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
The Sword in the Stone is one of the last films that Walt Disney himself worked on with the Walt Disney Company before he passed. The film feels forgotten, and yet, still has a strong fan base. The set up of the film is similar to most that came before it, beginning with the storybook opening. Although, Sword in the Stone is beautiful, visually, there … Continue reading Revisiting Disney: The Sword in the Stone (1963)
Good morning, all! We all woke up today with the wonderful news that the Frozen II soundtrack has been released. You bet I listened to it as soon as possible. In fact, I just finished listening to it. I may or may not have been crying at my desk at my day job. (I definitely was) Let’s talk about it, briefly, shall we? Tonally, the … Continue reading Frozen II Soundtrack Release
Does everybody remember Disney’s animated Pinocchio? No? Allow me to refresh your memory: We have a woodworker named Geppetto, who seems to be lonely, despite his weirdly human pet cat and fish. One night, he wished he had a child. And then, the Blue Fairy (not to be mistaken for the Green Fairy) kind of, sort of grants him that wish. She turns the wooden … Continue reading Revisiting Disney: Pinocchio (1940)
It was announced yesterday that Disney would be remaking some 20th Century Fox properties for it’s upcoming streaming service, Disney+. The lucky 4 (or unlucky, depending) properties that are to be revamped are: Home Alone, Night at the Museum, Cheaper by the Dozen, and Diary of a Wimpy Kid. This news comes shortly after the news that Disney is stopping all film development at Fox … Continue reading Walt Disney Studios and Remakes: Has Their Creative Team Given Up?
Look, I’m going to be straight with you: A Goofy Movie is one of my all time favorite Disney animated films. I find it to be perfect in nearly every way, except for it’s disregard for physics. No way that fishing line was strong enough to pull Goofy up while Max is using a sheet as a parachute. The depiction shown of a father/son relationship … Continue reading Revisiting Disney: A Goofy Movie (1995)
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)
If you know me at all, you know that one of my favorite films is 1964’s Mary Poppins. I put off watching Mary Poppins Returns for ages because I just had a feeling that I would be disappointed. Then, one day, the movie arrived at my door because I, stupidly, forgot to decline it from the Disney Movie Club. I realized, realistically, I was never … Continue reading Movie Musical Monday: Mary Poppins Returns (2018)
There are few Disney Animated films that are as breathtakingly beautiful as 1998’s Mulan. The only one that comes to mind from that same era is Pocahontas in 1995. The studio had been in a bit of a slump before Mulan, having put out very strong films in the early 1990s and then churning out some that weren’t as well received. Mulan helped to restore … Continue reading Revisiting Disney: Mulan (1998)
