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Post by siman on Jul 27, 2007 18:59:57 GMT -5
didn't know i was stunned by the quality took a few min to sink in then the first word i said was damn
bb2 was holy................ the best sequel that disney has made (not saying much) it took about the same amount of time to sink in
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Post by Midnight on Jul 31, 2007 6:34:02 GMT -5
When I first saw the commercials... I really wanted to see it. I thought it looked stunning, but I had just had my birthday in october (12th Birthday) and felt like "I'm too old now, its too embarassing " Bah!! What a fool was then. I went for two years without ever seeing it until January 4th, 2006. I was on a plane coming back home from visiting my family in america and it just so happened to be showing. Afterwards... I waited until we left the departure lounge. As we were waiting for a taxi... I started begging my parents to buy me the DVD. I couldn't get enough of it!! Once I got the DVD... I watched it every day after school and on weekends for 3 months!! Then I went in and out of obsession for a while, and when I was looking it up, I found the Sequel. At first, I thought it looked pretty good, but not as good as the original. So I went searching on youtube until I came across it. Afterwards, I didn't like it at all. The animation seemed to have changed and it just didn't have that magic the first movie had. Probably the thing that put me off most was Kenai's voice change. Anyway, then I went in and out of obsession, when I came back into obsession one time, it brought me here. And its stuck with me ever since! Probably because I'm around so many other people who love it. Still absolutely loving the 1st one.
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Post by siman on Jul 31, 2007 7:25:42 GMT -5
the voises are from the same person don't think it was different. yah they used 3d animation with 2 i think you really cant get the most in 3d with old dvd you need hd
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Post by Karion on Jul 31, 2007 21:34:22 GMT -5
The fist time I saw Brother Bear in theaters I was just thinking "That was pretty good," and that sort of thing. The next day I started to think more about it and thought it was possibly the best film I've ever seen. I actually saw it twice in theaters. And to this day it is the only film I've seen twice in theaters. And over time I have turned into this, for those of you who know me well, you know what I mean...
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Post by Leifgreen on Sept 29, 2007 13:17:39 GMT -5
(I'm a little nervous posting this, because I don't know if this the right thread to post it on... )
And thanks to: Truttle, your story really moved me, causing me to join this web site and share my feelings too... ^_^
This is the Story of how Brother Bear changed my life. Grab a seat, this'll take awhile, I've got to get this off my chest! *Please Note, this is the first time I've EVER shared my feelings with anyone, I'm new to this, and I'm just saying what I feel. And, before I watched the movie, I was going through serious emotional problems.*
When I first saw the commercial for Brother Bear, like all children animations, I and my Brother thought at the time was 'Stupid.' Childish humor never did it for me and my Brother, and for a long amount of time, I was similar too him. Listening to the same Christian metal music as he and making generalizations of things he deemed as 'Dumb,' or 'Stupid,' also. But one night, while I was listing to the Radio I was given for Christmas, God showed me something amazing, and softened my heart to a more peaceful life. Ever since that day, I have been Happy, Loving, and I stopped following in the foot steps of my Brother. I've even fell in love with softer music and forgot about his other music. But enough about music... I began to stop hating people, and began loving things I've never loved before. I sat down one day to watch Brother Bear 2 in my room simply thinking it was just another form of entertainment for me. Boy, was I wrong. I was blown away by the music, in love with the characters, and soon after, I began looking up YouTube music video for the music in BB2. And, like dominos, everything began falling into place. I saw a video for "On my Way - Japanese,' And was like: "Japanese?! I have GOT to watch this!" So as I watched it, I fell in love with the song, and Brother Bear began to grow on me. I was always thing: "Man, there's a LOT of quality put into that movie! It's AMAZING!" Then, soon after I watched the English version of "On my way," and happlie watched the elegant look of the scenery, and how well the back ground was drawn. And then... "Wait, this voice sounds familiar... PHIL COLLINS?!" IT WAS! I began watching video after video, soaking in the marvelous art work and master-piece story line. I had watched every video for EVERY song on the web site, except for "Welcome." I could only find it for "Jump 5" or other languages. By this time, I had completely fallen in love with Brother Bear and literally knew EVERY song! I recorded BB2... or the first 35 minits, and watched that over, and over again. Now I'm sounding like a fanatic! How could I fall THIS in love with a movie? With a movie I haven't even seen yet?! Then one evening I was praying, and I asked God, along with my prayer requests, that I wanted to watch Brother Bear, and if he would provide a way for me too see it, even if it had to be by watching it at the store on a display TV! The next Uber Awesome day, a commercial airs, saying Tomorrow Brother Bear was Premiering on Disney Channel!
