For many people, 'Dumbo' has meant a before and after in his childhood. They remember the movie as something that in a way has marked his childhood, although perhaps they did not realize at the time, but later, and today they still shudder to see her again or listen to the song.
That original version was an animation. Today, 78 years after it was released, a film arrives at the cinema classic remake with a flesh and bone dumbo, with real characters and a much more "Disney-like" story. All this, from the hand of Tim Burton.
As parents to whom the original version gave us sadness, to the point of half traumatizing some, we wonder if it is a movie to go see with our children. We tell you what to expect from the new version.
"'Dumbo' marked my childhood"
Let's remember the original story a bit. Jumbo is an elephant who discovers that his baby has huge ears and everyone makes fun of him. But she always defends him (like any mother), until she becomes locked up for facing those who laugh at her little one.
The little elephant, mistreated and ridiculed by all his companions, is alone and only has the help of a tiny little mouse named Timothy, who sees a virtue in his fault, and seeing that he can fly, decides to make him a great star Circus
With its sweetness and big ears, the flying baby elephant stars a tragic history of separation and exploitation, and also the movie showed somewhat disturbing scenes for children.
We have talked to two of the many people who the movie has marked their childhood in some way:
Raquel considers that "it is not a film for children", at least the version she saw in her childhood.
"I was 7 or 8 years old the first time I saw her: it didn't attract much attention to me, but I remember that my little brother loved it and put it on a lot of times. I saw the scene of the pink elephants and not I understood very well what they painted there, and the scene of Dumbo's mother in jail, rocking him with her trunk generated tenderness, nothing more. My mother loved that scene and I sang the song a few nights before bedtime. "
"The problem arose when I understood the movie: I understood that the poor elephant was called" dumb "on his face, that the adult elephants laughed at him and he was alone, that the little elephant got drunk and that is why she saw pink elephants and, above all, that her mother had been imprisoned and would not let her see her son just for defending him. When I suddenly understood all that it was as if I had done something "click" in my head, and I could never see her again. I understood, obviously, why my mother was especially excited about that scene and that song. "
"From there I have not seen the movie again. When the trailer for the new version of 'Dumbo' came out, I put it on the computer out of sheer curiosity: five seconds of the song the mother sings are heard and as soon as I recognized her, I closed the laptop. Just remembering it and thinking about the song tears come to my eyes. "
In Espinof'Dumbo ': Disney buries Tim Burton's seal in another mediocre remake without the magic of the animated original About to turn 33. Liliana She still remembers how it marked her to watch the movie when she was 4 or 5, especially the scene of the mother's song.
"I have the scene recorded on fire as the greatest tragedy ever told. "
"My mother tells me that she left me after eating watching the movie, she went to do other things and suddenly she heard me crying in the seas; she ran very worried and it was because of the scene" (referring to the scene of the mother). "The lysergic scene of when Dumbo gets drunk doesn't help either."
We ask how would you like this updated version to be, what do you expect from her and answered:
"I would like to have that" magic "something naive childish, that is also fun for adults. That is not dark or bad rollera just because yes. And that somehow update a little, because it has rained a lot since then. I would like him to visually have memorable plans and not be pointless dizziness, be pretty to see. "
What to expect from the Disney remake directed by Tim Burton
It's normal for those who have seen Dumbo in their childhood and left a bad taste in their mouths, wonder if it's a movie to go see with the kids.
The current Disney remake is a much more pleasant and sweetened version. It's a real action movie (live action, they tell him) with a familiar tone and the ingredient of Disney's spectacularity, although for some critics Tim Burton's version has lost the magic of the original.
In this version, humans are given greater prominence, which in the first almost go unnoticed, and here the plot focuses on the history of a family. We found a cast of renowned actors such as Colin Farrell, Danny DeVito, Michael Keaton and Eva Green.
He plot of the new movie, told briefly and without a spoiler, it is like this: After a few years, Holt Farrier (Colin Farrell) returns from the war to the circus in which he was the main star, but returns without an arm. In addition, his wife has died and is alone with his two children.
The owner of the circus, Max Medici (Danny DeVito), buys an elephant from which an adorable baby is born with disproportionate ears that, although at first provoke teasing from the public, discover that thanks to them he has the ability to fly, and ends up carrying To the circus to success.
In Babies and moreNew trailer of 'Dumbo', Tim Burton's remake that will make you fall in love with the flying elephant babyThe original film was much shorter, a third act is added to it, and everything is wrapped in a overproduction own of the Disney factory.
Quiet, no drunk elephants. Although there is a scene that evokes it, it is not explicit (I do not want to do spoiler). He doesn't lack that nostalgic touch characteristic of Disney, but your children will not be traumatized with this new version And surely you will have a good time with your family.
We leave the trailer for you to open your mouth:
