Ah, something to look forward too, then.
And Genie, yeah, he's kinda' like the Merlin of Aladdin (I think so at least), so he gets to know that stuff.
Ah, something to look forward too, then.
And Genie, yeah, he's kinda' like the Merlin of Aladdin (I think so at least), so he gets to know that stuff.
@Cuddles:
And Genie, yeah, he's kinda' like the Merlin of Aladdin (I think so at least), so he gets to know that stuff.
Well not to mention he was voiced by Robin Williams, so it was kinda inevitable.
A lot of Genie's jokes are still funny though, and not all rely on pop-culture. I still crack up when he turns into a bee and tries to "help" Aladdin.
Shrek I give a pass in terms of pop-culture reference because it's clearly a satire of all things Disney and fairy tales. The other Dreamworks pictures don't get that pass, sadly.
i hate movies that end in fucking dance parties
Hey guys, Chester A Bum is doing a review on Princess and The Frog :D
Warning Spoilers
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/14705-ep035
Hey guys, Chester A Bum is doing a review on Princess and The Frog :D
Warning Spoilers
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/14705-ep035
I think this might be the first time I won't watch a Bum review before watching the movie.
Hey guys, Chester A Bum is doing a review on Princess and The Frog :D
Warning Spoilers
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thatguywiththeglasses/bum-reviews/14705-ep035
LOL.
"Big-Lipped Trumpet Playing Alligator Moment!"
"Let's see if we can find Alan Menken in this forest! PLEEEASE FIND ALAN MENKEN!!!"
But yeah:
! Guess he had a hard time with Ray's death. I can see why, but it was still a touching death.
Ha ha, yeah that was a great review. And yes, I agree about Alan Menken, I really wish he had done the music for this movie. However, according to Wikipedia, he's supposedly going to be doing the music for Snow Queen. Let's just hope it's true. Also, the Nostalgia Chick did a tribute/analysis review of the Disney Princess franchise.
http://thatguywiththeglasses.com/videolinks/thedudette/nostalgia-chick/14707-ep021
Oh, and Princess and the Frog for Kingdom Hearts!
Oh hells yeah! PatF is like tailor-made for Kingdom Hearts, can't you just see Facilier leading a horde of Heartless?
We'll have to wait for KH4 though, since KH3 is already in production. But hey, we get Sleeping Beauty world this time! (Aurora was always the classiest of the Disney Princesses, imho)
I too wish Alan Menken had done the music. Randy Newman did a good job with the whole jazz theme, but in the end, it's all rather forgettable. Actually, the two songs that stuck with me the most are Ray's songs, "Gonna Take You There" and "Ma Belle Evangeline." But if Hercules taught us anything, Menken could have done a great job with this. Oh well, c'est la vie.
But WOOT for Menken and Snow Queen! If they do go Russian, I'd love to see how Menken scores it.
Oh hells yeah! PatF is like tailor-made for Kingdom Hearts, can't you just see Facilier leading a horde of Heartless?
We'll have to wait for KH4 though, since KH3 is already in production. But hey, we get Sleeping Beauty world this time! (Aurora was always the classiest of the Disney Princesses, imho)
Totally agree But really? Kingdom Hearts 3 is gonna have Sleeping Beauty? Do you have a source?
I too wish Alan Menken had done the music. Randy Newman did a good job with the whole jazz theme, but in the end, it's all rather forgettable. Actually, the two songs that stuck with me the most are Ray's songs, "Gonna Take You There" and "Ma Belle Evangeline." But if Hercules taught us anything, Menken could have done a great job with this. Oh well, c'est la vie.
But WOOT for Menken and Snow Queen! If they do go Russian, I'd love to see how Menken scores it.
"Friends on the Other Side" and "When We're Human" were my favorites (though I did also like "Dig a Little Deeper"). But yeah, while Randy Newman has done some good songs (his contributions have been invaluable to Pixar) I just don't think he's quite as good as Menken. Unfortunatley, I don't think any of the songs from Princess and the Frog will be remembered for years to come.
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They've got SJ scans. I must say. Aurora looks pretty good in CGI.
Newman is good, but I don't think he's really suited for a full-blown DISNEY film, he's better suited to quirkier projects ala Pixar. Menken has a better sense of fairy tale tunes and knows how to make it whimsical or epic depending on the scene.
Actually if any of these songs are "memorable" I'd say that "Down in New Orleans" has the best chance, but again, I think it's how Anika Noni Rose sang it at the end. It was just a fantastic performance.