*Chokes on coke!*
FIZZA! I readied a tape, blew half my allowance on already made Kool-aid-- you know, the kind in the plastic bottle? And sat down to indulge my eyes in a true Master-Piece.
The second the movie started, my heart was jumping with excitement, and wonder. I felt comforted, and all warm and fuzzy inside. I laughed at scenes that weren't even funny... Figure that out! I was awe-struck at the Transformation scene, completely blew way at the quality of the movie. I sang along with all of the Phil-Collins song, and as I did, had never happier in my life. This was it. I tried to sing along with Kenai's confession scene, but before the music even started, I was choked up. When the scene was over, I had shed a number of 10 tears, and blew on 21 tissues. I had never been hit so emotionally hit by a movie before.
At the scene where Denahi chased Kenai to the snowy mountains, I was holding on to my seat, waiting for the scene where Kenai changed back, as I saw on the Internet before. Every aspect of the movie blew me away.
God used this move to change my life, and I am SO grateful. I have ever since longed for a place to stay like the Salmon run. Away from criticisms and insensitive people. I have changed my attitude, and am now more kind, respectful, and I don't do "Generalizations," ANY MORE!
The movie was a life changing experience, one that I will pass on to my children... When the time comes, of course! ^_^
- Extra information.
My ENTIRE family is Christian, and any music, even my brother Heavy metal music, is Christian and Spirit filled. SO, there's really nothing wrong with his music, I was just not listening to the music I wanted too.
If I sounded like I was deeming my Brother the enemy on this thread, I apologize, he's not a bad person at all. He's just got that "Teenager attitude!" <.<"
And my Mother has always babysitted for her best firends and relatives, so I think that's one of the resons I have always had a soft spot for Children movies. I HAVE always had a soft spot for Disney movies.
Thanks for reading, I typed all this up from 8:00 AM to 1:06 PM, Sepyember 29, 07. Thank you! ^_^
- Little preacher man.
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Post by Ken'ichi on Sept 29, 2007 14:15:25 GMT -5
An entertaining and meaningful post, leifgreen. Like you I am a Christian, and like you this movie changed me as well. This movie made me appreciate nature much more and made me love the bear species, it's such a great quality and meaningful movie.
It makes me smile how you mentioned that the day after you prayed to God Brother Bear was announced to air in the Disney Channel. God does listen and answers.
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Post by Leifgreen on Sept 29, 2007 17:00:59 GMT -5
Thanks, That was an awsome post! ^_^ And I caught a lot of spelling errors in my post, I got to fiz that soon... Sorry! ^_^"
- Little preacher man.
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Post by Truttle on Sept 29, 2007 23:54:37 GMT -5
Wow! I'm a little flattered that I was able to help inspire you! Your post was really good! I agree that this has changed a lot of things for me and all of us. Bringing us together as a true family. And I know many wonderful things will continue to come as this legacy will continue for a long time cause our family only keeps growing. I'm glad to meet you Leifgreen! I hope to get to know you more and be great friends and brothers! =3
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Post by Leifgreen on Sept 30, 2007 9:14:53 GMT -5
Thanks!! I never thought I'de meet such Awsome people! I now KNOW I'll love it here. Thanks! Your posts mean a lot to me! ^_^
- Little preacher man.
