Barbie as Repunzel is based on a young girl being locked in a tower, finding a prince who saves her and living happily ever after. It's impossible to go through life so pure and 'perfect.' Barbie is the modern girls icon, which may depress many because in reality Barbie would just fall over due to the small feet and over-sized chest. The idea of happily ever after is non-existent. Barbie as Repunzel may seem to be just a girlie CGI film, but if it was based on reality the idea and outcome would be totally different. The idea of a film is to take you some where else mentally and emotionally. Barbie as Repunzel is the ultimate escape from reality.
Some choose soap operas, some choose music, some choose cigarettes or alcohol and some choose films. When you've had a hard day at work, school or in the home you choose to look for things to help you escape reality.
I however did, i also decided to look deeper into the meaning behind the film, which may seem practically impossible as the main character is a blonde doll. For young girls this would greatly appeal but as for the older generation it may not be a film you would purposely watch. This remake of the classic story Repunzel, is perhaps not to everyones liking. Highly recommended for the little girl in the family. Only the packaging is corny, but even the doll it cross-promotes is as pleasant-looking as the movie. From start to finish it is refreshing, interesting and positive. The whole package here is pretty, original, pleasantly presented, and encourages self-expression without pandering or being heavy handed about its message at all. The original music is nice and very underplayed-Barbie could easily have been made to burst into song at any time here, but wisely the producers just let the perfectly decent story stand on its own instead of trying to make it into a Broadway musical.
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Choices made in good taste are all over this DVD, which is refreshingly free of Disney-style smartass humor and sell-out scripting. The impossible-to-dramatize plot elements of the original fairy tale have been replaced by effective new characters and story ideas, which keep the presentation from being all decoration without substance, and though Rapunzel's baby dragon friend may be somewhat distractingly big and purple, her own sub-plot does work into the main story well and add interest when we are introduced to her grown up dragon father, the guardian of the tower. She discovers and explores her world while always trying, though not usually successfully, to keep peace with her unreasonably demanding and jealous stepmother, whose voice is effectively performed by Angelica Huston, and with feuding royalty in two neighboring kingdoms. Rapunzel, not immature in this version of the story, though sheltered, also paints when she can to pass the time between chores, and unlike Disney's Little Mermaid, doesn't feel the need to forego developing her talent and creativity to chase handsome princes. You can tell it's got its heart in the right place, when at the very beginning in an introductory sequence Barbie, at an easel, encourages her little sister to paint what she wants and express herself rather than telling her what to do. What's inside, however, is a very well done original take on a little-dramatized but familiar fairy tale that entertains without overdoing or offending and has an extremely positive subtext. The worst thing about this video is its cover, which looks stiff, commercial and artificial.
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I enjoyed this movie from beginning to end, which I believe even those who don't carry the dolls around with us will enjoy this right alongside those younger-folk who do still meddle with them. The bottom line here is that this was a very big surprise to me. There are two very good songs that accompany the movie(although it doesn't try to be a musical), and the usual fairy-tale ending that will please young and those who are young at heart. There is a formidable enemy(voice played by Anjelica Huston), and endearing characters who are Rapunzel's friends(a talking rabbit and a young dragon), as well as a few others who all are done well. They basically took the Rapunzel character and crafted an entirely different movie than what's in the original book. The animation isn't intended to make you forget that it's animation because we're watching a `doll' in action, not a person(and this is okay).
What impressed me the most about this made-for-video computer animated movie was the obvious time and attention that was put into the story, animation, and character development despite the usual bland Barbie stuff created by Mattel. 1st watched - 6 out of 10(Dir-Owen Hurley): Surprisingly well-done Barbie fluff.
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