Brother Bear (Animated)

Advantages: Great family movie, exciting, funny, thoughtful.
Disadvantages: Maybe a tad too traditional Disney?

...out of my mouth! Brother Bear starts off being about three brothers. The time and place are deliberately left obscure but based on the Canadian accents of the moose, the landscape, and the ethnic background of the Native North American Indians, it would appear to be in Canada, long ago in a much simpler time (mammoths still exist) but don't quote me on this. The eldest brother, Sitka, obviously tires of keeping the younger siblings in check as their ...
..."love". The snickering of his brother doesn't help. His totem is a bear; a small wood carving of the animal is given to him as a reminder. Already in a bad mood, when he realises that he hasn't tied up the fish properly and some animal has been able to eat them all as well as stealing Denahi's basket, he goes off in a huff, determined to catch the culprit. He climbs the mountain in chase of what he finds out to be a fierce-looking bear and in a ... Read review

Advantages: Good animation, good story
Disadvantages: Lacks charm, average soundtrack

...the Lion King how does Brother Bear compare to these past successes? THE STORY In the distant past just after the last Ice Age when Mammoths still roamed the North American plains three brothers live in a small Inuit community, their life is simple and attuned to nature. After a tragic event leads an attack by a bear and the death on one of their number Kenai one of the brothers feeling partly responsible seek revenge and kill the bear. On finding ...
...a Bear and his older brother Denahi thinking Kenai dead start tracking his transformed brother thinking him the bear responsible. Will Kenai manage to evade his brother? Will Kenai find a way to become human again? Why has he been turned in to a bear in the first place? On the way Kenai makes friends with many animal companions including Koda a lost bear cub. CAST, PERFORMANCES AND OPINION Joaquin Phoenix .... Kenai (voice) Jeremy Suarez .... Koda ... Read review

Advantages: Lovely well written story of love and loyalty
Disadvantages: None

Brother Bear is a new Film from Disney Films. I have noticed it being advertised on trailers before other films since about July. The trailer showed what appeared to be a bear and some adventures he had. It didn't give away any of the story, and all I could figure was that the bear had originally been a man and that he had transformed. A few weeks back, I received an e-mail from the McDonalds club, saying that they were doing a preview of the film ...
...are Native American. The youngest Brother Kenai (I kept thinking of K9 when I heard his name) and he is the one whom the story focuses on. He is to receive his Totem in his ceremony which makes him become a man. The oldest Brother Sitka is the one who sort of keeps the peace between the youngest 2! Denahi is the middle brother and he is always fighting with the younger one. There are hints of bears not being liked by them. Kenai is asked to tie up ... Read review

Advantages: Funny, touching, entertaining
Disadvantages: None

...loved animated films and having Brother Bear was no exception. It holds a slightly more special place in my heart as it was one of the first films my girlfriend and I ever saw in the Cinema together - hence when I was quick to get a copy when it came out on DVD. As is the case with Disney animations it has a very traditional, classy animations and this is no different. The film is set in a time log past and focuses on a traditional Red Indian family, ...
...fish that he and his brother had caught had been eaten by a bear (although this was due to the fact the Kenai hadn't tied basket containing the fish up properly !). In an attempt to try and prove himself he, against his 2 brothers advice goes after the bear, of course his brothers follow. Kenai does find the bear but it is larger than he expected and too big to handle. Sitka has to step into to save his little brother, but this heroic act costs him ... Read review

Advantages: typical disney, great everything.
Disadvantages: bit slow to start

...The story follows the youngest brother who gets given the totem 'bear of love'. It has a fairly slow start, but again if you re-watch it; it makes a lot more sense second time round when you know what's coming on later. First time around you kind of wonder what it's all about and when the real story will start. The story: The oldest brother Sitka gets tragically killed by a bear. Feeling guilty that he was partly responsible the youngest Kenai ...
...touch the mountains. The third brother thinks that Kenai is dead and his new bear form is actually the bear that killed him. He starts to track the pair. The two set off on their own personal quests, an unlikely pair, and along there way become the best of friends. It's a race against time to get to his brothers spirit so he can be turned back into a human before Denahi catches up with him. Along the way they meet two moose, Rutt and Tuke, brothers ... Read review