"I'm a despicable human being"
"This is the best day evveeerrr"
Tangled is, in my opinion, a hilarious, creative, heart-warming film, that's just enjoyable to watch.
I first watched it staying at a friend's house. She'd just got the DVD for her 16th birthday....she requested it from her parents...and was astounded that I'd never seen the film before, so she put it straight on for me. I immediately LOVED it, and we had inside jokes, quotes, and references to this film ever since (one of our favorites being "I'm a despicable human being", which we'd use any time we did something horrendous!).
Maximus is hilarious. The chameleon, though mute, plays a key role as Rapunzel's companion; entertaining Rapunzel, and interacting with Flynn Rider a.k.a Eugene Fitzgerald.
The songs are beautiful.
This film, like all third wave princess films, is targeted not only at young children, but at teenagers and even adults. This is very effective marketing on Disney's part. They make one film, and everyone goes to the movies to see it, buys it on DVD, downloads the songs, and takes on the merchandise. Well played Eisner....well played.
Rapunzel is intelligent, resourceful, quirky, humorous, brave, conscientious, and wholly lovable.
She pulls off immense feats with her hair, and I find it such a shame she lost her beautiful, magical hair at the end of the film. It happened so suddenly. And I understand that Flynn/Eugene cut Rapunzel's hair for her own good, so that Mother Gothel wouldn't steal her away and take over her life. And in doing so, he sacrificed his own chance of survival. But...still...her hair was such a big part of her, and it was just gone, just like that, without Rapunzel having a say in it. Thankfully, her magical tears still managed to save Eugene, but she doesn't posses the powers she once did.
Which is a shame. She could have helped many people with her magical hair. Just like it was a shame it took the whole flower in the first place to save the Queen, rather than the healing powers being shared...it clearly wasn't running out if Mother Gothel had been using it for hundreds of years already.
I do like the new story Disney created, with the magic flower etc.
The songs are beautiful.
This film, like all third wave princess films, is targeted not only at young children, but at teenagers and even adults. This is very effective marketing on Disney's part. They make one film, and everyone goes to the movies to see it, buys it on DVD, downloads the songs, and takes on the merchandise. Well played Eisner....well played.
Rapunzel is intelligent, resourceful, quirky, humorous, brave, conscientious, and wholly lovable.
She pulls off immense feats with her hair, and I find it such a shame she lost her beautiful, magical hair at the end of the film. It happened so suddenly. And I understand that Flynn/Eugene cut Rapunzel's hair for her own good, so that Mother Gothel wouldn't steal her away and take over her life. And in doing so, he sacrificed his own chance of survival. But...still...her hair was such a big part of her, and it was just gone, just like that, without Rapunzel having a say in it. Thankfully, her magical tears still managed to save Eugene, but she doesn't posses the powers she once did.
Which is a shame. She could have helped many people with her magical hair. Just like it was a shame it took the whole flower in the first place to save the Queen, rather than the healing powers being shared...it clearly wasn't running out if Mother Gothel had been using it for hundreds of years already.
I do like the new story Disney created, with the magic flower etc.
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