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randomalistic · 4 months

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🎬 MY 2023 MOVIE LIST

THIS YEAR I WATCHED:

44 DIFFERENT MOVIES

30 NEW MOVIES 17 REWATCHES

28 ANIMATED MOVIES 16 LIVE ACTION MOVIES

I’ve also linked a few posts with my initial reactions/discussions

MUST-WATCH LIST: at least imo. teehee.

Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022)

Labyrinth (1986)

ParaNorman (2012)

The Last Unicorn (1982)

Nimona (2023)

Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022)

Wreck-it Ralph (2012)

How to Train Your Dragon (2010)

Megamind (2010)

Coraline (2009)

Kung-Fu Panda (2008)

The Book of Life (2014)

Corpse Bride (2005)

Isle of Dogs (2018)

Tangled (2010)

I hope I keep this up !!! Maybe I can watch more TV shows or play more games next year :)

+ SOMETHING COOL TO TRY: Watch 2 similar movies back to back more often. You’ll be able to make interesting connections between them and it's fun!

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ABSOLUTE FAVORITE

Watch it!!

Good but had some problems

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1-12-23: Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) ACTUALLY PEAK FILM. AMAZING VISUALS, EPIC FIGHT SEQUENCES AND VERY HEARTFELT . I love piss in boots. MUST WATCH.

3-9-23: The Steven Universe Movie (2018) (rewatch) Spinel is in this. The songs are amazing. Fun to revisit !!!

3-24-23: Labyrinth (1986) DAVID BOWIE AND INTRICATE PUPPET CREATURES 80s FANTASY MOVIE I AM IN LOVE. Must watch

4-8-23: ParaNorman (2012) hit me harder than I was expecting, really subverts your expectations. AMAZING. MUST WATCH.

4-28-23: The Super Mario Bros. Movie (2023) I watched this on my birthday :) It made the child in me so happy

5-8-23: Tinker Bell (2008) (old rewatch) Pixie hollow is a legitimately communist society. Fun to revisit !!

6-18-23: The Little Mermaid (2023) ew live action remake lol. But it’s one of the better ones. ok honestly i'm mad that i sorta liked it upon initial viewing. maybe its just cuz i havent seen the original (WHAT ARE YOU DOING!????? oh mygod please watch the original one OK FINE I WILL........)

7-17-23: The Last Unicorn (1982) really a product of its time. So beautiful and unique in its own way. Must watch

7-28-23 Run Lola Run (1998) Indie german crime/thriller film that was fun and experimental, I loved the late 90s trance soundtrack and had a good time, it went by quick!

8-3-23 Barbie (2023) ITS BARBIE !

8-19-23 (Most of) Aladdin (1992) (old rewatch) gGenie………. The animation is GODLY. the early CG is a bit rough but hey it was 1992

8-25-23 Nimona (2023) MOST QUEEREST COOLIEST MOVIE I SEEN HITS VERY HARD AND ITS SUPER GOOD OHHHH…. PLEASE MUST WATCH!!!

9-8-23 Guillermo Del Toro’s Pinocchio (2022) finally got around to this one, what a special experience. MUST WATCH

9-15-23 The Road to El Dorado (2000) White savior movie but otherwise fun characters. Tulio and Miguel are the gayest straight guys I’ve ever seen

9-15-23 The Emperor’s New Groove (2000) GENUINELY HILARIOUS AND SO GOOFY. It was fun seeing this right after el dorado.

9-21-23 Wreck-it Ralph (2012) (old rewatch) brooooo this moviie sucs I hate it so much i. please watch

9-22-23 How to Train Your Dragon (2010) very powerful music and showcases a very touching relationship between humans and nature/the unknown, must see !!!!!

9-29-23 Little Miss Sunshine (2006) dysfunctional family road trip with chaotic/dark humor. ITS FUNNY I LIKED IT

10-1-23 Elemental (2023) REALLY didn’t deserve the hate, it’s a sweet romance/immigration story. A little cheesy but it’s charming. The visuals are a feat to behold

10-4-23 Napoleon Dynamite (2004) some outdated language/humor but otherwise a Very specific brand of silly/charming

10-5-23 Marcel The Shell (2021) unexpectedly touching and unique movie presentation style - I may have cried

10-7-23 Megamind (2010) (old rewatch) ICONIC and hilarious supervillain film and aged very well. MUST WATCH!!??

