Word: cornelius
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...detail used to animate Thumbelina's flowing skirt makes it a joy to watch as she twirls and dances her way through her journeys, accentuating her movements and making them more realistic. The movie's highlight, however, is the flight of fancy she takes with the Fairy Prince Cornelius, to the accompaniment of "Let Me Be Your Wings." During a number that cannot help but be compared to "Aladdin'"s "A Whole New World," the characters, in true romantic style, fall in love while flying/dancing/singing their way across the night sky. Never mind that they've known each other...
Jodi Benson's voice, as the sweet, naive Thumbelina, is clear, pleasant, and familiar--as well it should be, having first buoyed the equally sweet and naive Ariel of "The Little Mermaid." Her voice brings life to Thumbelina's giggling, almost Barbie-like appearance, though her partner Prince Cornelius, a sixteen year old adventurer with a haircut somewhere between a crew cut and a bowl cut, has a voice that seems a little forced in comparison...
...well as adding their own touches, the audience never "gets to know" the myriad of characters who traipse across the screen. Thumbelina herself seems unable to stay focused for more than a couple of seconds, and can't seem to decide whether she wants to go home, find Cornelius, or run away and join a singing troupe. This confusion is not aided by the fact that the story's narrator, a French swallow named Jacquimo is incredibly annoying, and seems to pop in and out without warning or respect for what's going on. With a large number of cameos...
...also turned out that a distant cousin of Clinton's, Catherine Cornelius, who had written a memo back on Feb. 15 criticizing the travel office as "overly pro-press," would become interim director of that office. Cornelius had done business with World Wide Travel, the Little Rock, Arkansas, company that would be handling some of the travel arrangements for 90 days while a permanent agency was found...
...Tchiyuka Cornelius, Vice-President of the U.S. Student Association, said last night that the meeting went "very well," as it was an example of the "continual empowering" of American students