Lilo & Stitch
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Movie Reviews of Lilo & Stitch
Movie Review: Hula Thunk It?
Summary: 5 Stars
I didn't see "Lilo and Stitch" until it came out on DVD. My 2 year old fell in love with this show immediately. It had to grow on me a little bit before I realized just how great this movie about a little alien experiment trying to find a home was. The message in the film is simple, but speaks volumes: Family means that no one gets left behind or forgotten. Lilo and her sister Nani accept Stitch into their family(ohana, in Hawaiian terms). Lilo loves him right away, but Nani takes a little longer to convince that Stitch belongs. Lilo and Stitch have some wild adventures together and even fight with each other when Stitch gets blamed for tearing apart the little family.In classic Disney style, Stitch saves the day and proves that even if you aren't born into a family, you can become part of one.
This movie is a wholesome, fun movie for the entire family. It holds the attention of the youngsters and the storyline is solid enough to keep adults interested.
The DVD has a number of extras that include a documentary on the Hula dance and how much time was spent to get it just right for the movie. There is a great segment featuring Wynonna talking about how glad she was that Disney was promoting the music of Elvis Presley to youngsters via this flick. For the youngsters, there is a video by a group of kids singing "I Can't Help Falling In Love With You."
Superb family fun.
Movie Review: I'm not a Disney fan or an Elvis fan_but_
Summary: 5 Stars
I thought this was a great film. Lilo is a lonely Hawaian girl, who feeds peanut butter sandwiches to fish, bites and fights another girl and makes friends with experiment 626, a being that is made only for destruction by a "mad genius" on another planet.Experiment 626, of course, is Stitch, who manages to pass himself off as a dog so Lilo and her sister/caretaker Nani, can adopt him. As if adopting an alien destructive force isn't bad enough, Nani must also deal with the social worker that is trying to assure that Lilo is being well take care of by Nani. (The parents have died before the movie starts, so kids are spared that part of the film.)
Aliens are dispatched from Turo to get Stitch back. Mr Bubbles, the social worker, is closing in on Nani, determined to remove Lilo from the home - if the aliens don't get her first. How this plays out and how it is all resolved is a lot of fun to watch, with very little of the terror that sometimes comes along with a Disney movie. (Remember Bambi's mom? I _still_do.)
The dvd has some nice extra features, some deleted scenes, some talks with the creator of the characters (Chris Sanders), how to hula and Wynonna doing an amazing job of singing Elvis (among other things).
This, in my opinion, is one of the best Disney films of all time. I'd advise buying this movie especially if you have a little one at home or you like animation.
Movie Review: The Best Disney in Years
Summary: 5 Stars
Let's face it: most of us think of hand-painted, high quality animation when we think of Disney. Not CGI (this is not a knock on Pixar. They do great work. I'm talking about the Mouse here).The last few efforts; "The Emporer's New Groove", "Tarzan" and "Atlantis" were not Disney's best, despite the reciepts.
I don't know why, nor do I claim to know enough to speculate.
That's why "Lilo & Stich" was such a happy surprise.
A Hawaiian girl and her sister, struggling within the states Social Services to stay together despite many pitfalls (they lost thier parents in a car accident), end up involved with an escaped experiment from a distant galaxy. This creature was designed to have no guilt or remorse while rampaging. However, when it was supposed to be sent into exile on a deserted planet it escapes to Earth, a planet considered a Wildlife Preserve for skeeters by the galactic community. Along the way, it learns the concept of family and belonging.
This could have been a bad movie. It WAS in production limbo for quite a while. However, someone saw the film for it's originality and cut it loose. With minimal promotion, it went on to become a huge winner for Disney.
Never too slow, never too preachy and having enough humor for adults to appreciate without being gross, this is indeed a family film.
Buy it. You never know when they'll make a good one again.
Movie Review: People PUHLEEASE!
Summary: 5 Stars
This movie is about the reltionships of a family in chaos. Poor Lilo and Nani lost their parents and Nani is trying to be a mother to her little sister.I'm reading folks here complain about how cruel they are to each other...just think people! Those two girls are stil grieving and trying to stay together. And for goodness sakes how many families with siblings do you know that don't have moments in their life when they fight, hurl insults etc....
So many people don't seem to understand the premise of this film is family, not happy, all sugar and smiles family, but real heart on your sleeve surving through tradgedy family.
Lilo is violent and fights with the other kids because of her pain and honestly the kids were picking on her first.
She and Stitch teach each other to get past violence and to become whole again, Lilo in getting past her and Nani's grief and Stitch in his learning how to love.
Get real folks, this film was BRILLIANT! I wish Disney would stop trying to make a quick buck with it cheap and stupid sequals and produce more films like this, that deal with the true heart and feeling of folks.
Plus I'm tired of the CGI vs. hand drawn animation debate, I love both, you can't get the beauty of Sleeping Beauty, Lilo & Stitch with CGI, but you can get the delightful Toy Story films and Monsters, Inc. so lets keep both OK?
Movie Review: A pleasant surprise from Disney
Summary: 5 Stars
Most people agree that today's Disney is not what it was fifty or so years ago when the clutch of animation features that made the brand were made. While Lilo and Stitch does not revive that grand tradition, it does beat a somewhat different path from most of the other recent productions and I feel is of a higher callibre.
This is a clever and original little film. Not what one would usually expect in something aimed at young children, but still perfectly suited for them - and the adults who watch along with them.
As anyone who has experience of young children should be able to see for themselves, the character of Lilo is an excellent study of the behaviour of children, especially little girls. I have viewed so much of what she does and says first hand that the character could not ring truer. And it is so very humorous and cutesy.
The story is nicely developed for the most part, with only a couple of moments that may jar adults, but certainly won't bother the kids. A basic message about family at heart, but it certainly doesn't hurt to reiterate it - it may even be needed.
In sum, a bit of entertainment for children that actually won't induce brain damage. Ye gods, who would have thought it?
Certainly five stars for kids, and maybe (maybe...) a four for the more critical adults.