10-21-23 Coraline (2009) (rewatch) this movie has such a distinct, creepy identity and it’s enthralling each time. MUST WATCH

10-27-23 Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) has tonal problems and it wasn’t confident enough to go all out all the way through, which is so unfortunate… But AMAZING otherwise. The architecture ??! And Frollo. Evil priest characters you are so cool

10-27-23 Kung-Fu Panda (2008) (old rewatch) Legitimately amazing animated martial arts movie and embraces self love. we all know this. It’s even better on rewatch. MUST WATCH !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

10-27-23 Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011) (old rewatch) SURPRISINGLY POWERFUL AND A REALLY GOOD SEQUEL. Hi shen blushes

11-4-23 The Book of Life (2014) this film is such an UNDERRATED TREAT. Absolutely gorgeous celebration of Mexican culture. Incredible world and characters and the style is so distinct. Must WATCH !!!???

11-5-23 Five Nights At Freddy’s (2023) :) I’ve been waiting for this ever since I was 13 and I had so much fun watching it. This was a highlight of my year!

11-12-23 Corpse Bride (2005) Really really good Tim Burton Halloween movie with so much stylization. So much fun to watch!!!! And so ethereal at times. MUST WATCH

11-12-23 Frankenweenie (2012) Very cute but disappointing ending, too safe. It could have been more impactful if they pushed it further. Watched this after corpse bride and the parallels were FUNNY.

11-18-23 The Wizard Of Oz (1939) (old rewatch). The real life abusive filming process makes this movie Hard to Enjoy with peace of mind- but the finished product is truly groundbreaking and whimsical

11-20-23 The Bourne Identity (2002) AWESOME THRILLER ACTION MOVIE EHEHE

11-21-23 Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) unpopular opinion - the movie suffers when you don’t see it in its original intended form (in a movie theater . In 1977.) I SWEAR. I STILL ENJOYED IT THOUGH. ….

11-22-23 Austin Powers: The Spy who Shagged Me (1998) SO SILLY but mean spirited/offensive humor at times. ITS AUSTIN POWERS…

11-23-23 Monsters University (2013) (rewatch) MOST UNDERRATED DISNEY SEQUEL/PREQUEL. FUN AND IMPACTFUL COLLEGE FRIENDSHIP MOVIE

11-25-23 Wreck-it Ralph (2012) (rewatch AGAIN.) haha

12-1–23 Isle of Dogs (2018) Incredibly unique/distinct presentation style. My friend who’s a Japanese major loves this movie. MUST WATCH

12-1-23 Fantastic Mr. Fox (2009) another silly goofy little dysfunctional family unit, a bit yikes at some parts but overall pretty lighthearted. It was cool seeing this immediately after isle of dogs cuz you could see the inspiration in the visuals between the two

12-8-23 The Mitchell’s vs. The Machines (2021) silly robot apocalypse family road trip movie with AMAZING visuals (everyone in the family is autistic)

12-17-23 Prancer (1989) Unexpectedly heartwarming movie about a little girl helping an injured reindeer. VERY SWEET and great message about the impact of kindness and the wonders of being a child. MADE ME CRY.

12-18-23 Wreck-it Ralph (2012) (3rd REWATCH) get a hold of yourself oh my god ‼️

12-19-23 The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992) (rewatch) classic muppet Christmas movie :)

12-22-23 The Muppets (2011) (old rewatch) SURPRISINGLY CATCHY SONGS and a silly muppet movie. Fun to revisit. Tex Richman my beloved

12-23-23 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer (1964) Mediocre writing and mean spirited at times <3 BUT ITS A CLASSIC. so ofc i liked it

12-24-23 Tangled (2010) (old rewatch) I forgot how good this movie was. ACTUALLY PEAK and so fun to revisit. Such a fresh take on a fairytale story, great songs, amazing romance, and also empowering about overcoming an abusive parent … MUST WATCH!!!

12-26-23 Klaus (2019) (rewatch) it’s so great to see a new 2D animated movie come out, and such a great story too. Cute origin story of Christmas and POSTAL WORKER APPRECIATION!!!!!

