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Author Topic: The Princess and the Frog (2009) Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-12-2009 04:11 PM                        Disney's animation unit redeems itself after the awful "Home on the Range" from 2004. This film looks great, sounds great and people are loving it. The score, especially is cool -- I'm glad they finally got Randy Newman to do a whole movie's worth of songs. Disney might be competing with itself for some Oscars this year. I haven't been able to watch the whole thing yet but will confer my 'stars' rating after I've seen it.  |  IP: Logged Louis Belloisy Expert Film Handler Posts: 120 From: morris, ct usa Registered: Jun 2006 posted 12-13-2009 12:19 PM                        Great movie. the old time animation works wonderfully. saw parts of it, laughed out loud with tears in my eyes. don't want to spoil it for you guys, just remember the hill-williams and the frogs, you will know it when it comes. Louis  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-13-2009 02:21 PM                        I went in to this fully expecting to think "eh, it's OK, hope it does some business" but I was fully transported. Well...one word - EXCELLENT! This movie totally brings Disney hand animation back to the standard where it belongs. Fun characters, humor that isn't "stupid," great music, a villain that isn't so over-the-top, and genuine heart. The backgrounds also deserve special mention. This film takes place in a world Disney had never really explored before and the artwork is beautiful. 4.5 out of 5 stars from me. If it had been in Scope, it would have been a 5.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-13-2009 04:46 PM                        quote: Mike Blakesley I'm glad they finally got Randy Newman to do a whole movie's worth of songs. That does it. Now I will never see this movie.  |  IP: Logged Bobby Henderson "Ask me about Trajan." Posts: 10973 From: Lawton, OK, USA Registered: Apr 2001 posted 12-13-2009 05:03 PM                     Short people got no reason Short people got no reason Short people got no reason to live.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-13-2009 05:30 PM                        Well, I will agree with that.  |  IP: Logged Mike Blakesley Film God Posts: 12767 From: Forsyth, Montana Registered: Jun 99 posted 12-13-2009 09:00 PM                        Keep in mind, Newman does not SING most of the songs, which is a plus.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-13-2009 11:47 PM                        Oooo that is indeed a plus.  |  IP: Logged Joe Redifer You need a beating today Posts: 12859 From: Denver, Colorado Registered: May 99 posted 12-14-2009 06:35 PM                        Alright, I saw this one today. Regal Riverpoint Stadium 14 - Sheridan, CO Screen #9, 2:50pm Audience: Empty auditorium (except us) The Presentation: Very dirty with a severely flickering xenon bulb! I talked to the manager kid after the show and told him. He said that he'd have them "put a cleaner on it". I didn't bother to inform him that one pass with a cleaner won't do much as he obviously didn't know much about such things. But the film is only a few days old, how could the Regal Riverpoint Stadium 14 have gotten it so dirty so fast? The trailers were horrendously, all of them, even the attached. I counted 3 lab splices, only one of which dropped to analog. The sound was tolerable for a change. This was a different auditorium than the one I am usually stuck with at this place. The Movie: It was... not bad. I don't really care about New Orleans culture, so I was a bit put off from the start. No titties were flashed during the Mardi-Gras scenes yet people were shown throwing beads. I do not understand this, especially since that is the only thing that Mardis-Gras is about... worth mentioning, anyway. The characters were mostly uninteresting. The songs sucked my anus juice. However I was very glad to see 2D animation again. Even moreso to see the style returned to as seen in The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, etc. That Mulan/Hercules style looked very odd (almost Picasso-like) and was a big turn off. Unfortunately, Disney doesn't "still have it". You can tell that they haven't done this in a very long time. The animation, while very good, is still rusty around the edges. All in all it is acceptable, but there is nowhere near the detail in the shading and backgrounds as there was in Beauty and the Beast. Granted, Aladdin also lacked this fine detail, but it was a fun movie that forces you to watch it again and again because it is so awesome. I do not want to see this movie again. Keep trying, Disney, you're almost there!  |  IP: Logged

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