Archive for November 29th, 2009

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0065421/

Dir. Wolfgang Reitherman

A classic Disney movie that would be unfair to analyse too much simply because my nostalgia from childhood will either cloud or enhance the feelings I had when watching it this time.

It’s not one of the finest Disney films as the plot is short and unadventurous but it is filled with charm and character that makes the old Disney movies so lovable. Disney, at this time especially, were unrivalled in the quality of their character animation, nobody else could inject such life into their subjects (one of the reasons the seminal text on Disney animation is called “Illusion of Life”).

The Aristocats is no exception to the quality that defines a Disney work, the animation is fluid, expressive and joyful, the voice acting is lively and convincing and the general atmosphere is one of cheerful enjoyment. It is far from the best of the Disney movies but it is proof that even a weaker Disney film is better than most other animated works, especially in the 70’s.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0359013/

Dir. David S. Goyer

What is good:

1)      Ryan Reynolds and his jokes

What isn’t:

1)      The script

2)      The story

3)      The direction

4)      The acting by everyone who isn’t Ryan Reynolds or Parker Posey

5)      The make-up artist who must have fought long and hard to make Parker Posey look bad

6)      Dracula being a character

7)      Wesley Snipes, who was an enormous arsehole on set according an article I read a long while back.

8)      The lighting

9)      The effects

10)  The soundtrack

11)   The use of the wrestler “Triple-H” as a vampire character

12)   “Blood Warehouses”

13)   Pretty much everything.

A terrible film that butchered an enjoyably cheesy action series.  It’s just horrible.