Rapunzel is a Disney cartoon movie that talks about a lady who has been abducted and hailed by a witch since she was a baby. The young lady, who was a daughter of a King doesn’t know anything about her past life, so all she knows now is that her mistress was the only person who took care of her since she was a baby.
This Disney cartoon movie is created sole to inspire and to motivate every young female at the age of 6 – 10 of age to become good if not great painters in the future.
Title: Rapunzel
Written by: Cliff Ruby and Elana Lesser
Produced by: Jesyca C. Durchin and Jennifer Twiner McCarron
Directed by: Owen Hurley
Character:
Protagonist: Rapunzel – a lady and a princess with long blond hair.
Antagonists: Garfield – a witch and Rapunzel’s mistress who owned the magic palace.
Supporting Characters:
Prince Stefan – future husband of Rapunzel and son of King Fredrick
King Fredrick - father of Prince Eric
King Whilhelm – father of Rapunzel
Penelope – a talking young female dragon and friend of Rapunzel
Hoby – a not-too-old male rabbit and friend of Rapunzel
Huego – a powerful dragon and father of Penelope
Otto – a cat-like animal and pet of Garfield.
Summary:
The story begins with a little girl at the age of 7 with her painting mentor. Both were supposed to start painting, but the young girl doesn’t have any idea what to paint is hesitant to strike her brush on the canvas.
Her mentor insisted to paint whatever comes in her mind, but as young girl who doesn’t know anything about the real world really doesn’t know what to be painted.
The mentor equipped with such skills to motivate and stimulate the inner sense as the child to come beside her. And the story begins……..
The palace owned by Garfield where Rapunzel was kept was concealed by magic. This made the palace unknown to the nearby village and within the jurisdiction of the kingdom of King Fredrick.
One day, Rapunzel was painting together with her friend Penelope and Hoby. Hoby the rabbit, with his ears served as an antenna detected that Garfield is arriving aboard her horse. Rapunzel immediately took off her apron and hurriedly proceed to the door to greet her mistress.
Garfield, while walking the hallway noticed that Rapunzel was painting again. She reminded Rapunzel that it is her duty to serve her. According the Garfield, she was served and taken care of ever since she was a child and she is required to repay it by doing all the household chores and keeping the house and proper order. This means fixing all the things in the house that needs fixing.
After some traditional discussions with her mistress, Rapunzel went to the kitchen to prepare a tea for her mistress. While preparing, she was distracted by her two friends hoby and Penelope which made all dishes to flew, but because of their abrupt reaction, they were able to catch all the things including the cookies.
Unknowingly, the spoon was hanged in one of the nose of an animal statue. The three were amazed that it was a door-lock and the spoon made it open a secret underground door.
After serving the tea to her mistress upstairs, Rapunzel silently went back to the kitchen to the secret passage. Unknowingly, the secret passage was a way though the village within the kingdom. Rapunzel strolled the village until she arrive at a place where a two young girls and a boy. The children were brother and sister of Prince Stefan.
While the young children were picking apples for their horse, the one young lady happen to fall on one of the traps. Rapunzel seeing the seeing the incident immediate approached the girls and extended her help.
While helping the girl by pulling up from the hole, she unbalanced herself which made her supposed to fall, but Prince Stefan was already at her back and immediately the Prince grabbed her at the waist.
After a few minutes, the children went home, but the two, Rapunzel and Prince Stefan were left and had the chance to talk. Rapunzel had given her name to the Prince, but before the Prince had the chance to introduce himself, Rapunzel insisted him not to which made the prince become more curious about the lady.
Rapunzel insisted that they go to the village to ask someone who knew who made the magic paintbrush she is holding. With the assistance of the Prince, they went through the smith of the village. Luckily, the smith knew who made the paintbrush. It was his brother. The smith lamented that he could not brought her to him because they were long separated because of the war between the King Fredrick and King Whilhelm.
The two return to the place. Prince Stefan still doesn’t have the chance to introduce himself to Rapunzel, invited her in a ball. Rapunzel doesn’t know that the ball will be the celebration of Prince Stefan’s 18th birthday.
