Comments on: Movie Review – The Princess and the Frog http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Fantasy Author and Blogger Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:31:44 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Tia Nevitt http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-717 Tia Nevitt Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:48:01 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=489#comment-717 No, I didn't delete it. I'll link to it; thanks for the suggestion. In the meantime, I'm still over at blogspot: <a href="http://tiaswritingblog.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tia's Writing Blog</a> No, I didn’t delete it. I’ll link to it; thanks for the suggestion. In the meantime, I’m still over at blogspot:

Tia’s Writing Blog

]]> By: Kimber An http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-716 Kimber An Fri, 01 Jan 2010 13:42:24 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=489#comment-716 HAPPY NEW YEAR, Tia! I tried and couldn't find your personal, writing blog. Did you delete it? If not, you should link it more prominently, methinks. HAPPY NEW YEAR, Tia!

I tried and couldn’t find your personal, writing blog. Did you delete it? If not, you should link it more prominently, methinks.

]]> By: Chicory http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-711 Chicory Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:36:51 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=489#comment-711 I'm another one who would put `Little Mermaid' higher on the list mostly because I love her relationship with her dad. I always thought the bit where he takes her place in Ursula's garden is deeply allegorical, and the end makes me choke up. The father/daughter relationship is my favorite part of `Mulan,' too. I think Disney movies are much stronger when they present actually COMPETENT parents who aren't dead. Wish they'd do it more often. Thanks for the review on `Princess and the Frog,' by the way. I've been seeing the adds around everywhere. I’m another one who would put `Little Mermaid’ higher on the list mostly because I love her relationship with her dad. I always thought the bit where he takes her place in Ursula’s garden is deeply allegorical, and the end makes me choke up.
The father/daughter relationship is my favorite part of `Mulan,’ too. I think Disney movies are much stronger when they present actually COMPETENT parents who aren’t dead. Wish they’d do it more often.

Thanks for the review on `Princess and the Frog,’ by the way. I’ve been seeing the adds around everywhere.

]]> By: superwench83 http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-708 superwench83 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:51:30 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=489#comment-708 I did read the book long, long ago, and I do remember that it didn't reflect badly on the Church. And yes, you're right; history is full of bad clergy. I don't think that's a fact we should ignore. I guess what bothered me about Disney's Hunchback was that the only priest figure in the book is such a terrible person; it only shows the bad leadership in the Church, never the good. It's been quite a while since I've seen that one. I'll have to watch it again. I loved those talking gargoyles. I did read the book long, long ago, and I do remember that it didn’t reflect badly on the Church. And yes, you’re right; history is full of bad clergy. I don’t think that’s a fact we should ignore. I guess what bothered me about Disney’s Hunchback was that the only priest figure in the book is such a terrible person; it only shows the bad leadership in the Church, never the good.

It’s been quite a while since I’ve seen that one. I’ll have to watch it again. I loved those talking gargoyles.

]]> By: Raven http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-705 Raven Wed, 30 Dec 2009 04:30:47 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=489#comment-705 LOL! Yes, it is! I'd completely forgotten about that exchange until you posted it, but that is a good one, and so relevant at work. :) LOL! Yes, it is! I’d completely forgotten about that exchange until you posted it, but that is a good one, and so relevant at work. :)

]]> By: Tia Nevitt http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-704 Tia Nevitt Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:50:59 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=489#comment-704 I rented it when it came out in VHS in the 80s. Yeah, I'm old as dirt. Well, almost. Anyway, I loved it then but it wears on me a bit now. I think Mulan became a princess because the movie was so successful. Kind of like Aladdin, which really wasn't a princess movie at all. They had no choice but to include Jasmine in their princess lineup. And yes, Hunchback has an evil priest. In the book, it doesn't make the whole church evil. History is rife with corrupt clergy of all faiths. I should rent the movie so I know what you are taking about. The scene in Mulan where she grabs the arrow sends chills down my back every time. I rented it when it came out in VHS in the 80s. Yeah, I’m old as dirt. Well, almost. Anyway, I loved it then but it wears on me a bit now. I think Mulan became a princess because the movie was so successful. Kind of like Aladdin, which really wasn’t a princess movie at all. They had no choice but to include Jasmine in their princess lineup.

