Goofy on the Big Screen today

[JPox]

As mentioned, the new Goofy short "How to Hook Up Your Home Theatre" is being released with National Treasure: Book of Secrets today. (Dec.21st)

Although I haven't seen any actual advertisement for the new short, I hope Canadian theatres show the cartoon as I plan to see the film.
Anyone else going to see Goofy on the big screen?:goof:

[CueBallCat79]

As mentioned, the new Goofy short "How to Hook Up Your Home Theatre" is being released with National Treasure: Book of Secrets today. (Dec.21st)

Although I haven't seen any actual advertisement for the new short, I hope Canadian theatres show the cartoon as I plan to see the film.
Anyone else going to see Goofy on the big screen?:goof:

Man I really wish it had been shown before Enchanted. I would have stayed for the feature and had gotten my money's worth. I have absolutely no interest in National Treasure and I honestly don't feel like blowing $10 just to watch a cartoon.

And before anyone suggests it, I'm not paying for Nation Treasure, watching the cartoon and sneaking into a different theatre. I don't operate like that.

[Bugsy-Kun]

I hope the cartoon is available in our theatres because a other new animated Lucky Luke feature is on screen today. The first in 24-25 years.

[tristar]

I hope the cartoon is available in our theatres because a other new animated Lucky Luke feature is on screen today.
Hate to sound behind the times, but what's Lucky Luke? I've never heard of it before.:confused:

[Bugsy-Kun]

Hate to sound behind the times, but what's Lucky Luke? I've never heard of it before.:confused:

Lucky Luke is a comic-book character created by Morris in 1947. It's one of this characters who survive in any controversies during the 20th century (The end of death characters and the anti-smoking things in the comic-books example). Well, Lucky Luke is not very know in US but it's a very hugely popular character here and in Europe and the new movie was released today here with our own voices. (A premiere for a France film)

In other terms, Lucky Luke is look the success of Road Runner but in the comic-books.

You can find better informations about the new movie, click here ( http://www.xilam.fr/xilam/ev/library_films_luckyluke.html=) or you can help with wikipedia. They could help you better than me!

[CueBallCat79]

So has anyone seen it yet?

[Studio Toledo]

I didn't bother going out since I didn't get my paycheck yet.

On the other hand, I'dl ove to see that Lucky Luke flick if or when I manage to snag a copy of it along the way!

[JPox]

So has anyone seen it yet?
I saw it this afternoon in front of National Treasure.
It opened with a frame from Steamboat Willie with "Walt Disney Animation" logo underneath.
The intro rolled with the classic music used in the classic Goofy shorts and also the ending. The credits also looked vintage.
It really did capture the look and feel of those 1950s shorts! I was plesantly surprised.
I really liked the widescreen aspect ratio as well. The animators used the space very well!
Great gags! I was laughing a lot. I only heard the audience chuckle during 3 though, a lot of adults and teenages in the theatre. I also think a lot of the people were caught off guard by the "cartoon". There really wasn't any advertising for the short at all...?
A nice little in-joke was Goofy having a picture of John Lasseter on his shelf.
I heard a sarcastic guy beside me say "Is this Enchanted or something?" after the cartoon ended. I hope people eventually realize cartoons aren't just for kids, it's alright to laugh.

[CueBallCat79]

I still think this would have worked better before Enchanted, but that's just me.

[JPox]

I still think this would have worked better before Enchanted, but that's just me.
I still think it's good that Disney is trying to appeal to a broad audience rather than family films.
Now that I think about it, maybe Disney wanted to surprise audiences by not advertising the new short. If the majority knew about the cartoon, they probably would've showed up late to skip it.

[JPox]

Out of curiousity, I looked up some reviews for Book of Secrets. It seems that the cartoon is getting a better review than the actual film.
I also found a brief clip of the short here:
http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3454&page=1

[Mr. Semaj]

I still think it's good that Disney is trying to appeal to a broad audience rather than family films.
Now that I think about it, maybe Disney wanted to surprise audiences by not advertising the new short. If the majority knew about the cartoon, they probably would've showed up late to skip it.

