Hewy's Animated Movie Reviews #21 The Princess and the Frog 1/2

[hermionegranger766]

IT BACK!!!! LOL

[bluethunder25]

The film that started what I like to call, The Disney Rebirth Era.

[SmilieChick16]

This is one of my fave Disney movies

[Serdikhan]

THAT. WAS NOT. FUCKING. NIIIIICE!!!

[RyannaCoutsan]

The Music was definitely an awesome plus to this movie! I mean it was nominated for oscars!

[8Voc]

TPATF was hand drawn? :o cool...

[goldenpizzaking]

@8Voc OH NO SH*T

[Disneyballerina]

OBJECTION! Tresure Planet was amazing! One of my favorites! Maybe not quite as good as the other classics, but still very interesting to watch.

[Hewylewis]

@Disneyballerina I never said it wasn't. I love TP, but it DID bomb is what I was saying.

[Lostprophetzzz]

@Hewylewis goddamnit keith david is in EVERYTHING!

he even dominates the video game world.

starring in halo.

mass effect.

and many others

[FamilyFunForever]

Whoa, the same person who voices Facilier voices the cat from Coraline? I never would have guessed, the characters sound so different.

[predaconmatrix]

wow barricade has a good singing voice......

[Dragon1813]

Was that the theatre across the street from the House of Blues in Downtown Disney?

[slashermaster28]

Ya know, the more and more I watched this film, the lower my overall score for it became. It went from an original 10/10 to an 8/10, which I guess isn't that bad. My biggest gripes with this film are that the character personalities were pretty much thrown in our faces at first (I seriously feel Disney tried too hard to make Tiana a role model. What happened to Disney getting messages across without making them blatantly obvious?) and the development during the second half felt semi-natural.

[slashermaster28]

@slashermaster28 When I say the development felt semi-natural, I mean that Disney didn't give us a lot of interaction between the characters and even left out a few key details that they only told us about and never showed. For instance, in Lion King, we see moments where they stray away from the story to give us Simba and Mufasa bonding. They didn't need to put that in but it was still nice because it told us how strong their connection was. It allowed Mufasa's death to leave more of an impact.

[slashermaster28]

@slashermaster28 Here, we get less of that and more plot development. Like, what was Tiana's second job? How did she and Facilier know each other? I still think this was a great return to hand-drawn Disney, but I just don't think it was perfect and that's just my opinion.

[clashrogers]

Did I forget to mention that Keith David is also Danny from the god-awful "All About Steve" and Big Tim from "Requiem for a Dream"?

[E07WORLD]

Up is a good movie...

[slashermaster28]

@E07WORLD He was referring to the CGI films made by Disney themselves, not by Pixar.

[Reaperluver]

I totally agree with you dude!

Classic Disney is BACK!

Hallelujah!

[CandyLizzard]

What is the clip with the black wing in your opening from?

[Hewylewis]

@CandyLizzard Probably Advent Children. I didn't make the opening.

[151kennedy]

@CandyLizzard crissis core final fantasy 7 a psp game back in 08

[zonkies1]

the voodoo guy scary but i am making my own cartoon show =)

[CoolNASCARGuy]

Nice opening shot.

[neoman289151]

You should review lilo and stitch :) that was a pretty good movie

[bluethunder25]

What films did Enchanted parody?

[Hewylewis]

@bluethunder25 snow white, cinderella, lady and the tramp, little mermaid, sleeping beauty, mary poppins, You know, classic disney.

[reannamator]

I can't say how excited I was for Princess and the Frog, and it exceeded my already sky-high expectations.

Though I have to say, I do love Enchanted (especially since Alan Menken wrote the songs and score), and a few of Disney's non-Pixar CG films were pretty good. I personally thought Dinosaur was quite nice, but I'm rather easy to please. And yes, Bolt was very good.

Tangled looks like a lot of fun (Alan Menken again), and I can't express how excited I am for The Snow Queen.

[MrSnowBlack666]

movie was great but y r disney makin a cgi movie now (tangled).

[slashermaster28]

@MrSnowBlack666 Here's an interesting rumor I've heard in regards to this: Disney's planning to do a pattern, like, a CGI film one year, a hand-drawn one the next and so on. Although even if this was true, I wouldn't put it past Eisner to cancel this idea. (After all, Pooh's going up against Harry Potter 8. I seriously doubt it's gonna do as well as they expect it to)

[demonangelkid]

Finally saw it....and LOVED IT!

