Word: disneyism
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Because Disney police will nail...
...with concrete allegations of hyperaggressive businesses tactics streaming in from companies such as Sun, IBM, Netscape, Apple, Intuit, Packard Bell, AOL and now Disney -? on Tuesday the court heard testimony claiming that Microsoft had threatened the Mouse for getting too cozy with Netscape -- one can?t help but get the feeling something unpleasant, if not patently illegal, is going on. At the very least, Gates's image has undergone a downgrade that will take years to make over...
...Hollywood showmanship, burdened with more ambitions and pricey hopes than any movie since Titanic, The Prince of Egypt means to tell the most imposing old fable using the most sophisticated forms of animation. But old traditions die hard--as they should, when they are as supple as the Disney model. Led by directors Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner and Simon Wells, the DreamWorks team uses a more sumptuous version of that standard: romantic realism in the visual tones of 19th century storybooks. (Here the model is the etchings of Gustave Dore...
What doesn't work so well is the storytelling, traditionally a hallmark of Disney-style cartoon craftsmanship. The film lacks creative exuberance, any side pockets of joy. All those evangelists and rabbis who were consulted during the picture's gestation must have weighed like a rock on the filmmakers' impulse to soar. Artistic care gives way to religious caution, and the picture sometimes looks starched, stodgy. Except for the When You Believe anthem, Stephen Schwartz's tunes mostly bring not buoyancy but ballast to the proceedings. While Jeff Goldblum is good as a fretful Aaron, the rest of an exemplary...
Video-game makers have been capitalizing on their popular characters since the arcade's heyday (Remember Pac-Man bed sheets?) but have never come close to the level of mass-market merchandising now a habit for movie studios like Disney. That may change. More and more, PC-game companies are peddling their properties outside the virtual realm. The result: toys like this creature from StarCraft, the year's top-selling CD-ROM game. And move over, Barbie: a Lara Croft doll debuts this month. Online Help for Movers...