Talk:Brother Bear

awards
I would like to point out that finding nemo is not a disney studios film. It is a film by pixar distributed by disney. A mistake like calling cinderella a buena vista film. Thanks. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Ravenclawnerd (talk • contribs) 00:25, 7 January 2015 (UTC)

Animation
Nowhere in this article does it mention if this is a cell-drawn or computer-rendered animated feature. I sure can't tell from the picture of the poster. Glaring oversight? Alvis 01:08, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
 * I'll check the facts. I think the characters are hand-drawn, but I'll double check.  :)  --Starionwolf 05:40, 26 April 2006 (UTC)

2.35:1 or 2.39:1?
According to the DVD cover, the original theatrical ratio for the film was 2.35:1.

Technical data
I don't think this article needs the techinical data section as the infobox renders most of it redundant.

The most depressing line
I think the most depressing line is "your mother's not coming". I would put this in, but I don't know how to put it in without the "I think..." or where to put it. I will place it in (with some help as in changing opinion into fact and guidance as in where to put it) as "the most depressing line in the movie is 'your mother's not coming.'" if more that 50% of the responders of this section agree. Sir Intellegent 05:19, 17 September 2006 (UTC)

Species
For years I’ve referred to Kenai and Koda as Grizzly Bears. Now I am not so sure. So, I ask you the wiki-community, what are they: Grizzlies or Kodiaks? I know they are certainly brown bears but there are many types of brown bears. In the Brother Bear 2 article, Kenai is referred to as a grizzly, but I would like to know the source of this information. By the way, in the Dakota language, Koda means “friend” (too perfect). (205.250.167.76 04:08, 30 March 2007 (UTC))


 * Yes, Kenai and Koda are Grizzly Bears. I think in the official site and other sites claim they are grizzlies.

The Bear
Strike me if I am wrong, but does the plot of this movie appear to have been influenced by The Bear (1988)? (Mchelada 04:40, 20 April 2007 (UTC))


 * I own the book Brother Bear: A Transformation Tale, which explains in detail all the progress they went through in making this movie. While it has some similarities, this movie wasn't influenced by The Bear, at least as far as I know of but I'm sure of this. (Kenichi340 06:45, 20 April 2007))

Mistake in Summary?
The article implies that the Great Spirits sing to Kenai in English, explaining why he's being transformed. They don't. The song 'Transformation' has two versions. The Phil Collins single version does include the English lyrics "Everything will become clear to you when you see things through another's eyes"; but the version of the song heard during that scene of the movie, performed by the Bulgarian Women's Choir, is in the Inuktitut language and is not meant to be understood. The lyrics cited in the summary as being sung by the Great Spirits are not actually heard in the movie at all. --80.42.2.55 (talk) 23:30, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

Koda the Cub
Was the character of Koda the bear cub possibly a reference to Cub Koda? 173.24.223.159 (talk) 01:32, 19 May 2010 (UTC)


 * Sorry, that was me. Forgot to log in. Stonemason89 (talk) 01:38, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

Christian Fundamentalists: Are Their Views Notable?
I'm wondering if the Christian Fundamentalists who criticized this movie are even notable enough to mention here. From what I can gather, this same crowd (Berit Kjos, for example) has had a tendency to see sinister or unbiblical messages in just about every Disney or animated movie ever made, from The Lion King to The Jungle Book to Happy Feet to The Sword in the Stone to Pocahontas ad nauseam. What is it about this movie that makes the usual negative reaction from the fundamentalist crowd more notable than similar reactions against other similar movies? Stonemason89 (talk) 01:38, 19 May 2010 (UTC)

I'm not seeing it either. Since no one has stepped forward to defend the inclusion, I'm going to go ahead and remove it. 138.238.231.178 (talk) 01:26, 3 March 2011 (UTC)

Willie Wheaton
The bottom of the cast list mentions and links to Wil Wheaton, however as stated in the following section, the voice actor was Willie Wheaton, not Wil Wheaton.

Mention of Wil Wheaton should be removed from cast list.

OHB 174.50.10.129 (talk) 23:17, 9 May 2011 (UTC)

Edit request on 25 February 2012
The inspiration for the plot of Brother Bear seems to be inspired by N. Scott Momaday's 'In The Bear's House', which was released 4 years prior to the movie.

Jlanssie (talk) 10:51, 25 February 2012 (UTC)

The idea seems to spring from an important Indian writer who wrote a novel 4 years prior to the film where a man transforms into a bear. Though there is no real evidence or claim from the makers this is the case, it is highly plausible and likely it is inspired on Momaday's novel. Furthermore, Momaday is not the first the best writer, he is the present most prominent Native American Writer, along with James Welch and perhaps Silko.


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Art Shift?
"The film begins with an aspect ratio much closer to Academy than to Cinemascope, the colors are more drab, and the subject matter presented more seriously. Once Kenai becomes a bear, the film goes to full-blown widescreen, grows more colorful, and takes on a more comedic tone." Any way that this could be included? It seems worth an inclusion in my opinion, as it perhaps shows that Kenai was 'blind' to what was going on around him before he was able to see it from the bear's point of view.174.97.155.229 (talk) 20:52, 21 December 2012 (UTC)

The bear species
The article lists Tug as being a grizzly bear; he looks more like a short-faced bear, with the shorter muzzle, the larger size, and the darker fur. What do you make of it? --66.142.233.48 (talk) 21:40, 25 March 2014 (UTC)

Semi-protected edit request on 9 April 2015
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budget
The budget is 128,000,000 and it should be changed back. --97.113.117.25 (talk) 02:29, 13 January 2017 (UTC)

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Semi-protected edit request on 5 February 2021
I would like to edit Brother Bear because it says "it received mixed to negative reviews" when it really didn't, it just received mixed reviews, and audiences really liked it. 184.148.140.178 (talk) 19:55, 5 February 2021 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 14 November 2021
Change: The film received mixed to negative reviews from critics,

to The film received mostly mixed reviews from critics,

see https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Brother_Bear&mobileaction=toggle_view_desktop#Critical_reaction

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Semi-protected edit request on 25 February 2022
Please change the following three: the local tribes believe all creatures are created through the Great Spirits - the local tribes believe that all creatures are created through the Great Spirits, and believes his point is made a fact when a brown bear steals their basket of salmon - and believes that his point is made a fact when a brown bear steals their basket of salmon. 68.12.168.117 (talk) 17:41, 25 February 2022 (UTC)
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Semi-protected edit request on 9 June 2024
Change;

An elderly Denahi tells a story about him and his brothers to the people of his tribe. A trio of brothers, Kenai, the youngest; a younger Denahi, the middle; and Sitka, the eldest, return to their tribe for Kenai to receive his totem, necklaces in the shapes of different animals, from Tanana, the shaman of the brothers' tribe.

To

An elderly Denahi tells a story about him and his brothers to the people of his tribe. A trio of brothers, Kenai, the youngest; Denahi, the middle; and Sitka, the eldest, return to their tribe for Kenai to receive his totem, necklaces in the shapes of different animals, from Tanana, the shaman of the brothers' tribe.

As the current grammar is odd. 2A0A:EF40:61C:2C01:28DA:6C0F:948E:75BF (talk) 00:07, 9 June 2024 (UTC)


 * ✅ Tollens (talk) 09:23, 9 June 2024 (UTC)