A few months ago, we took our baby girl to see the movie Tangled. I was still pregnant at the time, and it’s the last movie we’ve seen at a movie theater and will remain so for a few more months since baby boy is too young to go. Our girl was excited to see the movie as she’d been seeing the commercials for a while, and like most girls her age, she LOVES princesses. Naturally, she wanted to see Disney’s latest princess movie; their 50th animated film I later found out!
We all really enjoyed the movie and laughed thoroughly, as there are many funny moments in the movie. Even my husband laughed, particularly at Maximus’ antics with Flynn Rider. Rapunzel’s strong will and energy was also contagious and appreciated by my daughter, who is also strong and energetic.
I actually asked my daughter, “Why do you like the movie Tangled?” Her answer: “It’s funny and even though Flynn Rider is a thief, he finds someone that loves him [Rapunzel] and they get married.” The girl has recently become obsessed with all things love and marriage.
Incidentally, the movie’s executive producer, John Lasseter, incorporated a special moment from his own marriage into the movie. Here’s how he explains it:
One of my favorite sequences in the movie is the one we developed with the floating lanterns. Personally, these sequences are very special to me. Why? Well, let me tell you a little story… My wife and I headed to Bora Bora, Tahiti, for our 20th wedding anniversary. The Head Of Food Service at the resort we were staying at was an Italian guy, but he married an Indonesian woman and he had lived in Indonesia for years. He said to us, “I have something special for you.” And on our 20th anniversary, he brought out a lantern. He had us sign a little note to each other, which we taped to the top of the lantern, and then he lit it. It was dusk, we were on the beach and it was very romantic. The guy then said, “Kiss and let it go.” So we let it go and that beautiful lantern floated up into the Tahitian sky and drifted off into the distance.
It was beautiful. We had dinner on the beach that night and we watched the lantern float away for about two hours until it was a tiny, little speck in the sky. It looked like a star up there. It was one of the most magical things that has ever happened to me, so when we started talking about doing something special for Tangled, I mentioned this story to the team. We got on the internet and we discovered that there are festivals in Southeast Asia where thousands of these lanterns light up the sky. We’d never seen anything quite like it, so it became an inspiration for the movie.
If you wish, you can read more from John Lasseter, in this Q&A interview I was provided. [PDF] (Note: These are not questions I personally asked him.)
Also, check out this slide show featuring the concept sketches and drawings for Mother Gothel:
Tangled is due to be released on DVD/Blu-Ray on March 29. And, you have a chance at sharing the story of Rapunzel with your family by entering to win your own copy of Tangled below!
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I Love Love Love this movie! I think my favorite part is the floating lanterns plus I love Flynn. 🙂
I haven’t seen it but my granddaughter did and loved it. I know I will love it as well. I think I’d love all the things she can do with her hair.
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My husband took my daughter to see this (I took my sons to Harry Potter) and I really think he may have enjoyed it more than she did. I look forward to watching it with them and seeing him sing along to the songs.
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We didn’t get to see the movie yet (gasp) but I’m a huge Zachary Levi fan as well as a Disney movie fan
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I love what a strong, modern girl Rapunzel is. A true heroine and role model. I also loved that it was a boy-friendly princess movie. My 7 and 5 year old boys can’t stop talking about it.
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I haven’t seen it yet. It looks like a fun & cute movie and if my toddler was older I would have used him as an excuse to go see it in the theater.
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We loved Tangled, I think it’s the last movie I’ve seen in theaters. One of my favorite parts was the scene with the lanterns so I loved hearing the story behind the scene! I also liked her first time out of the tower, so innocent & fun. Thanks for sharing that.
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I like the actors doing the voices, Zach Levi and Mandy Moore
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I havent seen it yet, but it looks adorable. I like the main charachters
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cannot wait to see this- missed it in theatres- looks like a fun clean storyline
I think I’ll like the antics of the horse.
I haven’t seen it yet, but it looks really cute. I actually like how the horse is so animated with his emotions.
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The ending: that even without her magical hair, her love was healing.
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I love the characters,they are really fun. It is a great family movie:)
I loved the whole movie. It was so cute and funny. My favorite part though was the lanterns at the end. It brought tears to my eyes.
The thing I liked about this movie is that although the main character was a girl, it was still fun and appealing to little boys. Both mine loved it and would really enjoy owning it!
I did go see in in the theater and loved it! My favorite part was the bad jokes of her Mom!
Haven’t seen the movie yet. Based on the preview, it looks like a fun movie that adults and kids will enjoy and be able to watch over and over again and still laugh. Thanks.
I have not seen this yet but it looks like something the grandchildren would really enjoy! As we love Disney 🙂
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It just looks like a fun movie to watch.
I LOVED this movie! I took myself to see it on my birthday and let my son come along. Honestly, I loved the lantern scene. The song, the scenery – I cried when I watched it and even wrote about it!
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This was the first movie we ever took my daughter to in a theater and she LOVED it! She loved all the animals and music, and we thought the whole thing was fun and hilarious! I’d love to win this for her!!
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I think what I like so far is that my kids seem to be excited to see it. Some of the more recent ones, like Frog Princess, they just never got excited for in the previews, but this one they do. Usually a good reason to pick it up.
