"Barely anything to mention before Portman arrives, then things pick up considerably.. It’s more dramatic than The Darjeeling Limited, with the characters already seeming deeper than any in the feature-length effort. If TDL had the same screentime ratio of Natalie Portman’s bare arse it would definitely be a better film."

70 _88%

The AristoCats (1970) - Rated 28 Nov 2024

"I hadn’t seen this in over 25 years but it’s just as enjoyable as when I last did. Full of entertaining characters providing amusing moments, often making it feel more like a Warner Bros. cartoon than Disney. The ending doesn’t really live up to the rest of the film and feels a little rushed, and the whole rich/poor juxtaposition never really matters, but hey-ho. Prefer this to 101 Dalmations which I also rewatched recently, but perhaps that’s cos I’m a cat person."

50 _48%

Toy Story 4 (2019) - Rated 23 Nov 2024

"Why? TS3 was the perfect end to a strong trilogy, with absolutely zero need for another sequel. And yet… The first half is at least quite entertaining, with some great lighting/animation, but the story loses direction in the second half with the drama subsiding, and my attention had waned somewhat before the unnecessarily lengthy credit sequence. Overall it fails to do anything original, or memorable, and just feels like a discarded draft for TS2. Fine but completely unnecessary."