The Princess and the Frog
SCORE: 79
I had some real trepidation about The Princess and the Frog. The main
reason is because from what little I knew of this movie, it was going to
have voodoo in it. I know previous Disney movies have had magic, and
usually it is pretty light. So my hope was that The Princess and the
Frog would receive the same treatment. It does in many ways, and there
are a few things I was not expecting. We will travel that path in this
review together. The storyline is a prince who has been financially cut
off gets turned into a frog by the Shadow Man. He comes across what he
thinks is a princess and talks her into kissing him. Disney throws a
nice little twist by having her turn into a frog. She was not princess
after all.
The standard Disney animation is in this film. There are some small
areas of The Princess and the Frog where different animation styles are
used. I was not very impressed with those styles personally. Children
had no comments on that. There is some mild cartoon violence as certain
characters get hit by other characters. The three hunters is the most
prominent. There are dark magical elements in this movie. Spirits are
sent out to capture the prince. There are images that can be
frightening. We found some children were scared in those scenes. I was
not expecting that.
There are some great little songs in The Princess and the Frog. I am
still humming one of them as I write this review. The New Orleans sound
is captured masterfully in The Princess and the Frog. The Shadow Man can
scare children. Thankfully there is a lesson about not messing with dark
magic, and he gets his just deserts. There is also a voodoo lady in the
movie who is shown to be on the side of light, even though she is
physically blind.
Disney sent Family Friendly Gaming the Blu-ray, DVD, Digital Combo of
The Princess and the Frog. This allows families to play this movie on
various players in multiple situations. I am still a fan of these
packages personally. There is a music video which contains cleavage, and
some interesting behind the scenes features. I am not a fan of deleted
scenes in animated movies. The reason is they have not been animated
usually. That is the case with The Princess and the Frog. The Disney
Legacy was my personal favorite bonus feature.
The discs function quite nicely. I really liked how the boat would come
and go while making selections (editor: on the Blu-ray disc). The deep
down core value of The Princess and the Frog is family. Two characters
with selfish motivations wind up falling in love. One is chasing their
dream, and the other is chasing money. They each learn that happiness
does not come from those selfish desires.
The Princess and the Frog says love me warts and all. That is really the
best way I can describe this Blu-ray/DVD movie. I ran across some
interesting aspects of this movie that could be taken various ways. The
banker characters deny her bid at one point of the movie, and makes a
comment about her background. This could be taken economically or
racially. I have been learning about the south first hand in recent
years, and I am leaning towards racially. Not everyone caught that
aspect of this movie though. The Princess and the Frog does have a
positive ending that made the journey worthwhile in my humble opinion.
- Paul
Graphics: 73%
Sound: 79%
Replay/Extras: 83%
Gameplay: 84%
Family Friendly Factor: 77%
System: Blu-ray/DVD
Publisher: Disney
Rating: 'G' for General Audiences
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