Originally Posted By narkspud IT AIN'T BAD! Having seen all the positive reviews, I got all curious, and against my better judgement, ordered it from Netflix. Amazingly, it showed up today, and even more amazingly, it doesn't suck. In fact, it clears the suck bar with plenty of room to spare. It's not near as good as the original (which is one of my two or three fave Disney features ever), but it is a decent direct-to-video sequel, certainly worthy of a rental at least. Mostly (though not entirely) excellent animation, a mostly (though not entirely) intelligent script, they stayed true to the characters and kept them on-model, they blew some extra money on licensing of Elvis songs and a non-Disney movie clip--in short, they really tried hard on this one artistically and financially, and it shows. It beats the pants off of any of the other DisneyToon productions I've suffered through. (I didn't even like Lion King 1 1/2 that much.) And I laughed out loud about 5 times, which is more than Valiant and Madagascar combined. In case you didn't hear, it contains a few scenes that are more intense than the usual sequel fluff, and if a youngster is having trouble with the life-and-death concept, this flick is not going to help AT ALL. Parental guidance is suggested, but I for one am happy to see them do a flick with some good ol' fashioned psyche-damaging meat in it. It makes things more unpredictable, and thus (gasp!) more interesting. What next? A movie about a baby deer whose mother's been shot? Looks like Disney Australia has finally come into its own, and we can expect some great things from them in the future. Oh wait . . . .
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF I concur. I rather liked it quite a bit, and I certainly don't think I wasted the $17 I spent at Target for it. Over on the ultimatedisney.com forum, before the video was released, people were whining and moaning about replacing Daveigh Chase with Dakota Fanning. I thought she did a terrific job. The hovercraft scene with the dolphins was very cool...
Originally Posted By brick74 > >What next? A movie about a baby deer whose mother's been shot?" > "And we'll get Patrick Stewart to play the baby deer's father! It'll be great!"
Originally Posted By HRM $17 @ Target, OK; $19:99 @ Most other First Release Places, not OK... 68 minutes, geesh.
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF HRM, prices are going up on a lot of things lately (especially DVDs) and have been for the past few months. I don't think the blame can be laid at BVHE's feet entirely but rather the retailers who haven't offered a considerable discount below the SRP. We've been used to this for a long time, but given the economy of late, I'm not surprised. Months ago, we would have seen this DVD offered for $14.99.
Originally Posted By A Foolish Mortal I loved the movie. My absolute favorite line was.... Stitch: You're touching me! Lilo: I'm not touching you! Stitch: You're touching me! Lilo: I'm not touching you! I didn't like Dakota Fanning's voice as much as Daveigh Chase, but it was great.
Originally Posted By BrerRabbit2005 I just saw that movie yesterday, I thought it was a really good movie. It was one of the best Disney sequels I have ever seen.
Originally Posted By Travaria I thought this was a pretty good sequel for Lilo and Stitch. It had a lot of strong emotional moments. I was a little upset about the Lilo cast change, but I thought Dakota Fanning did a great job. So all in all, I really enjoyed it, not quite as good as the original, but still one of the best sequels to come out of Disney in awhile.
Originally Posted By SteveC So now Dakoka Fanning's replaced Daveigh Chase? (FUnny thing. When (20th Foxx) Robert DeNiro thit thriller HIDE & SEEK came out, and I saww Daktoa Fanning with DARK,not her trademark BLONDE hair, with "Child-type" sinsiter "come out Charlier" tagline, and of course knowing Daveigh from that similiar THE RING character (I gotta admit, wasn't into seeing L&S after the "There's one In Every family" ad but enjoyed Daveigh C in RING VERY much!) - I had THOUGHT that this WAS Daviegh Chase as "Emily" (rather like her Cosmic Debris little girl who perenially is still making money off of al of her "gothic" books=-EMILY STRANGE) - then much to my surprise found out that it was Dakota Fanning (before the trailer reveled that it was HIDE AND SEEK-I had before seen a movbie slide in intermission annocunding this then forgotten all about it--Dakota was so good ther,e and going on, Ariel Cade with Jennifer Conelly in Disney's OWN COLD WATER--and of course to cpmplete this STAY's Naomi Watts was the leading adult iN THE RING). As I said, Ihaven't seen either one but it does give from my POV a idea of how Dakot and Daveigh could be interechangable sometimes..
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle >>they really tried hard on this one artistically and financially, and it shows<< Good to hear, it should be expected from Disney for that to happen but unfortunately it's not really the case with the sequels ... So what was the reason behind the Lilo voice change?
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF Liberty: According to the iMDB, Daveigh is 15 now, and maybe her voice didn't work anymore for the part. Maybe she didn't want to do the role again. Who knows? SteveC: I have NO idea what you said in your post, but I think the Jennifer Connelly movie you're thinking of is "Dark Water."
Originally Posted By BlueDevilSF According to Daveigh on her own website, in response to a fan's comment: "It was too bad that the new producers/directors thought i would be to old to continue voicing Lilo. i was definitely not to busy to do it, voiceover work is so fun, i would have made time to do it, but i am sure dakota did a good job. "at the time, i was just getting started voicing the new tv series, thankfully these writers & producers really understand voice acting, and knew that my voice would not change too much at all, and actually, i can still voice lilo now and probably will be able to when i'm 50. "(my friend nancy who is voice of bart simpson is an adult voicing a boy) "i only just finished up the tv series a couple months ago! i also started a recording for a new dvd last year, it will be released next year in 2006 called leroy & stitch, and i have seen it and have to say that it is AMAZING! it will definitely not disappoint any l&s fans! i am really excited about it, i liked it as much if not more than the original."
Originally Posted By Imagineer This Lilo and Stitch is a good Disney movie. I like the DC tv show too. Sounds like Stitch 2 is a good DVD. )