12-31-23 Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022) (rewatch) started off the year with this movie and then ended with it! What a treat!! I even wrote a short essay about it 1 semester ago :)

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In conclusion, I love movies !!! But my favorite movies are those that are confident in their identities and don’t hold back. Like share your message to the fullest !!!!

I watched a lot of stop-motion movies this year. I wanna watch more studio ghibli movies next year

And maybe I should purposefully try watching bad movies… it might make me appreciate good ones more and easier see what they do right. But also. I really dont wanna watch ralph breaks the internet.

#movie #film #movie review #review #txt #movie list #2023 #film list #fav #new year

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gale-gentlepenguin · 8 months

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Gale Reviews: Live Action One Piece

(Thanks @knightsweeties for this awesome penguin version of Mihawk)

Now Live action adaptations often had the appeal of Durian Smoothies and the last Live action adaptation of anything I remotely liked was Aladdin (and even I admit the bar was Low on that)

So hearing that there was an Adaptation of ONE PIECE of all things, covering the East Blue arc. My hopes were in the ground. But hearing Oda himself have direct involvement from Casting to Writing made me a lot more optimistic. Did this adaptation live up to my expectations?

For this review I will be going about things differently. then my usual reviews. I will be trying to keep things as direct as possible as there is a LOT to talk about

Here are the categories:

The Plot (How faithful was it to the manga, what changed? What was consistent? Did the changes work?)

The Characters (Did they capture the spirit of the character? Did the character get some changes? Did those changes work?)

Fight Choreography (How did they adapt the fights to live action?)

Cinematography: How were the scenes shot? How were the backgrounds? The Atmosphere?

Does it grasp the spirit of the Manga?

Final Thoughts

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The Plot

As mentioned before this season covers the entirety of East Blue, from Romance Dawn to Arlong Park. Our story begins with the Pirate king Gol.D Roger being executed after revealing to the world that his treasure is out there and that it belongs to who ever finds it. Cut to 22 years later with our protagonist, Monkey D. Luffy setting sail to find the one piece and become King of the Pirates.

On his adventures, he rescues Koby, a kid that wants to be a Marine, from the nasty Alvida. He ends up meeting up with the Pirate Hunter Zoro, a swordsman with dreams of becoming the world's greatest swordsman, and Nami, a Cat Burglar that has a love of money and is very interested in the Grand line map. Recruiting them both despite their protests, and they get the grandline map from Axe Hand Morgan, a nasty marine with a spoiled brat son.

After escaping with the map, they end up getting captured By Buggy the Clown and Luffy must fight his way out of the circus (while having flashbacks of how he got his rubber powers and met Shanks). They beat buggy and free the captives of the village that the mad jester destroyed.

The crew finds themselves on Syrup village in search of a boat and Meet Usopp, a liar with a gift for sniping with his slingshot. There they fight Kuro, a pirate pretending to be a butler in order to steal the money from an orphan rich girl and retire. And through figuring this out the crew. save the girl and recruit Usopp.

Their next adventure involves them at Baratie, a floating restaurant where they meet the ladies man and amazing cook Sanji, and this is where the first big deviation occurs. Instead of having to deal with Don Krieg, Mihawk (the one Zoro wants to beat to be the best) wiped them out already, shifting the story to focus more on the main villain, Arlong. Who shows up after Zoro tries to fight Mihawk (and as you can imagine Zoro didnt win)

Arlong and his crew have been a LOT more active in this plot, intimidating Buggy and using him to track down the map.

Eventually Arlong fights Luffy and Nami gets Arlong to leave as she got the map and reveals to everyone she is Arlong's crew the whole time.

Sanji joins the crew and off to rescue Nami.

Nami finds out that all her years of saving up money to buy back her town from Arlong was for nothing as Arlong told the marine he's bribing where the stash is. Nami breaks down and Luffy is there to assure her that they will save the villaige, mirroring that iconic scene in the manga and anime.

And the fight with Arlong's crew commences, ending with Luffy destroying Arlong park and slaming that fishman supremacist into the ground.

