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Post by WednesdayFriday on Nov 26, 2009 23:34:08 GMT
I don't know how many others here, besides Juno and I, are into Disney, but I figured it's probably safe to assume we're all fans of traditional animation at least. So I thought I'd post about this. So, like I mentioned in the Thanksgiving post, I've been in LA for the past few days because last night I got to see The Princess and the Frog at the Disney Studios in Burbank. The experience was sort of surreal, but amazing. I loved the movie. It's very much in the same spirit as the likes of The Little Mermaid and Aladdin. The animation was absolutely beautiful. The storyline seemed a little rushed -- like maybe they wanted it to be longer than they were allowed. I think it easily could have stood another half an hour, but animated films are seldom allowed to be much over an hour and a half it seems. There are a few things in it that actually really surprised me, too. I especially loved the characters, I think. I was a little worried Tiana might come across as overly-preachy, but she really wasn't. Prince Naveen I'm pretty sure I need to steal from her and marry myself. Definitely crushing on him. Dr. Facilier, the villain, is AWESOME. And the side-kicks, Ray and Louis, are both well done. Funny without being annoying. After the movie was over, there was an event, that mainly involved meeting Tiana and the other princesses. Kind of meh, but I had fun joking around with her and Jasmine. I invited Jasmine and myself to Tiana's Thanksgiving feast. XD They gave us a tour of the studio, too, which is a dream come true if you're into animation history. The biggest part of the night for me, however, was meeting John Musker, one of the directors! My friend and I actually got to walk out of the event and to our cars with him. I told him how I love Song of the South, and asked if it had had any impact on the movie. He told me they really love that movie (yay!), but there was no direct impact on it. We talked about how we both love Tiana as a character, and the setting of the movie, lol. He also signed my lithograph of the movie they gave out at the event. He was really nice; it was an honor to talk to him. So that was the night. Sorry for the novel... Anyways, if you're a fan of traditional animation, see this movie! I can't wait for it come out to all theaters on the 11. P.S. I also introduced the friend I was staying with/saw it with to Duckula. Mwahahahahaha!
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Post by Stacey W. on Nov 27, 2009 23:37:02 GMT
Even though I read your twitter about it, it sounds like you had a really smashing time m'dear! So uh, the movie comes out in the states on the 11th December right? Knowing us we'll prolly get it much later because movie distribution in the UK sucks, we had to wait for about 3 months for Up.
My gosh I haven't seen any Disney film in the cinema in like ages! In fact the last movie I saw was the Simpsons movie 2 years ago, let alone Disney ones. Thankfully I have my job so when it comes out I may think about treating myself to seeing it, or if my sister are interested [younger one loves Disney enough to have bought s-loads of Disney DVDs for both her and her boyfriend this Christmas!!] I could drag them along.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 2, 2009 17:26:53 GMT
I've heard about this movie a couple of times; and saw some fan art of it on deviantART.
Damn, I've never been this eager to watch a Disney for quite awhile already. Can't wait for it to arrive in cinemas soon.
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Post by WednesdayFriday on Dec 4, 2009 4:22:39 GMT
I think I've read that it comes in in the UK in February. Not TOO bad of a wait. You guys should definitely go see it! It's pretty funny in parts. I'm dying for more people to see it, so I can actually talk to people about it, lol.
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Post by WilloughbyStain on Dec 10, 2009 10:05:10 GMT
I suppose I'm a moderate Disney fan. My mom is/was a huge fan, and even worked as a secretary in their London office in the late 70s. As a result I was brought up on some Disney stuff, apparently I wore an old Video2000 copy of Dumbo into the ground when I was about 3. I also loved a lot of the Disney films that came out during my first ten years, especially Aladdin. I started loosing interest when Pocahontas (very poor IMO) came out, although I thought Hunchback was great and Hercules was pretty good. Eerily I have the same birthday as Walt Disney and my first word (a la Bambi) was "bird". It's like my mom had me conditioned in the womb or something These days I'm mostly a fan of the old cartoon shorts, especially Goofy, and don't watch Disney films very often. But I am anticipating The Princess and the Frog because it could be the start of a hand-drawn animation revival.
