Brother Bear (2003)

I like the storyline of this show,it attract me so much

Wow! Such a good movie.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

Brother Bear: A lesson filled unoriginal Brother Bear is a movie that will tickle the young mind with bright colors, funny characters, and a semi interesting storyline. However, the seemingly original Disney movie made moves that well, are not so original. As you get deeper into the movie the plot begins to seem very familiar, and although the kids love to watch movies like this one, it may be time for Disney to be a little more creative in how they make their money. In this movie expect to see a very predictable plot, with life lessons worth teaching your kids.The feeling you get when you're introduced to the characters is a mix of excitement and intrigue. You start off listening to an elderly man telling a tale of what turns out to be his own life. He goes on to say,"The greatest change I ever witnessed was that of my brother, a boy, desperately trying to be a man." With a dramatic scene change you meet three brothers who are lurking through the forest trying to get food for their tribe they, like normal brothers, are teasing and messing around with each other. Then the scene cuts to a boy being chased down by a herd of deer. With a narrow escape the three brothers come up laughing and you finally meet the main characters of an unoriginal Disney movie.Disney has had many great movies, many iconic movies that almost everyone has seen, but that is the problem. Too many people have seen the multiple movies that begin with young stubborn kids that need to prove something or accomplish something in order to show their worth. And even from the very beginning of Brother Bear they hint at a movie plot just like that. if you like the general I need to find myself, prove my worth, and overcome challenges kind of movie then this is the movie for you. Meeting the all the many characters in the movie can usually be a fun and enjoyful ride, and in many cases it is. In Brother Bear on the other hand very few of the characters take long to actually know who they are. The character development is very fast mainly because the characters are more ideas than anything. Kenai for example is the idea of change. Throughout the whole movie he is changing and growing as a man. The three brothers all have very different personalities, but the younger and main character in the movie is the stubborn kid who has to overcome challenges in order to learn and grow. Yes there are the cookie cutter types of characters, but there are two characters who will really freshen up the movie. Rutt and Tuk, two Canadian moose, who have great personalities and give a good change to the movie. They basically allow the adults to suffer through yet another cliché Disney movie.As I said before this is a movie that you have seen a million times before. The story begins with a stubborn child trying to prove himself to the seemingly perfect oldest brother. And as the story presses on you begin to piece together what will happen at the end. This is a great movie for the young kids that's brains and personalities are still like sponges. They will learn to love everyone and respect others. Disney does a great job at teaching life lessons in movies, but it's clouded by repetitive humor and over the top shenanigans performed by the characters. However for most adults they will see a different take on the movie. At parts you realize that maybe this isn't a story between man and beast, but man and man. And how we treat other races. All though kids won't recognize the social aspect of the movie Disney still did a great job at sending the message subliminally to these young kids. Change is very important in the world and maybe we can achieve change through movies like these. So as we can see the movie though cliché in nature, cookie cutter characters and an unoriginal plot there are still some positive points to it. It does teach good lessons to the kids and adults, but isn't exactly the Oscar award winning movie that others can claim. for a movie that you watch over and over again I wouldn't recommend but at least see it once. Disney movies seemed to draw kids in so hopefully you can at least teach them some positive things in life in and easier way than sitting them down and talking to them.

Brother Bear (2003): Dir: Aaron Blaise, Robert Walker / Voices: Joaquin Phoenix, Jeremy Suarez, Rick Moranis, Dave Thomas, D.B. Sweeney: Entertaining animation about man's relationship with nature. Three brothers catch fish for their tribe. It is custom that when they get older they receive necklaces carved in the likeness of animals to symbolize a particular strength. Older brother is eagle of guidance. Middle brother is wolf of wisdom. The youngest is bear of love. This comes as a disappointment due to ridicule. An encounter with a bear renders the death of an older brother who gives his life by causing a glacier to collapse. The bear survives and the younger brother seeks revenge. Upon slaying the bear the great spirits transforms him into a bear and is companioned with a bear cub. Directors Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker are aided by glorious images but the screenplay is far from glorious. Joaquin Phoenix voices the transformed victim but such an act comes off as contrived with a predicted resolution. Jeremy Suarez voices the cub whose mother is killed and he forms a friendship with her killer. D.B. Sweeney voices the resourceful older brother. Strange Brew duo Rick Moranis and Dave Thomas voice two moose in the comic likenesses of themselves. Themes of independence and friendship marred by new age elements and a debatable ending. Score: 7 / 10

Disney's 44th full-length animated feature film is a story about an Inuit tribe member named Kenai who kills a bear and he, in turn, becomes one in order to learn the true meaning of brotherly love.This movie brings us directors Aaron Blaise and Robert Walker, who gave us quite an adventurous movie full of man vs. bear action and animals journeying through the wilderness. The plot about Kenai traveling through the land looking for ways to become human again with a chattering cub as his guide is interesting, but not fascinating. The brotherly relationship between the talkative cub and Kenai is a little heartfelt, but I've seen more touching animal character moments from other Disney films like Fox and the Hound and Dumbo.The animation was colorful or vibrant like earlier animated pieces in the Disney canon - traditional hand-drawn animation. The visual effects were quite nice - love the human to animal transformation and the sequences involving the spirits.The plot, though, goes at a somewhat slow pace and doesn't gain very much traction throughout the movie because of a lack of suspense and surprises. Nothing really captures your interest as it's more like a simple Disney cartoon about talking animals. However, I do have to give credit for Disney in entertaining the idea of producing stories with different plot lines other than prince meets princess love stories, and emphasizing on family, consequences, responsibility and forgiveness.Yet, this movie still doesn't have that wow factor as earlier Disney movies do like those from the Walt Era and the Renaissance Era, but it's still not too bad to watch at least once.Grade C

This is the type of movie Disney was synonymous with making pre-2000's. Ever since the introduction of 3D animation, it seems that not enough is being focused on the story and more on giving the audience something to "ooh" and "ahh" at. I feel like Brother Bear was the last Disney film to connect on as deep and an emotional level as Lion King or any pre 2000 animated film. I'm 16 and I cried during this movie and have yet to have that type of experience with any Disney animated film past 2003. Truly an excellent and deep script, some could argue too deep for a G rating let alone a kids film. Plus the execution was remarkable, the lush lands animated by hand will always surpass, on a storytelling level, 3D. 3D feels too in-personal.Of everything awesome in this film, the soundtrack is the most remarkable. Phil Collins should've worked with Disney on every film because he did SUCH and amazing job on the music in this movie. Its a shame brother Bear didn't win the Oscar for best animated film. Instead, Finding Nemo did, which looking back, Brother Bear is a much better film.Disney has lost its original drive. Now its only about rating rather than the content. Brother Bear being the turning point.