But instead of ending there with the crew sailing into the grand line, Garp, the vice Admiral who captured Gol.D Roger. had been chasing the strawhats the whole time shows up and he aint letting them get away this time. Forcing Luffy to fight his Grandpa. Luffy proved himself to his grandpa who let him go this time, but next time they met it would be much more serious.

I think the plot is actually well paced considering it only had 8 episodes and it was relatively consistant with the arcs, it does have some pacing issues in the syrup village arc and in the last episode but I overall enjoyed the plot and think its enjoyable

7/10

Now that I got that out of the way. Its time to list all the Big changes that were made in the plot. (That I remember) and how I rate those changes out of 10:

-Garp shows up much earlier in the plot and is chasing Luffy and his crew since the events of Axe hand Morgan (7/10)

-Koby being an ally to luffy isnt resolved right away (8/10)

-Luffy meets Nami trying to steal the Grand line map from Axe hand morgan, instead of when she is stealing stuff in Orange town (8/10)

-We see Zoro kill Mr.6 in a fight on screen (10/10)

-Luffy sees Zoro get arrested and put in the Yard. (7/10)

-Axe hand morgan has the map to the grand line instead of buggy (5/10)

-Luffy, Zoro and Nami end up getting captured by Buggy. (8/10)

-Buggy trying to kill Luffy with Sea water instead of a canon (9/10)

-No lion fight (1/10)

-The Plot around the dog was cut (5/10)

-No Jango in the Syrup village arc (0/10)

-Kuro kills merry (10/10 great change)

-Kuro being more of a threat and only having 2 of his crew left (7/10)

-Kaya being poisoned instead of being sick from depression (8/10)

-Kaya kissing Usopp (9/10)

-Luffy's sea battle with Garp before escaping to Baratie (7/10)

-Mihawk kills Don Krieg and nearly all of his armada thus removing his attack on Baratie (10/10)

-Mihawk being told by Garp to capture Luffy (7/10)

-Zoro's injuries are treated as much more serious.

-Gin being the only survivor of Don krieg's armada and NOT betraying Sanji's kindness (6/10, we lose an arc but it still does the job)

-Arlong kidnapping buggy and using him to find the strawhats. (9/10)

-Nami betraying the crew at Baratie

-No Hatchan (0/10 the best part of the crew)

-Luffy doesnt use Arlong's teeth to bite him. (0/10)

-Coco Village didnt understand why Nami worked with Arlong until after Arlong had the Marine's steal her money. (4/10)

-Garp fights Luffy to test his resolve before the grand line (8/10)

Overall those are just the big changes that were noticed and for the most part I enjoyed them. Most of it was likely for time constraint and overall I give the changes made 7/10

like the plot.

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The Characters

(I am only going to discuss the strawhats in length)

Monkey D Luffy: Played by Inaki Godoy:

Did He capture the spirit of the character? This actor is Luffy in Human form. I cant see anyone else as live action luffy. I would say his casting is on the level of Hugh Jackman as wolverine

Did the character get some changes? Aside from being a bit more sorrowful when his crew is in danger he is relatively the same. And maybe calming him down a touch to work with the tone works.

Did those changes work? Yes

10/10 casting

Roronoa Zoro: Played by Mackenyu Arata

Did they capture the spirit of the character? Yes, I think Mackenyu captured Zoro's seriousness and loyalty perfectly. Yes he is edgier but I think it works for the adaptation.

Did the character get some changes? Edgier and more serious than his manga counterpart at this time, but it never seen as TOO out of character

9.5/10 casting. He's good and I think he deserves credit where its due

Nami: Played by Emily Rudd

Did they capture the spirit of the character? Emily captured Nami's focus and how she is the level headed one of the group, she also got how its clear she is looking at all the angles and her emotional breakdown is phenominal.

Did the character get some changes? Nami is not as peppy in this, she is usually more playful and would use her wiles to get things. This iteration still will use her charm in some aspects but its usually more subdued and she doesnt try to scam free meals which I feel is a bit out of character for her.

Did those changes work?) Yes and no. I think they could have made Nami have more of a dichonomy, hiding her true self with fake optimism and scheming. She betrays the group a LOT in the original, but I can also see how with the time constraints it wouldnt have worked as well

8.5/10. She does it well but sometimes it didnt feel like Nami, but when she is on, its very convincing

Usopp: Played by Jacob Romero Gibson

Did they capture the spirit of the character? I think they nailed Usopp's Lying nature perfectly. Jacob also nails the secret insecurity that can be shown in his character. I think he suffers from the limited screen time and constraints of the show.

