Tangled (2010)

Rating: Null/10 (1 February 2011)

Rapunzel has lived her eighteen years of life in a tall and very isolated tower. Oblivious of the outside world and what waits for her there, only knowing of what she can see from her bedroom window. Before she was born, her Mother fell very ill, but was miraculously cured by a magical flower. These powers were given to Rapunzel at birth, causing her hair to grow to great lengths, capable of doing amazingly impossible things. An evil hag of a woman that was using the flower to preserve her youth maliciously steals the child in the dead of night, leaving her whereabouts unknown. That is until a good-looking thief finds the tower while looking for a place to hide out.
As far as I am concerned, this is a flawless Disney film. The story is stellar, being told with wonderful voice acting and animation so stunning that you will try your best not to blink. The music melodies and lyrics are crafted in a way that makes them feel like some of your most valued favorites from older Disney classics. Years down the road I hope this film will be considered groundbreaking, and hopefully will be held in as high regard as "Snow and the Seven Dwarfs" and "Cinderella".
"Tangled" is the second most expensive film ever; as far as animated films, it IS the most expensive ($260 million!!!), and it truly shows. Disney takes the CGI route for the first time ever to tell a fairytale story, and the characters are honestly as lifelike as anything live-action. The colors are so glowing, lush, and beautiful. The film is really just a 100% effort through and through. I have been blown away by the work of Pixar so many times that it is uncountable, but this is something that truthfully stands on its own.
Consider me floored.