I'll never grow out of Disney

Recently I have been ‘educating’ a friend who has spent her childhood deprived of the wonders of Disney! She argues that she spent her freetime outside in the fresh air where children should be but a bit of Disney on a rainy afternoon or a saturday evening before bed has not caused me any major damage! It is almost unbelievable to me that a child brought up in the western world has somehow missed all the magical stories Walt Disney has brought to life.


About a month ago I thought Disney had lost its essence. The movies they have been churning out recently (barring Pixar studio’s productions) have been nothing on the classics I grew up on. The exception to this rule surfaced with ‘Tangled’ which adhers to the classic disney charm but with new computer graphic technology. The only thing that annoys me is that it is perhaps a little too sickly sweet. The villains are not scary if indeed you read a villain into the story at all - surely you could argue the henchmen and Mother Gothel are just misunderstood? I would be difficult to claim this for characters such as Maleficent, Jafar, Ursula or Hades? Another observation is the lack of memorable songs, the music in 'Tangled' is okay but that is about it. Rapunzel's 'usual morning' song may be sweet but will never play like a broken record in my head throughout the day like 'A Whole New World', 'Can you Feel the Love Tonight' or 'Kiss the Girl'.

Nevertheless, tonight I will delve into further new territory and watch Ratatouille which others have sworn to be the best disney movie of the last 20 years. I will withhold all judgement until I have seen it, however, it seems impossible that any more contemporary disney film could beat these childhood favorites (the ultimate has got to be The Lion King hands down);









I'm missed out so many as well... Mulan, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, The Rescuers, Phocohontas, Cinderella, Bambi, Brother Bear, The Fox and the Hound, Lilo and Stitch, The Aristocats, Robin Hood, Dumbo, The Sword and the Stone, Pinocchio, Peter Pan, Tarzan and 101 Dalmations to name but a few! All are amazing stories, I hope I never grow out of them!

xoxo