Disney Love

[dweomeroflight]

I finished my take home exam for history today and am now onto my notes for my politics exam next week. Wish me luck!

I was browsing tumblr (as you do) and someone mentioned how one of their favourite Disney movies was Hercules. It had been awhile but I knew I loved it as a child. Anyway after a quick YT search I found this

BEST. SONG. EVER.

So flist, what Disney song is your favourite? The one that still fills you with childish delight? Link me in the comments :)

Comments

[moth2fic.livejournal.com]

I love Tim Burton - and I love PotC - and I love Fantasia 1 and 2. I'm not keen on the Mickey Mouse stuff. I get quickly bored by the Cinderella-type films.

I have noticed that the kids (girls in particular) who start with Disney and then move on to the original stories tend to have unrealistic expectations of happy endings and glorious love affairs whereas the ones who start with the stories can then appreciate Disney animation. Just an observation based on my teaching experience and it might not apply in every case - it's obviously a generalisation and there will be other factors involved. The unrealistic expectations also seem to spill over into attitudes to other literature etc. though maybe the attitudes come first and the approach to Disney second?

I find the Disney 'take' on fairy tales rather too reminiscent of the Bowdlerised version of Shakespeare, for me personally, but that's probably because I'm fairly steeped in classic myth/legend/fairytale. The animation and music etc. are certainly still good - just not in a cause that hooks me!!

I liked 101 Dalmations and of course it stuck closely to the original book!