50th Time is the Charm

Rating: 10/10 (11 February 2011)

I am one of the few people who has seen and enjoyed every single animated movie ever released by Walt Disney since Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs, but when I saw the trailer for this movie, I put my head in my hands and thought "Oh, my God, this could be the downfall of animated Disney." So when I went to the cinema with my mum to see it, I went in with a mixture of hope, excitement and dread. The lights went down, the movie started and an hour and a half later, I waltzed out of the cinema in a blaze of happiness, because I knew that for the 50th time in 73 years, Disney had produced an animated masterpiece. The music and songs, composed by Alan Menken, are as good as any from the Renaissance. The plot, while originally being rather "Grimm", is slightly altered in this movie but still true to the story in essentials. The movie, all in all, is a balanced blend of action, comedy and romance and I loved it.