In the meantime at the magic palace, in the tower where Rapunzel was kept Hoby detected that Garfield is returning. The two didn’t know what to do, but later agreed that Penelope will be the one to go and pass through the painting of the village to look for Rapunzel.
While the Prince Stefan and Rapunzel were talking about the ball, Penelope appeared. Stefan, seeing a dragon, reacted vehemently to protect Rapunzel, but Rapunzel, stated that this dragon is her friend.
Penelope begged Rapunzel to return to the tower immediately, because if not, Huego, Penelope’s father, will be punished. Luckily, with the magic paintbrush at hand, Rapunzel drew a tower which served as a portal for them to return immediately at the tower.
Before Garfield had reached the tower, the Rapunzel and Penelope were already there. Garfield through the help of her pet Otto learned that Rapunzel had gone to the village and according to Otto, Rapunzel had met Price Stefan. Garfield wanted to know it personally and so she ask Rapunzel the name of the person whom she’d met. But since Rapunzel really do not know the name of Prince Stefan said, “I don’t know.”
While Rapunzel, Penelope and Hoby were choosing what dress Rapunzel will wear in the ball, Otto sneaked in the tower. Otto learned about the ball and immediately reported to her mistress Garfield.
Garfield, remembering what had been done in the past about her acquaintance with the two Kings especially that of King Whilhelm, rage and anger flamed once again her sense. She had been revenging to King Whilhem ever since.
Immediately, Garfiled called Huego. Huego carried Garfield on his back and flew up the tower. She entered the tower and before she extracted another magic, she angrily instructed the Penelope and Hoby to go out.
Once again, Garfield asked Rapunzel about the name of the man whom she’d met, but Rapunzel really don’t know the name of Prince Stefan. In fact, she doesn’t even that Stefan is a Prince.
With rage and anger, using her magic Garfield cut Rapunzel’s long blonde hair and inflicted one of her powerful magic to imprison Rapunzel in the tower forever. The magic imposed was to imprison a person with a “lying heart.”
Garfield till full of rage and anger turned her magic to Huego because according to the mistress, he did not discipline Penelope. The mistress, using again her magic tide Huego with a magic cable connected to tower.
While on her way to the ball, Penelope tried speak with her father explaining everything about what had been done and the help Rapunzel extended to them. Penelope begged her father to help Rapunzel because she was not lying even before and that she has a clean conscience.
This made Huego to determine that Rapunzel could escape the prison tower and she instructed Penelope to tell Rapunzel about it. After a few minutes, Rapunzel had escaped and thank Huego for his help, but Huego insisted the he should be the one thanking Rapunzel.
At the ball, Garfield arrived and she let Stefan see her presence. Wearing the long blonde hair that had been cut as her disguise, Prince Stefan, at first, thought that she is Rapunzel. Garfield ran to the labyrinth and Stefan followed.
At the labyrinth, Garfield will have the chance to destroy Price Stefan. But Price Stefan is a well-trained warrior, and so, he had managed not to be caught by of Garfield attacks.
Meanwhile, Penelope had managed to fly up the magic wall with Rapunzel and Hoby at her back. They are rushing to the ball to stop the possible magical attacks of Garfield.
King Whilhelm had decided and planned an attack to King Fredrick’s kingdom. According to him, this is now the time to settle their long dispute. King Whilhelm wanted to revenge her daughter that had been kidnapped by the other King. Both Kings didn’t know that Garfield was the one responsible from the kidnapping. This was revealed when all of them meet at the ball.
During the confrontation, Rapunzel arrived and learned that she was kidnapped for Garfield to avenge her frustrations with King Whlhelm.
Rapunzel had managed to catch Garfield using the magic painted prison tower.
The dispute of the two Kings was settled after and Price Stefan and Rapunzel got married.
Ending:
The ending was given emphasis on the paintings which served as the key to solve all the problems. It is emphasized that Rapunzel is painting through her heart. The mentor emphasized to her young student that in order for her to paint good drawings, she had to paint also from her heart.
Recommendation:
I would like to recommend that every painter should review this “Rapunzel” cartoon movie. It should not only be watched by young female aspiring to become good painters but also to all the young children so that they will also be motivated to paint not only by a stroke of the paintbrush but to strike it with all their hearts.