Did you know that Brother Bear and Lilo & Stitch have so much in common? Both movies were made at the exact same animation studio in Florida, and Xiangyuan Jie had an influence on the artistic look of the backgrounds in both films. On top of that, Stitch and Koda were animated by the exact same person, Alex Kuperschmidt! And here’s a screenshot from Koda’s outtakes, where the animators actually added Stitch as a little crossover :)
I adore the bears’ design in this movie. Koda’s mom and Kenai are a masterpiece! Brother Bear has the best animated animals in 2D in entire Disney history. Why does no one appreciate this? Just look at the details, the movement, the lighting! I don’t care about the critics! I want more mature animal-centric movies with spirits in that style.
Brother Bear has a very unique and fascinating worldbuilding concept. The story takes place in Alaska, but during the very end of the Ice Age or the beginning of the Holocene. In the film, an older Denahi says that when he was young, he still saw mammoths, suggesting that they had already gone extinct on the continent by the time the main story takes place.
Moreover, the tribes depicted in the film are clearly inspired by the Inuit — their clothing and the Inupiaq language are particularly characteristic of Inuit culture. Interestingly, though, they are not actually Inuit. Why? Because the Inuit did not exist yet at that point in history. They emerged around 4,500 years ago, which is considerably later than the period in which the film is set.
So, the creators essentially came up with a fictional people whose culture draws not only from Inuit traditions, but also from Native American folklore (particularly legends about bears), Paleo-Indian cultures, and even Aboriginal Australian influences. The latter is especially noticeable in the rock formation where Kenai receives his totem. The music and instruments are also a blend of elements from these different cultures. It’s an incredibly interesting combination, and very few films have a setting quite as intriguing as this one. The question, however, is whether this approach would work just as well if Disney ever made a live-action adaptation. Would you rather Disney focus exclusively on Inuit culture, or keep this cultural mixture? The former approach would preserve the Alaskan landscape, the Northern Lights, and the language, but it would also mean removing the mammoths and many other elements that make the original setting so distinctive.
Finally got it! Did you know that the Blu-ray of Brother Bear uses the original aspect ratio, just like it was shown in theaters? After Kenai’s transformation, the image gets wider and the colors become much more vibrant. I finally managed to get a copy, because this movie looks absolutely stunning on Blu-ray!
Originally, there were mammoth skeletons in the geyser scene. I suspect they were removed because they might have felt too similar to the elephant graveyard from The Lion King.
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Did you know that Brother Bear and Lilo & Stitch have so much in common? Both movies were made at the exact same animation studio in Florida, and Xiangyuan Jie had an influence on the artistic look of the backgrounds in both films. On top of that, Stitch and Koda were animated by the exact same person, Alex Kuperschmidt! And here’s a screenshot from Koda’s outtakes, where the animators actually added Stitch as a little crossover :)
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I adore the bears’ design in this movie. Koda’s mom and Kenai are a masterpiece! Brother Bear has the best animated animals in 2D in entire Disney history. Why does no one appreciate this? Just look at the details, the movement, the lighting! I don’t care about the critics! I want more mature animal-centric movies with spirits in that style.
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Which movie do you think has the most beautiful backgrounds and animation?
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Brother Bear has a very unique and fascinating worldbuilding concept. The story takes place in Alaska, but during the very end of the Ice Age or the beginning of the Holocene. In the film, an older Denahi says that when he was young, he still saw mammoths, suggesting that they had already gone extinct on the continent by the time the main story takes place.
Moreover, the tribes depicted in the film are clearly inspired by the Inuit — their clothing and the Inupiaq language are particularly characteristic of Inuit culture. Interestingly, though, they are not actually Inuit. Why? Because the Inuit did not exist yet at that point in history. They emerged around 4,500 years ago, which is considerably later than the period in which the film is set.
So, the creators essentially came up with a fictional people whose culture draws not only from Inuit traditions, but also from Native American folklore (particularly legends about bears), Paleo-Indian cultures, and even Aboriginal Australian influences. The latter is especially noticeable in the rock formation where Kenai receives his totem. The music and instruments are also a blend of elements from these different cultures.
It’s an incredibly interesting combination, and very few films have a setting quite as intriguing as this one.
The question, however, is whether this approach would work just as well if Disney ever made a live-action adaptation. Would you rather Disney focus exclusively on Inuit culture, or keep this cultural mixture?
The former approach would preserve the Alaskan landscape, the Northern Lights, and the language, but it would also mean removing the mammoths and many other elements that make the original setting so distinctive.
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Deleted Characters from Brother Bear - Ursa, Rogue and Loki - Tanana’s pet.
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Finally got it! Did you know that the Blu-ray of Brother Bear uses the original aspect ratio, just like it was shown in theaters? After Kenai’s transformation, the image gets wider and the colors become much more vibrant. I finally managed to get a copy, because this movie looks absolutely stunning on Blu-ray!
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Originally, there were mammoth skeletons in the geyser scene. I suspect they were removed because they might have felt too similar to the elephant graveyard from The Lion King.
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Kenajos
More cocnept arts
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What did bears ever do to Doug Walker? Is there anyone he hates even more? Oh right - Phil Collins.
Now imagine bears singing Phil Collins songs in live action Brother Bear… yeah, that’s basically a recipe for nuclear war😆
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