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- First reviewDecember 27, 2009
- Last reviewDecember 10, 2010
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Saccharine Takes a Holiday
PostedDecember 10, 2010
twisterjester
from Tempe, AZ
Once upon a time good, clean fun didn't mean making a choice between bland and boring. This film reminded me of what that world was like. Funny without resorting the profane, sweet without risk of cavities, it offers a heroine with brains and dreams, a very mortal male protagonist who easily holds his own in the realm of princesses and magic, and a horse who - without speech - manages to nonetheless convey the most emotional "kick" of them all. Disney got this one right in ways I didn't expect. At times you find yourself wanting the villain to convert to the light side. If these are cardboard cutouts, they're cardboard painted on both sides. Well done!
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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Disney Gets It Right
PostedDecember 27, 2009
twisterjester
from Tempe, AZ
It's tough being the quintessential Ivory Tower. For decades, Walt Disney and his successors built their fortunes on fantasy. The latest entry, The Princess and the Frog, throws in a few luscious twists on the yellow brick road to hoppily-ever-after.
The animation and the music were sheer delights. Perhaps more amazing, though, were characters that had... well, character. The prince was finally more than a prop; and the princess was a girl with an attitude, one who wasn't waiting on a Prince to make her dreams come true. I'm only sorry it took the Disney group so long to discover that beauty comes in all colors.
The animation and the music were sheer delights. Perhaps more amazing, though, were characters that had... well, character. The prince was finally more than a prop; and the princess was a girl with an attitude, one who wasn't waiting on a Prince to make her dreams come true. I'm only sorry it took the Disney group so long to discover that beauty comes in all colors.
Yes, I recommend this movie.
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