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Lilo & Stitch

Lilo & Stitch

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Great movie - but watch the 3 and under
Review: Great movie. My daughter, who was almost 2 when she fell in love with it, loves it as to my husband and I. The only downfall I caught was that my daughter now licks mine and my husbands arms (Lilo licked her sisters arm when she caught her to ask her why she acted the way she did) when we're trying to talk to her. She also learned to throw herself face down on the floor and mumble unaudiable words when she did something wrong (also a scene when Lilo's sister tried to talk to her about the way she did when the Social Worker visited). She started throwing all her toys in the center of her room and growl stomping through them, throwing them up in the air and screaming (Stitch built the town in Lilo's room and then "destroyed" it). I just found it to be influencial - and not in a good way.
We took the movie away for about 3 months and slowly reintroduced it to her, explaining (while watching the movie)that Lilo was being a baby and that she was whininng because what she did was bad. Also telling our daughter that Stitch was behaving badly.
**Now she can point out when Stitch does something in the movie that my husband and I do not approve of.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Lilo & Stitch
Review: If you're under the age of 12 and know nothing about the greedy corporate capitalism of Disney, Lilo and Stitch might just be the perfect movie for you. It lacks authenticity, it's a base for spawning tons of sequels and games, and it of course has that certain tender moment at the end that is bursting at the seams with morales. It will make your child want to have all the additional merchandise and games.

Half of the title of the movie, Stitch, is actually Experiment 626, a runaway alien that escaped from the very generic-like Galactic Federation armarda of ships around a generic-like nebula and found a safe haven on the planet Earth. The Galactic Federation takes chase, Stitch finds a friend on Earth, and without too much hard thought, you can figure out how it ends without even touching the DVD. All this action takes place on Hawaii, or what Hawaii represents to Disney, hula skirts, flame throwing, and choice waves to surf. I can't understand why it tries to delve itself into mature topics such as social services, and still has lame kiddie jokes and morales upon morales.

But, for the everyday watcher, he or she will probably love this movie, hate the future incarnations, and find the dialogue very funny. Since Disney doesn't succeed very often with the creation of new movies, you have to give them credit for creating something watchable. You also can give them credit for creating something with a good amount of thought, it doesn't take itself totally seriously, and it recreates characters very well. The DVD is lame, doesn't have very much information within, and has a lot of games. It dodges the topics of how the art was created to resemble Hawaii, instead talking about Hawaii itself.

If you hate Disney, you will still enjoy this film for what it is, and at least find it 7 times better than Brother Bear.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: An oddity really. Unlikely heroine But it works
Review: The message of this film seems to be that some kids just don't act like others. They just don't fit in at all. Poor Lilo can't behave like the other girls. She has different concerns than they do. Stitch is an alien trained to be destructive, but he learns from Lilo's example. He changes. Stitch is Lilo's friend and she loves him.

Nice music--Elvis. Cute flick

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: The least "Disney" Disney film in years -- which works!
Review: Perhaps the Disney film least like the Disney formula released in decades, "Lilo & Stitch" looks and feels like a high quality release from some upstart animation company.

Moving across a water-colored Hawaiian backdrop -- but eschewing the overblown glossy and even insulting way "Pocahantas" portrayed the relationship between native peoples and their environment -- Lilo and Stitch are perhaps the least-cuddly Disney characters ever, and thus, likely the most realistic. Lilo is something of a monstrous little girl, of the sort recognizable on every playground but seldom seen in movies (and certainly not in G-rated movies). Her acting out has reason, but understanding it doesn't magically excuse it or resolve her misbehavior. She's also distinctly not picture-perfect: She's round, not particularly attractive, and even her comparitively willowy older sister has real world hips and a non-ideal figure. It's a refreshing change from the ordinary Disney film, where we're told the proto-supermodel characters are just ordinary girls, despite their beauty, brilliance and perfect behavior. Girls of all ages will recognize themselves in Lilo and Nani.

Which isn't to say the characters don't have sympathetic traits: Stitch's scene recreating "The Ugly Duckling" is one of the most heart-breaking scenes in animated film history -- it would take being a real alien monster not to feel a twinge and a damp eye.

In a break from Disney animated films, we don't get new songs written for the film. Rather, Lilo's love of Elvis Presley -- on LPs, at that -- forms the soundtrack for the film. It's a gamble that works wonderfully and probably will serve as the introduction for new generations to the works of Elvis.

Eschewing the dramatic life changes that are so standard in Disney films, "Lilo & Stitch" wraps up with a single important lesson: Family is something you define for yourself. It's a believable and important lesson that is nicely understated in the finale.

