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You may remember I posted this review ages ago to counter another reviewer's review of the movie, that reviewer basically just came across as someone who claimed to have seen the movie once or twice and enjoyed it but then got all sour about it and started whining about it and claiming that I was harrassing him, dude...how is me disagreeing with an opinion, harassment? Besides, I don't like the 'this movie is overrated' or 'this movie sucks because reasons' excuse.
But anyway hello i'm Nathan aka Monstermaster13 and this is another review. I have a confession to make, as a kid I was obssessed with Disney movies and Disney characters and by that I mean mordidly obssessed. And I still am - even though I could care less about those Jonas losers, Miley Cyrus, High School Musical and the like. Although I have seen Phineas and Ferb and it is awesome, just like Mighty Ducks, Gargoyles and Darkwing Duck. Today's review is of a different kind of Disney flick. This one is one of Disney's CGI movies that were done without the aid of Pixar. Now unfortunately when it comes to CGI, their last attempts varied - I thought that Chicken Little was okay and Meet The Robinsons was pretty good and I have a huge soft spot for The Wild (because it has a koala in it). This one completely blew me away. And even though I only saw the trailer of it, I decided to give it a watch and it did more than meet my expectations. This is Tangled, a playful spin-on the classic fairy tale Rapunzel. And I have to say it's one of their best non traditional animated works. The story is wonderful and there are some really funny scenes involving the chameleon and the horse. It has sort of a Hercules: Legendary Journeys/Xena: Warrior Princess vibe to it, and speaking of Xena - i'm probably not the only one who thinks that Flynn looks like Bruce Campbell as Autolycus only without the mustache.
Like the guys at Spill.com said in their review, it was just like a Warner Brothers cartoon. I thoroughly enjoyed myself throughout the whole thing, and even though the song at the beginning is a bit tooo..teen boppish but i'll let that slide. The rest of the songs are superb. Especially the villain song. Now onto the characters, Rapunzel is one kickass princess. She may be beautiful but she's also spunky like Belle, Jasmine, Tiana, Meghara, and Mulan before her - and also kinda like Buffy Summers from Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Plus the fact her hair has magical properties kind of reminds me of the biblical hero Sampson and his hair. Flynn is one extremely lovable rogue, and I like him. I already mentioned how he kinda resembles Autolycus without the mustache. Plus I love his personality, who doesn't? This guy is almost on par to Jack Sparrow. The sidekicks are great too. Maximus is one awesome equine and I love how he's played out in this. Kind of a brute but not too mean. But my personal favorite is that chameleon Pascal because truth be told, I have a soft spot for reptiles in particular snakes and lizards. I'm serious. Chameleons facinate me, and their ability to change color is pretty awesome. Did I mention Maximus? He is soooooooo adorable and comedic, he's a loyal horse and a good boi. I just really like horses.
I had a CD rom game about animals when I was little and one of the coolest things ever was clicking on the chameleon to hear it make that sort of croaking/grunting sound as it rolled his eyes. I even still have the chameleon beanie baby Rainbow as well as his counterpart the Iguana beanie baby Izzy. And back when robot toys or "Robo-Pets" were all the rage, I had a robot chameleon toy named Muy Loco and it would teach you Spanish as make all sorts of comedic expressions. Heck...i've even had multiple dreams where I am at a friend's house and that said friend has a pet chameleon. One of my favorite characters in the Bloody Roar series if Buchizima because his beast form is a chameleon, he's also one of the funniest characters in video game history. Pascal is one groovy lizard and it shows, I love the expressions he makes and his color changing based on his mood - he's also extremely funny. I was laughing all the way through when he came on screen. He was just that funny.
Now onto our main antagonist: Mother Gothel. I love this villainess, she seems like a sweet motherly woman at first but then we get to see her true nature and she's truly something to behold, not to mention her villain song is one of the most beautiful songs i've heard. And I definitely see a bit of an Anjelica Huston vibe in her, as she kind of reminds me of the roles Anjelica played in movies like Ever After, the Addams Family and the Witches. Plus this may be just me...but she kind of looks like a mix of 1980's Cher and Queen Maeve from Mystic Knights of Tir Na Nog. Speaking of Mystic Knights....Flynn's history of being a thief brought to mind the character of Angus who was also a thief. There's nothing bad I can honestly say about this movie apart from the song at the beginning sounds like something you'd hear on the Disney Channel. The movie in general was one of the best animated movies of 2010 next to Megamind, Rapunzel even shares a similar facial trait to Megs...and we all know what this is. Yep, it's the eyes! She has very big beautiful green eyes, just like Megamind. In overall, this movie surprised me and I had a blast seeing it for the first time. And it's one of those movies that in my opinion will never get old or tiresome.
I rate it 100 out of 100, two monstrous thumbs up, and a Monstermaster13 Golden Seal of Fantasticness. I heavily recommend it if you haven't seen it, and if you have seen it - watch it again to truly understand how great it is.
