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Post by FRODOFAN on Jan 9, 2006 18:14:16 GMT -5
Reading "The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien," I found an interesting part where Tolkien said the following regarding art for his books, ":It might be advisable […] to let the Americans do what seems good to them – as long as it was possible […] to veto anything from or influenced by the Disney studios (for all whose works I have a heartfelt loathing)." I guess Tolkien didn't/wouldn't like the Hildebrandt brothers. members.fortunecity.com/gabriella66/lordofrings/hildebrandt.htmlWhat are your thoughts? |
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Post by Elvishmouse on May 19, 2006 7:32:45 GMT -5
Well, yeah. Disney killed almost every story they made a movie of. Like Mulan.
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Post by Eruadan on May 19, 2006 15:01:51 GMT -5
Well I don't dislike everything Disney, but I don't like how they completely change (and occassionally butcher) some pretty strong classic figures in history and traditional stories. I think Mulan is a perfect example, I mean they've degraded her down to another token princess on their 3:00 parade!
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Post by 3b1l on Jun 10, 2006 18:21:35 GMT -5
I think the problem with disney is they will take a story and extend it more and it just totally ruins the story! But besides that disney is OK with being able to create the stories into movies for kids to enjoy.
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Post by Elvishmouse on Dec 23, 2006 20:02:17 GMT -5
Yeah, cept that "G" seems to mean not "violence-less" but "the bad guys die". That's always bothered me.
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Post by Mírwen Lindorië on Feb 21, 2009 19:46:50 GMT -5
I like Disney, but from a book to movie point of view, yeah, they pretty much destroy things. Except Bambi. That was pretty close to the book. Sure Faline's brother disappeared from the story, but we didn't need any more trauma.
I do however admire their ability to find fables/incomplete legends and make good movies out of them. It doesn't work with a universe that's already created in a book or in history, but when there wasn't much material for them to work with, they do a good job.
But anyway, it looks like Tolkien was talking about the influence of the tame, cartoony artwork from Disney's 2-d Animation Studio, not the stories themselves. And, despite how cute Frodo and Pippin were in the animated WB Lord of the Rings, I do see his point.
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Post by FRODOFAN on May 6, 2009 13:17:01 GMT -5
I have a sneaking suspicion he wouldn't have cared for the cartoon style of the animated Lord of the Rings either.  |
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