A good movie

To be honest, it is a little bit difficult to judge this movie after all these years, especially after they really milked this franchise with some rather underwhelming sequels. And yet, we should try not to forget the impact of this first installment when it was released. If I recall it correctly, I actually saw it at the time in the movie theater when I was on holiday in the US. Back in those days, Dreamworks was doing some decent business with their animated features but Pixar was still very much far ahead with their groundbreaking computer animated masterpieces. Well, it all changed with this movie which was a huge box-office success, breaking all the records made by Pixar and it became an instant pop-culture phenomenon. Indeed, the whole thing looked amazing, the concept was, at the time, really refreshing and entertaining and the voice cast was just spot on. And yet, I always thought it actually missed something to become truly amazing like the greatest work by Pixar. Indeed, the only thing that always bothered me with this flick is that, underneath all its cleverness and cheeky humor, it is in fact a rather straightforward and predictable fairy tale and I always find this aspect slightly disappointing. Still, even though it might not be a masterpiece after all, it is a really fun animated flick and it is definitely worth a look, especially if you like the genre.

P.S: after all these years, I have never noticed it before but Princess Fiona actually really looks like Ellen Pompeo.

7/10