Exiled into the dangerous forest by her wicked stepmother, a princess is rescued by seven dwarf miners who make her part of their household. If you know anything about me, you know that Disney films are ingrained on my heart and have been since I was a small child, which you can thank my father for. But, I’ve never particularly had a love for this … Continue reading 34. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
My hands covered my mouth and my eyes welled up with a of couple tears with the last line and shot of Disney/Pixar’s newest film, Soul. I don’t know what I had been expecting, but I at least should have known that this film would affect me emotionally, just like nearly every other Pixar film. Written by Pete Docter, Mike Jones, and Kemp Powers, and … Continue reading Soul (2020) : A Small Step in the Right Direction
Rarely will you hear me say that a sequel was better than the original. So, mark this day down. Frozen II is better than Frozen. Frozen covered ground that Disney’s animated princess films had not really covered before. Romance was not the central focus, which was huge. With Frozen II, they had to top their original story. They, quite literally, had to go “Into the … Continue reading Frozen II Review: Into the Unknown
I honestly thought that I was going to get out of Toy Story 4 without crying. I really did. But I was mistaken and the ending wrecked me. But we’ll get to that in a moment. I was hesitant about Toy Story 4. The first film and the third film just book-ended so well with the imagery of the clouds, one on Andy’s wall and … Continue reading Toy Story 4 (2019)
Let’s begin this with a little anecdote: Once, in my Movie Musical class in college, we were discussing animated Disney films, as they dominated the movie musical genre in the 1990s. My teacher made a comment about Pocahontas not being a good film. And I have never seen a class turn on a teacher so fast in all my life. All of us, as a … Continue reading Revisiting Disney: Pocahontas (1995)
Oliver and Company was released the same year as Who Framed Roger Rabbit? If you’ve been with me for a while, you know that I’ve discussed the importance of that film in regard to animation. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you can read about it here. It’s important to mention that Oliver and Company came out the same year as Roger … Continue reading Revisiting Disney: Oliver and Company (1988)
Sometimes I just have a lot of thoughts about a film that I just need to get out into the world. For example: Continue reading Beauty and the Beast (2017)
