Which is ironic, because he was A.) the Mel Blanc of Disney during its Renaissance Golden Age, and B.) actually IN The Lion King (I mean, inasmuch as anybody can be "in" an animated film). The man is responsible for, like, 40% of my childhood pop culture. And yet he STILL wasn't given enough in "The Princess and the Frog" to bring back the Disney magic.
... I can't put my finger on exactly what was missing, either. Amazing music was definitely missing, for one thing (I liked the one song, "Almost There," but that was about it) -- but it was more than just uncatchy music that kept this movie from moving from a solidly silver production into true _gold_ territory. If I ever figure it out I'll let you know. :)
(... FOUR! They made FOUR golden movies in the 80s/90s before they started screwing it up! How could it all go so wrong so QUICKLY?? Pixar's on Movie #11 and they only had one minor misstep with "Cars" and that wasn't even a BAD movie, just one that wasn't as strong as the others! But Disney gets a golden Renaissance and they only make it for FOUR?!? What _GIVES_?!?)
I think the problem comes from not having the songs express and move the plot enough. Emperor's New Groove and Atlantis were nice, but they didn't have songs you CARED about like the big four (89 to 94).
Which is ironic, because he was A.) the Mel Blanc of Disney during its Renaissance Golden Age, and B.) actually IN The Lion King (I mean, inasmuch as anybody can be "in" an animated film). The man is responsible for, like, 40% of my childhood pop culture. And yet he STILL wasn't given enough in "The Princess and the Frog" to bring back the Disney magic.
... I can't put my finger on exactly what was missing, either. Amazing music was definitely missing, for one thing (I liked the one song, "Almost There," but that was about it) -- but it was more than just uncatchy music that kept this movie from moving from a solidly silver production into true _gold_ territory. If I ever figure it out I'll let you know. :)
(... FOUR! They made FOUR golden movies in the 80s/90s before they started screwing it up! How could it all go so wrong so QUICKLY?? Pixar's on Movie #11 and they only had one minor misstep with "Cars" and that wasn't even a BAD movie, just one that wasn't as strong as the others! But Disney gets a golden Renaissance and they only make it for FOUR?!? What _GIVES_?!?)
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I think the problem comes from not having the songs express and move the plot enough. Emperor's New Groove and Atlantis were nice, but they didn't have songs you CARED about like the big four (89 to 94).
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