I enjoyed The Princess and The Frog because it was fairly different from the previous Disney films and I'm not just referring to the princess in this film. Personally, I get a little bored of the typical hero and heroine falling in love at first sight and having a happily ever after. In this film, Tiana shows little interest in boys and would rather work to get her dream restaurant and fulfill the dream she shared with her dad. It was a nice change. Even though she does end up marrying Naveen, at least they have some proper interaction with each other before all of a sudden discovering that they love each other. They actually bond beforehand and it makes the ending of this movie more special.
On top of that, the supporting characters were more endearing than those in previous films. Louis, the alligator, and Ray, the firefly, are actually funny and not in the typical Disney way where bad things happen to them to make the audience laugh. Their personalities and jokes are actually comedic.
I know from our readings that many critics dislike the fact that Disney made the setting a location with a real place in history without incorporating the realities of that time period in the movie. For example, they believe that Disney should have allowed Tiana to face more microaggressions so that it would have been more believable that she is a Black princess and not just a princess who happens to be black. However, that would ruin the magic that Disney films hold. These children movies are classifies as fantasy for a reason, because they provide a magical world that is better for its characters than the reality we live in. That is the very reason we enjoy Disney productions so much.
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