In December, I listed Disney's Brother Bear in my top ten family films of 2003. Over the weekend, I sat down with my dad in front of his exceptionally splendid new home theater and watched the commentary for the film. And let me tell you what, girls and boys, the commentary stands on its own as purely delightful comedy. Whoever came up with the idea should be given a raise. If you have seen the film, you know that the two moose that walk in and out of the story line, acting as the film's comic relief, are played by the dopey yet hilarious Canadian drinking boys Rick Moranis & Dave Thomas, best known as Doug & Bill Mackenzie and the cult classic film Strange Brew.
The commentary is literally the two moose talking throughout the entirety of the movie. The topics they discuss cross a broad spectrum--from how well they were treated on the set in comparison with some of the other actors (such as the salmon), to which one of them is the better actor, and even to how they liked working with Coda the baby bear because he made it so they didn't have to work long hours (or night hours) because he was a child who needed sleep and so many hours at school.
In the first third of the film, they order grass pizza and try to convince the pizza boy that they get the pizza free because he took to long to deliver it. They talk about how over-population is killing nature. They discuss some of techniques of creating the animated feature. And they continually talk about being hungry and how the other one is stupid and dopey looking. In all, this commentary is like the genius behind Strange Brew reincarnated as a moose film and it is definitely worth your time, especially if you like the antics of the Mackenzie's. Enjoy, eh?
Warning: Don't watch this film expecting to hear the soundtrack of Brother Bear because you won't hear it. My two kids kept asking me when they were going to stop talking so they could hear the movie. In all, young kids are going to grow increasingly frustrated as the film progresses.
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