Alisa took the boys out and got Stitch, the Movie. She said they thought it was OK, although she thought it was bad. She said, "It's OK, as long as you don't think of it having anything to do with anything good." I wonder what Chris Sanders thinks. I would think it must be nearly soul-destroying to spend years of your life creating something like Lilo & Stitch only to have the Disney Corporation milk it to death making a cheap, crappy, imitation sequel. That's become the American way. The worst part is that I'm sure they're "right". A lot of kids will buy it anyway, no matter how bad it is. And I'm sure they have a balance sheet that indicates at what point spending more money no longer results in enough of an increase in sales to justify the outlay.

I watched it when I got home. Alisa was right. As long as you have very, very low expectations, it's just fine. It's no more unpleasant than most of children's television these days. I have to agree with the reviewer who thought that experiment 625 was the "unfunniest and most horribly voiced characters I've ever seen in a Disney feature film". I'd say that really captures it perfectly. The character speaks with a broad Midwestern twang and an absolutely flat affect. The character is as dull as dishwater.

What I found most tiresome was the hackneyed way the movie recycled bits from Lilo & Stitch. Oh, look, I said to myself. This must be the "sad" part of the movie. Oh, look. There's where Stitch uses a chainsaw. Oh, look. There's where Stitch drinks some coffee. Oh, look. There's where Stitch smashes his face into the ground. It managed to make each affectation seem tired and trite, even though they were only used once in the movie.

Oh, well. No matter how bad the sequel is, it doesn't detract from the original.


StevenBrewer