Tangled
Ask me how I feel. I feel like I could take on the whole Empire by myself. That's how good Disney's latest animated feature made me feel. I love when I see a great film how it charges me, energizes me full of life and love and all the great tingly type feelings. Yeah, I liked it that much.
The flaws are there. The music is really... lackluster. It starts off like a musical, then mostly abandons the format for a conventional narrative structure with the odd burst of song. Which is fine by me. The songs felt like an after thought. What you're left with is terrific. A really fun and exciting Adventure film. The action scenes were outstanding, really exciting, they drove the story with lots of momentum and established likable characters.
And its the first Disney film (excluding Pixar collaborations) where I felt the emotions they wanted me to feel. I was on the edge of my seat during the action. I was scared when the two brutes went after Rupunzel. I got caught up in the romantic aspects of the film. It really had it all.
And did I mention this is funny? No? Well it is! Its the most I've laughed at any film in 2010! I haven't seen Four Lions, yet but I found this hilarious.
The viewing experience helped immensely. I went with two good friends and we were the only people in the theater, so we were free to really enjoy ourselves. Not that we were rude or anything, but we felt free to laugh at everything we found funny. To geek out from time to time and really enjoy watching a film together. We fed off each other's love for the film and there were no cell phones ringing, or illuminating the theater so someone could read and respond to a text, and no talking.
So, yeah, I loved it. My favorite Disney film since The Lion King. Yup, I totally just said that and meant it.
Grade A