I'm really excited to see this movie, good article Jim.

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I really can't wait to see this film.  Everything I've seen just looks amazing.  The PC police just need to shut up and quit whining.  This is all about mooching off Disney for attention and power, nothing more.  

I also can't wait to see this film. As for concerns about it, I think this will jus be another "Small World." In other words, a non-issue. However, I do understand Disney's concerns, what with Disney's history with "Song of the South." Which by the way is still a favorite film of mine, even with the admittedley racial stereotypes.

Her "inspirational father"?  Ut oh--does that mean he's going to die?

Really, it makes you wonder why Disney even bothers. It's been a target of the politically correct police since Walt was in charge. I could not care less what Oprah thinks, what the NAACP thinks, what anybody thinks. I'm going to see "The Princess and the Frog" (lousy title, by the way, Dis should have stuck with "Frog Princess" and the HELL with the French!) because it looks like a great film. Period.

I'm with Gigglesock on this one. Disney should have told the naysayers to stick it in their ear and made the movie THEY wanted, instead of trying to appease these PC boneheads.

Based on what I saw at Comic-Con, my only problem with "The Princess and the Frog" is that, well, it's just not all that good.

The song that was shown was visually cute but not spectacular and certainly not at ALL memorable musically.

The revelation that Tiana is not a princess but a waitress dressing like a princess at a masquerade ball is cute for the story ... but also smacks to me of Disney just force-feeding us another princess and actually blatantly CALLING her a princess even though she's not.

The characters don't look all that interesting, and the animals are almost a throwback to "The Rescuers" -- and that's not really a complete compliment.  (Remember, Disney's done the bayou before!)

But more than anything, the story seemed convoluted and a tad dull, the music seemed completely flat, and the whole thing seemed ... well, not BAD exactly, just not great.

Good article Jim!

It's really been tiring listening to all the critics of this film, BEFORE it's even finished. I reall, REALLY hope it does REALLY well so all those who were so critical can eat a healthy dose of crow.

If I were in charge of animation at Disney, I would've been real tempted to just pull the plug on it out of complete frustration.

You know, the cartoonist Berke Breathed, in one of his early Bloom County strips, coined the perfect word for the kind of criticism this film is getting:

"Offensensitivity."