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rainwaterspark) wrote2011-01-12 01:47 pm
rainwaterspark) wrote2011-01-12 01:47 pm
Tangled
I realized I never did write up a review for this movie.
I liked Tangled. I liked the humor, and, as always with Disney movies, the plotting was sound. But compared to other Disney films, Tangled felt a little lacking.
I may have been deceived by the trailers, but I thought the film would be mostly from Flynn's point of view. It wasn't. I think it would have been much more intriguing and fresher if it had cut straight from the stolen baby princess prologue to Flynn's heist, instead of all that exposition about Rapunzel being shut up in a tower and stuff. Yes, it does explain what her life is like and why she's so desperate to get out (and also how weird her "mom" is), but it also felt a little cliché and lackluster. It also sucked a lot of possible dramatic mystery out of the story by telling the audience "here's the princess 18 years from now!" rather than dropping hints, even if they were kind of obvious.
By far the best scene was the lantern scene. A lot of other things, though, were a little "eehh." Especially the borderline deus ex machina part when Rapunzel suddenly "remembers" that she's the princess. Huh? I don't know about you, but I don't remember squat from when I was a newborn. And the part when Rapunzel's "mom" (still can't remember her name) dies is a little anticlimactic.
I also thought the romance was not quite as deep as, say, that of The Princess and the Frog. Whereas The Princess and the Frog had Naveen and Tiana learning from each other and becoming better people themselves from the relationship, Flynn and Rapunzel had the stock "we're together on an adventure, so therefore we should fall in love!" kind of thing going on. I also thought Flynn's characterization was a little glossed over--his dream, in particular, is mentioned a few times and then falls by the wayside.
So, yeah. Bottom line: It's entertaining, it's touching at moments, but it's nothing particularly new or meaningful. It's a good movie in general, but not the best Disney movie out there by far.
I liked Tangled. I liked the humor, and, as always with Disney movies, the plotting was sound. But compared to other Disney films, Tangled felt a little lacking.
I may have been deceived by the trailers, but I thought the film would be mostly from Flynn's point of view. It wasn't. I think it would have been much more intriguing and fresher if it had cut straight from the stolen baby princess prologue to Flynn's heist, instead of all that exposition about Rapunzel being shut up in a tower and stuff. Yes, it does explain what her life is like and why she's so desperate to get out (and also how weird her "mom" is), but it also felt a little cliché and lackluster. It also sucked a lot of possible dramatic mystery out of the story by telling the audience "here's the princess 18 years from now!" rather than dropping hints, even if they were kind of obvious.
By far the best scene was the lantern scene. A lot of other things, though, were a little "eehh." Especially the borderline deus ex machina part when Rapunzel suddenly "remembers" that she's the princess. Huh? I don't know about you, but I don't remember squat from when I was a newborn. And the part when Rapunzel's "mom" (still can't remember her name) dies is a little anticlimactic.
I also thought the romance was not quite as deep as, say, that of The Princess and the Frog. Whereas The Princess and the Frog had Naveen and Tiana learning from each other and becoming better people themselves from the relationship, Flynn and Rapunzel had the stock "we're together on an adventure, so therefore we should fall in love!" kind of thing going on. I also thought Flynn's characterization was a little glossed over--his dream, in particular, is mentioned a few times and then falls by the wayside.
So, yeah. Bottom line: It's entertaining, it's touching at moments, but it's nothing particularly new or meaningful. It's a good movie in general, but not the best Disney movie out there by far.