The Princess and the Frog

**Valigarmander** · 05-10-2009, 11:01 AM

The Princess and the Frog is Disney's next animated feature film, the first "traditionally animated" one since Home on the Range in 2004. To be released December this year, the film features a retelling of the "Frog Princess" fairytale, set in the French Quarter of New Orleans in the 1920's.

Aside from all the hype about having Disney's first black princess, what do you all expect? Will this movie redeem Disney, or will it blow up in their faces?

First official trailer here:

Click to view video.

ZeldaGirl · 05-10-2009, 02:48 PM

I am SO excited. The animation looks beautiful, and the animated films always were my favorite. I have pretty high expectations for this, so I'm hoping it's done well.

**LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT** · 05-10-2009, 03:03 PM

WIN.

*ahem*

What can't a guy love disney?

**X-3** · 05-10-2009, 04:13 PM

2009: Year of Change
-First African-American U.S President
-First African-American Disney Princess

Looks entertaining. Plenty of glowy effects, whatever you call them.

Sim Kid · 05-10-2009, 06:09 PM

"WHAAAAAA SHE'S A CHAMBERMAID!!!"
"WHAAAAA SHE'S NOT A CHAMBERMAID!!!"
"WHAAAAA! HER PRINCE IS NOT BLACK!!! HE LOOKS HISPANIC SINCE HIS VA'S GOING TO BE BRAZILIAN!!!"
"WHAAAAA THIS IS RACIST!"

honest to god... -_- I still wanna see it anyways in the hopes that it'll be like Coraline and that if it's profitable to use traditional methods as opposed to rubber CGI that we'll see more or that they'll acknowledge older-than-12 audiences.

Antisocial · 05-12-2009, 12:25 AM

Let me know when the sequel comes out.

The Flattest Pancake · 06-15-2009, 06:17 AM

Eh. Seems okay. It's not THAT funny, but it looks kinda good.

***Cosmonautical*** · 06-15-2009, 09:03 AM

I predict the film's level of quality will be inversely proportional to the amount of irritating pop ballads it is bound to contain.

Pyropunk · 06-19-2009, 10:48 PM

awww i didn't like it when I first heard about it... but now I'm slowly beginning to appreciate it... I'll definitely go see it since I'm an addict to disney but we'll see...

Luigiman7 · 06-20-2009, 01:20 AM

Eh. Looks alright. Looks like it has too much stuff going on though.

Vgfian · 09-03-2009, 02:14 AM

Click to view video.

or

YouTube - The Princess and The Frog - Conjuring The Villian

Oh and bump...

Sim Kid · 09-11-2009, 10:13 AM

It looks like something that was animated in the 90s surprisingly. Though you can tell the obvious "Dick Tracy Law" in effect with the villain...he LOOKS evil.

I'm surprsied nobody's saying "omg there's nobody with southern accents therefore it's not accurate" despite that nobody said anything about how most people didn't even pronounce "New Orleans" correctly in Gabriel Knight. (And how Tim Curry's voice kept slipping through the fake accent.)

P.S. Keith David is The Arbiter and Goliath.

**Valigarmander** · 09-11-2009, 03:20 PM

The villain looks awesome.

He'd better get a song.

1-up Salesman · 09-11-2009, 04:12 PM

It looks like what would normally be a 30-minute cartoon or 5-minute short was stretched out into a movie. Looks okay, but it seemed like as Disney was making, they all of a sudden realize they've never made a movie about a black princess before, so they had to add that to the movie. I'm not a racist or anything, but it seemed like it.

Sim Kid · 09-11-2009, 09:27 PM

Val: It sounds like he'll have a rather slow song.

1up: Errr...I hear they wanted to do it about a black princess from the start of this project. What better setting than New Orleans?

**Valigarmander** · 09-11-2009, 10:50 PM

Technically, Princess Tiana isn't really a princess... she's just some normal chick who dresses up as a princess to impress an actual prince who's visiting, or something like that.

Then again, a lot of Disney "princesses" aren't technically princesses.

**X-3** · 09-11-2009, 11:07 PM

Like that Ariel freak. Being a princess of a bunch of undersea mutants doesn't count in my book.

Metal Mario · 09-12-2009, 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by X-3

Like that Ariel freak. Being a princess of a bunch of undersea mutants doesn't count in my book.

But she marries Prince Eric at the end of the film, so she becomes a human princess anyway.

***Cosmonautical*** · 09-12-2009, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valigarmander

The villain looks awesome.

He'd better get a song.

Damn dude, you're right. That villain makes this movie look watchable, suddenly.

ZeldaGirl · 09-12-2009, 01:35 AM

KEITH DAVID.

