Ever since The Princess and the Frog, Disney Princess movies ? Brave, Tangled, and Frozen ? were titled to attract not only young females, but males as well. I remember reading about this online, but I can't seem to find the source.
Anyway, I was wondering: if The Princess and the Frog had to been renamed back in 2009 to appeal to boy and girl audiences, what would have been a good title?
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I don't know, I thought this title or the original Frog Princess title were fine. And I'm not sure who Disney thinks they're appealing to with these silly one word titles. Brave as a title works, but the other two should have been called Rapunzel and The Snow Queen like they're supposed to.
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The truth of the matter is, they're trying to get boy butts in the seats. I can't speak for all guys, but I know I generally wasn't interested in movies with female leads back when I was a kid. The Little Mermaid didn't interest me. I'll admit I did see Beauty and the Beast in theaters as a kid, but that's because I didn't know any better and it had a cool looking "monster". When later Renaissance movies with woman protagonists came out, I felt like I was too old for Disney and other animated shows. I've since been enlightened.
I'm personally fine with the marketing ploy as I think I would have benefited from the "gender-neutral" titles.
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Oh don't worry, I'm not hating. To be honest, I could care less what the titles end up being as long as the movies are good. And needless to say, I'm not an expert on what appeals to boys for obvious reasons.
"If life is getting you down and needs uplifting, then please come dance with me!"
Didn't mean to imply you were hating.
I'm in the same boat as you. If it's good it's good, and the title doesn't matter. All grown up, I will say that TLK doesn't hold up the way the earlier Renaissance movies do.
If you're happy and you know it, go sit in the corner and think about your life.
You're quite kind, it's always refreshing to see that on these message boards.
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Haha, good point.
Well, since this movie was based on The Frog Prince fairytale, then that original title would've worked. Ironic, huh?
The Frog Prince
Funnier that some were offended at the original title! I guess people were more sensitive since it was Disney's first black princess - how dare they refer to her as a frog?
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shareId like to add that I'm not a fan of these contemporary titles. The Princess and the Frog was the last "classic" fairy tale name for a movie.
shareWhat about the forthcoming Moana? It has the same 2 directors as this film no less!
Admittedly it's not a classic title, but it's not too modern, unlike Frozen, Tangled, etc!!!
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