So I can't remember the last time I saw a decent Disney live-action production. This Secretariat movie looks okay, but I'm just wondering. I loved the old Disney movies like Darby O'Gill and the Little People. If I go back and watch them again, will I find them wanting? Or did Disney just go downhill with their live action stuff?
Somehow "Air Bud" doesn't seem to compare favorably to the Nutty Professor.
Well I liked them. Maybe the younger kids can tell us how they hold up.
Well I love them too, but I think we've all mentioned that before. Since no one is joining us in our reverie, maybe we ARE just nostalgic. 
I am trying to think of the last live-action Disney film that I actually liked...
Bella
That's easy. Any of the POTC.
I can only please one person per day. Today isn't your day... tomorrow doesn't look good either.
I have seen"Return to Witch Mountain", I thought that was pretty good!
That's easy. Any of the POTC.
AH! Good point!
Bedknobs and Broomsticks is my all-time favorite; I wonder if a film like that would even make it off the drawing board today.
May 2008 CSR
Bedknobs and Broomsticks stands out at the last "Family" live action film I can think of. It wasn't cloying at all.
Tony's point about POTC is good. I was more thinking of the family genre. Stuff intended for the very young.
I'm a big fan of the old live-action stuff. Darby O'Gill is an all-time favorite of mine. Watched B&B for the first time recently, with DW, and really enjoyed it.
I'm a big fan of the old live-action stuff. Darby O'Gill is an all-time favorite of mine. Watched B&B for the first time recently, with DW, and really enjoyed it.
I'm a big fan of B&B -- reminds me a lot of Mary Poppins thematically. Plus, you've got the animated portions of both as well.
LifeIsForLiving wrote:I'm a big fan of the old live-action stuff. Darby O'Gill is an all-time favorite of mine. Watched B&B for the first time recently, with DW, and really enjoyed it.I'm a big fan of B&B -- reminds me a lot of Mary Poppins thematically. Plus, you've got the animated portions of both as well.
Mary Poppins is my favorite. I love B&B as well..but there is something about Mary Poppins I can't get enough of.
Maybe it's Dick Van Dyke.
Bella
I have to admit I never got into the Herbie movies though.
I have to admit I never got into the Herbie movies though.
I never watched the old Herbies..and the Lindsay Lohan one was just spectacular. A piece of cinematic genius. 
Bella