Saturday, January 12, 2008

The Princess and the Frog

  Just in case you hadn't seen this yet, a little sneak peak at the "Princess and the Frog"-- I remember when I was a kid, my parents owned stock in the Disney Company and every year I'd beat my dad to the mail box for the "annual report" magazine they printed. It would typically sit in my lap, opened, during history as I pretended to look down and "read" the assignment. Ahhh memories!
  I've only seen bit's here and there from the film-- I know they are going for a very classical Disney look ala "Lady and the Tramp". I know very little about the story-- it just has to be great, no if, ands, or buts... too much is riding on this film for it to be "so so". 
  The funny thing is a lot of people outside of animation, I have observed, have been making a lot of comments like "why don't they do another "Beauty and the Beast" type film?"  or, "when is Disney going to do another fairytale?" Now, I'd be the first to say I'd LOVE to see animation, especially at Disney breaks down some content walls, but fantasy films are a major part of their heritage and I'd love to think this film will be a straight forward homage to that heritage. Time will tell I suppose... here's hopin'!

12 comments:

  1. thats looking very awesome! how come i havent heard of this, again!

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  2. Cant wait!

    Are you working on the show?

    Aldo

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  3. Sorry.. I read your profile just after posting the comment.. now I see you're working on "Coraline" ..that must be a great project too, isn't it?

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  4. Looks great! Awesome.

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  5. yeah here's hoping!

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  7. well, Disney going back to the roots is going to make a lot of headlines and make people excited again to see a charming movie without cynicism. And hopefully the movie will bring back the sense of wonder to the animation movies, not the everyday life with talking animals :)

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