Tangled vs. Princess & the Frog

Hey there, blog fans! Recently, I've seen the new Disney Princess movie, Tangled. I've found many reviews on it, but only one pessimistic one. The comments on it argued that "Princess and the Frog was better" or vice versa. I personally loved both movies! I saw them both on my birthday. I saw PATF on my birthday in 2010, and I saw Tangled this year. I must say that I had a better reacton to Tangled, though. Being the net-picker that I am, I'm going to add my own argument.

Tangled and PATF: two COMPLETELY different movies. Both have fun elements, nice characters, and great music. However, I think Tangled, itself, is a better family-friendly movie because it doesn't have any dark voo-doo/hoo-doo stuff. It is pure fun and like the magic Disney shared before Hannah Montana and Jonas Brothers.

Granted, Tangled has its down-sides, too. The beginning is a little over-the-top in fairy-tale mode, because of how it unfolds. A speck of the sun falls down to the earth, produces a magic golden flower, old hag finds it and makes herself young again by singing to it- with a song NO ONE KNOWS, so you have no idea how she learned it.

The music in Tangled was great! It was generally pretty interesting lyrics, with the exception of "I've Got a Dream". While catchy, it was a little redundant. Suddenly, all of these tough pub-thugs break out in song, revealing their soft sides, with dreams of like being a concertina, becoming a famous chef, etc. I LOVED "I See the Light", even though it has a small reference to Aladdin.

Yet, in PATF, all of the music the music was catchy, but sort of redundant. New character- suddenly: song to introduce himself/herself.

That brings me to the next aspect: Characters. The male and female lead roles were different personalities. Naveen was a lazy prince who is carefree and does absolutely nothing except party and flirt. Flynn, he's quite the complicated character. He isn't AS full of himself as Naveen. His conceitedness evaporated sooner than Naveen's did. The female leads- that's a different story. Tiana has grown up with the notion that the only way to get things in life is through hard work. She is a stronger character than most of the other Disney princesses have been. Rapunzel, she's weak (sort of) because the evil step-mother has been babying her for eighteen years! She has no idea what the world is like, besides what Gothel describes as "evil and dangerous and scary".

I think that Tangled's character's love-life was more realistic, because, at the end in narrator-mode, Flynn says that it takes several years for Rapunzel to agree to marry him, while Tiana and Naveen got married soon after the drama with Facilier went down.

Now for the endings: PATF had a sort of cute ending. It ended with the fire-fly being a star like "Evangiline". Stars was a sort of theme in PATF, which I really didn't get. Tangled's ending was alot more sad because, technically, our hero "dies" to keep Rapunzel from being a prisoner forever.

I found the ending of Tangled to be overall better than PATF's because it shows more love between Rapunzel and Flynn than with Tiana and Naveen. Naveen is cool, but I don't think he'd give that much of a sacrifice for Tiana. While Naveen was about to give up marrying his true love so that she could have her dream, Flynn gave his LIFE. I find that more of a devotion- just my opinion! And, plus, Flynn admitted that Rapunzel WAS his dream, and Flynn was Rapunzel's dream. I  just found it more romantic.

Now, completely random, I want to talk about sequel possibilities.

For PATF: While there is a more open-ended possibility for a good plot-line, there is one problem: It didn't make as much money as Disney expected. Here's how sequels work: Movie company makes movie. They spend money making that movie. They earn profit from ticket sales, and DVD sales of that movie. If they don't make a worth-while profit though, the company won't want to make a sequel out of it and waste more money on a project that was a failure in the beginning. If there is a sequel to that movie, it's more than likely to be straight-to-home video, so that the company doesn't lose profit off of theater costs. So, if there was a PATF 2, it might be straight to dvd. Also, there is another thing to factor in that I will discuss in...

For Tangled: There isn't much of a possibility that a Tangled 2 would have a very good plot, unless there was a huge plothole. Also, there is the aforementioned fact about the money thing. Disney spent ALOT of money on this movie and aren't making much of a profit on it. Also, they have announced that Tangled would be their last princess movie. I have no idea whether or not that is permanent or just for now. While we want movies to have sequels, it all depends if the people who make the movie think they will make money off of it.

So, that's what I have to say on the matter. Abinata!

Friendship Is....

Hey, all! Merry Christmas Eve-Eve-Eve-Eve-Eve-Eve-Eve-Eve! Haha! Anyway....

A coupla weeks ago, my English teacher gave my class an assignment to make a small paragraph with an abstract noun (we're reviewing for semester tests) Just in case any of you would be interested in reading it.... Here it is!

Friendship is....

            a treasure that never loses its worth.
            lending a shoulder to cry on.
            laughing at every joke. (even when they stop being funny)
            smiling and waving as we pass each other in the halls.
            staying up all night chatting on the phone no matter how tired I am.
            sharing nail polish.
            entrusting secrets in each other.
            never turning my back when times are bad.

This is friendship.