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They've got SJ scans. I must say. Aurora looks pretty good in CGI.
Well, that's not really Kingdom Hearts 3, that's Birth By Sleep, which is a side story in the Kingdom Hearts canon.
Newman is good, but I don't think he's really suited for a full-blown DISNEY film, he's better suited to quirkier projects ala Pixar. Menken has a better sense of fairy tale tunes and knows how to make it whimsical or epic depending on the scene.
Agreed.
Actually if any of these songs are "memorable" I'd say that "Down in New Orleans" has the best chance, but again, I think it's how Anika Noni Rose sang it at the end. It was just a fantastic performance.
Well yeah. "Down in New Orleans" was supposed to be the "defining" song of the movie. Personally, it didn't do much for me. I mean, it was good, but it didn't blow me away.
I have been waiting for this movie since the moment it was announced and it has lived up to all the hype! Definitely the first WDFA production since Lilo and Stitch and Tarzan before that, IMO, to fully live up to the Disney name.
! Pretty much feel the same about Facilier being an epic villain, and though they didn't develop it as much as I'd have liked he did have pretty interesting motivations. Naveen was great, and Tiana was surprisingly not bland. She was confident and sure of herself, but even with that she had flaws. Great well rounded character. Charlotte stole the movie for me though, she was just genius.
! Animation was top notch, and the music was very catchy and fun. Of course Friends on the Other Side was epic, and Going Down the Bayou was awesome, but I also found myself realllly enjoying Almost There and especially the reprise on the balcony (though I'm a sucker for a good reprise, ala "Belle reprise" or "Part of Your World reprise" or "If I Never Knew You reprise" etc some of my faves)
Spoiler-tagged that for you, gogoedward. It wasn't overly spoilerly, but let's be safe, yes?
Might as well give my take on it, now that I've watched it.
In short:
Give around a 4 out of 5, but wouldn't see it again.
Facilier is pretty cool.
Agree with taboo in that they should've taken a few chances (had quite a few cliche's).
Animation was Grade A.
Long winded, how I felt about it (if ya' care to read):
! first ten minutes of the movie
Cuddles: Her dad is dead already? Mickey really is a cruel employer.
Facilier's shadow grabs the coin he just earned and compares it to the giant tip the boy just got
C: Am I crazy, or did that just count as dialogue?
Tiana is shown to be a working, independent woman
C: Oh gee, I wonder what she's missing from her life?
Friend's on the Other Side plays
C: The song was nice and the colors were pretty, but that's it?
Facilier reads the Tarot
C: He is an evil cad–he just gave away the ending. (Dohohohoho!) Also, is being a lackey for a voodoo shaman really all that better than being a prince's lackey?
Tiana and Naveen escape the mansion
C: Ooh, Stella talks now. Can't wait to see what he has to say about his master later in the movie.
The frog hunters
C: If there is a god, it'll give the silent one his own miniseries.
Tiana sees 'Naveen' about to marry Charlotte and mopes
C: Oh come on! I know movies need a low point to make way for the third act, but couldn't that have been handled just a little bit better?
Facilier uses the pink dust on Tiana
C: You're striking a deal with her? Isn't this supposed to be the part where, you know, shrink her head? Voodoo sucks; I'm worshipping Cthulhu.
After a cheesy comeback line, Tiana smashes the pendant
C: Alright! This is the part where he turns into a monster, isn't it.
Facilier gets dragged off
C: Wow, for a death scene, this is pretty epic. Too bad it's wasted on a guy who's first and foremost power was conning (is being a voodoo demon's lackey really all that better than being broke?)
Ray dies
C: Of course he had to die; if we let him live long enough, he could start doubting Evangaline again, and thus not become a star himself. (Depressing, when one is better off dead).
Credits roll
C: Disney movies aren't made for cynics, are they now?
EDIT: Gah! I just have to add more about Falicier (long winded again)
! Okay, I know he's supposed to be a cool and epic villain, but how am I supposed to feel that way when he was the most inactive Disney villain I ever saw?
