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Mar 14, 2017
One of the best film adaptations of a classic novel
2 of 2 found this helpful The 1991 film, White Fang, presented by Walt Disney Pictures, is a wonderful film. It may be listed under children's adventure, but it is so much more than that. The setting is beautiful, the characters are engaging, the animal handling and performances are wonderful, especially by our protagonist, White Fang. The scenes of watching White Fang as a pup wandering from his den, mourning the loss of his mother, and wandering in the beautiful looking wilderness is a stunning sight, leaving one in awe. Then, we see an adult White Fang, a glorious looking wolf. They sure picked a good wolf to play this role. The humans play their roles very well, and they seem rather genuine in their performances. It almost feels like they truly did live in that time and place.
Some parts of this movie, like the novel, are sad and upsetting. From White Fang mourning the loss of his mother, the wolf attacks, the dogfighting, and the brutal treatment of these animals. I have to tell myself that it's only a book, or that it's only a movie, and that Disney didn't let these animals come to any harm, even if this did happen in the time the story is set.
My only complaint about the film is that it less about White Fang himself, and more about the people around him. Many parts are omitted from the film adaptation, but it is still recognizable to someone who has read the novel. Some of the original theme of Jack London's novel is lost, though still there in it's own way. Nevertheless, it is a rather enjoyable film adaptation to what is probably my favorite novel of all time. I recommend reading the novel, and watching this film. If you like this kind of story, you won't be able to stop reading or watching.
Feb 03, 2017
A great way to close out an awesome series
High School DxD BORN is a great conclusion to an awesome series. It's not my favorite of the three seasons (that honor goes to season one) but it felt very fitting as a conclusion. On a technical level, the voice acting is very good (though our main character, Issei Hyodou seems to have a different voice actor than from the previous seasons, it's not bad, just different), and the animation is gorgeous, by far one of my favorite series of all time. This is made even better in Blu-Ray media. From a story perspective, I liked that it ties up some loose ends, and I give it major props for brining in different cultural mythological characters (namely the Norse figures). It was a very fitting conclusion to a great series.
I'm not a critic, and I don't claim to be, but I felt there were some things not done as well in this season. Firstly, I know I said some loose ends were tied up, but either others were not tied up, or they seemed to just happen, without much buildup to it. Take season two for example, one character (sorry, no spoilers in this review, check it out if you want to see what I'm talking about, you won't regret it) gets much of the season to flesh out his backstory, and several episodes are used to bring his arc to a close. In this final season, far less time is spent on multiple characters backstories, and are just sort of brought to a close rather quickly. This is likely due to the fact that there were only 12 episodes to accomplish this. If I were to fix it, I'd have extended this season to 24 episodes. Also, regarding the final conflict, I felt it made Issei less unique, less important than he was before, but that's just my opinion.
If you like harem style anime/manga, I strongly recommend that you read or watch this series. It's definitely not for a young audience, I'd recommend this to someone 17 and up. This is due to the strong graphical imagery, very sexual imagery, suggestive themes, language, dialogue, and violence. I have all three seasons, and most of the manga series, and I don't regret it. Give it a try, you won't regret it. 5 stars out of 5!