Oscarless Animated Films Part 3

Oscarless Animated Films Part 3: Tangled (2010)

Tangled is about a 17, going on 18-year-old girl named Rapunzel (Mandy Moore). She was secretly kidnapped by a woman named Mother Gothel (Donna Murphy) so she could use Rapunzel's magic hair to keep herself young. On the day before Rapunzel's 18th birthday, Rapunzel encounters a thief named Flynn Rider (Zachary Levi), and the both of them go on an adventure that will change both of their lives forever.

Tangled is the most expensive animated film to date, with a budget of 260 million dollars. Part of it was because of the big detail on the hair, and not just the hair of Rapunzel. In fact, ALL the characters had intensive hair stimulation.

Another reason was because Glen Keane did lots of research and development to make a CGI movie that felt like a hand-drawn Disney film. They even went as far as hiring a real hair stylist to teach them how hair works and flows.

Another thing to admire about Tangled is the stunning lantern scene, which used approximately 45,000 individual lanterns!

It should also be noted that this was the final Disney movie Glen Keane would work on, though he did draw some concept designs for Sergeant Calhoun, Jane Lynch's character in Wreck-it Ralph.

While Tangled didn't get the Oscar nomination for Best Animated Feature it deserved, it did get the Oscar nomination for Best Original Song (I See the Light). There's also currently a TV series on Disney Channel based on Tangled, simply called Tangled: The Series. Instead of being CGI like the original film, this show is animated using Adobe Flash, like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends and The Loud House.

There's also some new characters in the show: One of them is Cassandra. She's a bit similar to Marina from DreamWorks' Sinbad: Legend of the Seven Seas. So far,  it's not that bad of a show. I just hope it doesn't ruin or mock the original story and characters like how the Timon and Pumbaa TV series, Lilo & Stitch: The Series, and The Emperor's New School did.
That's all I have to say about this week's Oscarless Animated Feature. Tune in next week when I talk about the movie about the dog who wants to be a boy: The criminally underrated Teacher's Pet!