#Tangled full movie ffilms series#

One can’t quite put her in the pantheon of evil alongside Snow White’s queen or the Wicked Witch of the West, but she’s a formidable first cousin as she stops at nothing to maintain her hold on her prize. Along the way, there is a rollicking encounter in a roadside tavern with a band of ruffians who turn out to be as congenial and musically prone as the seven dwarfs as well as the shenanigans of a comically vigilant white horse, all of which reflects the antic showbizzy approach one associates with John Lasseter, the driving force behind Pixar who now also runs Disney Animation.Īlthough she is sidelined for significant periods, there still is the determined Mother Gothel to reckon with.

Once she absconds with a dashing thief (not a prince) with the unlikely moniker of Flynn Rider, a bumpy learning curve as to the real world could have provided a bountiful extra layer of humor and behavioral interest.Īs it is, the film contents itself with charting the inevitable conversion of Flynn from the charming scoundrel who with two hulking highwaymen types steal the royal crown to a domesticated escort suitable for the daughter of the idyllic realm’s king and queen. Still, given the modern take here, it might have been amusing to acknowledge that growing up in solitary confinement might give a girl some complexes, neuroses and misconceptions about life on the outside. “When Will My Life Begin?” - the initial musical number from star Disney composer Alan Menken and lyricist Glenn Slater - not only enunciates her desires but shows that, during her youthful isolation, she has been extensively exposed to the arts through reading, painting, music and so on. Transformed from the original tale’s daughter of poor parents into a princess kidnapped by the scheming Mother Gothel for the power the girl’s golden locks have to keep the woman ageless, the story devised by screenwriter Dan Fogelman ( Cars, Bolt) pivots on the tension between Gothel’s need to keep Rapunzel away from the outside world and the yearning of the captive, who’s about to turn 18, to discover it. So shimmering and lush are the girl’s locks that shampoo commercials never will look the same. On the more current side of the ledger are the forthrightly adventurous heroine, egregiously present-day phraseology (“Best day ever!”) and the previously unimagined uses to which Rapunzel puts her 70 feet of golden hair, including as a whip and lasso. Anyway, it's a very enjoyable pilot film for a great series.Walt Disney himself pondered an animated Rapunzel feature as far back as the 1940s, and there are two major elements in the film his studio finally has produced that strongly register as Disney trademarks: the flawlessly prettified rendering of nature and the leading characters as well as the incisive portrait of an evil, manipulative villainess. Some of the character designs I don't love so much, like the rat-faced guy. I never get tired of watching this pilot film. It's even better looking than the film, with bolder colours and simpler character designs.

At first I thought that Rapunzel's hair growing back was kind of a gimmick, but it turns out there's a mystery behind it which sets up the overarching story of the series. For all of her problems, she makes me laugh. Cassandra is a great new character and has a lot of funny lines.

He's pretty similar to Aladdin in this respect. In the series, he's shown to be a good boyfriend to Rapunzel, one who supports her even after her hair grows back. I thought he was just a pretty boy and one of those male Disney characters who teaches the female about the world.

#Tangled full movie ffilms series#

The pilot and the series are also the first time I actually like Eugene. Brown is pretty much a perfect casting choice for the King. King Frederic (Clancy Brown) is not much different from Mother Gothel, but his love for Rapunzel is genuine. This pilot film expands on a lot of things, such as Rapunzel's new relationship with her parents and her evolving relationship with Eugene.