A Bug's Life (1998)

20210827:
Watched the movie with Ben. I missed some scenes here and there. In any case, the movie was much different than how I remembered it. In particular, I usually just don't remember what happened, but in this case I was expecting a scene that didn't happen. Either it happened to be a scene which I missed or I misremembered (I thought Flik motivated the circus troupe to come with him while in a back alleyway; maybe I'm thinking of a different movie like Antz?).

Flik (Dave Foley) and Dot (Hayden Panettiere)

On a different note, I also would have thought the stalk launcher would have been used as a weapon in the fight at the end of the movie.

Anyways, on this viewing, I was surprised at how unwanted Flik was. In addition, that his initial dismissal was an attempt to get rid of him.

Hopper (Kevin Spacey)

Close to the ending, I definitely forgot that Dot was the one to go after him. I thought Flik was going to notice Hopper was on his way back which would prompt him to turn around. With that being said, the way it played out made sense, because they set it up at the beginning of the movie (the rock).

The movie was interesting because of how it turns the inventor, the person who thinks differently and against the masses, into the hero. Unfortunately, I'm not sure many people would relate to that.

Atta (Julia Louis-Dreyfus) and Queen (Phyllis Diller)

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20210828:
Earlier today I watched the beginning again. The movie sets up where ant island is located and then Flik with his invention - I missed both these scenes. I then skipped to watch the scene where Flik enters the bug city. I continued watching up to when he recruited the circus troupe. Finally I watched the rest of the "bloopers." It seems those were the only scenes I missed.

Gypsy (gypsy moth, Madeline Kahn), Manny (praying mantis, Jonathan Harris), Francis (ladybug, Denis Leary), Heimlich (caterpillar, Joe Ranft), Slim (David Hyde Pierce), Dim (rhinoceros beetle, Brad Garrett), Rosie (black widow spider, Bonnie Hunt), and Tuck and Roll* (pill bugs, Michael McShane)

*According to the Pixar fandom page, "Tuck is the one with two eyebrows, and Roll is the one with a unibrow. It's also said that Roll has a deeper voice in the film, while Tuck has a slightly higher tone."

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Instant Comments:
I vaguely remembered the bird failing but I didn't remember how.
I didn't remember how they end up banding together.

Hahaha, "bad grasshopper, go home," that was funny.

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Watched at least once before.
Watched 20210827 (Disney+)
A Bug's Life (1998) John Lasseter. 95 min

Relevant Links:
A Bug's Life (IMDb.com)
A Bug's Life (RottenTomatoes.com)
A Bug's Life (Wikipedia.org)

One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961)

Pongo (Rod Taylor) and Anita (Cate Bauer) with their puppies (they have 15 but only 9 are pictured here)

Instant Comments:
Ha forgot that media this old is just full screen.
Haha Perdita says "Certainly not from your mother," she then looks at Pongo, and Pongo just gives a confessing smile

Anita and Cruella de Vil (Betty Lou Gerson)

Horace carries a briefcase that reads "ELECTIC CO" with a carrot inserting an R between the "I" and the "C" (so the spelling is wrong, and the correction is also wrong)
Such language in this movie.
"Is she calling to confess?"

Jasper (J. Pat O'Malley) and Horace (Frederick Worlock)

Haha repeat joke, "you idiot."
"I'm hungry mother, I'm really hungry"
"Crazy woman driver."
1=20210825

Captain (Thurl Ravenscroft), Colonel (J. Pat O'Malley), and Sergeant Tibbs (David Frankham)

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Watched at least twice before*
Watched 20210825 (Disney+)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (1961) Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wolfgang Reitherman. 79 min [botn The Hundred and One Dalmatioas (1956) by Dodie Smith]
also known as 101 Dalmatians

Pongo gets Roger (Ben Wright) and Anita (Lisa Davis) to meet by tangling them up together.

Relevant Links:
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (IMDb.com)
One Hundred and One Dalmatians (Wikipedia.org)

*My strong familiarity with "I'm hungry mother" and "Crazy woman driver" are the two main reasons I suspect I've seen the movie at least twice before. Previous beliefs of watching a movie many time keep me from making the value higher

Finding Nemo (2003)

20210823: Today I watched this movie for the first time in a long time. I didn't remember many details about the movie:
1) Exposition of Marlin and his wife Coral.

Dory (Ellen DeGeneres) and Marlin (Albert Brooks)

2) A good portion of the movie revolves around Nemo's broken fin.
3) How crucial Dory was to Marlin's growth as a parent, especially during the whale scene. In fact, that's a core theme of the movie.

Nemo (center, Alexander Gould), Bloat (bottom right, Brad Garrett), Gurgle (bottom left, Austin Pendleton), Bubbles (top right, Stephen Root), and Deb (top left, Vicki Lewis)

4) How Nemo escapes from the dentist's office
5) Dory was responsible for uniting Nemo and Marlin after Nemo's escape

6) The ending where Nemo coordinates the fish to swim down

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Instant Comments:
Credits:
1: kids (racing across the gap in credits)

Gill (Willem Dafoe) and Peach (Allison Janney)

1: Deb (dances with a bubble of herself, a.k.a., her sister Flo)
1: Mike Wazowski (from Monsters Inc.)
1: (post credits) little fish eats the anglerfish.