I think that this is a truer description of friendship than I have ever heard. Also, a wise man once said that friendships are like tootsie pops... They're sweet and last.... until you bite them. Never bite, and it will last forever.

I have/had many friends in my life. One of them i consider a sister. I have known her all of my life! Others, I only knew for a short time. My elementary life was scattered, so I never could get too close to anyone because I never knew if I'd stay in one place or go to another. Others still, I go to church with and hope to hold a friendship with them forever and to see them in heaven. I hope you all have someone like that.

As I mentioned before, I've been reviewing for semester tests. That means I'll be busy STUDYING (as much as I hate it). That, combined with Christmas and New years, I might not be back on for a while.

If I'm not back by Christmas... I hope yours is a good one! Remember: Jesus is the reason for the season. A Happy New Year, too!

So, in the words of Prince Naveen, Abinata!

Facebook!

WOOHOO! HELLO BLOG-READERS!!!!

Sorry for the caps. I'm just excited because...... WE'RE ON FACEBOOK!!!

That's right. There is a page for all of you Mutt-lovers out there to post on and all that. There is a place for you to suggest books you actually want to hear about. There is a place for EVERYTHING MISS CELLANEOUS!!

Just click here and press "like" and you are officially connected. Hope you like it!

Sick Days

Sick days. They're probably the absolute least fun thing in life. You don't feel good, and all you can do about it is lay down and take gross medicine -ick!-.

I've had many of these. I can't stand them. The reason I'm writing this is that I'm coming down with something like the cold. I woke up with my nose plugged-up, I was tired and didn't want to do anything. I felt this way almost all the way through school.

After school, as i did my homework, it got worse and I got a headache. Luckily, I don't have a fever, but I still have to stay home from my brother's football game tonight. Not too bad a loss, I guess. Hehe :). Anyway, I'll get to actually be home to see the new Scooby-Doo live when it premires.

Anyway, I'll talk more later. Bye!

God Looks Over Us

Hey. I was just thinking when I realized: I should be dead, or at least in a hospital bed. I seriously could have been killed last Friday afternoon.

As my grandmother and I were leaving a grocery store, she drove out of the parking lot, not seeing the vehicles that were behind and in front of us. I was terrified! I could already hear the sickening crunch of the two cars colliding. My grandmother said quickly "Lord please help us" and, right after, she was able to maneuver us out of the way. I couldn't speak for a while. I didn't think we'd ever make it out of that.

Now I believe more than ever that God is up there in Heaven, looking after us. He really cares about us. He took care of us, and saved us from what could have been a tragic accident.  Praise the Lord, and thank Him for saving us!

I hope the story of my near brush with death, and God's loving mercy, has touched your heart. He really loves you, just like He loves me. He looks after us. It is said in the Bible "In my time of trouble, I will call on you, Lord for you will answer me." That is the truest thing ever. Can I get an Amen? I'll talk to you soon.

Romans 8:28

Hello, all! Welcome back to the ever-exciting blog, FNS!

Okay, so it may not be that exciting. But, it does have some good points, right?? Anyway, back to todays topic: Romans 8:28.

Romans 8:28 goes like this "For we know that God brings all things together for good, for those who love Him and are the called according to His Purpose." It means that, even though things may seem bad, it's all part of God's big plan for us. He knows exactly what is in store for me, and all the other 6.8 Billion people in the world.

I can really apply this verse to my life, for it's sure had its ups and downs, like any person's life, I guess. Whenever I feel I'm going to lose it, I think back to that verse and feel better.. It helps me through the good times and the bad.

It's for these reasons that I call this my Life Verse. I use its reference everywhere. 828 is one of my small insignias.

Today at church, we had a small time where we could just be quiet and look through our Bibles, and, if we wanted to, just blurt it out loud. I did this with Romans 8:28. It just suddenly slipped out of my mouth. It felt so natural.

I hope that, during your quiet time today, you just skim through the Bible, and find your Life Verse. One that you can really apply to your life, and think about throughout the day. It will help you alot.

God bless you, and good night!

Nyt Håb

Hej! welcome back to FNS. Today I'm going to tell you about my new gadget, and teach you a little Danish.

You might be curious about the title. It is Danish for "New Hope". Why do I mention it? Well, as you might know, you can name your NOOK. Well, I have a story about MY Nook.

I bought my NOOK in mid-July. Only recently, it started acting all wonky. I eventually got so frustrated, so I decided to take it back. Barnes and Noble gave me a replacement one for no extra charge! 

I was going to name it Stolen Property, like my old one was, but decided to call it something different. I wanted something new. So, I went on Google translate and clicked around and found the word for "New Hope" in Danish. I loved the sound of it, so that is what is now called.

Nyt Håb is another way to show I have I actually have New Hope. I also have new hope with Nyt Håb. So far, it's given me nowhere NEAR the trouble Stolen Property gave me. it is brand new, sleek, and shiny.

Well, that's all for now. Farvel.