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Disney Pixar's Up review - Lola's take

Disney movies are just perfect. Pixar movies are spectacular. Add the two together and what do you have? Ok you have Finding Nemo, Monsters inc, The Incredibles and a whole host of other incredible movies; But surely after a while those at Disney Pixar have got to run out of the magic potion they must use to create such masterpieces? Evidently not. Up is just glorious. In every aspect. The story line is slightly deeper this time round, touching the topic of miscarriage even, and the charming beginning scenes which show the life of Ellie and Carl Fredericksen are tearjerking even to the coldest of hearts. If you haven't found your soul mate when you watch this film, i guarantee you'll start the search after seeing the cute montage of their life together. The film centres around Mr Fredericksen after the death of Ellie, who by this time is an elderly man, and a young over eager wilderness explorer, Russell. The juxtaposition of the two characters make for an entertaining storyline when Mr Fredericksen decides to float his house to Paradise Falls, which was a lifelong dream for his former wife, unaware of the visitor he has on his porch as he takes flight. This film will please both children and adults whether in 3D or 2D. The setting is beautiful, the music is charming, and by the end of it you are left with a wonderful fuzzy feeling in your heart. This has fast become my favourite Disney Pixar movie yet (although it was a tough call between this and Monsters Inc…) A delightfully charming 8/10 from me. Bravo Disney Pixar, Bravo. Lola x

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NEW Toy Story 3 Sneak Peek

From Pixar, we have a new sneak peek at Toy Story 3, lovely. Sweet Kazed

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Princess and The Frog soundtrack review

I must say, listening to this once through really, really takes me back, the entire soundtrack is Disney through and through. Some of the orchestral work on this is reminiscent of the Toy Story score, and it was really quite refreshing hearing something like this, although The Princess and The Frog isn't being released in the UK until February 5,  it's quite an insightful album, it gave me a really good idea of how the film is going to be. Ne-Yo's contribution to the album gave it a cool, modern twist, something which is pretty special I guess, for a pretty special film. Anika Noni Rose, who plays 'Princess Tiana' in the film was a nice addition, in true Disney style, she had a voice which was delicate, yet powerful, and I thought it was really a nice listen. In comparison to the past Princesses, she definitely deserves to 'join the ranks',  and will be known for re-introducing the Disney Princess line-up to a new generation, and will also be known for being the first Black Princess, which was something I felt was LONG overdue. Kudos Disney. 8.5/10 for the album, could've used more pace, great first listen, would definitely listen to it again, brilliant accompaniment to the film. Kazed

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Disney's The Princess and The Frog Soundtrack - Hear it in full online

Seeing as this is being released on Friday, I figured it'd be an appropriate time to post this. Check out the soundtrack, featuring Ne-Yo. Yep. Credit goes to ThinkTank Marketing for the following info.

Walt Disney Pictures' highly anticipated animated masterpiece, 'The Princess and the Frog' will have its official wide release this Friday, December 11th! In the meantime, everyone has been bumping the film's official soundtrack, which includes a lively collection of original songs and an orchestral score by Randy Newman, and Ne-Yo's romantic pop ballad, "Never Knew I Needed". Elton John, the man behind the award-winning soundtrack for 'The Lion King' has nothing but praise for Disney's decision to bring Newman on board for the film's music: "Randy Newman is, for me, an American treasure.... One of my favorite writers of all time, before he started writing for God knows how many animation movies with Pixar and Disney. This could be one of the best Disney scores ever, because I think he's fantastic." Chief Creative Officer for Pixar/Walt Disney Animation Studios, John Lasseter, also weighed about the significance of this particular soundtrack: "The songs in 'The Princess and the Frog' are so key to advancing the story, and also to really introducing the characters and learning about the characters; what they're about, what they want, what's inside them." Listen to a full online stream for 'The Princess and the Frog' Soundtrack right here: http://wdig.vo.llnwd.net/d1/walt_disney_records/PATF/Princess%20And%20The%20Frog%20Soundtrack.wma

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Kazed Blogs #4 - Why Disney/Pixar movies are so damn badass

So check it, last week I reviewed 'Up', and talked about Pixar's spawn who have evolved into these huge financial and critical successes, and it'd hard to understand why. Well, it isn't. It isn't hard to understand. Each of these films follow a formula; There's the protagonist, who has some sort of 'ultimate goal', if you will, get's into some sort of trouble, usually involves a side plot, which is usually resolved before the ultimate ending. Give or take a few things, but thats usually the general gist of a Pixar film. Now, granted, this formula is pretty straightforward, sort of, but it works. They have this unique ability to enthrall an audience of all ages, and make them all smile and laugh with joy. It's truly a magnificent sight, to watch a Disney Pixar film, it just amazes me to how many movies they can fork out of their chest of wonders, and still not manage to bomb any. Maybe after writing this they'll manage to make a substandard film, but, somehow, I highly doubt it. Let's look at some of the films - Wall-E: A great film, amazing though, considering it barely contains any lines in the entire movie, it still managed to communicate stunning emotion through just visuals, and the 2 words: "Waaaaaaaall-Eeeeeeeeee" and "Eeeeevvvvvvvvaaaaaaaa". Only negative I'll give this, is the cliché message about looking after the earth it uncovered at the end. Just..ugh. It was nice seeing the ending the way it ended, but it just seemed really cheap, imo. Up: I covered this with the review I did last week, just such a great piece of work, brilliant story, lovely characters, beautiful backstory, check out my review. Cars: No way as near as good as the other Pixar selection, but it was still enjoyable film nonetheless. Followed the formula, inspired concept, great idea with world of cars, just had a certain something lacking that the others so greatly embodied. Nice to have Owen Wilson in the mix though, made the film. The Incredibles: I remember watching this when it first came out, and I just thought it was a colossal achievement of immense proportions. Ok, so maybe it wasn't THAT good, but still worthy of being named as one of the better Pixar films. This film was quite possibly on the same level as Cars, maybe better, but they lacked the emotion that Up, Wall-E, Toy Story, and Monsters Inc to name a few, contained. Toy Story: There's not alot I can say about this that hasn't already been said, but the first Pixar film that started the extensive line-up of success stories, it will always remain in my heart, and I'm sure in millions of others' hearts, as the very film that encapsulated the spirit of Pixar, if you will. Just a complete masterpiece, a great story, wonderfully quirky characters which make us love Toy Story so much. As you all know, of course there are others, but I just thought highlighting these specific ones were necessary, because these were the ones which were significantly interesting to me. Cars, because of the talking Cars(Awesome), Up, because of it's emotional and sentimental value, The Indredibles, because it was a family of Superheroes, including a baby with powers, Toy Story, because it is THE Pixar film, and Wall-E, the film which contained like 20 lines, yet still managed to pull off an enormous 47 awards, and 80-something nominations. All brilliant films in their own right, Pixar continue to amaze me with their capability to encapsulate almost anyone with the awesomeness that is a Disney Pixar film. Kazed