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Post by Remmus on Nov 2, 2007 22:30:09 GMT -5
This is my first post but here but I think it is the most important one to start off with. To know why I love brother bear so, you need to know a little about me to start with, ever since I was a kid I have had a deep interest and respect for the native American cultures and nature itself. I loved learning about native American tribes and animals, but I also a third interest. I always have been fascinated by the concept of physical transformation from human to animal. Nothing inspires my sense of wonder more than to think what it would be like to see the world differently than I do now, to run as wolf, to fly as a hawk ,to swim as a dolphin. These interest are constant part of myself that have and never will change. So for many years a read any stories I could find on human-animal changes as well as native American stories in my local library. When became a teenager I choose an animal totem for myself, it was one I had strong emotional ties to and a sort unexplainable attraction I can't describe. So my imagination was full of tales about me becoming my totem animal and the like for any years although I never expressed to anyone my deep interests in these three things. If I had, I would have probably would have been forced to go see a psychologist because it wasn't "normal", even though I know it couldn't really happen. I have had alot of losses in my life, both of my grandfathers are dead, one before I was even born and the other over 8 years ago now, but I could continue on. I had decided pretty Early on that I had wanted to travel around latter in life, see different types lands and peoples, but this dream was put to an abrupt and permanent end when I was 16. On a Tuesday in February, I was diagnosed with type one diabetes, which was a crushing blow to me. I had thought I was going to die, and when I learned that I was fine but could not do something I had always dreamed of part of wished to die, that death was preferable to a life lived without the chance to follow my dreams. The next few months were rough on me; learning to give myself needle shots, stabbing my finger to test my blood sugar. The usual light attitude that i had towards life dimmed greatly and I sort of survived on a day to day basis, only looking forward to the weekends when I would not have to worry about school or homework for a few days. I persisted with this until the summer of that year. In august I saw the first commercial for brother bear, and the old part of myself I had thought I had lost burned bright inside me once again. Until then I had seen Disney films before but I had a falling out, that i was to old to watch such things. It especially didn't help that I have brother who's 5 years older than me and was a high school wrestler who LOVED to pick on me about anything, So like many of my interest I keep it hidden. I had originally planned to wait for Brother Bear to come out on video and find a way to watch it then, but that a Sunday of opening weekend I reached my breaking punt. I didn't care what my brother thought or my parents and when and watched it with my father that night. I enjoyed it, but I was critical of it in my own mind and thought I had kind of wasted the money, slowly over then over time it sank deeper and deeper into me, and became a part of my soul. Every night since then I have a had a ritual where I imagine myself in the world of brother bear and the emotional journey i would undergo.
Sorry for the looonng post, I felt that I had to express a part of myself that i have never shown before. I posted today because it is the four year anniversary of when I went to see brother bear in theaters. Brother bear was playing on the toon disney channel today and I had long standing plans to watch it or a DVD since may of this year on this date. I was in a bad way earlier today, and missed the the first twenty minutes and I sort of thought "whats the point" and had shut the tv off, but I kept turning it back on, back to brother bear, and slowly my heart feel in love again with it and I felt better. Sorry for the long post, I'm usually not this talkative.
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Post by Truttle on Nov 2, 2007 23:25:00 GMT -5
I'm so glad you were able to find the courage to open up to us Remmus. It took a lot of courage and you should be proud of it because we all share an understanding and are friendly towards each other. I also share an interest in physical transformation and it is the most main reason why I saw this movie. Thank you for sharing with us this touching story. I hope you will feel safe that you won't be judged here by your interests, age, preference or anything there of. Coming from me personally as the first one to welcome you to our family and hope that you continue to enjoy the magic and joy that this movie has given to us on these boards.
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Post by Remmus on Nov 3, 2007 22:24:29 GMT -5
Thanks truttle for making me feel welcome here.
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Post by daisy on Nov 4, 2007 0:07:02 GMT -5
WELL WELCOME TO AWAKEN AS A BEAR REMMUS!!!!
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Post by Truttle on Nov 5, 2007 0:48:09 GMT -5
You're welcome Remmus. I know how important first impressions are so I wanted your welcome to be a good one. I hope you enjoy being with us. =3
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Post by squidy on Dec 31, 2007 1:17:18 GMT -5
well i never really heard about it, i jsut picked it up and watched it one day... and i am completely absessed with it now, i feel like i have to watch it now... lol, but there is one character(i cant believe im sayin this) im obsessively in love with Kenai!!! i dont know why, i cant explain it really i just am...
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