[demonangelkid]

Finally saw it....and LOVED IT!

[PowerRangerFanatic6]

I am glad too...ITS BACK! And now I have the movie on DVD and am enjoying every second of it!

[KikiMononoke]

In terms of the animated films between 2002-04, they were all good but just not masterpieces. I guess some of the stories were a little too far-fetched for most people.

And in terms of the CGI movies, I think the only one that was a complete piece of crap was The Wild.

Let's hope that this movie will guarantee a major Disney comback! :)

[clashrogers]

@KikiMononoke I agree, The Wild is a rip-off of Finding Nemo and Madagascar

[clashrogers]

Keith David is also Lieutenant Childs in "The Thing", Mary's step-dad in "There's Something About Mary" and Lieutenant Dixon in the Oscar-winning "Crash".

[bestmand902]

though randy newman is a very good music person, i just hoped alan menken would do the music

[KikiMononoke]

Walt Disney Company making a decision to not make old-fashioned animated films? THAT'S A SIN! Thank goodness for John Lasseter! If it weren't for him, where would Disney be now? He's my hero.

[SonicFamilyGal]

@KikiMononoke Hell yeah that's a sin, because sloth (laziness) is one of the Seven Deadly Sins, as opposed to diligence, which is one of the Seven Holy Virtues! We must be really proud of ourselves to be attached to our vast knowledge of the sins and virtues!

[ZeldaQueen64]

Keith David ROCKED as Facilier! In all of the interviews, he talked about how much fun he had and it really shows.

[pieguyshere]

@ZeldaQueen64 i wonder what would hapen if goliath, arbiter, and spawn all met dr facilier at the same time

[ZeldaQueen64]

@pieguyshere It would be mighty epic, that's for danged certain.

[bestmand902]

@ZeldaQueen64 it imagine it'd be like

Arbiter: we all have the same voice!

Spawn: excellent!

Goliath: wanna start a band?

Dr. faciler: Awesome idea!

*start singing we buit this city on rock and role*

[ZeldaQueen64]

@bestmand902 O_O I'd pay good money for that concert! :D

[bestmand902]

@ZeldaQueen64 and captain anderson from mass effect would play the guitar

[ShadowDarkness51]

When i heard the intro song, it was familiar. it sounded like it was from Back to the future or some other time travel movie

[megamanx1800]

Bolt sucked!!!!!

[Hewylewis]

Do you want to be blocked?

[megamanx1800]

No. Take it easy man! Didn't mean to take it that harsh! I did watch Bolt and I didn't quite like it. But it is a good movie. So PLEASE don't block me! I love your videos!!!!!

[Hewylewis]

Then watch what you say next time.

[megamanx1800]

Yes sir! I'm sorry. :(

[c0mf0rta61ynum6]

@Hewylewis That's nothing. Would you believe my sister hated this movie? She thought it just bland and uninteresting.

[SonicFamilyGal]

@megamanx1800 I agree with that. It might not have been as good as the 2D-animated films, but it definitely was better than Dinosaur and Chicken Little.

[megamanx1800]

What did you say at 0:26?

[Hewylewis]

It's back!!

[MovieMusicBoy]

"The Princess and the Frog" is the best handdrawn animated film by Disney at the decade. On 2:nd place comes "Lilo & Stitch" and on 3rd "The Emperors New Groove". I LOVE the songs, the characters and the animation!! :)

Observe, that the old, good Disney's from the 90's had very nice posters, they looks soo serious and beautiful!!

[Barclay1987]

Nice!

[sukingeggs1]

there was still some CGI in it you do realize

[Hewylewis]

Yeah, but it's not noticeable.

[FanFicCritic]

This was a great movie! Good job on the review!

[rPdmsgP]

love the beging "IT BACK!!" sure is !

hope that this will be another begining of the Golden Age of Disney 2D films!

[Hewylewis]

Me too, me too! I hope to god that it is!

[melchan35]

Dam straight!! this movie was MARVELOUS!!

[Hewylewis]

I know!!

