Originally Posted By AutoPost This topic is for Discussion of: <a href="http://www.LaughingPlace.com/News-ID513350.asp" target="_blank"><b>LP Column: 11/29/10 Toon Talk: Tangled</b></a> Kirby reviews the Disney's 50th animated feature, the hit film <i>Tangled</i>.
Originally Posted By bhb007 On the money, Kirby. PatF really played with the princess formula, Newman's songs absolutely trounced the stuff from Tangled, the New Orleans of the mind was gorgeous, there was a little Color Purple subtext, and Dr. Facilier was pure win. I liked Tangled a bit more than you did, but it was like a greatest hits album focus grouped for maximum profitability.
Originally Posted By bhb007 Sorry- forgot to add that I am GLAD it is going to be a hit... the world is better when there's a successful Disney Feature Animation operation...
Originally Posted By Evening Star I did like Tangled, but I agree for the most part with this review. One of the biggest letdowns was a story decision wherein Flynn gave a huge spoiler in the opening narration. It took away from the later impact of that circumstance. For the music I loved "Mother Knows Best" and the reprise of that song. When I left the theater I couldn't remember how any of the other songs went. The lantern segment and the climax were the best parts of the movie. Also, the romantic bickering... I could do without that in the next Disney movie. In Beauty and the Beast it was required. In Princess and the Frog it was a major plot point. In Tangled it was just kind of there to give Flynn something to do in some scenes.
Originally Posted By mawnck >>One of the biggest letdowns was a story decision wherein Flynn gave a huge spoiler in the opening narration. It took away from the later impact of that circumstance.<< >>One of the biggest letdowns was a story decision wherein Flynn gave a huge spoiler in the opening narration. It took away from the later impact of that circumstance.<< I thought the same thing when I first heard it, but after pondering a bit, I realized that it was a deliberate and wise decision. That's a pretty traumatic scene for a Disney movie. By letting you know right from the top that it's coming, they keep little Cindy Lou Sixpack from getting too traumatized when it happens, or more to the point, keep her parents Joe and Agnes from having a cow when Cindy Lou sees the, uh, stuff.
Originally Posted By Evening Star True, though the same thing happened in Beauty and the Beast without the spoiler. It just ruined the impact of that scene for me. I saw it in a theater relatively free of children though. So I'm not sure how that scene played out with them.
Originally Posted By plpeters70 >>One of the biggest letdowns was a story decision wherein Flynn gave a huge spoiler in the opening narration. It took away from the later impact of that circumstance.<< While I loved the movie, I actually didn't like the opening/closing narration at all, and felt those scenes would have been much better without it. Or, I guess I should say, would have been better without Flynn narrating? While there is humor throughout the movie, I think the opening should have been handled a little more seriously - having Flynn talk flippantly about "the old woman" just didn't work for me.
Originally Posted By Evening Star Ah, I had forgotten about the ending narration. I understand that Flynn is supposed to be funny and flippant, but his ending narration was a little too irreverent for the closing of the tale.