My thoughts exactly.

If I have time, I may see it sometime this weekend. Still not sure if I'm going to stay for the movie, since, for the sake of continuity, I had also planned on renting the first Nat'l Treasure.

[Mac]

Out of curiousity, I looked up some reviews for Book of Secrets. It seems that the cartoon is getting a better review than the actual film.
I also found a brief clip of the short here:
http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3454&page=1

Thanks for posting the link. It reveals a new Mickey-Donald-Goofy cartoon is in the works too. Reading that article has actually made me excited about future Disney animation again. I don't think that's happened since I was looking forward to seeing Lilo and Stitch about five years ago!

[Jack G.]

From the link above:"The shorts program to me at both studios is very, very important," emphasizes Lasseter, chief creative officer of Pixar and Walt Disney Animation Studios. "One: to develop talent. It's not just directors, but directing animators, technical directors and all these things. So it gives young people the chance to be a supervisor in a small setting and to try people out at different things. This is where talent development is really great. And it's great creatively to have these shorts because sometimes there are little ideas that aren't meant to be for features, but you just want to see them. And, at Disney, we have the added heritage of all these fantastic characters. It's so much fun to go back and try things with them."What Lasseter is saying makes good practical sense. Plus it's a great way to help keep the characters alive.

[FlapperPrower]

Oooo, I'm so looking forward to the Mickey, Donald and Goofy cartoon. Hopefully we'll see Minnie in it. :D

[Jack]

I was planning on seeing National Treasure, now I really want to just to see how the cartoon turned out. The still frames and little clip look rather promising (full non-farmed out animation, nice 50's-esque backgrounds).

[whitsbrain]

I saw the new "Goofy Home Theater" short yesterday. It was very well done and even included opening titles in the classic original style (huge Goofy head before the cartoon). It is clear that the makers of this short love classic animation. This new cartoon left me wanting to see more of them and makes me want to revisit the old "Sport Goofy" cartoons. I think that's a great compliment to the creators.

The short included some neat angled shots and really utilized the widescreen display well (although I'm not qualified to critique the work of the animators). There were many good gags including my favorite which was Goofy's solution to running cables behind the TV.

The animation looked terrific except that Goofy himself seemed to lack a bit of detail. Of course, my definition of detail is probably dirt specks and dust flecks that I'm used to seeing on the old cartoons.

I laughed out loud at a couple of the gags and I did hear a few chuckles from other moviegoers, which was encouraging. It seemed like the reaction to the cartoon was one of impatience, not disinterest. I think people are so spoiled and hooked on instant gratification that they saw the Goofy short as just another delay until they get what they wanted, which was "National Treasure" (a sad societal commentary if there ever was one).

Overall, the Goofy cartoon was very enjoyable and I hope Disney keeps making them. Especially Goofy! :goof:

[MF TOON]

Too bad Disney doesn't seem interested in developing new characters or ideas for theatrical short series... I'd much rather see something new being developed than a contemporary 'How To' short. What more could possibly be done with that? I like the idea of character revival as they've been stretched so far out of context the past twenty years on tv and in advertising and marketing. It'd be nice to see a return to tradition and if the films are well produced than it could be wonderful. But the chances of them ever holding up to the standards set fifty years ago are not in the least bit favorable... so, why not do something new? I'd like to see Disney take on a UPA approach and try to play with different themes and characters instead of falling back on formula. It further locks the studio into what they've gradually become over the years which is safe and predictable and nothing especially memorable or innovative has ever come from that. Let's see them lose the trie and true mentality and do something different for the first time in over two decades... it'd be a welcomed change.

