The Care Bears Movie (1985)

Colorful albeit syrupy story of a collection of sweet-as-punch bears who visit Earth via their 'Rainbow Rescue Beam' (Earth apparently needs to be 'rescued' from something) in order to deliver their feelings of love and friendship on unsuspecting humans.Movie purports itself to be about sharing and caring but there are undertones of satanism and witchcraft as a book spirit tries to get earthling children to reject the advances of the loving bear race. The best thing about this film may be the vast array of colors in the animation; the 'love and sharing' aspects become somewhat weary after the first half-hour.A Nelvana production.

The Care Bears movie is basically about teaching children to be compassionate; to use their words to talk about their problems instead of keeping it inside. It encourages children to be empathetic and kind when it comes to other people, that good can often triumph over bad if people work together, and that there is always room for a miracle.Personally, I grew up watching pretty much only the Care Bears, and I think it helped me a great deal. I have no interest in violent video games, movies or shows. They simply don't appeal to me. I am also a sensitive person by nature, and I attribute that to watching the Care Bears as a child. Their lessons had a deep imprint on me.I definitely think this movie should be seen by all people at least once. I admit, compared to today's degree of shows, the movie fails, but once you actually get into watching it, you don't even notice it anymore. Someday, when I have children, they will definitely be watching this movie!

The 80's were really the decade to live in! I have to admit, for someone my age, I honestly believe that the Care Bears movie is a very well-made movie. It came out the year I was born, and I'm reasonably sure that it is also the very first movie I ever saw in my entire life.Now, where should I begin? Ah, yes. It makes me enjoy the movie a lot more now that I know that some famous people were involved in it. The story is narrated by Mickey Rooney, someone with a very kid-friendly voice. There was also Cree Summer, who did voices in various different cartoon series', and of course, Billie Mae Richards (Rudolph). This is a great children's movie, and some adults can enjoy it too. I don't recommend this movie to the 7 to 18 range. It's pretty enjoyable, but it also has a lot of frightening parts. I was always scared to death of the dark spirit. To help lighten the mood, there are also some catchy songs in this movie as well, which are all done by famous pop artists such as Carol King and John Sebastian. Today, the only thing I really love about this movie is the finale song, "It's Great to Be in the Care Bear Family". For some odd reason, I'm such a sucker for all those "Kids of the Kingdom"-types of songs. This movie was followed by two sequels. The first of the three was really good and really dark and dramatic, the second one was just as good but seemed more like a comedy than a drama, and the third one was just plain weird. Right now, I just wish I could watch this movie again and see how much stuff I can remember from it. I'm sure it will bring back to me some very fond memories.

Ya see, when i was a kid, i sat down in front of the tv and care bears was what i would watch. I thought it taught kids a lot! Its a great movie for kids, obviously adults will think it is not as interesting as the kids and thats understandable. But when you like something as much as i liked it, it definitely becomez a classic in my heart! So if you want your children to enjoy a great movie, go get the care bears movie!