question of the day: Is our storytelling culture tyrannized by the “happy ending”?
Audience once embraced tragedy as readily as the happy ending. So what happened? How and why did this change?
Beauty and the Beast
Beauty and the Beast 3D (review)
As with every other 3D conversion of older classic films, it’s the chance to see a wonderful movie once more up on the big screen that’s the real reason to revisit it.
question of the day: Has the surprising success of ‘The Lion King in 3D’ opened Pandora’s box office?
Are we going to see a mad rush by all the studios to convert old — and not so old — movies to 3D and get them back out in multiplexes? Would that be an entirely bad thing? Would it be better if we just got unconverted classics back on a big screen?
Friday night fortune cookie: Belle says…
“There must be more than this provincial life…”
Friday night fortune cookie: Belle says…
“There must be more than this provincial life.”
wtf: you too can be a Disney princess at your own wedding
Disney has a line of bridal crap. Someone please pinch me, because I must be dreaming. Every girl may spend her entire life fantasizing about her wedding day, but I’ve spend my entire life fantasizing about my cartoon wedding day. That will limit my choice of groom to, like Buzz Lightyear and the Iron Giant, … more…
watch it: “Sexism, Strength and Dominance: Masculinity in Disney Films “
I think Sanjay Newton, the creator of this video analysis, misses the mark by quite a bit here. Beauty and the Beast’s Gaston, for instance, is clearly intended as a parody of the very stereotypical imagery of men that Newton says (correctly) is dangerous. Gaston is also the villain whom Belle is repeatedly shown to … more…
The Princess and the Frog (review)
You know how they say that cops come in only one color, blue? Well, Disney princesses come in only one color: pink.
“The Ultimate Disney Experience” in New York not so ultimate
Someone says “ultimate Disney experience,” what springs to mind? Maybe a trip to Disney World including a stay in one of the luxury resort hotels there? That’s pretty ultimate. Maybe when there’s a Disney park in zero-g, that’ll be considered the ultimate. Thing is, I’m not sure that “The Ultimate Disney Experience” that Disney is … more…
The Tale of Despereaux (review)
He is a mouse. He is tiny — even for a mouse. He is smart and brave. He longs for adventure. He is a gentleman. He is adorable.
