Happily Ever After
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Movie Reviews of Happily Ever After
Movie Review: Sooo happy i found this movie! :)
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm delighted to find this movie I think I've watched it 30+ times since I bought it 2 months ago :) I loved this movie growing up glad I found it!Movie Review: Love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is very funny, Owl is hilarious!
There's lot of adventure and humor, the movie is also well animated.
Movie Review: Great Story
Summary: 5 Stars
I have loved this movie since I was little and I think its a great continuing story. I really like the girl dwarfs.Movie Review: It needed to stay underground
Summary: 4 Stars
I remember LOVING this movie as a kid. Instead of Prince Charming being the knight in shining armor, it's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfelles who turn around and save *him*... I loved Lord Malice, Sunburn and Scowl the Owl (though I could never figure out why a guy like him would hang around someone who's *that* annoying). I could tell the film was pretty rare and was obviously not made by Disney.
I think a possible point of the film was feminine power, that the princess is just as capable of rescuing the prince as the other way around. The "Shadowman" adds a hint of mystery on their journey to the Realm of Doom (I would've liked to see more of this journey, they pretty much cut to the chase which was a mistake, there could've been some real character development along the way). The owl provides comic relief and is an interesting addition to the story. And unlike the Disney version, the Magic Mirror actually has a personality.
I don't understand why Disney would cause so much conflict over Happily Ever After - the original Snow White had already been out for fifty years (it was made in 1937) and the Dwarves were NOT a Disney creation - Disney merely named them. (However, I try to replace the Dwarfelles with Dwarves and somehow it just doesn't connect, so using females was probably a better choice anyway.)
The animation was shoddy and Filmation probably did not have the budget to clean it up (they have also not produced anything since Happily Ever After's release). The songs weren't all that great, either, again a likely budget issue.
I think this movie simply would not translate well in the mainstream. That's okay - a lot of music and movies are made with real talent but they are better off found by underground gold miners than trying to "fit in". If you can let go of all Disney impressions and leave all other expectations at the door long enough to sit back and enjoy a low-budget fairy tale spinoff, you'll probably enjoy yourself. It's a cute movie with its own twists and turns mixed in.
Movie Review: Good for kids
Summary: 4 Stars
I've seen reviews saying this movie might be a little scary for younger kids, and that is possible; it depends on the child. However, when I was little, this movie was a favorite. The video rental store at the place I lived in between kindergarten and second grade had a copy of Happily Ever After and my younger sister and I were constantly renting it to watch it over again. Keep in mind, we were seven and four, at the oldest. Even when we went back for a visit a few years later, probably when I was nine or ten, we rented it from the same video store to watch it in the hotel and with my dad's friend's little girls, who also enjoyed it thoroughly. Kids don't care about bad music or bad animation or bad acting. And this is a kid's movie. I loved it as a child. I'm now 18 and ordering it again for nostalgia purposes as I prepare to graduate from high school. It's just that memorable to me.