Dumbo Review

It's hard to believe that Disney has four live action remakes to appear this year. Four! The coup de send is given for 2019 Dumboremake of the 1941 classic film and the first project with Tim Burton that I have enjoyed since 2012 Frankenweenie. If you catch Dumbo this weekend, I think you'll find it really nice, deliciously dark and yet suitable for kids of all ages.

L & # 39; original Dumbo is a Disney classic movie, but it is not revered in the same way as some other classic movies. As a result, this live action remake must make more creative choices than other Disney remakes we've seen before.

Given the simple story of the original, Tim Burton had plenty of time to take the live action remake of 2019 in new directions, and much more visually and narratively DumboI am particularly surprised by the fact that Disney, as a studio, has accepted.

In this version of Dumbo, the young elephant learns to fly thanks to the machinations of two young born and born in the circus, interpreted by the newcomers Nico Parker and Finley Hobbins. Once Dumbo's mother was sold to the circus for producing a baby elephant with giant ears, the two children convinced Dumbo to fly to pick up his mother. They are helped in their company by their father Holt (Colin Farrell) and propelled to success by the owner of the circus Max Medici (Danny DeVito).

Things get bigger and bigger for Dumbo as the movie progresses. In fact, there are moments in Dumbo who feel like pure magic; who capture the intangible feeling that Disney has spent years trying to create in his own parks. Notably, there is a pink elephant that pays tribute in part to the film that is bewitching, and without spoiling a huge part of the film, Dumbo is visually delightful and sometimes darker than one would expect for a PG movie.

What made me most comfortable, however, was not the candy in sight or the funny Easter eggs peppered in the movie, there are many. Instead of, Dumbo is totally reliant on people who buy a movie on an elephant (certainly cute) who does not speak, and yet, the stakes are high enough that production can fly away.

In terms of these issues, Tim Burton Dumbo Raised the bar a bit of some other Disney remakes. There are moments in the movie that look like a good episode of America has talentmeans that the danger was present and darkness reigned in the corners – Tim Burton's marks if I've ever seen them.

In addition, casting choices work. I mostly buy Colin Farrell as an American rider "Aww shucks". Eva Green likes to work alongside Dumbo and Michael Keaton enjoys great moments as a Vandervere, like Walt Disney, although very different. (Not related to Keaton's performance, Vandervere's bow is the biggest problem for me in the movie.)

In fact, I enjoyed almost every second of Michael Keaton's Vandervere on screen, especially when he was talking to banker Remington (Alan Arkin) and Medici. However, his motivations and his strange jump in the character's tone contribute to major problems with the scenario and the "why" of what happens in the third act. In the end, the film suffers from rhythm and tone because of some of the choices that are made.

Dumbo really could have taken some of the benefits of cutting the fat, perhaps leaving slightly less time for circus performers overall, especially in the third act, which turns briefly into a full movie on the turning before collapsing. A long two-part closing sequence could probably have been reduced or integrated into the final credits. Even with just 112 minutes, the movie always looks like it's going on, and it's never a good thing.

At the end, the Dumbo Remake may seem like a circus distraction, and not one of the great hats attractions like those that will arrive later in 2019 – but I think most of us would still prefer to be at the circus than anywhere else this weekend. end.