[itsatwinthing4]

This movie was fantastic. not my favorite like Beauty and the Beast or Nightmare before Christmas(tied for 1st) but it does take 2nd but Dr. Facilier does take first in favorite villain and friends on the other side takes favorite song of all time. I really wished they had more of Dr. Facilier he was the best. i think he the way he died was the worst (meaning that would suck if it happened to me) out of all disney villains' deaths. i glad 2D is back and i hope it stays. Great review.

[ravingrabbid20]

The movie isn't in the cinema in europe yet. But based on your reaction I cant wait till its in the cinema. Great things Disney has 2D again!

[cchasler]

I fucking loved The Princess and the Frog.

[NotOrdinaryInGames]

Surprise the audience - review Felidae!!!

[CrazyCartoonCat12]

Best review ever!!!83 I loved the movie to pieces,

[lordoftheicecreamcla]

Roy Disney is dead T_T

[everlasting678]

I saw this seconed day it came out and LOVED IT!

Dr. Facilier was an AWESOME VILLAIN! Now one of my top fave animated villains of all time! =D his song was epic, I loved all the songs of the film though very jazzy and catchy which was awesome =)

[takanuva114]

I wish I had the guts to scream something in public... lol

[SilverZeo88]

0:27. Hewy, you SO cra-zay!

[marvin8723]

Good opening. Like the villian so far. The absloute reason I want to see this is a voodo witch doctor with a jazzy soul. Every time he appear, I swear, I begin to.....um.....be amazed shall we say....COME ON, THE GUY IS AMAZING!!!

[skellington15]

This movie (or basically Anika Noni Rose)

has been going around like crazy! She's been going to the Disney theme parks (Walt Disney World last month) being accepted as a new royal princess. Now she's going to sing here in California at Disneyland's Christmas Parade.

[sunami56]

The first 30 seconds of this made my day. That's exactly what I said when I saw the movie! There are some plot holes and flaws that I can point out, but despite that I think this movie is in my top 3 favorite DIsney animated movies.

[clashrogers]

Keith David is also Lt. Childs from The Thing and Mary's Step-Dad from There's Something About Mary.

[VGRetro]

Dude!! I seriously wasn't expecting you to scream! What did the bystanders think?

[Hewylewis]

They didn't notice.

[FlamingRuby]

Saw it last Sat. and LOVED it! (although a lot of kids got scared when Dr. Facilier came on)

You think he would make a fun boss to fight in the Kingdom Hearts video games?

[Hewylewis]

Hell yeah, he would make a great boss! And I'm glad Facilier was able to scare people.

[FlamingRuby]

I can just picture how that fight would play out--Mama Odie would give Sora a Holy spell (or an equivalent thereof), and you would have to whack Facilier's own shadows back at him a la Phantom ganon in Zelda

[Pyroblazer]

Hell I am twenty fricking years old and He was creeping ME out! This movie was great... I did hear one mom say and I quote "I wanted to smack that white girl silly " and I concur to that ..XD

[SnazzyjazzBro]

@FlamingRuby I think Dr, Facilier has potential to be a boss for Kingdom.

[200damary]

@FlamingRuby hes a beast

[GoldenFox17]

You bet your ass it's back. This is what Disney should be doing. This movie gets so fired up, you have no idea. As of now, I have a review of my own, and I'll respond to yours but for now, on to part 2.

[TheITinFIT]

Hooray! I couldn't wait for you to review this! I had the same reaction in the beginning when my mom called me to ask how it was. I saw it when it was released at the special engagement in NY and was blown away, I love it so much and I'm seeing it again tomorrow ^_^

Yes, it's back, it's better than ever, and I hope it stays for good. When I saw your Mr. Fox review I said to myself, "Just wait until you see this." I'm so happy you liked it too.

[TheBurningDonut]

I know I was so happy to see 2D animation again!

[MarkC18]

Okay, Disney should have known that the quality of animation has nothing to do with story. You could have a movie with great CG but a sucky plot... I know, classmates of mine made a small one.

[MarkC18]

I actually liked Treasure Planet

[Hewylewis]

I love the movie, but I had to put in a 2d movie that was a box office bomb, even if I liked it.

[SonicFamilyGal]

@MarkC18 So did I. Speaking of which, since Ron Clements and John Musker directed Princess and the Frog, Treasure Planet obviously happened to be their previous work.

[Dzillaa]

LOL. That intro must've taken some guts. Did you get any wierd looks from any passers-by?

[Hewylewis]

Nope.