Tangled
For all that it’s worth, “Tangled” was a lot of fun. It’s a suspenseful story with a good premise, but unlike most older Disney films, it just felt way too fabricated. So they wanted to give the guy a lot of screentime – fine, but did you have to use such a bland character? Which Disney prince has ever made “smug faces” before? If you say it’s supposed to be realistic and modern, then I must say that I doubt I have seen such a smug face in the last 10 years.
What irked me the most was probably that the songs were really bad. Maybe that was always a problem with Disney movies but I cannot remember such a thing. As far as I know, people are still listening to the Lion King soundtrack, and I still feel nostalgy in my heart when I hear songs from “The Little Mermaid”. Because the songs were bad, I was also not able to feel any chemistry between Rapunzel and Flynn. Their romantic moment was nothing compared to Aladdin and Jasmine’s despite the beauty of the CG, because the lantern tradition is just sooo idiotic and almost politically incorrect. So if the film manages to be so modern and feminist, why is it incapable of getting rid of this princess thing, where the film must mention at least twice how much the kingdom loves their monarchs and they happen to have a yearly tradition for a member of the royal family?
I can’t pinpoint anymore why that is, but the writing of the story largely felt very… stupid to me. Perhaps this is because the old wench was perhaps the least likable Disney villain of all times. Just her presence managed to annoy me – and I thought this only happens with French arthouse films.
With all that said, coming to the beginning of this review, I am not surprised that “Tangled” was a big success. It might have its problems, but disregarding all that, it’s good evening entertainment and an enjoyable 90 minutes spent.