Strongly recommended to audiences of all ages, particularly older fans who feel that Disney films have tended to blur together in recent years. "Lilo & Stitch" is different, with a fresh voice and rough edges. A diamond wonderfully in the rough.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: 3.5 stars: don't know... very weird
Review: Sure, this Disney flick comes bundled with a message about family (O-Hana) the importance of sticking together and not leaving any of its members behind, but the story... it sometimes strikes me as a bit of a departure from Monsters, Inc. (the "Evil Genius" who created him and one-eyed Pleakley being two characters that strike me as almost having been directly extracted from the Pixar movie hit). As for animation, I was particularly impressed with the underwater "shots" when the characters are surfing: beautiful scenes!

The source of inspiration and the quality of animation aside, I can't still put my finger on the movie as a whole. It's not just weird or odd, granted that Stitch is perhaps one of the most disfunctional Disney characters in a long time... an extended version of the Beast, but created in an extraterrestrial lab, instead of being the victim of a spell. If you add to that the fact that his earthly family is rather disfunctional too, you have a recipe for a very different movie. It's not bad at all, it's just SO different, that I don't see a whole lot of people loving it so easily like some other Disney classics (nor do I honestly see it becoming another such classic).

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Lilo and Stitch
Review: I saw it 4 times in the theater, and it got a little tiring to watch. I thought it was funny and cute, but it is not my favorite movie. I liked Nani, David, Stitch, and Lilo. I hope you like my reveiw.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Good Movie
Review: It's a pretty good movie. My three year old likes it, and that's what matters to me.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: We Love This Movie!
Review: My two year old, husband, and I all love "Lilo & Stitch." My daughter loved Stitch, the music, and the colorful images. My husband and I loved the humor and message of the movie.

I highly recommend "Lilo & Stitch." It's a great Disney movie and one the whole family will love.

Rating: 1 stars
Summary: LILO & STITCH RULES! :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D :-D
Review: Hey, what it is! Well me reviewing Lilo & Stitch. I LOVE Lilo & Stitch! The little girl is soooo cute! When she runs around screaming like a little brat, well, me and the kids in my daycare in Pennsylvania (!!!!!) think its adorable! I love the little Stitchie poo! He runs around and makes trouble, and we laugh and laugh! Its so cutey cute! Forget that silly "Scarface" (yikes!), THIS is movie magic at its best.

I would have given it 5 stars, but Stitch sometimes acts as if he is possessed, and a few times in the movie, I found myself yelling, "THE POWER OF CHRIST COMPELS YOU!!!" and splashing holy water on the TV screen. I did that four times, so I am taking off four stars. Sorry! I love it anyway! Have a good dayee!!! Love, Mervie :-)

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: Save your money
Review: This is just a fair warning- Lilo & Stitch is going to get "special edition" treatment sometime in the next 3 years, which would make buying this now sort of a waste of money. After all, the platinum editions of Disney movies have TONS of extras. This DVD is just one disc, and is missing a few deleted scenes/animatics that should've been included.

As for the movie, Lilo & Stitch is a breath of fresh air from all the boring animated films the company's been putting out lately. The Hunchback of Notre Dame was probably the last one that actually had feeling in it. Though I did like Atlantis, every movie after Hunchback just seemed to be put out like they had nothing better to do. Lilo & Stitch starts out in space, where Stitch's creator faces trial for making him (in which Stitch is actually a dangerous weapon). Stitch escapes and makes way to Hawaii. There we meet Lilo, a little girl who comes from a broken home and is always starting fights with her friends. She finds Stitch at an animal shelter and takes him in, thinking he's a dog. But at the same time, Stitch's creator and a space officer are out to capture and bring him back.

The movie shows the importance of staying together. Lilo lives with her older sister, who's always trying to find a good job after Stitch causes her to lose her previous one as a waitress. Stitch gets yelled at, leaves, and starts to remember the story of "The Ugly Duckling" that Lilo read to him, and realizes that she really cared for him. It's a really touching movie that's put together very well.

The special features aren't anything amazing. It's a single disc DVD, so don't expect tons of extras. There's featurettes describing how they did the "style" of the movie, one with the directors, one on animating the Hula sequences, a [weird] game, interviews, a music video and the commercial spots where Stitch went into some previous animated Disney movies. The main thing I wanted was a commentary. Sometimes they're boring, but with the right people, they can be funny and very insightful. Also, there was a different ending where Stitch hijacks an airplane (with people on board and the such) and goes after Lilo in the end with it. It wasn't used as to not "offend" people that may have seen it as a negative 9-11 reference, but it should've been included. When I get a DVD, I want everything included on it, not just some things.

To sum it all up, the movie is really good and touching, but I'd wait on getting the DVD. At least until the special edition comes out sometime soon.


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