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Post by calisotalatina on Dec 14, 2009 4:55:36 GMT
i watched it, was pretty good,almost as good as the 90s movies ;D
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Post by Juno on Dec 14, 2009 15:54:20 GMT
I saw it last night <3 It was so epic! Man, there's seriously like nothing that I didn't love about that movie. I also saw on your Twitter, Wednesday, that Disney has more hand drawn films coming. YES x) Because I'm a bit shameless : alu87.deviantart.com/art/Tiana-Facilier-Doodle-146741297I look forward to doing more 8)
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Post by Nightwish on Dec 15, 2009 14:17:29 GMT
It's good that Disney are investing in using more hand-drawn animation for the films- it'll be like old times almost
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Post by Shychick on Dec 16, 2009 21:24:12 GMT
WednesdayFriday, that must have been an AMAZING experience!!! Especially talking with the film's directors/producers/whatever (can't remember what those guys were, but I thought they did an awesome job with this film)! What kinds of questions and comments were brought up? And did they say anything about upcoming 2-D animated films? ('Snow Queen', I believe, is next- slotted for a 2013 release.) See my review here: shychick.deviantart.com/journal/
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Post by WednesdayFriday on Dec 18, 2009 20:57:39 GMT
Shychick, I agree 1000% with everything you wrote in your review! Although I do have to admit a "signature song" would have been cool, BUT... I agree that the soundtrack was still amazing, and don't understand the hate. I've had the songs stuck in my head for nearly a month now, lol! To answer your question, the audience as a whole didn't get a Q&A session with them. They mainly just told us what cameos to look out for (for example, a woman is shaking out the magic carpet from Aladdin in the pan of the city during the 'Down in New Orleans' number). Jon and I also spoke about how we love the Southern setting the movie had, and what a great character Tiana is. Nothing more than that, unfortunately. WilloughbyStain - That's cool about your mom! What, exactly, did they do at that office?
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Post by WilloughbyStain on Dec 20, 2009 17:27:26 GMT
WilloughbyStain - That's cool about your mom! What, exactly, did they do at that office? I think they mostly helped organise the release, distribution etc. of Disney films in the UK. I know my mom got to go to the premiere of The Black Hole and she still has a load of stuff she got from that night (programme, bottle-opener, soundtrack album etc.)
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Post by WilloughbyStain on Feb 3, 2010 10:31:58 GMT
This has been nominated for three Academy Awards; two for Best Song and one for Best Animated Feature. Good news for hand drawn animation after the lackluster performance of Princess at the US Box Office. It's pretty obvious Up will win BAF but it's still good news. Interestingly of the five BAF nominees, only one is a fully CG animated film.
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Post by Stacey W. on Feb 14, 2010 21:04:04 GMT
Willoughby try not to double post please.
For Valentine's day my boyfriend Aaron treated me to seeing the movie and though I thought the songs were a little weak [and by weak I mean, not wanting to dig through torrent sites for the soundtrack], we both agreed that it was a pretty good movie overall - a very nice comeback for Disney indeed and I bloody hope they keep making 2D movies like that forever.
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Post by WednesdayFriday on Feb 15, 2010 6:51:24 GMT
I saw that it was nominated! Unfortunately, though, and as much as it pains me to see it... I don't think it'll win, either. Oh well. Stacey - Awesome! You might find the songs grow on you, though. They definitely did me. I actually felt the same way about them at first. But I'm glad you finally got a chance to see it.
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Post by Shychick on Feb 22, 2010 0:01:07 GMT
*Compared* to the Disney songs of the 90s, yes, they are a little weak. That's almost everybody's biggest gripe with this film- the fact that they got Randy Newman to do the score and lyrics. But like I said in my review, given the location and era of the film, I think he was a perfect choice. People are just too spoiled on Alan Menkin! ;p
Having kept that in mind, the songs delievered for me. In fact, they (and the movie itself) was even better the second time I saw it (in the dollar theater, a few nights ago).
I really wish the film had done a lot better, financially, in the US. But it seems to be fantastic everywhere else, especially in Britian. Unfortunately, there were SEVERAL contributing factors that hurt the film's sucess:
- The former generation (us) constantly comparing it to the classic gems of the 90s, having already expected another 'Lion King' (I made sure not to do this, which enabled me to enjoy it all the more.)
- The new generation having been raised on nothing but CGI animation, so they automatically get a biased mind-set to anything else (esp. if there's not a ton of toilet jokes and fart humor)
- The title of the film appeals far more to girls
- Ruthless competition at the box-office
Oh, well... I still thought it was epic.
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