I hadn't seen Lilo & Stitch since it came out, but I loved it then and still do. From the designs of the characters to the the backgrounds, everything about it looks great. The honesty of the characters makes it fantastic too, life isn't always perfect, not everyone is a princess. Lots of laughs throughout and some intense action scenes. A lot of the negative reviews I've read of the movie are based on the bad behaviour of the characters, and how this is not a positive role model for kids. Hmm, ya. They aren't positive role models, they are shown as such. Every bad behaviour or situation is shown as something you shouldn't do. There are consequences for your actions. If you don't like what the characters are doing, explain to your children why it is bad and why it shouldn't be done, which I think the movie does.
I loved how the family wasn't a typical perfect family. How they had problems and issues to deal with. Not that all Disney movies need to be realistic, but it's great to see some are.
I'm surprised that I haven't heard much from the director, Chris Sanders. He wrote a great story, and his designs are incredible. I had thought he'd be doing a lot more. I guess he's been doing voice work on the TV series, but I had hoped to see more show ideas. He's written the story for Bolt (2008), and will be directing Crood Awakening (2011), which is co-written by John Cleese. I haven't heard much about the latter, but I expect something good. It's interesting to see he was pulled off of (or left) Bolt, then called American Dog, and moved to Dreamworks. John Lasseter, the CCO of Disney didn't think Sanders would be able to take the movie in the direction it needed to go. Hard to imagine the creator of Lilo & Stitch wouldn't know what he's doing. After the success of Kung Fu Panda (2008), the addition of Sanders will only make them better.
This is my family. I found it, all on my own. Is little, and broken, but still good. Yeah, still good. - Stitch
8 ½ out of 10
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