Tag Archives: Disney
The Good and Bad of Beauty and the Beast
It’s a very tricky thing, taking an animated classic and remaking it as a live-action feature. Updating the story and characters to something more “modern” can be quite difficult. Changing the narrative around can open up room to create a … Continue reading
The Jungle Book: A New Take on an Old Tale
You know those moments? The ones where you see something, not necessarily vital or anything like that, but which you really, really, really want, moving slowly but inexorably past you? And it gets sooooo close, and yet stays so far … Continue reading
Tangled: A Brief Thought or Two
Yeah, I’m about six years and some change late for this one. All I can say is… I had never seen it before. It wasn’t like I actively avoided it, honest! It just never found its way to me, ok? … Continue reading
My Thoughts on Moana
I heard some pretty mixed reviews about Moana before I got to go see it, so I wasn’t quite sure what to expect going in. Now, I can understand people’s mixed feelings as a reviewer, but purely as an audience … Continue reading
Sunday’s Wisdom #106: A Cage is a Cage
“You’ve chosen a magnificent prison, but it is a prison nonetheless.” – Judge Claude Frollo, The Hunchback of Notre Dame I am not thinking about the recent election in my nation, but it would be fairly appropriate. 😛 At this … Continue reading
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Tagged Disney, Esmerelda, Frollo, Hunchback of Notre Dame
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Movie Review: Into the Woods
A magical musical with an all-star cast to tell new versions of classic fairy tales, including, but not limited to, Cinderella, Jack and the Beanstalk, Red Riding Hood, and Rapunzel, all at the same time. That was my first impression … Continue reading
Posted in Movies, Tuesday Review
Tagged Cinderella, Disney, Into the Woods, Jack and the Beanstalk, Rapunzel
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