Friday, November 19, 2010

Upbeat Appraisal

The New York Times has nice things to say about Tangled:

... By some measures this is classic Disney storytelling. There is a princess at the center, the mother figure is the villain, and the setting is magical. It’s loaded with physical humor. ... “I think we’re there,” Mr. Lasseter said of a creative turnaround at Disney. “This film is as good as a Pixar film, but it’s classic Disney, and I love that: heart, humor, beauty, music, wonderment, the love story.” ...

I think the film will do just fine at the global box office. I've been staring at alluring bits and pieces of it on Disney computer monitors for a long time now. Come next week, I'll watch the whole thing at an AMC near me.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Those comments from Lasseter are the same as the ones used to promote TPATF.

http://www.disneydreaming.com/2010/03/13/john-lasseter-the-princess-and-the-frog-interview/

Anonymous said...

When John finds himself a good monologue, he works it.

Anonymous said...

Except that with Tangled, it's true

Anonymous said...

Saw Tangled and it's awesome, I think it will do fine at the box office. Marketing for the film is terrible though

Anonymous said...

What sucks is that Disney/Lasseter blamed marketing when Princess and the Frog did poorly, when in reality, it had a mediocre story.

But now, the marketing for Tangled really IS terrible, but the quality of the movie will give it a good box office, and marketing will think they did a good job.

Irony...

Anonymous said...

Currently 93% at Rotten Tomatoes, with 40 reviews in. Only three "rotten" reviews so far. Outstanding!

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