Lilo & Stitch
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Movie Reviews of Lilo & Stitch
Movie Review: Not your typical Disney movie. Hence why I love it!
Summary: 5 Stars
I keep reading all these parents bashing this movie. They want well behaved kids and good manners in a movie. Not all children are like that! This child has had a rough, very emotional past. Her parents were killed in a car accident. It happens. She is being raised by her sister who is trying to raise Lilo but is young herself and trying to support them. I have known a lot of children back in my school days who acted outlandish like Lilo. She doesn't have any friends because she is different. She is lonely and just wants a friend but doesn't know how to behave. Yes Lilo is a brat (aren't all kids sometimes in their lives?) and yes Nani doesn't handle things well (she is the sister not the mother, me and my sister fought like that) and Stitch is destructive.(that's what he was made to be, but overcomes it) Lilo even states that "I know that is why you wreck things and push me, because you miss your parents and cry at night. You must have dreams about them" Then she offers him to be part of the family. Both characters feel LOST. Hence the attitude problems!
The point of the story is they all stay together and love each other. A 2-4-7-and 10 year old have all viewed this movie with me. Not one of them destroy stuff or call me "stupid head." They laughed at those parts but never repeated them. This movie is rated PG. I understand it is hard to explain to a child why someone is taking a child away from their home, but in the real world it happens. It always can't be rainbows and sunshine. I wouldn't recommend this movie to anyone under 5. (Because it would be hard to explain somethings to them.)
I find this movie funny and entertaining. This family has gone through a lot but stays together and loves each other. I personally think that is a good message to give to your children ALONG with all the happy, rainbows and sunshine ones.
Movie Review: Incredible!
Summary: 5 Stars
I was extremely reluctant to view this film, but after constant pleading my seven year old brother made me sit down with him and watch it. I was UTTERLY amazed at how great Lilo and Stitch turned out to be! I had no idea great movies like this were even being produced by Disney any longer. It seemed for a while, that their talent and enthusiasm for making beautiful, heartfelt and amusing films had been zapped into some other dimension. But man, is Disney back, and stronger than ever!
Lilo and Stitch is a quirky, short film that you want to never end. Lilo and her older sister, Nani, who takes care of her younger sister after their parents are killed, are extremely relatable. Lilo and Nani argue, like REAL siblings, but also like real siblings, the love they share is immense and unstoppable. The love is communicated well across the screen. The troubles both girls experience, with Lilo experiencing being outcast by the snot-nosed girls she longs to befriend, and Nani trying to keep Lilo and her life together and not have the social services take Lilo away from her, make you love each girl even more.
In this middle of this mess, an insane yet sentimental - eh, what shall we call him? - robot, named Stitch lands near Nani and Lilo's home. After Stitch realizes that escape and returning to his home planet is not an option, he uses Lilo as a way to hide from police forces from his home planet that are set to kill him. Stitch, is, after all, a menace to the planet equal to the amount a damage a say, nuclear bomb could do. But Stitch grows tired of simply destroying things and finds his sentimental side, with the help of Lilo.
I fear I've already said too much. I will stop here before I ruin the sweetness of the movie for you. Anyone, regardless of age, gender or interests will love this film to pieces.
Movie Review: Great, humourous family movie with wonderful values
Summary: 5 Stars
I have to admit that Disney completely surpised me with this movie. Though most disney movies carry a message of some sort, I had not expected them to create a movie in which the values were so clearly. Often humourous, this film explores the strength of the bond that families have and how family means "nobody gets left behind or forgotten".The movie first introduces Experiment 626, a creature designed with one purpose - to destroy. After Experiment 626 escapes those who plan to banish him to a desserted astroid, he arranges to be adopted by a little girl, whom quickly names him Stitch. Lilo lives in Hawaii with her older sister, Nani. Orphaned since the death of their parents in a car accident, Nani is fighting desperately to keep authoirties from seizing Lilo and placing her with a foster family. The beauty of this movies is apparent as Stitch begins to learn what family means and Lilo finds the friend she always longed for in her mischievious, destructive new pet. The theme throughout the movie is that of the Hawaiian word "Ohana". "Ohana means family and family means nobody gest left behind or forgotten."
As Lilo attempts to 'civilize' Stitch and Nani works to keep the authorites from taking Lilo, this theme becomes more and more apparent. I found "Lilo & Stitch" to be a rollercoster of emotions - from the humourous scenes of Lilo teaching Stich to be like Elvis or Lilo and Stich defending the house in a Home Alone style from invading alience, to the heart-breaking scenes as Nani realies she might loose Lilo and tries to find a way to prepare the little girl for going away. I loved the Hawaiian music and lullaby sung by Nani as she and Lilo rocked in a hammock.
This is a movie I will watch again and again!
Movie Review: Kept me in stitches...
Summary: 5 Stars
WOW! - This was an awesome DVD! An "evil genius" in a faraway galaxy creates a genetically modified creature that has only one goal in life - to destroy. The creature escapes and crashes on Earth, where he finds his way into the home of a little Hawaiian girl. Lilo and her sister Nani are in some trouble as it is and Stitch's destructive nature is not helping matters. A social worker is trying to take Lilo from her sister's care and is not happy with the addition of Stitch to the family. To make matters worse, aliens have been sent to recapture Stitch. The little monster eventually is able to overcome his genetic programming and learn to love his Hawaiian friends while surfing (great scene).The animation and music are one-of-a-kind. Lilo is adorable and the hula dancing is incredibly lifelike. The songs, with backup by a children's choir, are in Hawaiian and help to complete the effect. Tia Carrere even voices the character of Nani.
The extra features kept me laughing. You can Stitch replacing several characters throughout Disney history, such as Lady in the familiar spaghetti scene from "Lady and the Tramp" or Simba in the "Lion King". There are featurettes on the wonderful children's choir that sang in the movie, and how the animators drew the hula dance so well. A mini-encyclopedia on the state of Hawaii and a trivia game are also nice touches.
Why 5 stars?:
Great entertainment in an original story that is appropriate for the 21-st century. There is no white, middle-class family. Instead, a "broken family" with a social worker (and a few aliens). The laughs keep coming and the music and animation is beautiful. The artists obviously had some fun with the extra features, and you will too!
Movie Review: a sleeper hit
Summary: 5 Stars
I write the title "A Sleeper Hit" because that's what I believe the movie to be. I admittedly did not want to see this movie when I saw the trailers in the theatres. The movie just seemed too unconventional for Disney for me to consider. But I []decided to watch it and was really glad I did. This movie was a lot of fun and I thought that fun was missing from a lot of movies these days. (I will spare the plot recap because every other review includes one.) I thought that it was a fresh breath of air that I've needed since there were very few good movies that came out that summer. I would highly recommend this movie and if not as a purchase, as least consider a rental.On the level of story development, I believe it was well done. Some have said rather harsh statements regarding the characters and story, but for some reason or another they may have not connected to the movie like I have. I am not an orphan and do not live in a broken home, but I don't think you need this history to feel the emotion and understand the characters. And while many have criticized the film for being a little violent, remember it was rated as PG. That should have given you some indication of how the movie would be. Just lay back and try to not be too critical because you could just be missing out on a great heart-felt and funny film.
Surprisingly, I haven't read anyone talk about the extra DVD features. I think they are excellent. They give so much insight to the process of making the film that even if you do not like the movie, you may appreciate it more.
Overall, this movie was a blast and well worth it. I only tend to buy DVDs that I would watch over and over again and this is definitely one of them.