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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST

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BEAUTY AND THE BEAST Late eighteenth century, in a small French village. Beautiful, dreamy and passionate girl of literature, lives with her father, a wacky old inventor. Having lost a night in the forest, he takes refuge in the castle of the Beast, which is thrown into the dungeon. Never to bear to see his father imprisoned, Belle then agrees to take his place, unaware that under the mask of a monster hide a Prince Charming trembling with love for her, but victim of a horrible curse. After having rocked our younger years with cartoons that have since become classics that are passed down from generation to generation, the Walt Disney Company has been making the dream of every fan for many years: transforming animated films into feature films with live shots. Thus, after Alice in Wonderland, Maleficent, Cinderella or The Book of the Jungle, Disney has chosen to propose a new adaptation of the tale Beauty and the Beast. If the different versions succeeded one another, between the ...
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MOWGLI

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MOWGLI The Jungle Book does not stop inspiring the cinema. Two years after Walt Disney, who had offered a real-life vision of Rudyard Kipling's short story, or rather his own reinterpretation of animation in the 1960s. It included the mythical songs of the cartoon and an average result, too dark for children, too childish for adults. This time, Andy Serkis sticks to it, with a project that was presented as radically different. No more cute re-reading of Disney, instead of the darkness of the original work: here is Mowgli: The Legend of the Jungle. This project is actually older than Jon Favreau's feature film, but his secretive release on Netflix rather than in cinemas around the world sums up the series of problems he has experienced. In preparation for many years, it offers an intriguing result by its violence and darkness, rid of the lightness of the Disney, but which is difficult to take off completely. Interesting, if not really convincing The starting point is alwa...
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TOY STORY

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TOY STORY More than $ 1 billion in revenue worldwide. Toy Story 3, Pixar Studios' latest gem and Sunday winner of the Oscar for Best Animated Film, has also become the most profitable cartoon in film history, surpassing the $ 1 billion in revenue worldwide . Nothing seems to stop the success of the prestigious digital animation studio - founded by Steve Jobs and bought in 2006 by Disney - which won the Oscar for animated film for the fourth year in a row, after Ratatouille (2008), Wall-E (2009) and Up there (2010). Conflict with Disney The challenge was huge, however, for Pixar. The last adventures of Buzz Lightning, Cowboy Woody and their friends went back to 1999 (Toy Story 2) and nothing said that the public would be at the rendezvous after such a long absence - unusual for a successful franchise. Pixar had tried to surf faster on the triumph of the first two games, but the production of the third part was made impossible by the financial mess between Pixar and Disney, w...
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TANGLED

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TANGLED Rapunzel does not appear in the pantheon of story-telling heroines alongside Cinderella and Snow White. Things may change as it shines now among "Disney princesses". Meeting with those who have woven a new destiny. Among the tales of the Brothers Grimm is Rapunzel. The story of this girl trapped in a tower without a door, where one enters by throwing: "Rapunzel, Rapunzel, get down your long hair." Rapunzel then passes his long braids through the window. And the visitor - in fact, the witch who holds her between these walls - hoists herself towards her. Until the day a handsome young man passes by ... "This tale has been in the project stage at Disney since 1940. But as it lacked thickness, nobody lingered long enough to crack it and find a story for the public today" , notes Nathan Greno, who co-directed Tangled with Byron Howard. Tangled is the final title of this 3D animated film in its original version. He is no longer wearing the name...
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FINDING NEMO

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FINDING NEMO Nemo is a very pretty clown-fish, but handicapped by an under-sized fin, much to the chagrin of his dad, Marin. However, the little one, who intends to be left behind by nothing or nobody, decides to brave his handicap and swim to the surface in front of his amazed friends. Lack of luck, he gets caught by a diver  To dabble like a fish in water in the universe imagined by Andrew Stanton and Lee Unkrich, before the broadcast of Find Nemo Sunday, and refresh your memory, here are five things to know about the film. Speak like a fish In the original version, to double the small fish, we used the voices of Albert Brooks, Ellen DeGeneres, William Dafoe, Geoffrey Rush, Eric Bana, but also Andrew Stanton, the director, who its pretty stamp to Crush (George). In Quebec, Pierre Auger, Anne Dorval, Guy Nadon and Xavier Dolan (in the role of Tad) lend their voices to the characters. Fish in danger It's not just in Find Nemo that fish are in danger. In real life too....
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FINDING DORY

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FINDING DORY The World of Dory (Finding Dory) is a CGI movie of 2016. Good animation. Different flashbacks, where we find Dory petite (ellipses where we will see her becoming an adult, we see the scene of the meeting with Marin through the vision of Dory). A written text explains that the story takes place a year later. We follow in parallel the story of Dory and the research of clownfish. Rhythm that can be fast. Gag at the end of the credits. MESSAGES Importance of the family Dory will realize that she has lost contact with her parents and she is going to look for them. We are well shown the strong links that can exist between parents and their child. We can recreate new strong bonds, meet new people who will become important and can be considered as a family. Importance of its origins. Need to find the place where we come from, to keep links with his parents. Friendship Creating links with people allows us not to be alone, to rebuild a network. The other is important, i...
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SPIDER MAN

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SPIDER MAN This year, fans of animated films have been served! Big production with The Incredibles 2 (and Ralph 2, even if it happens in 2019 at home), a hipster side with The Island of Dogs or Japanese animation with Miraï, my little sister . And as much to say right now, Sony comes close this beautiful year in the most beautiful ways with Spider-Man: New Generation (or Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse in its original title). We feel that Phil Lord and Chris Miller have rebounded well since the disappointment with Disney on the film Solo and the duo is more effective on animated films where they can give free rein to their wildest ideas. It was already felt in The Lego Movie but it is even more true in this Spider-Man. We do not count the number of funny or delirious moments of the film that would have absolutely not worked if it was not animation. If we find this point of madness, all that remains in the framework of a film in the end extremely respectful of the concept of Spi...
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