Beauty Sleeping.

Haha... just watched Sleeping beauty... heh...

I think I enjoy it now than I used to.. after watching Shrek... with all the spoofs... the parodies... and also the idiomatic imagery I would not have picked up when I was a kid... things like 'sword fish' and 'climbing over your head' ... i seriously think that cartoons / animations are made by adults who just are totally kids at heart!

And with this retro thing (how we move forward, yet look backward for familliarity)... watching 2D cartoons are quite refreshing... they are truly an art on their own. And they were outstanding at their time. The old school fonts, the knights' badge... all apparent in our modern day 'vintage' craze. Ha. Recycling I suppose. The opening scene was excellent! How 2D simulated 3D... with the perspective well positioned... awesome piece of work!

hmm... i think of all the princesses, sleeping beauty's character was the least developed as she *uh-hum* slept when most of the action was going on. I think the main characters were the fairy godmothers. Who mothered. Who blundered (so human) and who bravely faced the enemy and help defeat her. They deserve the Oscars!!!


I know why I used to hate fairy tales (it's a miracle that I even bother to watch them now!) ... coz as you grow in life... you get hurt, offended, disappointed, angry and cynical towards life. My GP teacher used to tell me I was too cynical for my age. Ha! Yah right! Happy endings... true love... after meeting for a short while... dreams... and the women... so weak... just waiting to fall into the arms of the prince. I think I probably could have been good friends with Grumpy from Snow White. But I've changed. I've softened. By Perfect Beauty. That there WILL BE a happy ending... when He wins at the end of it all... and knowing after these few years... that dreams DO come true... desires are treasured and are met...how I'm fought for and rescued... that I'm not weak... but strong... I like princess Fiona. She's my favourite princess. Vulnerable. Yet with so much spunk. Loving. Yet with so much fire and passion. Ha.... not the stereotypical princess...

Funny how stereotypes don't change after all these years... light green to depict evil (colour coding)... comical characters are normally plump and silly compared to the slim and handsome main character (no wonder Shrek and Fiona! LOL!)... prince charming riding on a WHITE horse... before the transformation, all the princesses were in grey drapes... ha...

Ok ok... my final thoughts after watching this whole series of classics...
1. I have new found respect for Cinderella most and a little of Snow white... who when treated badly or had to do 'lowly' things... maintained their grace and composure. Followed by Belle who sacrificed herself to stand in for the father. Sleeping beauty... hmm... not really... ha. But the only good thing she stood for...is how we have beauty within... and it needs to be awakened.

2. Our life or things don't just exist like that. There is a lineage. There was a past and there will be a future. The present is what others had fought for and laid down in the past. The future is what at present, we are fighting for and laying down. There is a beginning and an end.

And they lived... happily... ever after... =)