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Title: Tangled
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Parents, there nothing wrong with this movie, the PG rating is a joke. Recommended for all ages. |
If “The Princess and the Frog” was Disney’s foot into reclaiming their former glory than “Tangled” is them jumping head first into the leader of animation once again. THIS is what makes a good Disney movie: Strong lead characters, memorable songs, and villain you love to hate! Since these are ingredients that largely make for good movies in general you can see why this is a formula Disney likes to stick with when possible. Let’s look at what makes this movie work. For starters the characters are likable and fun. Rapunzel(who is clearly the star of this film, so I’m not sure who the marketing teams thinks their fooling) is one of those fairy tale characters that you grew up hearing about and whose story is as well known as the story in “A Charlie Brown Christmas.”
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She has a gift where her hair has healing powers when she sings. Her hair also makes people who are old younger, which is why years ago she was kidnaped by Mother Gothel and locked in a tower. It’s a smart plan really: Kidnap the girl, pretend you’re her mother, have her sing for you every couple of days...hey, it’s the ultimate Energizer battery. Up in the tower though Rapunzel sings of greater things while Mother Gothel sings about how cruel the world is...look, I said the movie was good; I didn’t say it was original. But when a thief named Flynn Rider enters her tower to hide from a bunch of guards and their dedicated horse Rapunzel has a deal for him: Take her to the festival for a day and she’ll tell him where she hid the valuable crown he stole. Right off the bat it’s refreshing to watch a kids movie that is about something.
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It’s also nice to see Disney returning to a full blown Broadway-style musical with new memorable songs by Alan Menkin. Though not every song is a classic, I have a funny suspicion the love duet “I See The Light” will become a favorite among Disney fans. Though not hand-drawn like their previous film, “Tangled” oddly enough feels like a hand drawn film at times. It resembles some of their classic fairy tale films so well you’d wish they hadn’t been wasting their time on “Home on the Range” or “Chicken Little.” I finally want to point out that both Rapunzel and Flynn make for compelling protagonists because they aren’t quite the cliched characters you’d expect from a movie like this.
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She’s naive and beautiful, yes, but she’s also determined and cautious. She won’t fall easy to Flynn’s good looks because - quite frankly - she has other things on her mind. Flynn is cocky and ignorant, but he does have a kind side and reason for being the way he is. When the two fall in love it feels like a gradual progression of their personalities and feelings for each other rather then a requirement of the script. Are there things about the film that are bad? Of course, there usually are. I admit I’m not too crazy about a band of thieves that are more annoying than funny, and her chameleon pet is cute but feels rather worthless in the overall scheme of things. Without these elements I have no doubt I would have handed this my highest grade.
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Right now my biggest concern is whether or not people will actually go to see this movie. It’s bad enough that Harry Potter is still fresh in theaters, but I fear a stupid title change and horrible theatrical trailers could have potentially killed this film right off the bat. If you watched the ad’s you’d think this was a goofy romp about a thief and a girl with mutated hair that can force enemies to hit themselves (so wish I was making that up). If no one goes to see this it won’t be because it’s a poor quality film. While this concerns me I also admit that there’s part of me that believes strong word-of-mouth will keep this film in theaters. This movie has the kind of magic and entertainment that encourages strong recommendation, and it’s this quality that will give it a life that no amount of marketing dollars can buy.
Note: Growing up there was some debate over who would be the one teeny bopper singer to have a lasting career? Would it be Brittany Spears, Christina Augulara, or Mandy Moore. Well, Many Moore voices Rapunzel and sings a couple of the songs that will like become favorites in the Disney cannon. So really, who do you think won that battle in the long run?
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