Given that there's been so much drama in the
Tangled threads on this forum ever since
Rapunzel: Unbraided (a story that was an even further cry from what the actual fairy tale is) was first announced, I'm sure Luke was plenty aware that the Rapunzel story, not the
Tangled story, was what was in development in the 1940s.
I personally didn't see Luke directly connect "Disney Princess Line =
Tangled", as to me, it seems that Luke uses the Disney Princess line as one of the main reasons as to why
Tangled was produced at all. He's not shoehorning it into the genre. He simply is stating that due to the success of the Princess line, that Disney saw it fit to create three movies with Princesses in them:
Enchanted,
The Princess and the Frog, and
Tangled. As far as I know, they're all a part of Disney. After all, they all feature the backwards 6 somewhere on their movie.
If there is any retro-active assignment of the "princess genre" to certain films, it's done by some (not all) of the fans, not by Disney. And even if Disney started officially labeling certain movies as princess movies, it doesn't mean the fans have to comply. e.g. I still don't consider
Dinosaur part of the WDFA canon (not that "canon" matters anyway), even if Disney does.
I also think that Luke did a great job at sharing his thoughts on the film without having to directly say, "I liked the film, and here's why." It's nice that he took aspects of the film and let them speak for themselves, as evident below:
Tangled turned out quite all right.
There are a lot of jokes here and none that land with a thud, but Flynn's disaffected suaveness is never quite as entertaining as the film believes.
The story of explorative thirst defeating parental shelter in the form of disobedience also resonates similarly, although with less neatly classifiable personalities.
Maybe the best thing about Tangled is that it seems to re-establish a sense of identity to Disney Feature Animation.
Tangled offers a winning blend of timeless Disney tradition and the spirit to try new things.
With that said, it's unfortunate that the industry came up one film short to entail a 5-nominee Animated Feature category this year. Tangled was every bit as deserving of recognition as DreamWorks' How to Train Your Dragon.
I really liked how he draws attention to one moment, as well as how all the individual moments work best as a whole:
The remaining puzzle pieces -- romance, revelation, and adventure -- are skillfully executed. Helping matters significantly are a few crucial humanizing touches, such as when the film allows Rapunzel a moment to cherish the feeling of her feet touching the earth. No individual element stands out as truly excellent, but the combination of all the parts adds up to one of the most satisfying experiences from Disney's feature animation department in this young century.
All in all, I read a lot of magic, love, and Disney in the review.
Anyway, to keep this post from being entirely
Tangled-Exclusive, I also read the reviews for The Fernando Di Leo Crime Collection,
Yogi Bear,
Morning Glory (actually a revisit of the review, I was watching
The Notebook earlier today and realized I still hadn't seen
Morning Glory), and
Hereafter. Excellent as usual, so pink elephants are necessary for all eight films (since the Di Leo collection is four films):
Looking forward to the
Made in Dagenham review. I always caught commercials for it during "Jeopardy!" some months ago, and knew it'd be a movie I'd want to at least rent or blindbuy. Also can't wait for
The Ten Commandments. Not just for Luke's review, but for the opportunity to actually hold in my hands the giant behemoth of a box set on Tuesday when I pick it up at MovieStop.

I'm so glad "Glee" is a rerun this week. I'm gonna be monopolizing the television that night with the Blu-Ray.
albert
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