[ThePeterNetwork]

My sister took her kids to see National Treasure 2, and when they saw the new Goofy short, they thought it was a problem with the projector, and they showed that until they "fixed the problem". I take it they had a nice surprise, seeing as how they only showed me National Treasure 1 on DVD, and it wasn't as bad as I thought it would be.

[Jon Cooke]

Too bad Disney doesn't seem interested in developing new characters or ideas for theatrical short series... I'd much rather see something new being developed than a contemporary 'How To' short.

That's not the impression I got from the AWN article (http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3454&page=1) linked earlier in this thread. The next two shorts to be released were going to be original ideas ("The Ballad of Nessie" and "Glago's Guest"). It also mentioned a Mickey-Donald-Goofy short from Eric Goldberg and a Meet the Robinsons short. It sounds like there will be a variety of different projects in the works.

Caught National Treasure in a fairly full theater last night. The short got some chuckles from the audience and I thought it was fun.

[MF TOON]

That's not the impression I got from the AWN article (http://mag.awn.com/index.php?ltype=pageone&article_no=3454&page=1) linked earlier in this thread. The next two shorts to be released were going to be original ideas ("The Ballad of Nessie" and "Glago's Guest"). It also mentioned a Mickey-Donald-Goofy short from Eric Goldberg and a Meet the Robinsons short. It sounds like there will be a variety of different projects in the works.

Caught National Treasure in a fairly full theater last night. The short got some chuckles from the audience and I thought it was fun.

Well that sounds promising!

[Philo & Gunge]

Just got back from the theater. Movie was pretty good, but "How to Hook Up Your Home Theater" was even better. The animation was excellent for WDFA's first 2D animation in a while, but still felt somewhat lacking, but the short was still excellent. It didn't really get too much of a reaction in the theater, I was the only one laughing at several jokes (the same thing happened when I saw LT:BIA) and gave it a round of applause at the end. And what I didn't like at all was that the theater I saw it at treated the Goofy short as a TRAILER. The lights were left on when it was on and it wasn't treated as part of the main presentation at all. All in all, the short was pretty damn good, bring on your next short, Disney!

[Speedy Boris]

I won't repeat myself too much from Toon Zone but I enjoyed the short quite a lot. There were so many gags in the 5(?) minutes that it kept my eyes glued to the screen to catch everything. The tone didn't feel drastically different from previous Goofy "How to" outings either, so I was pleased.

[whitsbrain]

Let's see them lose the trie and true mentality and do something different for the first time in over two decades... it'd be a welcomed change.
I would absolutely welcome something new also. I wanted to relay how pleased I was to see the new Goofy short and how encouraging it was to see that kind of quality. I've always felt reusing the Looney Tunes characters has generated boring new cartoons. The new Goofy, however, was well done.

Something original is always welcome and regardless of what I think of them, toons like Spongebob, The Simpsons, Ren and Stimpy, Beavis and Butthead, etc. have certainly captured the public's attention and may end up being tomorrow's classics. These cartoons also prove that animation is still incredibly popular.

[FlapperPrower]

I went to go see the short today and I was really impressed. The gags were great and so was the animation. This was much better than the modern Goofy shorts of Mouse Works/House of Mouse. I'm sure glad they didn't have Bill Farmer do the "Goofy Yell" and used the original voice clip. Great job, Disney! Bring on the Mickey-Donald-Goofy trio short! :mickey: :donald: :goof:

[Mr. Semaj]

I just saw the Goofy short this evening, as well as Nat'l Treasure 2 (yeah, I got my money's worth after all).

The cartoon was a breath of fresh air in every sense of the term. It was far better than anything done on Mickey's Mouse Works/House of Mouse. (Despite the effort to capture "vintage" Disney, the series undermined the importance of these characters to begin with.) And it helped tremendously that they made the cartoon a surprise; everyone in the theater had already taken their seats beforehand.

