Seems too much like a re-tread of Brother Bear, but give them a break, at least they did it right. The problem I have is one that keeps cropping up with the Disney princess movies: weird feminists ideas. I believe I've mentioned it before and may have even started a thread on it. Female roles are presented as limiting to women, but realistically, males roles are limiting just as well. Any road you take makes you miss the other roads at the fork. It's just a part of life and should not be seen as a 'bad' thing. Now, if you wanna make it an indictment against arranged marriages, fine. So be it. But who in Western Culture really has to deal with that? These movies don't need to deal with safe, bland ideas.
Also, if you wanna present injustice and limitations to freedom, why make the character a Princess, someone who will, no matter what, lead a privileged life? The Tale of Desperaux, as unpleasant as it was, at least bothered to show is that the true absence of liberty comes from poverty and other physical, emotional & mental limitations which are pretty much out of the control of the individual.
I'm not cracking on the film itself. The film is a fine, competent effort (outstanding, lovely, design and overt influences of Melville are apparent.) But this film making by committee limits the revealing psychological aspects or any insights on Life of the final result.
I just saw A Taste of Tea again. Something like that particular individual artistic achievement could with much difficulty be produced by a Pixar-like committee: only when an individual vision is pursued do they achieve greatness. Paradoxically Tea deals with individual artists of varying talents, some of whom produce flawed, commercial or derivative work. For example, the animator produces a very non-personal, superhero Anime fight sequence, and yet addresses that the true joy is in the moments of artistic creation and not necessarily related to the quality of the work produced. ...Or check out the "Mountain" music video... Much of the same, and yet clearly not missing in joyfulness.
Also, if you wanna present injustice and limitations to freedom, why make the character a Princess, someone who will, no matter what, lead a privileged life? The Tale of Desperaux, as unpleasant as it was, at least bothered to show is that the true absence of liberty comes from poverty and other physical, emotional & mental limitations which are pretty much out of the control of the individual.
I'm not cracking on the film itself. The film is a fine, competent effort (outstanding, lovely, design and overt influences of Melville are apparent.) But this film making by committee limits the revealing psychological aspects or any insights on Life of the final result.
I just saw A Taste of Tea again. Something like that particular individual artistic achievement could with much difficulty be produced by a Pixar-like committee: only when an individual vision is pursued do they achieve greatness. Paradoxically Tea deals with individual artists of varying talents, some of whom produce flawed, commercial or derivative work. For example, the animator produces a very non-personal, superhero Anime fight sequence, and yet addresses that the true joy is in the moments of artistic creation and not necessarily related to the quality of the work produced. ...Or check out the "Mountain" music video... Much of the same, and yet clearly not missing in joyfulness.
