#dolitte

[downeyrobjr]

[hedgehog-goulash7]

You know, it’s probably just me, but I have a hard time figuring out why a high-gloss, quality, intelligent and heartfelt project like RDJ’s “Dolittle” gets ridiculously overblown negative reviews and resultingly fails at the box office, while pure crap visual hokum like “Sonic the Hedgehog” and YET ANOTHER “Trolls” movie (both of which I’ve seen, and both of which are absolutely empty-headed cotton-candy junk noise for the kiddie crowd) are “highly anticipated” and will be deemed great successes?

And yes, I know, the very high production budget of “Dolittle” killed it from the start -- but I still contend it didn’t even halfway deserve the amped-up devastating volume of negative critical response it got. It...wasn’t that bad? It was actually enjoyable.

Because honestly -- the people complaining about “the Dr. Dolittle movie we never asked for” aren’t complaining about the Sonic and Trolls movies no one ever begged for, either.

[zestria13]

I’m so glad Dolittle has continued the tradition of making Robert Downey Jr. into a mentor/father figure for children who don’t fit in and whose parents are gone. Oh, and who also live with their aunt.

[margokesses]

They think rdj can be on the same level as eddie murphy?? I don't think so

[downeyrobjr]

[downeyrobjr]

[artistiafox]

Went to see Dolittle, very good movie, super cute, definitely go see it if you need something enjoyable to watch. Critics hated it, so that reinforces the idea that movie critics are the worst ones to ask about what movies are good, they can’t tell. As I was leaving the theater, I decided to sneak in and watch the ending of Frozen 2 again since it was in the screening room next to the one for Dolittle. I had purchased a large popcorn, which is like 2 movie tickets, so I figured it was fine. A-N-Y-W-A-Y

Both of these movies have a really fun undertone about mental health, acknowledging it and dealing with it. Yes Dolittle is about a guy that talks to animals and their adventures, but it is also about someone dealing with grief. Frozen 2 is about fixing mistakes from the path and going out into the unknown, but it is also about two people dealing with their own mental health, Elsa with anxiety and Anna with depression. 

This, this is huge everyone! We are getting into era where Disney princesses have mental health problems that they have to deal with, and a movie with talking animals that have very relatable problems. They may be movies, animated, CGI, real actors, but they’re becoming real with what they’re going through, and that is incredibly important. This is also why, though I love Frozen, the more I see Frozen 2, the more I prefer it out of the two because all of the characters, Elsa, Anna, Kristoph, Olaf, they’re so real.

And before anyone wonders, no Frozen isn’t my favorite Disney movie. Black Cauldron wins, hands down, for awesomely dark animation, and for an interesting take on a book that in no way spoiled the actual book since it was so different.

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