Word: tallness
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...ofthe House" at 1:10, 3:50 and 7:10 p.m. "Outbreak"at 1:30, 4:20, 7:20 and 10:20 p.m. "Tommy Boy" at1:00, 4:00, 6:50 and 9:50 p.m. "Pulp Fiction" at12:00, 3:10, 6:15 and 9:40 p.m. "Tall Tale" at12:30, 3:30 and 7:00 p.m. "Tank Girl" at 1:40,4:10, 6:30 and 9:20 p.m. "Dolores Clairborne" at12:40, 3:40, 6:40 and 10:00 p.m. "Candy Man 2" at9:10 p.m. "Major Payne" at 12:20, 3:00, 5:40 and8...
...best part about this movie are the wonderful dynamics between the three "tall tale" heroes. They from a triumvirate whose role alters in the context of each scene. They are the guardians of the land, and of a dying way of life. In a bar, a simple toast with mugs of beer becomes a mystic ritual, the personifications of the West (Pecos Bill), the South (John Henry) and the North (Paul Bunyan) saluting each other solemnly. They are also role models and surrogate fathers to Daniel. The heroes teach him to be self-sufficient, but in the end they...
...once Disney has mostly succeeded in the game of subtlety, addressing tensions between the environment and industry. The three tall tale-ers have been living outside of modern progress. They stand bewildered in the face of encroaching industrialization. When Pecos hears about inventions like the telegraph and the light bulb, he is incredulous. "You're telling me a tall tale," he says to Daniel. With horror, Paul and John try to imagine a world run by machines...
...Tall Tale" is a surprisingly good live-action Disney movie. It incorporates several different themes, and its characters are fairly complex and wellplayed. The movie's greatest weakness is the father-son story line. The portrayal of Daniel's relationship with his father is strained (mostly by Lang's poor acting) and cliched. You may want to come in late and miss the first 20 minutes, which lay out the frame-work for the movie but fail to lend new life to an old theme...
...Daniel's adventures with Pecos Bill, Paul Bunyan and John Henry that make this movie a good time. "Tall Tale" is the perfect study break. Not only is it capable of entertaining you and your small friends from Mission Hill, there's enough intelligent material to keep you from riding out of the theater and into the sunset...