I look forward to seeing Disney's future shorts, 2-D and 3-D. :)

[ThePeterNetwork]

Sorry to bring this old topic up, but I had just seen National Treasure 2 and the Goofy cartoon that went along with it. The main feature was basically a repeat of the first movie, but the cartoon was excellent. It surpassed in quality greatly from the House of Mouse shorts, and I'm sure we've had the same experience as depicted in the many gags. The pace of the story was a little bit fast though, but I'm sure that was because of the time restraints.

And I apologize again if I am going OT with this bit here, but I read an interview between Andrea Deja and Mark Henn about the character of Goofy and the other character types typically called "Geefs." Might that be an answer to the age-old question, "Exactly what species is Goofy?" Could Goofy be a new type of missing link between dog and man called Geef? Or is he just plain Goofy? :goof:

[JPox]

Not to sure if the term "Geefs" was used to describe the Goofy-Universe characters, but I'm pretty sure Goofy took on a constant role as "George Geef" in his 50's shorts.
:goof:

[Tom Stathes]

Just got back from the theater. Movie was pretty good, but "How to Hook Up Your Home Theater" was even better. The animation was excellent for WDFA's first 2D animation in a while, but still felt somewhat lacking, but the short was still excellent. It didn't really get too much of a reaction in the theater, I was the only one laughing at several jokes (the same thing happened when I saw LT:BIA) and gave it a round of applause at the end. And what I didn't like at all was that the theater I saw it at treated the Goofy short as a TRAILER. The lights were left on when it was on and it wasn't treated as part of the main presentation at all. All in all, the short was pretty damn good, bring on your next short, Disney!
Dern kids running the theater probably have no clue what it was like to pay a nickel to sit in a dark theater all day and watch a ton of different things in short and long lengths. Nor was I around in those days, but ignorance is not bliss! :shame:

[Matthew Hunter]

I really should go see this. I have seen the first National Treasure movie and thought it was ok...not great, but a sequel would be fun enough, and a new Goofy cartoon deserves all the support it can get.

In my opinion, the only way Disney's going to make a difference with these new shorts is to stick with them, make them a permanent thing, and make them so good that people know about them, talk about them, and look forward to them. If they do some shorts that are so funny they get major attention, who knows what can happen? But they have to be GOOD. So good that audiences want more.

[Studio Toledo]

Dern kids running the theater probably have no clue what it was like to pay a nickel to sit in a dark theater all day and watch a ton of different things in short and long lengths. Nor was I around in those days, but ignorance is not bliss! :shame:
If only CNN had a newsreel! With digital/streaming technology today, they could easily do one on a daily basis.

[jazzman78]

I saw the movie and short about 2 weeks ago. I agree with the GAC members the Goofy cartoon is much better than the film (it got so boaring that I fell asleep for about 5 minutes during the last act).

However the short is the ONLY reason for me to buy the DVD when I it comes on the market.

HS

[Vdubdavid]

I really should go see this. I have seen the first National Treasure movie and thought it was ok...not great, but a sequel would be fun enough, and a new Goofy cartoon deserves all the support it can get.

In my opinion, the only way Disney's going to make a difference with these new shorts is to stick with them, make them a permanent thing, and make them so good that people know about them, talk about them, and look forward to them. If they do some shorts that are so funny they get major attention, who knows what can happen? But they have to be GOOD. So good that audiences want more.

Stick with them and also release the classic shorts to theaters to fill the gaps while the new shorts are produced. I saw "Boat Builders" with "Meet the Robinsons" at the theater on my base and it got a good reception as well.

[WoodpeckerWoody]

Goofy was not with National Treaure in Iceland.
But do some on about realease of it out side of USA.

[Philo & Gunge]

Goofy was not with National Treaure in Iceland.
But do some on about realease of it out side of USA.

This is just a wild guess, but I'm guessing the short may be playing in Iceland with Enchanted. I know shorts generally vary in international release depending on the movie (internationally, Runaway Brain played in theaters with A Goofy Movie) so maybe the folks at Buena Vista International just stuck it with Enchanted, but don't take my word for it at all.