The Geek Philosophers

Good morrow readers. I say, you know those annoying couples on social media who are constantly in and out of the same relationship, and insist that one day they hate each other, and then the next are posting thousands of couple selfies and declaring that their love will last a lifetime? Yeah, somebody made a movie about them. And we're going to review it! Released in 1994, The Swan Princess is an animated film very, very loosely based on the ballet Swan Lake, and when I say loosely, I mean it in the sense that there's no Tchaikovsky to be found here. Depending on your point of view, this can be either a good or bad thing. The story begins with the birth of Princess Odette, who we first see being lovingly handed to her father, King William No mention of her mother is ever made, so I'm just going to presume that he bonked one of the servants. At her christening, Odette is arranged to be married to Queen Uberta's son, Derek, and every summer from t...