If you’ve listened to the Major Spoilers Podcast, you know I have a love for Disney animated films. I was quite saddened by the state of the studio when they opted to stop making traditional 2D films a few years ago. Fortunately, it looks like Disney has come to its senses with The Princess and the Frog.
The more I see from this film, the more I’m thinking this might be the first film my child gets to see in the theater.
Stephen Schleicher began his career writing for the Digital Media Online community of sites, including Digital Producer and Creative Mac covering all aspects of the digital content creation industry. He then moved on to consumer technology, and began the Coolness Roundup podcast. A writing fool, Stephen has freelanced for Sci-Fi Channel's Technology Blog, and Gizmodo. Still longing for the good ol' days, Stephen launched Major Spoilers in July 2006, because he is a glutton for punishment. You can follow him on Twitter @MajorSpoilers and tell him your darkest secrets...
4 Comments
This one actually has me interested as well, partially because of the location down South. I don’t know if I will be able to take Emily to se it, she’ll be a hair over twenty months when it is released, but I know that the wife and I will see it.
I can’t wait to see those colors in a High Definition Big Screen Theater!
I am happy that Keith David may be (re)discovered due based on this film. Older heads may remember him as one of the two last survivors from “The Thing” and from “Thy Live” w/ Rowdy Roddy Piper (I guess John Carpenter likes Mr. David too). All that was long before he played Cameron Diaz’s stepdad in “Something About Mary”.
This guy has ALWAYS had great presence and acting chops, so it’s good that he is getting a chance to play a major role in a major movie, if only as an awesome voice actor.
I saw a preview of this in the theaters and it’s GORGEOUS on the big screen. I’m so excited that Disney has returned to traditional animation – it’s what made them.
I’ve never understood the rampant fascination with computer animation, it just doesn’t have the same feel/emotional impact. People didn’t stop painting when Photoshop got big and just print out their artwork, now did they?