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Post by Silver on Jun 19, 2008 19:53:57 GMT -5
I agree with Buzz! While film has evolved to become a classic in it's own right for many generations after, I'm still baffled on why the film wasn't a hit the year it was released! At the time not only was it's production impeccable for animation, but for the film industry itself. It's musical score, visual artistry, and characters were no less then brilliant! (But I suppose that's still an opinion) But it had exactly what the critics and audiences would usually adore. An enduring love story that swirled in this stunning fantasy realm. There was enough suspence to keep people on the edge of their seats without terrifying them. The music is capitvating as were the images that were shot. Yes it was well beyond it's time, but isn't that a positive? I guess I'm missing something because usually I'm right on par with what the critics say.
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Jun 19, 2008 20:53:17 GMT -5
Sometimes being ahead of it's time means that it won't be understood at first. I'm not sure if people knew what to make of Sleeping Beauty. It was a very different film from Snow White and Cinderella and the climax was unlike anything ever seen before. There can also be other factors that influence a film's success that have nothing to with the film itself. Take Finding Nemo for instance. It was released in a summer full of highly anticipated, but very disappointing sequels. That factor helped launch Nemo into the stratosphere to where it made so much money that some people think Pixar is losing it's touch because the subsequent films have not made gobs and gobs and gobs of money like Nemo did.
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Post by buzzlytmxrfan97386 on Jun 20, 2008 9:04:40 GMT -5
Sometimes being ahead of it's time means that it won't be understood at first. I'm not sure if people knew what to make of Sleeping Beauty. It was a very different film from Snow White and Cinderella and the climax was unlike anything ever seen before. There can also be other factors that influence a film's success that have nothing to with the film itself. Take Finding Nemo for instance. It was released in a summer full of highly anticipated, but very disappointing sequels. That factor helped launch Nemo into the stratosphere to where it made so much money that some people think Pixar is losing it's touch because the subsequent films have not made gobs and gobs and gobs of money like Nemo did. Right on, I agree I mean look at what happen to Disney after The Lilo King, Disney raise the bar so high on thereself, that it was much harder to jump over the next time, because after The Lion King made over 300M. at the B.O., people expected to see that kind of repeat success,performance with all of Disney's films following The Lion King, now it is happen to Pixar and other Movie Studios as well. Just because A movie doesn't pull in the same money and success the last did before. Does not mean it is not worth it, an should be looked upon any lesser by people, the important thing is they (the Animation Studios) gave it their all, put there Heart, Blood, Sweat,Tears,Joy,Love into it, stood with it till the end come victory and merit, or heck or high water, that is what should really matter the most. Brotherly Love,understanding,peace Buzz Lightyear The Man and Xr Fan 97386 A.K.A. - JA
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Post by SpellWovenNight on Jun 24, 2008 21:39:19 GMT -5
I'm not going to say that the money that a film makes isn't revalent to how good the film is because it is in some aspects, but the films that do make the most money doesn't necessarily mean that they are the best films quality wise. It could mean they had the most hype to get people to see it when it came out or its just part of a fad among the generation. Sleeping Beauty might have been cheated when it was released but we can now look at it as a classic.
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Jun 24, 2008 21:50:01 GMT -5
I think Aladdin is a "fad" film. While I love the movie, I don't think it has "aged" well because so much of what I love about is the humor, which remains forever ensconced in the early 1990s. I don't think my kids will understand the movie as well as I do, while films like Sleeping Beauty appeal beyond the generation to first see it. I did not know until a couple of years ago that my mother also considered Sleeping Beauty to be her favorite, interestingly enough for reasons different from my own.
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Post by Miss Megara on Jun 24, 2008 21:57:42 GMT -5
I have always wondered why they just did not compromise on the dress and make it purple. Because if you mix blue and pink together (well more blue and red) you get the color purple. Personally I prefer the dress blue. This is not one of my favorite movies,but it's O.K. There are only 2 things I noticed that change. Aurora's eye coloring. It starts from a dark color to what seems like brown then changes to purple then to blue. And Phillips cape. It's soaking wet,but when the animals have it,it's dry again.
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Post by SpellWovenNight on Jun 24, 2008 22:02:59 GMT -5
Well I know they were hanging out the cape to dry. . . I'm not sure how much long after Philip hung it up that the animals took it. Maybe there was enough time to dry.
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Jun 24, 2008 22:04:05 GMT -5
I just watched the film recently on my parents very nice television and found that Aurora's eyes are actually consistently blue throughout the film. It can be tougher to see on smaller screens, but they are blue. Besides that I know an animator who worked on Aurora for the film and all of his artwork of her depicts her eyes as blue.
As for the dress, it's currently pink for "marketing" purposes. Since they changed Cinderella's dress from silver to blue, they had to give Aurora pink, nevermind movie accuracy(such as the 2003 DVD cover). Within the film, I think the color change was for humor(and a plot point to help Maleficent find Aurora).
And I think the cape is just another gaffe that slipped through.
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Post by Miss Megara on Jun 24, 2008 22:06:41 GMT -5
Maybe,but it still seems just a bit odd...well at least to me. I must admit,the voice actress for Aurora was great. The only person I can recall to ever singing that high is my mom.
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Jun 24, 2008 22:11:36 GMT -5
Mary Costa was a classically trained musician who went on to a long and stellar career at the opera. She credits Sleeping Beauty as launching her career. She received some sort of distinguished American award from President George W. Bush.
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Post by katherinemann on Jun 30, 2008 5:57:49 GMT -5
Sleeping Beauty is one of my favorites. I love how Prince Phillip scrunches up his nose at Baby Aurora... those little touches always made me laugh.
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Post by ~Disney Princess~ on Jul 5, 2008 17:33:46 GMT -5
Sleeping Beauty was always one that I really liked. I used to watch it all the time when we still had a VHS lol
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Post by whenyouwish on Aug 10, 2008 21:20:14 GMT -5
Sleeping Beauty is in my top ten for animated classics. I just have always loved it. My favorite scene is definitly the cake/dress scene. =p
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Aug 23, 2008 14:22:25 GMT -5
With the DVD and blu-ray scheduled for release on October 7, 2008, Disney has now put the official website for the release up. It features some nice wallpapers and other downloads(and appears to have been made by people who have actually seen the film since Aurora is in blue ) Sleeping Beauty Official DVD Release Website
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Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Sept 2, 2008 23:58:33 GMT -5
For anybody living in southern California you really need to go see Sleeping Beauty at the El Capitan Theatre in Hollywood. It's playing exclusively there for a two week engagement and the film is absolutely beautiful and stunning on the big screen. It is gorgeous and well worth checking out.
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