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Post by Silver on Jun 29, 2008 22:37:19 GMT -5
I saw there were a few fans of Don Bluth on this Board so I decided it'd be a great idea to have place where we could discuss his work and contribution to the animation genre! I wasn't so much a fan of his when I was younger because the majority of his material was too dark. And I just didn't understand the contex. But now that I've matured I appricate his films with great respect. He takes risks in Family Entertaiment. His stories of tragedy, terror, loss, and other controversail issues is exactly what I enjoy about his projetcs. Anytime a film creator is willing to make you question on what a film is implying deserves an applause in my opinion! He's tested the boundries and has soared through the restricted areas with flying colors. So what does everybody else make of him?
And for those who may not be as familar with him, here are some of his most popular pieces he has directed-
The Secret of Nimh An American Tail The Land Before Time All Dogs Go to Heaven Thumbelina Anastasia Titan-A-E
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Post by Miss Megara on Jun 30, 2008 22:07:05 GMT -5
I only like "Thumbelina" and "Anastaisa". Everything else is just a little,well lets just put it this way...I don't like any others.
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Post by Shenzi on Jul 1, 2008 13:55:10 GMT -5
I love Don Bluth. I used to be obsessed with All Dogs Go to Heaven as a kid, and Land Before time is great...the first one anyway. They are taking it too far now.
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Post by Butterscotch on Jul 2, 2008 9:23:19 GMT -5
I love Don Bluth. I used to be obsessed with All Dogs Go to Heaven as a kid, and Land Before time is great...the first one anyway. They are taking it too far now. Seriously. TLBT has so many sequels that they don't even count them anymore. But I loved the first one when I was a kid.
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Post by Jamie on Jul 5, 2008 3:47:29 GMT -5
Oh, jeez, my obsession with All Dogs Go to Heaven... well, let's just say I need to buy a new copy. I wore it out over the years, lol. And Land Before Time was amazing for me (if you know me, you know I can barely stand sequels, so obviously this is no exception). I think that when I first started watching them, I didn't fully understand, but because I watched them both again and again, the ideas formed slowly in my head, until I understood more and more. Yes, I suppose that's often the case with watching movies over and over again - you see new things each time, but I still think my maturity leveling advancing each time helped as well.
Most of the others I've seen, but I won't say that I'm a huge fan of any of the others. Just these two really stuck in my mind and stuck with me from childhood. They're great classics for me.
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Post by Silver on Jul 5, 2008 22:03:05 GMT -5
Glad to see other fans of his work! Nice to know I'm not alone. (Quick note though) Don Bluth never has or ever will be apart of sequel creations. So all other franchises such as the following to The Land before Time he has had nothing to do with! He was similar to Walt Disney in this manner. Once a project has been released into the world, it's time to move on to the next piece. No looking back. And as you can see from his resimaigh, he has quite an active imagination that exapnds farther many filmmakers could ever achieve. Each story is so distictivley different on almost all levels. But he loves playing with those tools and building new pieces all the time.
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Post by KairiOfTheDark on Jul 6, 2008 7:46:59 GMT -5
Pfft. Are'nt they on the 13th LBT now?! *dies a little inside at the thought of it*
Anastasia and Thumbelina are two of my fave films in the world! I have 3 different copies of anastasia XD The sequel was utter poop though >_> American tail is also ledgendary, I love Fievel, he's awesome, and cute Lol.
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Post by Mrs. Nesbit on Jul 7, 2008 11:08:12 GMT -5
Thumbelina, A Troll in Central Park and Rock-A-Doodle are some of my favourites that he has created. I love how each of his characters are unique in their own way. He has some amaizing original movies as well as some very popular adaptations of the classics.
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Post by Spiritgal304 on Jul 7, 2008 15:23:55 GMT -5
Wow, this is funny that this thread was created. The day before I finished packing for my trip I spent a day watching nothing but Don Bluth films. I only got though 3 that day: The Land Before Time, An American Tail and Anastasia. I love all the films he worked on.
I love how you said you didn't really start appreciating his work till later in life. That can apply to me as well. One of my favorite childhood movies, All Dogs Go to Heaven, I found new appreciation for it when I watched it again in a different way. When I was a kid I never really noticed any of the dark elements or deep parts of the story. What I remembered most from watching as a kid was the fun parts of the film and the songs.
This thread is making me want to re-watch all of the movies he's worked on and make posts about each one now. XD I think I shall do that. I always enjoy re-watching his films. :3
What I have:
The Secret of Nimh An American Tail The Land Before Time All Dogs Go to Heaven Thumbelina Anastasia Titan-A-E Rock-A-Doodle Banjo the Woodpile Cat < This is really a short film he did I learned about from a buddy but I'm so glad she told me about its existence.
