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Post by Shenzi on Sept 3, 2014 1:02:17 GMT -5
Planes was an alright movie. It was actually kind of cute. I didn't see the need to make another one. You are all going to hate me but I really think that The Lion King is over rated. There was such a fuss over JJT when it first came out. Don't get me wrong. It has wonderful songs but I really just don't get all the fuss. There are so many better movies than this one yet it seems to top everyone's top 5 movies. Personally for me, JJT meant nothing to me when this film came out, I'd had no idea until seeing your post that there was a fuss over him regarding this film. Aside from a six year old having no interest in the actors behind animated character voices, I've always been a Scar and Hyenas fan. Something I've come to realize as an adult is that he's the most realistic lion in both films and one of the most powerful villains of his time. By the way Sarah it may interest you to know that JJT actually didn't even do his own singing. Another young man named Jason Weaver, I'm sure that was the name I'd heard, provided young Simba's singing voice. This was revealed in the DVD release in the behind the scenes feature of the added 'The Morning Report' scene. The name was dropped when they explained his obviously being too old to have returned and thus their having to find a new young man to perform the number. So you are right the fuss over JJT may have been a bit overrated especially if the other boy didn't receive as much recognition. 'I Can't Wait to be King' was probably the most popular song in the film and one of young Simba's most significant scenes. There is one other Disney film to my knowledge in which a separate actor needed to be hired for the singing part in a character role, Esmeralda in Hunchback of Notre Dame.
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Post by Butterscotch on Sept 3, 2014 6:01:34 GMT -5
Off the top of my head, Aladdin, Jasmine, adult Simba, young and adult Nala, Chief Powhatan, Mulan and Shang all have different singing and speaking voices. (In fact, Mulan and Jasmine have the same singing voice, Lea Salonga.) If you look at the soundtrack or watch the ending credits, a different actor is credited for performing the songs.
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Post by Shenzi on Sept 3, 2014 12:43:45 GMT -5
Thanks for the 411 Butterscotch. Now as for Adult Simba was it in the original, the sequel or both films that he'd had a separate singing voice? I'd check my 'Return to Priderock' soundtrack as suggested but I've not seen my CD collection since moving. In the sequel it sounded like Matthew Brodrick but they tend to get ridiculously sound alike singers. Young Simba's and Esmeralda's for example are indistinguishable.
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Post by Butterscotch on Sept 18, 2014 19:18:32 GMT -5
I'm not really sure if they're popular enough to really be considered over-rated, but Atlantis and Treasure Planet are getting to be cult classics and both are really popular on Tumblr. Whenever photosets show up on my dash, they're always gushing about how perfect and important they are. I like both movies, but I don't get the amount of love they get.
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Post by icyheart16 on Sept 18, 2014 22:50:42 GMT -5
I thoroughly enjoy Atlantis. Though I wouldn't consider it a "classic", per say.
Now Treasure Planet... That I don't get. To me it's a softer Titan AE. Didn't care for it too much. It gets a lot of props... And that I don't understand.
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Post by Butterscotch on Sept 18, 2014 23:04:16 GMT -5
Well, cult classic and classic aren't really the same thing.
I really like the first two thirds of Atlantis, but it goes downhill when the bad guy reveals his true colors.
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Post by icyheart16 on Sept 18, 2014 23:09:02 GMT -5
Didn't catch the word "cult". Get. Got it. My bad. Lol!
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Sept 19, 2014 1:02:43 GMT -5
Cult classic seems like a good way to describe Atlantis and Treasure Planet. I think Atlantis is the more flawed of the two. Treasure Planet has this weird sci-fi pirate almost steampunk vibe to it. Sometimes it works, sometimes it doesn't. Both films have a heavy science fiction/fantasy elements to them that may explain why they've developed small, but ardent followers.
I'm not exactly eager to revisit either film and discover if I like it better upon a second viewing. Some Disney films have become far more successful after their initial release, but I don't think either one of these films will reach that benchmark. In the end, something about the characters, the story, the animation, or even just the mood of the viewer left an impact on the fans of these films.
I often wonder just how much of our Disney preferences depends on the Disney films we were raised with. My top 10 list of all time Disney animated features very much reflects the films I grew up with in theaters via the old re-releases.
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