"Princess" Tiana is now OFFICIALLY a Disney Princess

[camshron55]

I believe Giselle was already a princess who was looking for her prince. Could be wrong.

First - I forgot to say Congrats to Tiana in my earlier response. I'm happy that she is officially a princess. DS has a hand-drawn pic of Tiana on Deviant Art at http://www.beauhappyday.deviantart.com/ (although the face more closely resembles a friend of his).

Second - JWG - thank you for the discussion. We will have go back and watch the beginning of the movie to check that out.

DS thinks the movie (Enchanted) is most closely a 'riff' on Snow White, who - we believe - was not a princess at the beginning of the movie; rather, became a princess by marriage. Anyway, good discussion and it will make us think on this one.

 

[Disneygal24]

I don't think Pochahontas or Mulan are princesses - although I see them alot on princess merchandise.

~Amanda

 

[Figment632]

Not all the classics we love today were the most successful at the box office.

Fantasia didn't come close. Bambi, Dumbo, Fantasia 2000, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty... decent, but still failures.

Do people automatically assume they're failures, too? Doubt it.



Oh, and so, let me guess... the 9 are

1. Snow White
2. Cinderella
3. Aurora
4. Ariel
5. Belle
6. Jasmine
7. Pocahontas
8. Mulan
9. Tiana

Bingo?

Mulan is not a princess, she did not marry a prince.

 

[_Scar]

I don't think Pochahontas or Mulan are princesses - although I see them alot on princess merchandise.

~Amanda

Mulan is not a princess, she did not marry a prince.

I still see them on princess merch sometimes. Just because they weren't really married to a prince doesn't mean they aren't leading ladies :shrug:

And the article said Tiana is the ninth princess.

 

[Figment632]

I still see them on princess merch sometimes. Just because they weren't really married to a prince doesn't mean they aren't leading ladies :shrug:

And the article said Tiana is the ninth princess.

They are leading ladies but they are not a Princess.

 

[_Scar]

They are leading ladies but they are not a Princess.

To Disney they're princesses.


:lol:

 

[BrerFrog]

Not all the classics we love today were the most successful at the box office.

Fantasia didn't come close. Bambi, Dumbo, Fantasia 2000, Lady and the Tramp, Sleeping Beauty... decent, but still failures.

Do people automatically assume they're failures, too? Doubt it.

It is funny how people consider those to be very succesful movies, when they were box office disasters for the company. Still, that does not tarnish their classic legacy.

 

[urbanvegan]

Oh, and so, let me guess... the 9 are

1. Snow White
2. Cinderella
3. Aurora
4. Ariel
5. Belle
6. Jasmine
7. Pocahontas
8. Mulan
9. Tiana

Bingo?

Bingo.

And yes, even though Mulan is not a princess, Disney included those that they thought fit the "Princess Mythology". In other words, they want to include as many as they can to sell the most merchandise to the broadest potential customer base.

 

[ABigBrassBand]

Now lets get back on track Disney and start doing 2D movies again! TPaTF was amazing!

 

[Krack]

Bingo.

And yes, even though Mulan is not a princess, Disney included those that they thought fit the "Princess Mythology". In other words, they want to include as many as they can to sell the most merchandise to the broadest potential customer base.

Is anybody gonna be surprised when the next film features a young Hispanic "princess"? Lol, the Disney Princesses concept is going to wind up resembling a model United Nations project at Barnard College.

 

[Enchantâmes]

I believe Giselle was already a princess who was looking for her prince. Could be wrong.

Giselle says that she is not a princess "yet" in the movie... So there ya go.

 

[_Scar]

It is funny how people consider those to be very succesful movies, when they were box office disasters for the company. Still, that does not tarnish their classic legacy.

Also Alice in Wonderland- one of the bigger flops. And look at it today making 250+ million in opening week's box office of a relaunch of it. :sohappy:


Also, why was Meg never considered a princess?

 

[the-reason14]

The movie was slightly successful nothing special. The merchandise however was a tremendous success:shrug:

Uhm ya, no. I havent seen it yet, just bought it today, but Im sure its better than what you're saying. Nothing special is Lilo and Stitch, Home on the Range, Meet the Robinsons, Chicken Little. For the Princess and the Frog to be the first hand drawn film in years, and use the first black princess(about dang time) I doubt its "nothing special."

 

[disneysroyal411]

I liked Meet the Robinson's... :lookaroun Well I actually did and I just got my copy of The Princess and the Frog yesterday!!!! Last one before they sold out!!! Blu-Ray, Regular, and I guess special features or something! I can't wait to watch it!!

 

[disneysroyal411]

Also Alice in Wonderland- one of the bigger flops. And look at it today making 250+ million in opening week's box office of a relaunch of it. :sohappy:


Also, why was Meg never considered a princess?

Agreed I think that it is a bigger hit today though because of how dark it is and that Tim Burton did it, Helena Bonham Carter was in it "I like a warm pig's belly to soothe my aching feet", and Johnny Depp. O I just loved it!

 

[TheGenXer]

They were releasing the movie in December, traditionally not the height of the movie season

****

Ummmm...just the opposite. December is absolutely the "height of the movie season," particularly for animated movies.

 

[the-reason14]

I liked Meet the Robinson's... :lookaroun Well I actually did and I just got my copy of The Princess and the Frog yesterday!!!! Last one before they sold out!!! Blu-Ray, Regular, and I guess special features or something! I can't wait to watch it!!

Ya Meet the Robinson was actually pretty good. But my point was TPATF is more than "nothing special" because it was something old but "new" and had more things going for it than the movies I listed.

 

[Princess Tiana]

:sohappy::sohappy::sohappy:Yeah

 

[lilclerk]

Ya Meet the Robinson was actually pretty good. But my point was TPATF is more than "nothing special" because it was something old but "new" and had more things going for it than the movies I listed.

I think he meant "nothing special" in terms of box office earnings, not the film itself.

 

[the-reason14]

I think he meant "nothing special" in terms of box office earnings, not the film itself.

Oh well in that case the films I listed should still apply while the princess and the frog should not.