Crush (Andrew Stanton)

1=20210823

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Watched at least once before, but probably at least twice before
Watched 20210823 (Disney+)
Finding Nemo (2003) Andrew Stanton. 100 min

Nigel (Geoffrey Rush)

Relevant Links:
Finding Nemo (IMDb.com)
Finding Nemo (Wikipedia.org)

The Sword in the Stone (1963)

20210822:
Watched with Ben.

Wart (Rickie Sorensen, Richard Reitherman, and Robert Reitherman) and Merlin (Karl Swenson)

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Instant Comments: 1: Haha "black magic of the worse kind" (washing dishes).
1: "Just because you can't understand something doesn't mean it's wrong" (very brave of Wart to say).

Merlin and Wart are fish - Wart learns brain over brawn

1: I guess the ending wasn't as exciting... the movie was centered around being smart and the ending with being king doesn't necessarily reflect that in any way
1=20210822

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Watched at least twice before.
Watched 20210822 (Disney+)
The Sword in the Stone (1963) Wolfgang Reitherman. 79 min [botnotsn (1938) by T.H. White]

Merlin and Wart are squirrels - Wart learns about love; Little Girl Squirrel (Ginny Tyler)

Relevant Links:
The Sword in the Stone (IMDb.com)
The Sword in the Stone (RottenTomatoes.com)
The Sword in the Stone (1963) (Wikipedia.org)

Sir Kay (Norman Alden)

Cars (2006)

20210821:
Today was my first time watching Cars. I watched with my son.

Lightning McQueen (Owen Wilson)

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Instant Comments:
1: This car plays dirty
1: hehe you need tires you idiot

Left: Sally Carrera (Bonnie Hunt). Right: Guido (forklift, Guido Quaroni), Sarge (military jeep, Paul Dooley), Luigi (yel;ow Fiat, Tony Shalhoub), and Fillmore (VW Bus, George Carlin)

1: lol photo finish
1: I guess McQueen has his own problem (he doesn't play dirty but has an attitude problem)
1: haha, turn on your lights you moron
1: oh wow, I didn't realize Doc was the one who tipped the media off

Mater (right, Larry the Cable Guy)

1: tearjerker ending (as McQueen pushes the other car across the finish)
1=20210821

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Watched 20210821 (Disney+)
Cars (2006) John Lasseter. 117 min

Doc Hudson (Paul Newman) and Lightning McQueen

Relevant Links:
Cars (IMDb.com)
Cars (RottenTomatoes.com)
Cars (film) (Wikipedia.org)

The Little Mermaid (1989)

20210815, 20210926:
I watched the movie with Ben.

Princess Ariel (Jodi Benson)

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20211016 Comment:
I was trying to determine which was Flotsam and which was Jetsam. I know their eyes are different, but I'm not sure which source to trust on which eye should be yellow. Looking at a script and looking at a clip, I determined that for myself Flotsam's right eye is yellow and Jetsam's left eye is yellow. Note that on The Little Mermaid wiki, the physical appearance section has it one way while the trivia section has it the opposite.

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20220601 Comment:
The other day I started watching Chip 'n' Dale: Rescue Rangers (2022) and some days before that I started The Little Mermaid.

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Instant Comments:
1a: Just 16
1a: Why does Ursula want souls?
1a: Oh yeah, she doesn't even help Ariel to the surface...

Ursula (Pat Caroll) with Flotsam (left) and Jetsam (right) (Paddi Edwards)

1a: Hehe: "What a soft shell I've turned out to be."
1a: Hmm... come to think of it, what do the merpeople eat if not fish? (because "Under the Sea" claims the fish are off the hook, but surely fish eat other fish)
1a: Paused after "Kiss the Girl"; there was a frame in the song where Ariel looks up and looks a little evil
1a: Oh, I didn't remember that Ursula only decided to intervene as a result of Ariel's almost managing to kiss Prince Eric
1a: 23 minutes remaining

Ariel and Prince Eric (Christopher Daniel Barnes) during "Kiss the Girl"

1b: Resume (Eric throws the flute and hears Ursula)
1b: Ah, I didnt remember that Scuttle (the seagull) was the one to spot Ursula disguising herself.
2b: Resume (Scuttle discovers the bride is Ursula)
1b: Scuttle also creates a successful diversion. He's almost the real hero of the story.
1b: Interesting that Max has a sixth sense about Ursula.
2b: Hmm what if Eric kissed Ariel one second earlier
1b: I definitely didn't remember that she accidentally destroyed Flotsam and Jetsam.
2b: I guess modern version of the movie would find a way for Ariel to save the day
1b: Ah, the classic consumption of power... for she could have destroyed them without enlarging [I guess she was mainly angry from having lost Flotsam and Jetsam]

King Triton (Kenneth Mars) and Sebastian (Samuel E. Wright).
Sebastian's full name is Horatio Thelonious Ignacious Crustaceous Sebastian

1b: I didnt see any fat merpeople among the souls revived
2b: Hehe unlike modern movies, the credit song is the same as the movie song. That is modern Disney movies will have a pop version of a track from the movie.
1a=20210815, 1b=20210926, 2b=20220601

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Watched at least once before.
Watched first 63 minutes 20210815, last 20 minutes 20210926 (Disney+)
Watched first 66 minutes prior to 20220601, last 17 minutes 20220601 (Disney+)
The Little Mermaid (1989)

Ariel

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Little_Mermaid_(1989_film)