Animation and Design

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Many have been asking for a critique of ‘Tangled’ (‘Tangled’, 2010) since its premiere in Spain on February 4, so I leave mine here. As you can guess from the headline, I am not among the defenders of the latest product from the Disney factory, whose powerful publicity machine has made, even before it hit the cinemas, talk of a new animated classic, a conclusion that my apparently is complete nonsense (of course talking about a company called “classic” to everything that bears his signature, have the nose).

Understandably, the film has received a great box office, and the younger ones are bright (or the best they have ever seen), but I am convinced that those who did not start to see a movie a few years ago will agree me that does not stand comparison with titles inspired by the Disney label, nor with the demanding work of Ghibli and Pixar studios, which still remain committed to amaze with each new animated feature.

But also do not have to look at other houses, or go back to work as far back as’ Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs “(” Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, “1937) or ‘Sleeping Beauty’ (‘Sleeping Beauty’, 1959) even cite “Beauty and the Beast ‘(‘ Beauty and the Beast ‘, 1991) or’ Aladdin ‘(1992). Simply, the recent “Princess and the Frog ‘(‘ The Princess and the Frog ‘, 2009) exuded more charm and energy, without being great, clearly exceeds this’ Tangled’, one of the most lazy and complacent Seal Disney. But it takes the seal, and contains ingredients you would expect: a princess, a “witch” evil, an enchantment, a hero, animals behaving like humans, comedy, action, great musical accompaniment (signed by Alan Menken) and a great work of animation, more 3D, that people like novelty. That includes items just to excite the young audience, and a professional packing enough for the rest, with minimal expectations, to spend time more or less entertaining in a comfortable armchair.

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Frozen landscape, a hungry squirrel, acorn … accurate, coming another film ‘Ice Age’. Like the previous game, ‘Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs “), was another resounding success, was only a matter of time before we saw the first trailer for the quarter, which as see has been titled ‘Ice Age 4: Continental Drift’ (‘Ice Age 4: Continental drift’).

Here it is, and as on previous occasions, the advance looks like a short film starring Scrat, the most famous franchise. Will bring some laughs to the smallest, especially if they see a 3D room (it seems that now all the animated films have to be in this format, so that at some stage try to touch the audience.) The truth is that the formula was already showing signs of exhaustion from the very first film, the only one who can see all of it without feeling insulted, but the churros (film, those are really good) give money, so autopilot and other sequel.

Directed by Steve Martino and Mike Thurmeier, ‘Ice Age: Continental Drift’ has a cast (voices), led by Ray Romano, Queen Latifah, John Leguizamo, Denis Leary, Karen Disher, Wanda Sykes and Josh Peck, among others. The script (or the slight changes made to the template) is signed by Michael Berg, Jason Fuchs and Mike Reiss, and the premiere is set for July 2012.

The trailer does not look so terribly wrong, I assure you. 20th Century Fox has sought to renew interest in ‘Rio’ by launching a new trailer and poster definitive production of this new animated by Blue Sky. Directed by Carlos Saldanha (responsible for ‘Ice Age’ and its two sequels), the film has the charm of having the voices of Jesse Eisenberg, Anne Hathaway, George Lopez, Tracy Morgan, Jemaine Clement, Leslie Mann, will. i.am and Jamie Foxx for the main characters. Will be in theaters on April 8 in 2D and 3D rooms.

Written by Don Rhymer, ‘Rio’ focuses on Blu, a tame macaw who lives with his owner in a small town American, his life changed completely when he was transferred to Brazil (specifically Rio de Janeiro, hence the title of the film ) so you can mate with a female of his species. The main drawback is that no Blu know how to fly, so can not pursue the chosen properly, which as usual is not going to put it all easy. And there arise a lot of things funny I hope. What surprised me is that the plot looks very suspiciously like that of ‘Newt’, a Pixar project that was canceled this year, the story revolved around a blue-footed newts whose mission was to seduce the last female the species to avoid extinction. A pity that we cannot see this one.