Music supervisor Susan Jacobs stuffed Cruella with the longest list of hit songs I can remember. Suitcases of cash must have changed hands to license this picture. Non-stop, wall-to-wall heavy hits from the sixties through the eighties and beyond. Barely ten seconds goes by before another memorable tune carries the picture forward. Great music most of the time, occasionally annoying in its panoply.
The Costco size can of music is tempered by the phenomenal animal animation and a cornucopia of visual effects that are breathtaking in their subtlety created under the supervision of Max Wood.
A mountain range of hair, oceans of costumes, and a predictable, yet charming, parable of a script pitting good against evil, and black against white as the production's color palette goes, conspire to sweep away our imagination.
While black and white lead by default in Cruella, it is not for one second meant to detract from the production design and camera department's symphony of stunning imagery that provides a world in which black and white can truly rule the rainbow.
Consistently and appropriately over-the-top performances from an awesome cast of great actors provide the foundation for this remake (Reboot? Reanimation?).
Working on a picture like this must have been exhausting for the performers (and everybody else for that matter). But their finished product makes it look like it was a breeze and a laugh.
Cruella is a technical masterpiece with a soundtrack that would span four CDs if such things were still widely sold. Digital downloads of the complete playlist I fear will run in the GBs rather than the MBs. Please budget accordingly for a worthy music purchase when made available.
Please allow me to try my review in just three words: Disney on crack! Mmmm...not sure. Still workin' on the review in "X" number of words thing.
Meanwhile, when you're in the mood for some fun and laughs from the lighthearted dark side, please give Cruella a look. Might be a bit scary or emotionally scarring for the wee little ones though.
PS - Can't wait to see how the theme park division will interpret this one...
The Costco size can of music is tempered by the phenomenal animal animation and a cornucopia of visual effects that are breathtaking in their subtlety created under the supervision of Max Wood.
A mountain range of hair, oceans of costumes, and a predictable, yet charming, parable of a script pitting good against evil, and black against white as the production's color palette goes, conspire to sweep away our imagination.
While black and white lead by default in Cruella, it is not for one second meant to detract from the production design and camera department's symphony of stunning imagery that provides a world in which black and white can truly rule the rainbow.
Consistently and appropriately over-the-top performances from an awesome cast of great actors provide the foundation for this remake (Reboot? Reanimation?).
Working on a picture like this must have been exhausting for the performers (and everybody else for that matter). But their finished product makes it look like it was a breeze and a laugh.
Cruella is a technical masterpiece with a soundtrack that would span four CDs if such things were still widely sold. Digital downloads of the complete playlist I fear will run in the GBs rather than the MBs. Please budget accordingly for a worthy music purchase when made available.
Please allow me to try my review in just three words: Disney on crack! Mmmm...not sure. Still workin' on the review in "X" number of words thing.
Meanwhile, when you're in the mood for some fun and laughs from the lighthearted dark side, please give Cruella a look. Might be a bit scary or emotionally scarring for the wee little ones though.
PS - Can't wait to see how the theme park division will interpret this one...