That was an excellent one.

Great Film overall

Good , But It Is Overrated By Some

Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Disney has done it before. And every time it is so sad, 'cause there are many good aspects of flops like The Black Cauldron aside from the unlikable main characters and episodic plotline and unfinished ending, in the underrated Hunchback of Notre Dame aside from the annoying forced-in comic relief gargoyles , and in The Fox and the Hound aside from the anti-climatic disappointment because of the fear of being too harsh by letting a character die in an otherwise strong scene. This is much the same problem with Disney's Brother Bear. It starts of with this beautifully traditionally animated trip into an exciting culture of some kind of Inuit tribes with the atmospheric "Great Spirits" playing. Our main character learns about the symbols of animals and nature and what they represent. Then he and his brother travels off to hunt and encounters a bear which ends up killing the brother and as a result of our main character killing the bear too, he is transformed into a bear. Aaaand from there it plunders into this done to death budy comedy and it just gets sickly sweet and colourful. I like the colours, but mixed up with a sub-par Phil Collins soundtrack which is either annoying or ruins dramatic scenes, it is just lazy. The ending is to its credic in the same vein as the begining. It comes back from this completely different movie to wrap up the lessons our main character has learned. It is a heart-warming ending which evened up the cringe from many of these done to death characters we have to encounter. It is pretty average, but the begining and ending stands out. Over all, I am glad I watched it. Your kids may certainly like it.

I know this movie's been getting a lot of heat for not being a good Disney movie. I mean, sure, it's no Lion King, that's for sure...but at least it's nothing like Chicken Little.First off is the animation. The animation of Disney had definitely improved in the 2000s (before they switched to CG for good), though I think that it got a little too bright when we switch to Kenai's story as a bear.Then there are the characters, and I mostly like them (though I'll list a few). I do like how Kenai and Koda eventually form their brotherly bond. And even if it kinda gets annoying in how they go from arguing to bonding to arguing to bonding again, it does eventually get there. Rutt and Tuke can be funny, but even their comedy may seem a little stale sometimes.And I also liked the songs on there, some of them by Phil Collins (one by Tina Turner and one by The Blind Boys Of Alabama). Next to The Lion King, The Jungle Book (1967), and Tarzan, this Disney movie has some of the best songs in my opinion. And be careful up ahead, because there will be spoilers.It did take me by surprise that the bear Kenai killed was actually Koda's mother. And while Koda was very upset at learning that his new friend had killed his mother, he's actually able to forgive him, which is difficult but not impossible to do. And when Kenai decides to stay as a bear permanently and raise Koda on his own, it made me feel...touched, especially since he truly repents for his crime and wants to do good for the cub he orphaned.So on a scale from 1 to 10, I'd give it an 8. Even if it's not the best Disney movie, it's far from the worst to me, and I recommend this for enjoyment and learning life lessons.

This film was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Feature, losing to Finding Nemo. There will be spoilers ahead: As is almost a given with any Disney animation, the animation and the overall look of the film is nothing short of breathtaking. That's a good thing for any Disney project (The Mouse is very good at this after doing it for this long) but it's particularly helpful here, because the plot's just a touch thin. My view of the film is colored by the fact that I can't stand the lead character, Kenai. The plot is largely driven by Kenai's being an immature idiot for most of the film.The film is framed by a segment which is a retelling of the story after the fact. There are three brothers-Sitka, Denahi and Kenai. Kenai is about to find out what his totem animal will be. Sitka's is the eagle and Denahi's is the owl. Kenai, being an impetuous overgrown kid at heart, is certain his totem will be something fierce and grand. In the beginning of the film (shot in a different aspect ration than the last hour or so, to set the two sections apart visually) Kenai does foolish things rashly and without considering the consequences.When the time comes to find out what his totem animal is, Kenai is disappointed that it's the bear of love. He dislikes bears even before this and likes them even less now. When a bear gets into a store of fish, largely because Kenai is careless and impetuous, he sets out after the basket the fish were in. His brothers go after him to keep him out of trouble and Sitka is killed in the process. Denahi clearly blames Kenai for this.Kenai hunts the bear and kills it. The Spirits, his brother Sitka now among them, choose to transform Kenai into a bear, so that he can atone for this and learn what he must learn in order to grow up. Denahi, not knowing that the bear is Kenai, thinks Kenai has been killed and proceeds to hunt him in his guise as a bear.In flight from his brother, Kenai encounters Koda, a bear cub. Koda helps Kenai out of a trap and they start journeying to the salmon hunt, which is near where the Spirit lights are. Kenai also runs into the film's comedy relief-two moose, brothers voiced by Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas, who reprise their old Doug and Bob McKenzie routine. I thought it was funny, but I'm old enough to remember when it was new.As Kenai spends more time with Koda on the way to the hunt and then later with the bears in a community, he begins to understand things he didn't before. The sections with the bears are particularly nice visually.The last twenty minutes of the film is very information-dense and feels a bit rushed. I don't want to spoil the last part of the film, so I won't discuss what happens. One word of advice-watch all the way through to the end, after the closing credits. There's a really good closing bit with Koda.This film is available on DVD and Blu-Ray and is worth getting. Recommended.

Disney's 44th full-length animated feature film is a story about an Inuit tribe member named Kenai who kills a bear and he, in turn, becomes one in order to learn the true meaning of brotherly love.This movie brings us directors Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker, who gave us quite an adventurous movie full of man vs. bear action and animals journeying through the wilderness. The plot about Kenai traveling through the land looking for ways to become human again with a chattering cub as his guide is interesting, but not fascinating. The brotherly relationship between the talkative cub and Kenai is a little heartfelt, but I've seen more touching animal character moments from other Disney films like Fox and the Hound and Dumbo.The animation was colorful or vibrant like earlier animated pieces in the Disney canon - traditional hand-drawn animation. The visual effects were quite nice - love the human to animal transformation and the sequences involving the spirits.The plot, though, goes at a somewhat slow pace and doesn't gain very much traction throughout the movie because of a lack of suspense and surprises. Nothing really captures your interest as it's more like a simple Disney cartoon about talking animals. However, I do have to give credit for Disney in entertaining the idea of producing stories with different plot lines other than prince meets princess love stories, and emphasizing on family, consequences, responsibility and forgiveness.Yet, this movie still doesn't have that wow factor as earlier Disney movies do like those from the Walt Era and the Renaissance Era, but it's still not too bad to watch at least once.Grade C