Now by active, I mean getting involved with the story–I don't actually mean he should go out and do battle. From the beginning, he is obviously the scheming type. So was Scar, and his magical predecessors Ursula and Jafar. And yet despite the fact that they relied much more on cunning than brute force (especially in Scar's case), they were always locomotive: Ursula always had a network to keep an eye on Ariel, Scar would never back down from anything getting in the way of his ambitions (even if he had to play the sneak doing so) and Jafar, before becoming the world's most powerful sorceror, always seemed to have more than enough room to manipulate the king (and possibly even the guards, as they threw Aladdin in a cell at his request). But Falicier...I get that I may be asking for too much (unreasonably so), but what kind of villain begs for help from his Friends instead of trying something else first? One thing he and Jafar seem to have in common is that they both have a hovel where they keep magical materials around. I get that he's supposed to be cowardly and conniving and not above asking his Friends for help, but when that happened, all that Voodoo power that built up around him just seemed so...underwhelming.
And for a schemer, he made a pretty unbelievable mistake: he trusted the toad who held the main ingredient to his pendant to a petty fat man. Twice. If he had kept the frog around himself and Naveen escaped somehow anyway, I would've been fine with that, because at least he wouldn't have looked so negligent. I dunno, maybe if he actually kept him around, the movie would've ended in his favor the moment we reached the wedding scene.
Ugh, I don't know if I'm typing a critique or having a text conniption. Falicier is cool, but there was just so much missing.
On a side note (for clarity's sake), when Falicier refers to his debt, it's obviously about the pendant. Did he always have it, or did he recieve it during Naveen's transformation into a frog? If it's the latter, then his talk of debt would be a lot more clearer. I'm fine with opaqueness, though.
@Cuddles:
Agree with taboo in that they should've taken a few chances (had quite a few cliche's).
I heard there was a villain in Up.
;-;
I heard there was a villain in Up.
;-;
Is that a dig against me, or the villain himself?
He just has this crazy idea that having villains in a movie cheapens the story.
Hades was one of the most inactive villains in Disney movies, and he's probably my favorite.
Spill.com movie review (beware slight spoilers!):
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I was ROFL at the end.
He just has this crazy idea that having villains in a movie cheapens the story.
Would you add A1 sauce to the best steak of your life?
Would you add A1 sauce to the best steak of your life?
Would you read a Malintex Terek post in a good thread??????
Would you add A1 sauce to the best steak of your life?
Terrible analogy. That's like if you don't like lettuce, and you say to someone, "would you add lettuce to the best salad of your life?"
Honestly, if you don't like villains, you should probably never go near something with Disney on it.
Like if you're a vegetarian, don't go to a steakhouse.
Hades was one of the most inactive villains in Disney movies, and he's probably my favorite.
! You have a point there. Maybe it's just the semi-groveling part that got to me. While Hades depended on the Titans for his plans to work, he knew that he could count on them attacking Olympus once he freed them instead of having to bribe them. There's also the fact that when he cut a deal with Hercules to save Meg's life in exchange for giving up his strength, it pretty much showcased that blackmail works better than offering soul candy to a strong hearted person, especially when he already has a bad reputation. Maybe what it all comes down to is that I'm just one of the few people who just doesn't like him. And considering how everyone seems to have a soft spot for their particularly favorite Disney character/movie/song, there's bound to be things that also just rub you the wrong way.
…I've gotta' make my posts shorter than this.
Hello Guys!
The Frog Princess was going to be the first cel-animated movie from Disney.In this movie the character of Maddy is very good which i like most , who would become the first African-American Disney princess.
Uhm… Tiana's the African American princess :I
i just had a fun time undeleting catmandoodoo's posts!!!
Put them back on display for the world to see how pathetic they were :D
Hello Guys!
The Frog Princess was going to be the first cel-animated movie from Disney.In this movie the character of Maddy is very good which i like most , who would become the first African-American Disney princess.
Did you just travel from the past, or?
Er….the first cel-animated movie was Snow White....
Her name was going to be Maddy by they changed it to Tiana because people though it sounded too much like a stereotypical slave name.
Oh, btw, in the spill review, they said they always pair women of different ethnicities with a white guy, but that's not true in either Aladdin or Mulan.
^Good point. The only examples they showed were Pocahantes with John Smith (which they don't end up together), and Esmerelda with Febus (which….what ethnicity is she? It better not be hispanic. I'm hispanic, and I swear, if they used Demi Moore for a hispanic character....)
Esmerelda is a gypsy, which is a minority pretty much wherever you go. But no, she's not Hispanic.
I'm pretty sure the Spill guys knew that about Aladdin and Mulan, they just wanted to make the joke at the end.
Esmerelda is a gypsy, which is a minority pretty much wherever you go. But no, she's not Hispanic.
Good to hear.
I didn't really care. I just hate Demi Moore. I don't know why. I just really do.
I absolutely love Esmerelda though.
Good to hear.