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Post by Jamie on Jul 7, 2008 20:28:23 GMT -5
Oh, I did love Rock-A-Doodle, but I didn't even realize it was his. That's another one that has a lot of underlying messages, etc. I guess it's good to know they don't have a hand in the sequels. To me, it always seems like just a money making scheme, and they never seem to have either the original magic or classic charm. But that's my humble opinion.
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Post by Skeleton Grin on Jul 21, 2008 19:17:14 GMT -5
I absolutely love All Dogs Go To Heaven and like Jamie said previously, I also used to have a huge obsession with it. The music from it is awesome. I also used to love Thumbelina with it having a fantastic voice cast and again, great music. I've never seen Anastasia. It's a film that's always angered me, not because I don't like it but becasue people always misattribute it to disney. Spent many-a-day explaining it's not a Disney film. But I've found an obsession with the song "Learn To Do It" - Kelsey Grammer is AWESOME.
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Post by Shenzi on Jul 21, 2008 20:44:49 GMT -5
I absolutely love All Dogs Go To Heaven and like Jamie said previously, I also used to have a huge obsession with it. The music from it is awesome. I also used to love Thumbelina with it having a fantastic voice cast and again, great music. I've never seen Anastasia. It's a film that's always angered me, not because I don't like it but becasue people always misattribute it to disney. Spent many-a-day explaining it's not a Disney film. But I've found an obsession with the song "Learn To Do It" - Kelsey Grammer is AWESOME. Both Jamie and I said it, I was first. And yeah I have noticed a lot that Anastasia is always mislabled as Disney. I didn't know it was Don Bluth but I have ALWAYS known it is not Disney. My best friend and I love that film despite it being nothing like the true story of Anastasia. Well it's close, the main thing is Anastasia did not live through Bloody Sunday, and they have now proved it. But its still a wonderful and humerus film. Now I noticed Jamie mentioning Rock-A-Doodle. I remember seeing that film only once in class, I think second grade, and distinctively that there was a fire drill in the middle of it hehe. But I don't remember the film like AT ALL! But I think I liked it. I have been wanting to see it again.
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Post by LauraHonest on Jul 23, 2008 14:47:31 GMT -5
I love most of His Films, at least the ones i have seen. The Secret of NIMH bothered me a bit because it is so different from the book and i LOVE the book, but it is still a very good movie. An American Tale, The Land Before Time and All Dogs go to Heaven are the only ones I saw before I was 12. I love all of them. I was very obsessed with Dinosaurs as a kid, mostly due to THe Land Before TIme. I have only seen Thumbalina and Rock-a Doodle once each, I would really like to watch them again because I don't really remember them at all. The Pebble and The Penguin was really cute, I want to get my hands on it, it is so much better than all of the dumb penguin movies made recently! I absolutely love Anastasia, Elliott you should watch it so you can appreciate it even though it isn't Disney I make Jonathan watch it with me at least once a year Titan AE is one of Jonathan's favorite movies, I enjoy it as well but he is so much more into sci-fi than I am, I love the soundtrack though and Drew Barrymore did an excellent job with her voice over.
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Post by Silver on Jul 24, 2008 11:16:56 GMT -5
I must confess: I was never a fan of Rock-a-Doodle and I've never seen Titan-A-E. It just doesn't look as though it would suit my taste.
But thank you Lorelei for reminding me of "The Pebel and the Penguin"! By no means was it his best work, but it's so sweet. I like to pull it out every now and then.
I do like "An American Tail" & "The Land before Time", I just didn't see what all the hype was about. I'll give him credit because not only were these films his most recognized pieces, it was the first time in the U.S another animated company took home a box office smash! (Not to mention he was competing with two other Disney films that same week) But even still these films never did much to entertain me as a child and and an adult.
All Dogs Go To Heaven & The Secret of NIMH are what I consider my first mature films to have viewed. These were the films that had to grow on me because the content was disturbing (the owl's tree and Charlie having a nightmare about He**) It was too much for me to handle! And yet every couple of years or so I had to revisit them. Maybe the shock value kept my interest sparked and I began to question the material. And then when I finally did mature I understood exactly what Don was conveying. These films had me bawling by the end credits. It was so poinant and touching!
Thumbelina & Anastasia were the only ones I could watch like any other favorite when I was a little girl.They were another form of fairy-tales. It was easy for me to catch on. It's romantic, there's witty musical numbers, there's comedy I understood the first time around, and the character's journey was filled with adventure. These were by far the most enjoyable!
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Post by LauraHonest on Jul 24, 2008 17:33:05 GMT -5
I think the reason I enjoyed "the Land Before Time" and "An American Tale" more than you Silver, is that I was a tomboy, I like the movies aimed for boys and i had a lot of boy friends so we watched together.
Titan AE is very sci-fi. It is good in it's genre but you do have to like sci-fi to appreciate it. the AE stands for After Earth, so from that you can gather that it happens mostly in space, lots of weird aliens.
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