I just read a review for Disney’s new 2D animation feature film, The Princess and the Frog. It sounds… hesitant. Certainly not exploding with praise. And I don’t think it’ll pack the same emotional punch Pixar offers. Actually, from the review, it looks like the show is going to be pretty typically Disney, just slightly lacking in charm.
There were actually only two things I was looking out for when it came to this movie: the animation and the music. If you’ve seen the trailer, then you won’t fault me for drooling a little. Gorgeous doesn’t even begin to cover it… I feel like a moth drawn to the light, staring at the screen, mumbling, “So pretty… soooo preeeettyyyyy” under my breath in zombie-like tones.
The music isn’t standard Disney, more of a Toy Story vein to it. Same composer, after all. The songs, from what I’ve heard, sound funky, happy and jazzy, which is great for jazz era New Orleans setting they’ve picked. But it also looks like nothing from this show is going to be quite as endearing or memorable as the songs from, say, Enchanted, let alone the other Disney classics.
Speaking of trailers, James Cameron’s Avatar looks like it should be a video game. Again, the visuals are so very, very pretty. He’s bringing a ten-year-old vision to life, which at this point looks like some of the better RPGs out there. The world looks spectacular, but from what I can see from the trailer, the story seems a little… predictable/cliched. It’ll be interesting to see if this will really become the next big hit, and whether it’ll become a video game after it’s theatre run is done. Because, really, it looks perfect for a game.