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All right, I can't cry at the end of a Disney film, this is ridiculous, I'm 25. But I came close when the second star appeared - I thought that Disney couldn't kill anyone. I was expecting it to be an easily reversible Disney death well past the moment when you think that all chance of survival is lost.
We went to see The Princess and the Frog yesterday, in a date attempt where the place we were going for lunch was closed and the cinema opened late. As it's the first Disney film in a long time to return to the old hand-drawn style, it had a very nostalgic feeling to it - I felt like I was back in primary school on our yearly Christmas trip to the cinema (not least because we were surrounded by children who didn't know when to shut up and were kicking the backs of the seats). There's a charm to drawn artwork that is only very rarely replicated in the more recent rendered animated films - it isn't a complete reset like other recent throwback Mega Man 9, for example, because there are lighting and particle effects that weren't there in the 90s, but the 2D and 3D artwork blend together well.
The psychedelic song dream sequences are also back, one of them done in a period jazz style that I'd really like to impress you by knowing the name of - none of them struck me as instant classics, but it's strange to now be at the age where I can appreciate the vocal performances and everything rather than sitting back and wondering when this song's going to end. They haven't hit on a Beauty and the Beast in their first return to the old style, but perhaps a decent Rescuers Down Under instead. (Well, I liked it.)
I was also surprised at how un-Disney the villain death was - for that reason and the spoilered part above, it almost felt more like Don Bluth at the end. Well, nothing's like him, but it was perhaps very slightly less soft then you'd expect Disney to be.
Because TV Tropes will ruin your life, I also found myself recognizing and being able to name facets as they appeared. It's terrible.
We went to see The Princess and the Frog yesterday, in a date attempt where the place we were going for lunch was closed and the cinema opened late. As it's the first Disney film in a long time to return to the old hand-drawn style, it had a very nostalgic feeling to it - I felt like I was back in primary school on our yearly Christmas trip to the cinema (not least because we were surrounded by children who didn't know when to shut up and were kicking the backs of the seats). There's a charm to drawn artwork that is only very rarely replicated in the more recent rendered animated films - it isn't a complete reset like other recent throwback Mega Man 9, for example, because there are lighting and particle effects that weren't there in the 90s, but the 2D and 3D artwork blend together well.
The psychedelic song dream sequences are also back, one of them done in a period jazz style that I'd really like to impress you by knowing the name of - none of them struck me as instant classics, but it's strange to now be at the age where I can appreciate the vocal performances and everything rather than sitting back and wondering when this song's going to end. They haven't hit on a Beauty and the Beast in their first return to the old style, but perhaps a decent Rescuers Down Under instead. (Well, I liked it.)
I was also surprised at how un-Disney the villain death was - for that reason and the spoilered part above, it almost felt more like Don Bluth at the end. Well, nothing's like him, but it was perhaps very slightly less soft then you'd expect Disney to be.
Because TV Tropes will ruin your life, I also found myself recognizing and being able to name facets as they appeared. It's terrible.
