Comments on: City of Frogs

By: A

Wed, 06 Jan 2010 21:49:59 +0000

I loved it as well, although the honey on the beignets scared me. My daughter and I saw it twice, once here in NOLA and once in Atlanta with family. I found it interesting that the people in the Atlanta theater laughed just as hard at the “y’all from Shreveport?” joke. Overall, I thought it was a lovely portrayal of the city.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 01 Jan 2010 15:03:00 +0000

I LOVED this movie. I wanted to be offended by the froggin’ cajuns, but after second thought I got over it. They were cartoon funny, and I’m sure I know three guys just like that. I agree with Melanie though, in that it was a bit scary. Won’t let my 2yr old see it for a while, but the first graders all loved it.

FYI, my 6 yr old LOVES the new wii game she got for Christmas. Easy enough for her to play but cute and fun and with all the music and cooking and awesomeness!

Gotta run and make a gumbo, cher!

By: Emmy

Emmy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 11:13:46 +0000

Thumbs up from us…
I thought that, aside from the over-use of “Cher” & honey on those beignets, it was pretty true to heart. I thought the dichotomy of the classes was well-represented through the concept of the Southern Belle society girls and their servants…loved the themes of working hard but having fun. And the importance of love…I was so happy that Tiana found joie de vivre by the film’s end–how truly New Orleans can you get? And I love the message about dreaming big and working to get there too…The bug was dahlin’ and he could’ve worked just as well without being tied to an ethnic group (and just been the loud, comical sidekick that exists in EVERY Disney film!)…but all-in-all I thought it was great!!!

By: Melanie

Melanie — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 23:27:28 +0000

Glad to hear you enjoyed it. We haven’t seen it yet!! I’ve heard great things about it, but I also heard the voo-doo part is a bit scary for younger kids. My girls are afraid of everything, but I may suck it up and take them to the theater this weekend.

By: Cara

Cara — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 14:42:29 +0000

Loved this movie! I love almost anything Disney to begin with but this has become my new favorite Disney movie and Tiana is my new favorite princess. I love that they went back to 2D hand dawn animation for this one. I love that she(Tiana) didn’t need to be rescued by the prince and was her own person. I love the way the city was portrayed, like you I was worried about this. And food and music are central to our culture so I love that both were incorporated throughout the whole movie. I was worried with all the hoopla over her being the first African American Princess but honestly in watching the movie, I didn’t see color and neither did the kids. Ray was our favorite character, that little bug was so cute and he did remind me of an old Cajun grandpa. Did I mention I loved this movie? It’s a must see and when it comes out on DVD it’s going to be one we must own.

By: kitty

kitty — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 09:33:40 +0000

There was a Cajun with missing teeth?
:::shrink:::

I haven’t seen the movie, but after reading your review, I’m looking forward to it. I didn’t realize it had that much to do with Louisiana.
Gumbo in a cartoon? Wow.