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Customer Reviews
Average Rating:
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Failure of the Disney "Formula": When cutesy pie doesn't cut it
The pig in this movie was so cute,
nobody felt sorry for the boy being a pig keeper
and a major part of the pathos in the
original book was lost.
The horned king was just not well done
or any of the witches.
Even the wandering minstrel was a caricature of himself.
Since much of the book was already at that caricature
level of folk tales and fairy tales,
exaggerations to cutesy just lost the
integrity of the original
plot.
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A Totally Botched Job
Disney took what is perhaps the best 6 book young adult fantasy series ever written, combined the first two books, combined the books major bad guy with one of his minions (Arawn an the Horned King are NOT the same person) eliminated 2 of the ongoing good guys (Gwydion and Coll are not to be foumd), 2 of the Black Cauldron books 3 major bad guys (Morgant and Ellidyr) are gone. Then they took one of the series major heroes, Gurghi, changed him from an undersized bigfoot into this waist high dust mop with a Donald Duck voice. I remember talking one of my friends into seeing this with me in high school, he was just like dude
-wtf? And I remember saying, I'm really sorry John, I didn;t know they were going to do this, the books are really cool.
Anyway, this is a mortal sin from Disney. In the name if all that which does not suck, don't buy this if you've read the books first. If you haven't then perhaps rent then definitely read the books.
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Never read the books
I've noticed that every negative review of this film is just focusing on the discrepancies between the movie and the books. Having never read the books, I feel none of their animosity. To me, this is an excellent Disney film. I love the story and especially love the well-drawn animation. It is a little on the darker side of Disney but, as an avid horror fan, this greatly appeals to me.
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A Great Movie!!!
I saw this movie when I was a child and I absolutely loved it. Henwen is the cutest animal and the movie was quite gripping. I am an avid follower of Disney movies and even though this is not the standard Disney fare, it is one of my favourites. I haven't yet read Chronicles of Prydain, so I can't say how much the movie remains true to the book, but my advice is Enjoy the Movie! Forget the Book!
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Whatta great movie
The Black Cauldron is a VERY quick synopsis of the books it was based on, The Chronicles Of Prydain. The movie could have done to be a bit longer - it was edited so tight that the story beats come at you like rapid-fire. But it is still such a neato movie with all of its dark and occult imagery. I love it. BUT I would love it even more if Disney were to release a true Special Edition or even a Director's Cut. There is so much of the story and character development left out that some extra scenes would be nice. This DVD has nothing, really, that adds to the back story of the film or the filmaking process. Disappointing that this particular movie recieves so little consideration from Disney but at least it's available.
