Friday, December 23, 2011

Film Analysis....

 Emperor's New Groove. (2000)

OW: Emperor Kuzco feels he is on top of the world. He has what ever he wants right at his finger tips (as demonstrated in his jazzy opening number. "You threw off my groove"...."Sorry!"). But he an evil adviser named yzma who wants to over through Kuzco and become the new ruler.
Call: Yzma tried to kill Kuzco, but she had the wrong vile and turned him into a llama instead. She tells Kronk her assistant to take Kuzco and finish the job. "All right a quick cup of coffee, then take him out of town and finish the job!!!!" 
Refusal: Kuzco doesn't want to believe it. He can't believe it and runs around like a chicken with his head cut off trying to figure out what happened to him. "Llama face!"
Mentor: Kuzco orders Pacha to take him back to the palace so he can go down into Yzma's not so secret lab and have her change him back into a human. Pacha says he will only take him back as long as her agrees to build Kuzcotopia on another hill top. Kuzco tells pacha that he will so they take off for the palace.
Threshold: After Pacha saves Kuzco from the jaguars and the giant waterfall they take off to the palace to change Kuzco back into a human. "For the last time is was not a kiss."
Test, allies, enemies: The two of them are faced with many trials to make them befriend one another with tacks sucha as the bridge and walking up the wall back to back.
Approach: They continue on with their jounery when the spot Yzma and Kronk at a dinner and Pacha over hears them talking about killing Kuzco and wants to get out of there azap.
Ordeal: They reach the palace but Yzma some how beat them there and she trys to stop him from taking the potion to turn him back.
Reward: He gets turned back into a llama!!
The road back: Kuzco has a small house on another hill an Pacha got to keep his house and the village. "Ha! Boom baby!!"

Hero: Kuzco (Becomes the llama, trys to turn himself back human. "Yeah, doy, me.")
Mentor: Pacha (Wants to help Kuzcoa and always gets him out of trouble. "Why me?")
Threshold Guardian: Pacha (Is Kuzco's way back to the palace.)
Herald: Kuzco (Tells Pacha he changed his mind about where he is going to build his summer home so he can get back to the palace.)
Shadow: Yzma (Tries to kill Kuzco so she can rule the empier.)
Trickster: Kuzco (Tells Pacha he changed his mind about the summer house when he really didn't. "We shook hands on it!!")

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