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scifirenegadeMoana was enough. I liked it.
Moana 2 was bleh.
I'm tired of Disney sequels. Have been for years. (Cinderella 3 my beloved, though.)
The whole thing just felt pointless. The new characters are pointless. The villain wasn't, surprise, the villain, but a pawn in the big bad villain's plan. There's a pointless little kid. The songs feel the same (they even reuse one of them from the first film!). The animation is standard modern Disney fare.
Just, sigh. Eisner did say all they needed to do was just make money. They had no obligation to make art. And even when he was at the helm, they made art. I love Beauty and the Beast, it's one of my favourite films, point. But they are living that quote to the max now.
Bonus: The Miracle of Sound is a short produced by MGM about sound technology. For 5 minutes. (Extra bonus: Technicolour with Greer Garson. No explanations about the technology. They were just showing off). The rest is ads for upcoming films. There's classic like The Philadelphia Story and *shudders* Escape. That one is great, Conrad Veidt looks like he really needs to take a dump, but he can only do it at home, so he's just eagerly waiting for the filming to stop for the day.
Hey, he would find it funny.
And we didn't even get to see a picture of his voice! Shameful, MGM. Shameful! No pride on having THE German Cinema (as Michael Powell put it) at your disposal.
Anyway, my fav ad has to be the one for A Woman's Face. It's just a picture of Joan Crawford. "Happily starring in A Woman's Face". She's very happy alright. Until MGM tossed the film under the bus.
Moana 2 was bleh.
I'm tired of Disney sequels. Have been for years. (Cinderella 3 my beloved, though.)
The whole thing just felt pointless. The new characters are pointless. The villain wasn't, surprise, the villain, but a pawn in the big bad villain's plan. There's a pointless little kid. The songs feel the same (they even reuse one of them from the first film!). The animation is standard modern Disney fare.
Just, sigh. Eisner did say all they needed to do was just make money. They had no obligation to make art. And even when he was at the helm, they made art. I love Beauty and the Beast, it's one of my favourite films, point. But they are living that quote to the max now.
Bonus: The Miracle of Sound is a short produced by MGM about sound technology. For 5 minutes. (Extra bonus: Technicolour with Greer Garson. No explanations about the technology. They were just showing off). The rest is ads for upcoming films. There's classic like The Philadelphia Story and *shudders* Escape. That one is great, Conrad Veidt looks like he really needs to take a dump, but he can only do it at home, so he's just eagerly waiting for the filming to stop for the day.
Hey, he would find it funny.
And we didn't even get to see a picture of his voice! Shameful, MGM. Shameful! No pride on having THE German Cinema (as Michael Powell put it) at your disposal.
Anyway, my fav ad has to be the one for A Woman's Face. It's just a picture of Joan Crawford. "Happily starring in A Woman's Face". She's very happy alright. Until MGM tossed the film under the bus.
