Number FIFTY or, THE END: Tangled

Tangled

2010

I haven’t cut my hair in eight months. I’ve trimmed it of course! But ever since I’ve seen this movie, I haven’t had a serious hair cut as I am determined to have Rapunzel hair. As I am a brunette this goal will never be able to be actually achieved. One can still dream right?

Rapunzel has a dream! Her dream is to one day see the floating lights. What are the floating lights? That’s what she wants to know! It’s just too bad that her mother keeps her locked up in a tower. Poor Rapunzel hasn’t left the tower in eighteen years. I cannot imagine being stuck in my room for that long. I think I would have gone insane. I think everyone would have.

Her mother keeps her entrapped in the tower because she has magical golden hair. If you sing a certain song her Rapunzel’s hair can heal any wound and reverse the aging process. Mother Gothel, that’s her name, is really like, a thousand years old, but because of Rapunzel, she looks only forty. Maybe fifty, I’m not good with the whole age thing.

One day, Rapunzel decides that she’s had enough, and as it is her birthday, she politely requests to her mother that she would be able to see the floating lights. Gothel refuses, and then leaves for three days to get a birthday present.

While her mother is gone, Rapunzel takes the opportunity to catch a thief and force him to take her to the floating lights. This thief is named Flynn, and he’s really fantastic! Minus the whole stealing thing. But hey, everyone has their faults!

On their trip, Rapunzel and Flynn fall in love. Duh. It’s what always happens. They also meet friendly thugs, grumpy horses, and an old man in a diaper. It’s not weird. Everyone is happy.

But they won’t stay that way! You see, Gothel isn’t really Rapunzel’s mother. Why would she actually have a loving mommy? That’s not how Disney works! Gothel stole her when she was a baby so she could stay forever young. If Rapunzel finds out who she really is, Gothel’s youthful beauty is done for.

Gothel convinces Rapunzel that Flynn is a no good dirty rotten scoundrel. Well, he is, but he was trying to fix that. Broken hearted, Rapunzel returns to the tower, where she has a sudden realization of the truth. She remembers who her real parents are. Which is odd, since she hadn’t seen them since she was two days old. Obviously she has an awesome memory. It turns out that her parents are really the king and queen, and the floating lights are lanterns flown so that she might one day see them. Once she finds out, Rapunzel confronts Gothel, who proceeds to tie up Rapunzel, saying she will never ever EVER leave the tower again. Right.

Everything works out in the end, Flynn returns, is stabbed, cuts off Rapunzel’s hair, and then Gothel trips out of the window and plunges to her death. Yay! Oh, and Rapunzel has magical tears, which save Flynn from dying. Yay! They get married and live happily ever after. Yay!

This movie is awesome. It’s cute, entertaining, has great songs, good characters, everything a great Disney movie should have.

Movie Watching Budd(y)(ies): All of my family and Rose.

Best Song/Part: Today it is the same thing, “I’ve Got a Dream.” So. Freaking. Funny.

Guess what?! I JUST WATCHED THE LAST DISNEY MOVIE! That sentence was deserving of all caps. Trust me. I’ve never been more excited in my whole life. Well okay, I have, like first swam breaststroke legally. That was a good day. But so is today. Because I am done. DONE! Yippee!

These past fifty some odd days have been interesting. There have been days that just the thought of watching another animated movie made me want to vomit. But I kept on going. I think the total amount of days I skipped was four, and those were for certain circumstances outside of my control. I am fairly impressed with myself! I’m not a narcissist, just saying!

Of course, this blog did not happen only because I was determined. I had so many people help me in so many different ways, of which I am greatly thankful for. If you in anyway helped this blog come to life, by lending me a movie, watching a movie with me, listening to me complain about how much I abhorred Disney (I don’t for the record, some days, like the Home on the Range day, were particularly difficult) or anything else I cannot think about at the moment as it is one twenty six and my brain is dying, thank you so very much, you have no idea how much it meant to me. I owe you all a cookie, or pie.

As much as I sometimes made it seem like a horrible ordeal I was going through, I thoroughly enjoyed myself. Any excuse to watch The Lion King must be an alright idea! The majority of the Walt Disney Animated Studio films are delightful pieces of entertainment, and in some cases, lovely works of art. I could quite literally go on forever about how each movie is wonderful. I thought about mentioning my favorites in the finale blog, but then I realized I'd be mentioning most of them. Especially The Lion King. I cannot talk about that movie 

enough.

But this was more than just a way to pass time. Since it spanned over seventy years, watching the 

official canon was taking a trip through time and learning about history through film, which is just as good a way to study that subject as any other way. I'm honestly a little bit sad to have to put this project away forever. I’ll always remember this crazy summer, and it has been my pleasure to share with you my often rambling thoughts, even though they were most of the time discombobulated. Thanks for reading! And don’t worry, I’ll be back soon with more ridiculous antics to share with the whole wide world!