[geeman]

Originally posted by WVWISEGUY
We had the chance to meet one of the animators last week at MGM on the animation tour that worked on Brother Bear. My 2 sons are excited about it because they got to see some of the drawings and models that they have on display from the movie.

That will definitely add to the enjoyment. I once took a "White Glove" tour through the Animation department at MGM. I was there while they were putting on the finishing touches to Hercules- and from the clips and sketches I saw, it looked like it was going to be SO much better than it actually turned out. What was neat about that tour was that we also got to see a lot of Pocahontas drawings still up on the wall, and then got to paint our own Mickey cell. That was great fun.

I think your kids will definitely love the movie because of that special connection. That's one of the cool things about MGM's animation studio. I remember visiting when they were previewing sketches from what was then called, "King of the Jungle"- a movie about African wildlife that was mildly modeled on MacBeth, we were told.

Of course it turned out to be The Lion King. That was neat to see items from it during it's early incarnations.