My fave part was when Flynn cut her hair off to protect her at the end.
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I haven’t seen it, but based on the previews I think I’ll like their first meeting.
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The part I liked best was when Rapunzel escaped her tower, and she was able to see the world for the first time.
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I didn’t see the movie yet, but the previews look funny. I like that even though it’s a princess-type movie, I think my 4 year old son will really like it. Thanks!
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We’ve seen it three times. I love that it is a clean (no foul language) movie. I love that it made me laugh and cry. Such a good family movie.
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I can’t wait to see this! We love Disney movies! I think my favorite is going to be Flynn!
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I haven’t seen the movie yet–but I think I would like the comedy parts best, especially those with the horse.
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What I like best about the movie was the humor between the animals and the hero/heroine. The horse and reptile were both very cute.
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My daughter loves Rapunzel, of course, and I liked Maximus the stallion.
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Unfortunately for me being a big fan of anything Disney I wasn’t able to see it. A lot of stuff was going on in my life when it came out and by the time the rave reviews came in and I was free to go it was already out of theaters :(.
When friends mentioned Tangled to me majority of them said some sentence like this “Tangled is like the older Disney classics that come out along time ago.”
A few weeks ago when the Oscars was on I was so excited to hear Mandy Moore And Zachary Levi sing a song. Even though I never heard of it I loved it and I thought Zachary did a good job singing knowing that he’s on Chuck and not a artist.
All in all, I really want to watch it!
I have not seen it yet but it look so incredibly cute! I just love the lizard from the trailers!
I LOVED this movie! So funny and sweet. I totally cried during the floating lanterns scene.
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I haven’t seen it but I hear the horse is the best!
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I loved the songs and Pascal
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I actually have not seen this. I like the songs and of course it’s Disney.
My favorite part is when Rapunzel is in the village near the castle and she sees the mosaic of her real parents and the baby that is her, though she doesn’t’ realize it just yet….I dunno why, that moment just is beautiful to me.
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I loved that she wasn’t looking for a prince to save her.
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We have not seen this movie yet, but are very excited to watch the DVD. From the previews, it looks like a very funny story, and the animation is astounding. It’s also nice to see a strong female heroine. Thank you for the great give-away.
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i totally LOVED Maximus. He had me laughing so hard soda came out my nose!
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I haven’t seen it, but I think the whole thing has got to be cute because it’s Disney!
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I haven’t seen Tangled yet, but I think I’ll love the horse and the frog, they look like they both play very funny parts. Disney rocks!
i loved everything about this movie! so cute!
I have heard great things about this movie and the previews looked great. Can’t imagine having 70 feet of hair. From the previews, it looks like it isn’t just a girl movie. I think my son would love it too.
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I LOVED this movie!! (so did my daughter and my husband) I really appreciated that there was character development for Rapunzel and for Flynn. The lantern scene was beautiful!
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My kids always love Disney movies, so I know they’d love this one too.
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We haven’t seen Tangled yet.
But with it being a Disney movie I am sure that we will love it.
I always love the characters that Disney creates and how well they fit together in the story.
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The jokes in the preview looks HILARIOUS! I’d love to see the movie at least once in my life.
I haven’t seen this yet, but my daughter and I have been looking forward to it. We love all the Disney movies!
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I liked the music the best in this movie.
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I love how the animals are characters all their own and add a lot of humor to the movie!
I haven’t seen it yet but it looks cute and funny so I’m sure we’ll enjoy it.
I want to see this movie it looks like a comedy wrapped in a love story
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Really loved the lantern scene–and enjoyed the film a lot!
We haven’t seen it yet but already from the previews the sword fighting horse has won my family’s hearts.
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I’ve only seen the trailer and it looks like a funny movie movie. Very cute!
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I haven’t seen it , but my granddaughter would love it.
Based on the previews I think I’ll like the plethora of spicy attitudes the characters all seem to posess.
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We haven’t seen it yet, but I like the idea of a strong female lead role,not just a helpless princess
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What I liked best about this movie was that they had less singing and more character development. It was funny and the girl was tough!
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I haven’t seen it yet, but i think the whole movie will be awesome!
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I only saw half of the movie, so I would like to finish it
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We love any of the scenes with Max!
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I loved Maximus in this movie—oh and Pascale—lol they were cute!
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My oldest saw this and said it is funny.I know my other 3 now want to see it.I want to see the lizard lol.Thanks!
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I just rented the movie, and really wish we bought it! It was absoullutely hilarious and cute.
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I like the varied attitudes of the characters based on the previews I’ve seen
it looks great the horse looks funny and what i have heard about this movie is nothing but good. my little girl is dying to see this movie.
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I like her hair and the comedy from the previews I have seen. I know my granddaughter wants to see this so badly, though. She wants her hair to be real long, too.
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I haven’t seen it, but I love Zachary Levi!
I truly love this movie and it is so funny. I love the part where she meets the horse and gets him to like her
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Well, based on the trailer, I think I’d like the humor. [At least, I think it’s funny.]
It looks funny.. my kids have been wanting to see it.
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