God Bless Disney. How do they keep doing this year after year, creating absolute classics!

Rating: 9/10 (28 March 2011)

Like any child I loved Disney films and I turned into an adult that adores the classic Disney films and hope to share them with my children one day. But could they keep creating the classic films we all know and love from Snow White and Bambi to modern day classics like Aladdin and Beauty and The Beast? Well the answer is absolutely!! Tangled is the first Disney animation film I have seen in quite some time and I was glued to my screen the whole time. Funny, cute, romantic, thrilling, adventurous, edge of your seat, and stunningly beautifully animated and this only begins to describe Tangled. I saw elements of Aladdin, Beauty and The Beast, and even The Lion King in the style, story and characters the film makers created. Like many Disney films it draws on a classic fairy tale and brings those characters to life in such a larger than life way. I saw Tangled on Blu Ray which certainly helps the quality but throughout the film I couldn't stop being awestruck over the quality of the animation. I believe it is traditional hand drawn animation but just...wow...from Rapunzel's doll like features, to the breath taking Kingdom they live in. Kids will adore it and adults will never take their eyes off of it.
Zachary Levi is already high up on my hero list as I am a huge Chuck fan and recognized his voice immediately. But regardless of this his voice talents to the egotistical, romantic thief Flynn Rider is just perfect. As much of a fan of his that I am I forgot about him and he simply became Flynn Rider to me and that says a lot. Mandy Moore seems to have slipped out of the spotlight lately. But she comes back strong as the naive, lovely, young girl Rapunzel with the magnificent hair. I wasn't sure about her voice at first but she is perfect and their voices come together to create a terrific chemistry opposite each other. Donna Murphy plays the voice of the obligatory 'witch' or evil 'step mother' as the case may be. Murphy is a terrific character actor and has been for years and she is perfect behind the face of Rapunzel's captor. And of course any great Disney film needs a handful of talented supporting voices and they include Ron Perlman, M.C. Gainey, Jeffrey Tambor, and Brad Garrett to name a few of the more well known and noticeable performances.
Only Disney can create characters like this. Other film making companies make good animation but does anyone even touch these guys? This film packs so much adventure into one movie just like you'd expect and demand from a Disney flick. There has to be a 'but' since I didn't score it a perfect ten and that 'but' happens to be something that is also a Disney staple and that is the music. I didn't think the music in Tangled was very impressive at all. The best song was the song in the tavern with all the brutes because it was fun and light hearted but none of the songs stayed with me or stuck in my head and I am certain there won't really be any songs that become classics. So its unfortunate that the music stumbles but everything else about this amazing film makes up for it. Constant adventure!! Boys, girls, men and women will find something they love about it. There are some definite dark turns in the film especially near the end where our hero Flynn is stabbed...so be warned with the really little ones but otherwise Disney swings and knocks another one way, way way out of the park. I LOVE IT!! 9/10