I just saw it about 20 minutes ago, and all I can say is...


AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!! *squeals 14 times*

This movie already had a lot going for it. ONE, the first 2-D Disney movie in a while. (I really don't like the 3-D movies. Yuck.) TWO, Disney Princess movie! (I LOVE DISNEY PRINCESS MOVIES!) THREE, Disney breaking down another barrier and having a black main character. GO DISNEY! Even if the movie turned out to be so-so (*cough* Snow White, every 3-D movie ever), I was going to like it. But it turned out great.

If anyone was wondering what Disney was going to do with the very basic fairy tale storyline (like I was), here's a bit of a plot synopsis.

The main character is a girl named Tiana who has a gift for cooking and hopes to help her father open a restaurant one day. Unfortunately, he dies before his dream is realized, but Tiana continues to work 2 jobs and save up to buy an old sugar mill to open as the restaurant in question. She is teased a lot by the people around her for working constantly but she always tells them that to accomplish a dream, you have to work hard. Meanwhile, a famous prince named Naveen (had to look on Wikipedia to find out how to spell his name) comes to the city. Because he refuses to do anything other than party, his parents have cut him off from their fortune and he is forced to look for a job with his butler. Along the way they run into the villain, who apparently s named Doctor Facilier (even though throughout the movie he's called Shadow-Man) who tricks them into accepting a deal to get some more money. Naveen is turned into a frog, and his blood is used in a voodoo spell to disguise his butler as him. The bulter and the villain then become involved in a plot to marry the local rich girl, steal her fortune, and take over New Orleans.

During a party, Tiana has been dressed as a princess and runs into the frog Naveen. He believes she is a real princess and asks her to kiss him. After some hesitation Tiana does it, but because she is not a real princess, she is turned into a frog as well. Doctor Facilier and the butler come looking to capture Naveen again, but he and Tiana narrowly escape and are carried by a few balloons into the bayous where they are stuck, looking for a priestess who can hopefully turn them back into humans.

I absolutely loved this movie.I loved Tiana and the fact that she didn't sit around and wait for a man to make her dreams come true (like much, much earlier Disney princesses), but instead worked hard. Naveen's character development is also fantastic, when I wasn't laughing at his silly mannerisms and playboy attitude I was really enjoying watching him grow into a better person. The entire cast is great, Charlotte the rich girl was hilariously hyperactive and Ray the firefly was... well... AWESOME. <3 After Tiana, Ray is my favorite character.

ANYWAY. All my rambling aside, this is a great movie and a wonderful addition to the Disney Princesses. GO SEE IT. NOW. You don't have a choice.

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--Kiki