YESSSS

It sounded like he was singing a song, Val. And damn, is his voice so smooth... *swoons*

05-12-2009, 12:25 AM	#6
Antisocial Janitor Join Date: May 2000 Gender: Posts: 11,471 Thanks: 14 Thanked 1,296 Times in 536 Posts	The Princess and the Frog III: A Subtitle About Nothing Let me know when the sequel comes out.

06-20-2009, 01:20 AM	#10
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05-10-2009, 02:48 PM	#2
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	I am SO excited. The animation looks beautiful, and the animated films always were my favorite. I have pretty high expectations for this, so I'm hoping it's done well.

05-10-2009, 03:03 PM	#3
LASER BEAR ASSAULT UNIT Videos Mod Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: In my pants Gender: Posts: 4,613 Thanks: 2,502 Thanked 767 Times in 422 Posts	WIN. ahem What can't a guy love disney?

05-10-2009, 04:13 PM	#4
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,942 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	2009: Year of Change -First African-American U.S President -First African-American Disney Princess Looks entertaining. Plenty of glowy effects, whatever you call them.

05-10-2009, 06:09 PM	#5
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	"WHAAAAAA SHE'S A CHAMBERMAID!!!" "WHAAAAA SHE'S NOT A CHAMBERMAID!!!" "WHAAAAA! HER PRINCE IS NOT BLACK!!! HE LOOKS HISPANIC SINCE HIS VA'S GOING TO BE BRAZILIAN!!!" "WHAAAAA THIS IS RACIST!" honest to god... -_- I still wanna see it anyways in the hopes that it'll be like Coraline and that if it's profitable to use traditional methods as opposed to rubber CGI that we'll see more or that they'll acknowledge older-than-12 audiences.

06-15-2009, 06:17 AM	#7
The Flattest Pancake Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: (insert something witty here) Gender: Posts: 1,391 Thanks: 97 Thanked 25 Times in 23 Posts Blog Entries: 8	Eh. Seems okay. It's not THAT funny, but it looks kinda good.

06-15-2009, 09:03 AM	#8
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,100 Thanks: 2,151 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	I predict the film's level of quality will be inversely proportional to the amount of irritating pop ballads it is bound to contain.

06-19-2009, 10:48 PM	#9
Pyropunk Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Orlando, FL Gender: Posts: 367 Thanks: 139 Thanked 26 Times in 25 Posts	awww i didn't like it when I first heard about it... but now I'm slowly beginning to appreciate it... I'll definitely go see it since I'm an addict to disney but we'll see...

09-11-2009, 10:13 AM	#12
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	It looks like something that was animated in the 90s surprisingly. Though you can tell the obvious "Dick Tracy Law" in effect with the villain...he LOOKS evil. I'm surprsied nobody's saying "omg there's nobody with southern accents therefore it's not accurate" despite that nobody said anything about how most people didn't even pronounce "New Orleans" correctly in Gabriel Knight. (And how Tim Curry's voice kept slipping through the fake accent.) P.S. Keith David is The Arbiter and Goliath.

09-11-2009, 03:20 PM	#13
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,754 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	The villain looks awesome. He'd better get a song.

09-11-2009, 04:12 PM	#14
1-up Salesman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Letting you guys know that I'm planning on continuing Attack of the Spammers soon. Gender: Posts: 4,095 Thanks: 2,162 Thanked 250 Times in 194 Posts Blog Entries: 9	It looks like what would normally be a 30-minute cartoon or 5-minute short was stretched out into a movie. Looks okay, but it seemed like as Disney was making, they all of a sudden realize they've never made a movie about a black princess before, so they had to add that to the movie. I'm not a racist or anything, but it seemed like it.

09-11-2009, 09:27 PM	#15
Sim Kid Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2001 Location: The state of Denial Gender: Posts: 8,884 Thanks: 80 Thanked 198 Times in 122 Posts	Val: It sounds like he'll have a rather slow song. 1up: Errr...I hear they wanted to do it about a black princess from the start of this project. What better setting than New Orleans?

09-11-2009, 10:50 PM	#16
Valigarmander The Bee's Knees Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: The land of rain and trees (Oregon) Gender: Posts: 29,754 Thanks: 1,649 Thanked 5,700 Times in 2,580 Posts Blog Entries: 20	Technically, Princess Tiana isn't really a princess... she's just some normal chick who dresses up as a princess to impress an actual prince who's visiting, or something like that. Then again, a lot of Disney "princesses" aren't technically princesses.

09-11-2009, 11:07 PM	#17
X-3 Useful as an Owl Join Date: Jan 2004 Gender: Posts: 15,942 Thanks: 753 Thanked 1,213 Times in 790 Posts Blog Entries: 10	Like that Ariel freak. Being a princess of a bunch of undersea mutants doesn't count in my book.

09-12-2009, 01:35 AM	#20
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	KEITH DAVID. YESSSS It sounded like he was singing a song, Val. And damn, is his voice so smooth... swoons