Tangled is based on the brothers Grimm story of Rapunzel. Disney has taken this original story and modified it heavily. Rapunzel’s hair is magical and can give back youth and heal wounds when a magical song is sung. Rapunzel also doesn’t stay in her tower as long as was the case in the original story and there is no prince involved.
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Woody, Buzz and the rest of the toys are back for the final part of the Toy Story trilogy. The toys already have been through a lot in the first two movies. In the first one we saw the start of the friendship between Buzz en Woody, which they almost lost during the second movie because Woody was taken away by a collector. Because of their adventures the toys are a tight-knit group, who know that they can depend on each other.
Their owner Andy is getting older and is about to leave the house to go to college. He has lost interest in his toys and they are tucked away in a chest. Of course the toys are not happy, but it’s something they knew would come one day. Like in every relationship, they too enjoy the attention and affection they get, but those times seem to be a thing of the past. Continue reading
After remaking Charlie and the chocolate factory, Tim Burton, using his typical look and dark humour (which i thought was not as good as the previous version) has done the same for Alice in wonderland. Does the movie with the white rabbit disappear down the black hole or does Burton manage to create a real wonderland? Continue reading
How to train your dragon is the next movie from Dreamworks, who is known for movies like Shrek, Monsters vs. Aliens and Madagascar. After reading about the very positive feedback Slashfilm gave i had to see this in the cinema in 3D to see if it deserved the hype. Continue reading
After having seen Avatar, How to train your dragon, some Imax movies and a 3D TV producing 3D imagery, i asked myself whether or not 3D really is the future of movies.
The number of movies that is being made in 3D or is being converted to 3D is steadily rising and the number of directors that is thinking about shooting in 3D is increasing. Is it something you have to look forward to as a moviegoer? The number of 3D movies i have seen may be low, but it definitely has shown me the pros and cons of this technique.
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