almost 15 years. Roughly starting around ‘Hercules’ in 1997 and ending with ‘The Princess and the Frog’ from 2010, which was then followed but their popular computer-animated adventures of the 21st century, starting with ‘Tangled’, which seemed to finally be where they felt comfortable…
Going through curls, swirls, crooked and conventional lines, Disney drew their way to this buddy comedy bonanza, which was boosting a fast pace and a fun surfaced style that worked like a wild ride from beginning to end; an entertaining adventure that accelerates quite quickly and rarely lets go. The storyline felt familiar, but not like a rip-off or remake but more like a greatest hits compilation inside a cult classic to be. Disney truly changed up their style and approach with this film, but though this buddy comedy with a man and a lama isn't exactly lame, I mainly see it as mindless entertainment that keeps me watching but makes me a little skeptical over how tacky, nonsensical, hectic and dumb everything actually is in the end of it.
Obviously, I’m able to sit back, relax and have fun no matter how infant or imbecile the humor might be. I honestly did just that with this film, but the story, the themes, the music and partly the characters are nothing to dance and shout about; it has one good thing going for it, but the rest of it goes up and down hill on a journey that admittedly only gets better as it moves along. In the end of it all, children will love this one and won't even care for my criticisms… but to me, there is something missing here… the movie-like magic, the moving scenes, the emotional investment, the intelligent fundament – not much of it was here and Disney opted out on almost everything apart from entertainment and a light emotional bond of two total opposites. It might be hollow, but oh my, how alive it is on the surface of things.
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