Tangled Review

Rating: 10/10 (3 October 2016)

From its original form of 'Rapunzel', Byron Howard and Nathan Greno, the directors of "Tangled", have created a new and exciting film that will leave you cheerful and upbeat. "Tangled" is about a girl named Rapunzel who is curious and ecstatic to discover the world around her while ironically being locked in a tower her whole life. Through catchy songs and cute animation, "Tangled" is a warm, real, and bright movie that will captivate you instantly. Rapunzel has 50-foot-long golden blonde hair with healing powers and a bubbly personality whom everyone loves. The main male protagonist, Flynn Rider, stumbles upon Rapunzel's tower while being pursued by guards for stealing the lost princesses' crown. Upon discovering Flynn, Rapunzel is scared because nobody ever comes up her tower but her mother, leaving her no choice but to defend herself with a frying pan. One of the cute animations of this film is the iconic frying pan because of the surprising handiness but also extraordinary use of the cooking utensil. After striking a deal, the two agree that Flynn would take Rapunzel to see the lights in exchange for his satchel, which holds the valuable crown. This is the satchel in which Rapunzel stole for wager to make Flynn take her to see the lights. On their way to see the lights, the two go on some crazy adventures, and eventually, the two fall in love. The fantastic twists that this movie has is simply astonishing. Rapunzel falling in love with a thief rather than the prince is one of the main differences from the original, along with showing how Rapunzel was kidnapped as a child paralleling "Sleeping Beauty." This movie was remade to also show how Rapunzel was physically and mentally trapped, not only by the tower, but because she only had one friend, her chameleon. This could be the mental roadblock which held her back from expanding socially, outside of her mother. This could be why she'd hit people with frying pans in the first place. I won't spoil the ending, but, just know that there are plenty more exciting and astonishing twists that occur in this delightful movie. In this movie, characters give off playful and enticing traits and are animated exactly how they should be. Rapunzel is sweet and innocent, yet unique and curious, with big, green eyes to express this. Flynn is daring and only cares about himself, but throughout the film he develops humble traits and shows his true colors. Flynn's dream in the beginning of the movie is to live on an island by himself with enormous piles of money; He humbles out dramatically growing to care a great deal about Rapunzel and putting his selfish side away for good. The viewers also eventually find out Flynn Riders real name is Eugene Fitzherbert. He goes by Flynn Rider because he believes his name to be embarrassing and dorky; Fortunate for him, Rapunzel loves the name Eugene better than Flynn, making their eventual love story enriched.
All Disney movies give off the 'magical' feeling that almost everyone can relate to. This movie portrays a large range of emotion thanks to the scenery, music, and screenplay of characters. The movie is set in a magnificent kingdom surrounded by beautiful green foliage and dazzling water. The place literally looks magical and not to mention breath taking. Along with the scenery, the music and song choices for this movie are simply brilliant. Like I mentioned about emotion, some songs make you want to get up and dance and others make you feel things like love, especially for Flynn and Rapunzel. Disney movies also end up teaching life lessons or morals, which is why this movie is so different, because I feel it gives the best lesson of them all; No matter who you are or what you do, you can always live your dreams. There is a point in the movie where Flynn and Rapunzel end up in a bar full of thugs; Although scary and intimidating, they all hear about Rapunzel's dream to see the lights, which encourages them to express their dreams as well. They all have dreams of knitting sweaters, becoming concert pianists, and mimes. This goes to show that if thugs can make a 180 flip, then so can anyone.