And yes, Hunchback has an evil priest. In the book, it doesn’t make the whole church evil. History is rife with corrupt clergy of all faiths. I should rent the movie so I know what you are taking about.

The scene in Mulan where she grabs the arrow sends chills down my back every time.

]]> By: Tia Nevitt http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-703 Tia Nevitt Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:47:10 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=489#comment-703 Now I need to see it. Now I need to see it.

]]> By: Tia Nevitt http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-702 Tia Nevitt Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:46:46 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=489#comment-702 My daughter learned how to say No from Beauty and the Beast, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. It is a wonderful movie. Gaston is the best villain ever. I named my angelfish after him. He was beautiful but he treated his woman (another fish) badly and we had to take the poor thing back to the fish store. We kept Gaston because he was so gorgeous and he now has the 55 gallon tank to himself. Once, as a protest, I wrote Gaston and LaFou's little interchange on my whiteboard at work: Gaston: LaFou, I'm afraid I've been thinking. LaFou: A dangerous pastime. Gaston: I know. Now that I think about it, it's a wonder I didn't get fired. My daughter learned how to say No from Beauty and the Beast, so it will always hold a special place in my heart. It is a wonderful movie. Gaston is the best villain ever. I named my angelfish after him. He was beautiful but he treated his woman (another fish) badly and we had to take the poor thing back to the fish store. We kept Gaston because he was so gorgeous and he now has the 55 gallon tank to himself.

Once, as a protest, I wrote Gaston and LaFou’s little interchange on my whiteboard at work:

Gaston: LaFou, I’m afraid I’ve been thinking.
LaFou: A dangerous pastime.
Gaston: I know.

Now that I think about it, it’s a wonder I didn’t get fired.

]]> By: superwench83 http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-701 superwench83 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:08:57 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=489#comment-701 Ooh, Robin Hood! It's one of my favorite Disney movies. Ooh, Robin Hood! It’s one of my favorite Disney movies.

]]> By: superwench83 http://www.tianevitt.com/2009/12/movie-review-the-princess-and-the-frog/comment-page-1/#comment-700 superwench83 Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:06:34 +0000 http://www.tianevitt.com/?p=489#comment-700 Well, yes. She <i>was</i> kind of vapid. I think part of the reason I love The Little Mermaid is because I was about my daughter's age when it came out, so it's kind of a nostalgia thing for me. I've only seen bits and pieces of Hercules, so I can't really say why Megara never became a Disney Princess. Not sure about why Esmerelda never made the list. I enjoyed The Hunchback of Notre Dame for the most part, though it does cast a somewhat negative light on the Church, which bothered me even before I became Catholic. But it was a well-put together movie. At any rate, I never did understand why Mulan became a Disney Princess. I absolutely loved Mulan, but she wasn't a princess. Yeah, Arial and Cinderella weren't, either, but they married princes in the end and thus became princesses. I guess with Mulan, it was eluded to that she would marry the general's son, which is <i>sort of</i> like the equivalent of a prince, but it's a stretch. Well, yes. She was kind of vapid. I think part of the reason I love The Little Mermaid is because I was about my daughter’s age when it came out, so it’s kind of a nostalgia thing for me.

I’ve only seen bits and pieces of Hercules, so I can’t really say why Megara never became a Disney Princess. Not sure about why Esmerelda never made the list. I enjoyed The Hunchback of Notre Dame for the most part, though it does cast a somewhat negative light on the Church, which bothered me even before I became Catholic. But it was a well-put together movie.

At any rate, I never did understand why Mulan became a Disney Princess. I absolutely loved Mulan, but she wasn’t a princess. Yeah, Arial and Cinderella weren’t, either, but they married princes in the end and thus became princesses. I guess with Mulan, it was eluded to that she would marry the general’s son, which is sort of like the equivalent of a prince, but it’s a stretch.

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