I didn't really care. I just hate Demi Moore. I don't know why. I just really do.
I absolutely love Esmerelda though.
How can you love Esmerelda and not know that she's a gypsy? ^_^;
How can you love Esmerelda and not know that she's a gypsy? ^_^;
I knew she was a gypsy, but I didn't know gypsy actually delt with race.
Forgive my ignorance.
damn, you guys are so confident. I don't have the balls to see it despite how much I want to, I have to wait for the DVD :(
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go see it you big wenis
I really don't know what I can add with a review of the film at this point so I'm not going to bother beyond saying that this film is pretty much the perfect way to cap off what may well have been the greatest year for theatrical animation ever.
I've been trying to see this freaking movie, but EVERYTHING keeps getting in the way.
Family drama and horrible weather has kept me home. :getlost: It's going to happen before Christmas or there will be murder.
I wasn't able to go to the movies today due to Snow but i will try seeing the movie tomorrow or Wednesday
I really don't know what I can add with a review of the film at this point so I'm not going to bother beyond saying that this film is pretty much the perfect way to cap off what may well have been the greatest year for theatrical animation ever.
I'm trying to think of more that came out but I only know Ponyo and Princess & the Frog. What else was there?
Up, Coraline…...
Up, Coraline…...
Oh, CGI is counted. That makes sense. I can't think of a single completely CG or claymation movie I enjoyed, though. They are popular though, so I get what you mean.
fantastic mr fox you clods
While I can't say anything about the story itself, and have been told that it's a very good movie, the animation itself bugs the FUCK out of me.
What the hell is wrong with the animation? It's gorgeous!
Oh wait, you mean Fantastic Mr. Fox? It's one's of it's endearing points, animation that's just a bit jerky.
I haven't seen Mr. Fox, but I agree that the animation does kind of bug me. Usually, claymation doesn't (I enjoyed Nightmare Before Christmas and Coraline) but Mr. Fox has this strange look to it where, while it looks like the characters are alive and moving, it looks as though they shouldn't. I dunno, maybe I'm just a subconscious furry-hater XD
I think one of the qualities of Mr. Fox was to replicate that old 70's stop motion style. It felt like I was watching an older film.
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So you did end up getting to work on it? Nice. I, of course, did see it in the theatre but I have to say that (unless it's IMAX or 3D) watching it at home on Blu-Ray with my HD Projector is much nicer than the movie theatre. I can adjust the sound to whatever I want, the film doesn't shake or skip, no annoying theatre-goers (there where only 6 people in the whole theatre but the 2 guys in front of me nit-picked every little detail), and I can pause .
I do feel, however, that it is VERY important to see this film so that Disney will continue to pursue more 2D films and to lay off the 3D films output for awhile. If this movie doesn't continue to make more money, we are going to be in some serious trouble.
According to Wikipedia, the budget for the film was 105 Mil. while it has only made 35 mil. so far. Compare this to Up (165mil budget and 685mil gross revenue) and you can see what will be decided when it comes to 2d movies. Of course, the movie has not been out long, but Up did make double what TPaTF made on its opening weekend. I think that they probably have until after Christmas before the numbers won't budge anymore (since people may see that movie on Christmas as a lot of people go to the movies then).
@Syan:
I'm trying to think of more that came out but I only know Ponyo and Princess & the Frog. What else was there?
Cloudy with a chance of meatballs? Does A Christmas Carol count?
Turtles Forever counts too BTW.
I watched this movie. I loved it. Definitely one of Disney's best in years. :)
Now, I'm not saying that all of these are classic films (though Fantastic Mr. Fox certainly is and, for me, is probably the best animated film released this year), but the following animated films were released in 2009:
Coraline
Monsters vs. Aliens
Up
Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs
9
Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs
Astro Boy
A Christmas Carol
Planet 51
The Fantastic Mr. Fox
The Princess and the Frog
I feel like I'm forgetting something even now, but I can't think as to what it was. Anyway, again, not all of those are classic (or even good), but a pretty hefty percentage of them are. Animation has also maintained a presence at the box office this year in a way that I haven't seen for a long time.
Of the current top ten films at the box office for the year, three are animated (Up, Monsters vs. Aliens, and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs) with A Christmas Carol having a reasonable shot at the top fifteen or higher. Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs sits at 21. So business for animation is good. Coraline comes in at 37th, but that's still pretty impressive seeing as how it lost something like two-thirds of its 3D theaters to the Jonas Brothers film that bombed hideously as well as a large number of its regular theaters as well less than a month after it opened.