It's great entertainment, an interesting story told through a truly great, but dying, art form. This cartoon is really great, and I'm torn between it and Finding Nemo for cartoon of the year. Koda's my favorite character in the movie. I think Jeremy Suarez (seems familiar in the behind-the-scenes trailer) must be a pretty good actor. It's no Jungle Book, Oliver and Company or Lion King when it comes to the music department. I think the opening Tina Turner song is OK, nothing special, but the Phil Collins songs are better. The brotherhood is something I can identify with perfectly - my three cousins are exactly the same. The characterization is great, and I like the Inuit priest. The two McKenzie moose are great for comic relief. The waterfalls, the mountains, the Aurora Borealis. The hand-drawn animation is done in the classical style, but the computer graphics are breathtaking. Not going to give away the happenings behind this powerful, moving scene. Every component of it is great, and the scene where Koda discovers that Kenai is really a man is beautiful. This cartoon's story is interesting, accurately based on real Inuit beliefs.

And whatever some people say, traditional animation is not dated. Though I think highly of the new three-dimensional computerized animated films, the traditional hand-drawn stuff just has a different charm. With a whole new view on life, Kenai makes a decision that will change his world forever. Ho, ho, ho Its Christmas Eve, and Mama wants to teach the Bears that theres more to the holidays than just television specials. However, Kenai discovers that he likes being a bear, and realizes that humans aren't only afraid of bears through Koda's eyes, the humans are the monsters, with their long spears. Mama, Papa, Sister, Brother, and Honey Bear are back in this heartwarming retelling of Clement Clarke Moores classic Christmas tale. Along the way, the two bears meet other friends, including two moose, some rams, and some mammoths, with whom they hitch a ride. Koda and Kenai team up, but are hunted by Kenai's other brother, Denahi, who fears that the bear has killed Kenai as well. Fueled by hope, Kenai sets off on his long journey, and, along the way, encounters a younger bear, Koda, who is a chatterbox and a fun-loving spirit Koda is trying to find his way back to his home, the Salmon Run, which, coincidentally, is right next to where the lights touch the Earth. He is visited by the spirit of his older brother, and is told that, if he wishes to be changed back into a human, he must travel to the place where the lights touch the Earth, in other words, the Northern Lights. Kenai, a man who resents bears after a fight with one kills his older brother, is turned into a bear so he can see life from a different perspective.

Brother bear and sistwr