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I had been meaning to create this thread for a long time, but I went to my friend's house last night to see Tangled, and I enjoyed it so dang much that I finally sat down to create this thread about...
Our favorite Disney animated films!
My top top favorite has got to be The Many Adventures of Winnie-The-Pooh (I'm a notorious Pooh fan), because besides the great music and characters, it's also very, very close to the book (unlike Peter Pan, which tore the plot into shreds). There is something so very cute and charming about Pooh that isn't really that "Disney," if you get my meaning.
Second favorite is The Lion King, because, A, the voices are awesome--Mufasa (James Earl Jones) is Darth Vader, hello, and Scar (Jeremy Irons), who is very British and evil--B, the plot is very...human, and C, there are animals. Plus, the love story was subtle and touching, and altogether very classic.
Third favorite is definitely Tangled, which I was really surprised by. Flynn Rider was the most hilarious character I've come across in a long time, and the horse Maximus had me almost crying from laughter. The near-end was really tragic, but it had a happy ending, which every fairy tale needs. The love story was realistic (though it did get a little corney at one point), and the lizard? Best. Sidekick. Ever. And I liked how the villain kind of died by the use of what she had coveted, proving that evil does get its just deserts.
What is your favorite Disney animated film (or top three)?
submitted by Everinne, age Disneyland, 14
(September 30, 2013 - 3:09 pm)
(September 30, 2013 - 3:09 pm)
I'm here!
My favorite Disney movie is The Little Mermaid because it's THE LITTLE FLIPPING MERMAID. For you newbies, you will hear a lot from me about The Little Mermaid because I love it so much. My next favorites are its sequels, The Little Mermaid 2: Return to the Sea and The Little Mermaid: Ariel's Beginning. I also love all the princess movies and The Lion King 1 1/2 because of its use of the fourth wall. Of course, I also love the other Lion King movies. The Aristocats is another favorite. Tarzan and Brother Bear are also awesome, especially because of Phil Collins's music. The Pixar movies are great. Honestly, I love all of the ones I've seen. Which is A LOT of them. I grew up on Disney movies. I'm still growing up on Disney movies. I'm currently sitting next to a DVD rack full of them.
I recently found all of Who Framed Roger Rabbit on YouTube and I actually really like it. It's not all animation and it's not all Disney characters, but I thought it was a really cool concept and it was carried out well. Christopher Lloyd's character was downright creepy and so was The Dip. Fun fact: if Who Framed Roger Rabbit was rerated today, it would probably be PG13
I'm actually going to be Alice, based on the animated Alice, for Halloween because everyone says I look like her.
@Maggie
Normally, Tim Burton would (he actually started out as a Disney animator), but that one was actually a Warner Brothers movie.
@BHR
I've seen the beginning of Bedknobs and Broomsticks, but I haven't seen Pete's Dragon. I wanted to borrow it from my aunt once, but my dad talked me out of it. I want to see Song of the South, but it's ridiculously hard to find because Disney won't let it go to DVD because people accused it of being racist.
(October 5, 2013 - 9:07 pm)
@ Melody: Oh definitely see Pete's Dragon! It's SUCH a heart warming story! I love it! And Bedknobs and Broomsticks is hilarious! And yes, Song of the South is considered racist. It's because it brings up slavery, and is sometimes suspicioned to take before the civil war, but I believe it's actually supposed to take place toward the end of the Reconstruction Era. Uncle Remus, who was a former slave, tells the story of Br'er Rabbit. The mother of the main boy (who is white) is angry at Uncle Remus for telling her son stories (which convinced the boy to keep a dog he was previously told to be rid of). It deals with some of the tension and opinions of blacks and whites after the Civil War. It's really interesting, and a very sweet story. See if you can watch at least the majority of the movie, and ending is also very sweet! While many people haven't seen the movie itself, many famous and noted things in Disney actually come from this movie.
(October 6, 2013 - 5:01 pm)
@BHR
Yeah, it really annoys me that Zip-a-Dee-Do-Dah is like Disney's theme song and I can't even find the movie. Jim Korkis, a Disney historian, wrote a book on it, and I would read it, but it's all about the 'forbidden' side of Disney, so there's other stuff in the book that I'm not interested in, so I'm not sure if it's worth the money.
(October 12, 2013 - 8:27 am)
@ Corina: You go girl! It is awesome!
@ Melody: I KNOW! It's so annoying! SO MANY famous things came out of it, and yet no one is allowed to watch it! The movie could almost be counted as a historical fiction movie! But they still ban it. Also, what's the book called? Maybe you could try to find it used or something for cheaper.
(October 13, 2013 - 7:58 pm)
You CANNOT make me give you a favorite Disney movie. Not even top ten. Sorry. If I tried, I'd probably cry trying to decide because I can rave like a mad fangirl about pretty much all of them. But right now I am just going to make the shortest little paragraph possible about Tangled.
Ahhhhhh, Tangled. Flynn Rider--ahem, Eugene--is so genuine to me. And yes, freaking hilarious. I have to admit for a while as I watched this I was forming a fan club for Team Eugene vs. Team Maximus in my head (Yeah, I was Team Eugene) but then they were all friends in a non-cheesy way and I was so happy. I lwas that one girl who screamed in the back o the theater multiple times at Mother Gothel. I love it, love it, love it. So much.That goes fro the ending too and if it was the teensiest bit corny, I LOVED THAT TOO.
(October 20, 2013 - 3:01 pm)
@ Sarah B.
I can't believe how dang good Tangled was. I was kind of expecting it to be a little anti-climactic, but Flynn Rider/Eugene was just so dang amazing.
(October 24, 2013 - 10:26 pm)