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Originally Posted by zoodermin
Brother Bear "Lazy"? I don't hate Home on the Range because of all the things you said above. I was 14 when it was released so I didn't even knew who Michael Eisner was or didn't know that it was the last 2D feature (at the time) from Disney. For me it was the latest Disney film and yes I wasn't very enthusiastic with their latest output (I didn't love Lilo & Stitch or Treasure Planet) and the only film that I liked was Brother Bear but Home on the Range was a whole different matter. When I went to see Home on the Range I found it crude, uninspired, with unmemorable characters, unfunny and dull. You say it cute. Really? For me cute can be Robin Hood or The Aristocats but Home on the Range? Not at all. I have re-watched it over the years to see if it has improved with age but unfortunately my first impression still stands. Hadn't Disney gone even further below with the abysmal Chicken Little the following year, this film would have been at the bottom of the canon. It also didn't help that the same year Disney offered Home on the Range, Pixar gave us The Incredibles, a spectacular film.
So even if you want to blame many circumstances for the film's failure, I can tell you that, from a viewer that at that time didn't care for box office, Eisner or 2D vs. 3D, Home on the Range is just plain and simple, a bad film.
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Thank you for this. I agree 100%. No matter what you do, even taking Home on the Range out of context doesn't improve it. It's just bad, bad, bad. Bad as balls.
Here's my consensus on it from a list of reviews I made;
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37. HOME ON THE RANGE (2004) – 4.5
Albeit witty and quick, Home on the Range lacks some serious heart and feels more forced and empty than anything else.
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I ranked it 37th out of all 37 DACs I have seen (to add, the ones I haven't seen yet are all the package movies, 101 Dalmatians, Aristocats, Rescuers, RDE, Great Mouse Detective, Chicken Little & Meet the Robinsons.)
As for the other "experimental" films, I ranked Dinosaur #36th, ENG #6th, Lilo and Stitch #11th, Atlantis #32nd, Brother Bear #29th and Treasure Planet #20th.