Comments on: Review: Tangled

By: Raymond Arnold

Raymond Arnold — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:22:00 +0000

Pretty much in agreement. “Mother knows best” was the only song I even remember, and the song itself wasn’t good so much as the performance surrounding it. I do think the music was better than Princess and the Frog though.

By: Raymond Arnold

Raymond Arnold — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 05:21:00 +0000

I thought Shrek was great. I do not think it need sequels and I don’t think EVERY CGI movie that came afterwards needed to follow the same snarky formula. But Shrek itself subverted its genre deliberately and intelligently.

By: Momsomniac

Momsomniac — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 21:50:00 +0000

Oh – thank you thank you thank you. I thought I was the only one. Shrek wasn’t a horrible romcom, but it was really just a romcom with (at the time) innovative CG. Why would I want sequels?

I’ve been sitting out Disney for a very long time. Music in Aladdin was good. Beauty & the Beast was downright offensive (the story, the music was â€œmehâ€-worthy). Lion King had one TERRIFIC song (“I’m a Big Pig”) but it wasn’t on the soundtrack. None of my 3 boys is begging to see “Tangled” (go figure:) so I hadnâ€™t thought about it. Now, Iâ€™m wondering if I should take myself out to see itâ€¦

Thanks for your comprehensive reviews!

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:41:00 +0000

Well Friends on the Other Side was pretty good :)

By: Melissa

Melissa — Thu, 13 Jan 2011 12:40:00 +0000

It’s weird, on almost a lark my girlfriend and I saw it when she was visiting in November, and we totally fell for it. I said myself this is the first time I’ve actually liked the ROMANCE part of a Disney movie. I found the songs worked in the musical tradition, that it felt like people were singing because they couldn’t contain their emotions any longer, and a few weeks after she left I saw it again. I can’t watch 3D very much (I did for HTTYD and Avatar) because it doesn’t work for me so well, the stuff near me tends to phase out into two images, so I skipped it in 3D, but now I kinda wish I’d seen it. Now I’m leaning to seeing it a THIRD time before it leaves the theatres, something I haven’t done in a long time with a film (no $$$$)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Jan 2011 20:18:00 +0000

I have to say that I disagree. I think this is fine movie but compared to the classics it doesn’t even come close. I found that the songs were actually the worst part of the movie. Half the time it seemed they were speaking instead of actually singing the songs and “I see the light” is the only song that didn’t make me wince. Also Rapunzel seemed like a less mature hyper version of the other princesses and while that reflects the trend of how young girls act now it really annoyed me.

Oh well that my 2 cents, Love the Comic.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:06:00 +0000

I absoultely and utterly agree. Also, you might have noticed that Maximus, the horse, was a Roman Charger. :)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 20:04:00 +0000

I absolutely and utterly agree. Plus, you might not have noticed that Maximus the horse was a Roman Charger. :)

By: Gordon McAlpin

Gordon McAlpin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 17:05:00 +0000

Shrek was mediocre. Shrek 2 was pretty good. Shrek 3 was fucking terrible.

By: Alexi Dollar

Alexi Dollar — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 16:22:00 +0000

I think I will see this. I still have misgivings, but I’m willing to try it. I like most of the old stuff, but that cooouuuuld be because I saw them when I was about six. Possibly. I always thought about seeing The Princess and the Frog, but then I would picture that singing alligator…. never even mind.

But really? Shrek was bad? This coming from someone who like Kung Fu Panda?? I just don’t see it.

By: Jessica Ruggles

Jessica Ruggles — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 08:45:00 +0000

I agree with @yusaku777′s comment about the music. I love Menken. I’ve met him, he’s a great guy, his father is hillarious, but “I See the Light” is honestly the only song I want to listen to again. “Mother Knows Best” is a bit of an ear worm, but not nearly as memorable has his older work. I agree with @Sarah that the music was better than Princess and the Frog (although Newman’s music fit well with New Orleans, it didn’t fit the princess story) but its not quite as memorable as Menken/Ashman.

By: Sarah

Sarah — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 06:09:00 +0000

I have to say that I totally agree with you about the music! I couldn’t believe how terrible the lyrics were in all the songs of The Princess and The Frog, especially compared to films like Beauty & The Beast or even Tarzan. I was very pleasantly surprised by the broadway caliber of the lyrics and music if Tangled!

By: Gordon McAlpin

Gordon McAlpin — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:46:00 +0000

Judge for yourself, from the samples at iTunes. I thought they worked rather well in context: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tangled-soundtrack-from-motion/id402057913

My favorites were the witch’s song “Mother Knows Best” and “I See the Light.”

By: yusaku777

yusaku777 — Mon, 03 Jan 2011 01:35:00 +0000

Oh man, this is amusing. I -just- finished reading a review where it said Tangled was a great movie, but stuck with the WORST songs in a Disney movie in the last 20 years. I’ll let you two duke it out over who is right, and when one of you emerges victorious, covered in the blood of your foe, I’ll go with their opinion of the movie.