Word Up! You must login or signup first!

9 out of 9 people found the following review useful: A Cerebral, Painfully Honest Piece of Cinematic Art, 28 July 2010 Author: Cinema Buff from United States William Faulkner once said, "The aim of every artist is to arrest motion, which is life, by artificial means and hold it fixed so that a hundred years later, when a stranger looks at it, it moves again since it is life." When sitting down to watch "My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade", I was forced to reflect upon Faulkner's quote. This movie, which almost does not deserve such a basic term - as if to imply that it could and should be compared with other such "movies" involves the disruption of flower parade with the awakening of a 1,000-year-old dragon However, the plot is merely the MacGuffin for the emotional truths that reveal themselves in 50 rapturous minutes The Princess Promenade" shows the typical Victor Dal Chele touches. The lyrical camera-work, complex story lines and ambitious themes immediately remind us of Transformers: Go-Bots" and "RoboCop: Alpha Commando", not to mention his predecessor "My Little Pony: A Very Minty Christmas". However, his previous work now feels like mere preparation for this, his masterwork. Earlier reviews have compared this film to the work of Ozu. Actually, the influence of a number of masters is evident here. He combines the artistic editing of Eisenstein, the visual innovation of Welles, the provocation of Fassbinder, the existential philosophies of Godard, and the frenetic surrealism of Luis Buñuel. These elements are merely jumping off points, though, for a unique style that future film scholars will refer to as "Dal Chele-ism" But as any film-goer will tell you, style only goes so far. The reason "The Princess Promenade" deserves its place next to "Grand lusion", "La Dolce Vita" and "Rashomon" is the emotional impact it achieves The story starts off light enough, making the viewer feel at ease. It is funny, often times hilarious. Then, it is revealed that the laughs are masking a deeper, more tragic subtext, and the emotional weight of this revelation induces tears in all who watch The third act is truly revelatory. I found myself first hating, and then embracing, humanity. And when I had unleashed all of my emotion at the world and society around me, the movie forced me to look within myself. It revealed that I, like everyone else, was ultimately an empty vessel full of hope and longing but ultimately achieving nothing As I was ready to hang my hat, and admit defeat at this monster of a film, its denouement landed with a message of hope that would have been manipulative had the previous 47 minutes not laid the groundwork for this, its most logical resolution. As the last image faded, I felt hopeful for myself as a human being and for humanity as a whole And as the final credits rolled, I wept. I wept not only for the ponies and their plight with the dragon and the flower parade. I wept for myself, as had not felt such an emotional charge from a work of art. I wept for the cinema, as a new standard has now been established in visual storytelling. I wept for Victor Dal Chele, who now stands tall as the premiere voice of our generation. And most of a wept for the world, which will never be able to match the painful honesty, blistering imagination and unending beneficence that Mr. Dal Chele has presented in this, surely the finest film of our generation

Image #135,258


Uploaded by The Cute Master :3 Jun 15, 2011 at 07:21PM EDT

Share Pin Download More

Origin Entry: The My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade Troll

File type: png

Resolution: (846px x 735px)

File size: 70 KB


6 out of 6 people found the following review usefut This movie cured my cancer!, 2 September 2010 Author: scarriaw Yes, the cancer eating away at my heart- This movie taught me that Nietzche was WRONG! God is not dead, he is a clip-pity clop-pity my little pony, prancing through the sand on life's beach and trampling all over deaths chessboard. Bergman would be so shocked that his film would be so upstaged by a 1000 year old dragon instead of some pasty guy in a robe. I couldn't help but think that maybe Herman Melville would be proud, that the pony's great white whale was such a dragon and the ponies would, if they could fire their chocolate hearts out of their candy coated chests. I wont ruin the riveting ending that had me bite my nails balanced on the edge of my seat. . but rest assured its no third rate sled named rosebud!
11 out of 14 people found the following review useful: Astonishing, Epic My Little Pony, 29 December 2009 Author: tamaplayer09 from United States started reading the reviews here on this page and thought, "surely not from a My Little Pony movie!" Let me apologize to all those I have doubted. This is, quite simply, the single most gripping, powerful, raw and intense film I have ever had the good fortune to see. I literally walked away shaken, my life forever changed There are literally dozens of parts of the masterpiece of modern film that My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade is that stick out, but the DEA drug bust in the opening of the second act has not left my mind since l first saw the film. The emotion, the bloodshed, the four-letter words that at first shock you coming from the mouths of blue and pink horses but which you will later refuse to live without everything in the scene is perfect I had never, literally NEVER, in my life up until the point that I watched this film. I bawled for five days afterwords. My family, who hadn't had the good luck to see the film, didn't understand. My friends didn't understand. Those all around me had missed the magic, that is all. The single greatest film ever made, the film that finally removes the crown from Citizen Kane, is a film we all should have predicted to do so My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade is a tour-de-force that will rock your m*fing balls off. And you'll thank it for it 10/10 the only film of which I have ever given such a rating. Jaw-dropping. Beautiful. My Little Pony
4 out of 17 people found the following review usefut Groundbreaking, 24 September 2009 Author: driverz-1 from United States Even before seeing this sample of art,I was wooed by the loving poster and box artwork, as well as the deep story behind the My Little Pony franchise. Finally beholding this film is like taking these sentient pieces of joy and injecting them directly into my soul, where they begin to breathe of their own will. The experience is such that one does not even realize that oneself is in Heaven; one is simply there, to bask in true existence. I was taken on a journey from which no being can return untouched. I will forever be humbled by the shining light of this revelation, the beauty of which I cannot even begin to describe. Breathe on, My Little Pony. Breathe orn.
View All 15 Images


More:


+ Add a Comment

Comments (0)

There are no comments currently available.

Display Comments

Add a Comment


+ Add an Image

Image Details

58 views (10 from today)

Uploaded Jun 15, 2011 at 07:21PM EDT

Origin Entry

The My Little Pony: The Princess Promenade Troll

Tags

No tags

Claim Authorship Edit History
Textile Embed