fairy tales! (and how I need 'Tangled' on blue-ray)
A Beauty & the Beast icon is such a small thing, but cheers me beyond measure. :)
For some reason I keep getting sick over and over since December, and I fear it has to do with all the grody, slimy children's picture books I've been checking out from library, because I've been getting into fairy tales again. The recent rekindling of my romance with Disney movies led me back to fairy tales in general, and in particular, my favorite fairy tale illustrators. The modern ones this time round, I've long been crazy for all the golden age illustrators, but I've been looking at stuff from the 1970's thru 90's this time. Lots of good stuff! An annotated list of favorites will probably be in my next post!
Also, I think I might have to get a blue-ray player at some point, because the DVD of Tangled doesn't include all of the extras the blue-ray has. Cursed corparate fat cats trying to make people buy more electronic devices they don't really need! But I really like Tangled! A lot more than I thought I would. Being in the middle of my Disney and fairy tale obsession, I had to see the new Disney fairy tale in the theater, and I was pretty impressed, it was really fun. (Although inadvertantly depressing, since every scene with Rapunzel and Mother Gothel is a practically verabatim recreation of me and my mother. Not good! But on the bright side I think my mom realized it too, and if that shames her into changing her ways, it'll have been worth it!) I think it was big step forward technically too, since it had the most naturalistic and least ugly computer animated people I've ever seen. I still think it would have been better in hand-drawn animation though. Rapunzel's over-sized eyes, most particularly, were a huge distraction, especially in close-ups, where that glassy, three-dimensional depth the CGI gives them is very creepy and unattractive. Flynn Rider was the most succesful character in that respect, since his eyes were smaller and more in scale with the rest of him. The generic 'fairy tale kingdom' setting was a little bland for me too, a real historical context would have given it a richer visual vocabulary to draw from, but the bright jewel tone palette of the film was very pretty and pleasant to look at, nonetheless. Overall I think it was very sweet and funny and a real return to form as far as Disney animated films go, and I'd really like to delve into those special features on that blue-ray to learn more about it. :)
For some reason I keep getting sick over and over since December, and I fear it has to do with all the grody, slimy children's picture books I've been checking out from library, because I've been getting into fairy tales again. The recent rekindling of my romance with Disney movies led me back to fairy tales in general, and in particular, my favorite fairy tale illustrators. The modern ones this time round, I've long been crazy for all the golden age illustrators, but I've been looking at stuff from the 1970's thru 90's this time. Lots of good stuff! An annotated list of favorites will probably be in my next post!
Also, I think I might have to get a blue-ray player at some point, because the DVD of Tangled doesn't include all of the extras the blue-ray has. Cursed corparate fat cats trying to make people buy more electronic devices they don't really need! But I really like Tangled! A lot more than I thought I would. Being in the middle of my Disney and fairy tale obsession, I had to see the new Disney fairy tale in the theater, and I was pretty impressed, it was really fun. (Although inadvertantly depressing, since every scene with Rapunzel and Mother Gothel is a practically verabatim recreation of me and my mother. Not good! But on the bright side I think my mom realized it too, and if that shames her into changing her ways, it'll have been worth it!) I think it was big step forward technically too, since it had the most naturalistic and least ugly computer animated people I've ever seen. I still think it would have been better in hand-drawn animation though. Rapunzel's over-sized eyes, most particularly, were a huge distraction, especially in close-ups, where that glassy, three-dimensional depth the CGI gives them is very creepy and unattractive. Flynn Rider was the most succesful character in that respect, since his eyes were smaller and more in scale with the rest of him. The generic 'fairy tale kingdom' setting was a little bland for me too, a real historical context would have given it a richer visual vocabulary to draw from, but the bright jewel tone palette of the film was very pretty and pleasant to look at, nonetheless. Overall I think it was very sweet and funny and a real return to form as far as Disney animated films go, and I'd really like to delve into those special features on that blue-ray to learn more about it. :)