Did the character get some changes? Aside from physical features and removing his kid crew. They also give him a back story where he is shown WHY he lies so much and its cause of his mom who we see basically die. (Yassop you a$$)

Did those changes work? Yes to an extent. Usopp feels less useful until the end of the show where he finally clutches a win, but it feels minuscule in comparison

9/10. Jacob just needs a bit more screen time to flesh out his Usopp

Sanji: Played by Taz Skylar

Did they capture the spirit of the character?

Taz nails Sanji nearly perfectly. I would say he is just behind Inaki in terms of perfect casting. His presentation, his flair, his cool and flirty nature. He is the live action Sanji

Did the character get some changes? They made him less of a pervert and a bit more of a rebel. Changes I really enjoy because Sanji does suffer from the cliche perv trope. But they now made his interest in Women more flirty instead of out right perversion.

Did those changes work? It fits in quite well.

10/10

My only gripe is that Sanji joining the crew does feel a bit abrupt but thats time constraints and not Taz's fault

Now for the other characters the casting varies

Jeff ward's Buggy is nothing short of Inspired! They really upped the pirate clown by making him much more spotlight hungry and joker like antics. I loved how committed to the bit he was

Craig Fairbrass as Chef Zeff was basically Gordan Ramsey if he was a pirate and I LOVED it. His conversation with Garp is one of the best scenes in the show so far

Peter Gadiot as Shanks was serviceable but I never felt it was amazing

Morgan Davies was a solid Koby. Capturing that naive and cowardly nature mixed with a desire to do good no matter what.

Aiden Scott as Helmeppo was straight perfection.

Vincent Regan as Garp... Look wise he matches what I would expect but the direction they went with Garp is a mix for me. But overall I enjoyed it

McKinley Belcher III as Arlong. Im not gonna lie, I was so worried how Arlong would be handled but McKinley brought that aura of Menace to the role and I LOVE it

But let me tell you, out of all the side character, there was one that was such perfect casting and performance on par with Inaki's Luffy.

And its Steven Ward as Mihawk

LOOK AT THIS.

THE FLAIR! THE STERN LOOK. Even the aura of dominance. I dont know how the Live action did it, but they Made Mihawk EVEN COOLER.

Masterful performance and I was entranced every second he was on screen (GP is dressed like him for a reason)

His fight with Zoro was on the level of the Manga and for that I applaud

The rest of the casting was a mixed bag. The only child actors that I felt were good were child Sanji and Nami.

Overall solid casting 9/10

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Fight Choreography

I will say that for live action they do the best they can. Zoro's sword fights are always S tier. And I did like how creative they were without trying to mimic the manga one for one.

Kuro and Axe hand Morgan seemed like legit threats in this. And the fight with Buggy was creative.

Though the CGI was a mix in some places and some of it felt wacky for live action.

overall 8/10

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Cinematography:

How were the scenes shot? I think this show relied a bit TOO much on close ups. In some cases like in the Syrup Village arc, it worked as it added a level of suspence. But in the other cases its because they wanted to save on budget. When they go for the wide shots or shooting action scenes they do capture what they want and it is done quite well.

7/10

How were the backgrounds?

I felt that the stand out areas are the Baratie and Buggy's circus tent. Arlong park felt more like a lame carnival as opposed to a recreation of Sabody. But overall the shot of Logue town was phenominal.

7/10

The Atmosphere?

I think that the world was a bit more dark but it still did give off the air of freedom. In a way it felt like Pirates of the Caribbean. I give it a 7/10

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Does it grasp the spirit of the Manga?

Now this is what the live action really comes down to. Does this feel like one piece?

And to answer this, it needs to be discussed

Eiichiro oda himself oversaw every part of the live action remake, approving of Casting choices and the scripts.

And in that regard you can tell Oda called the shots, as this was adapting his baby.

Oda understood that making this a one for one would have been impossible, so he focused on capturing the Essence of One piece. And in that regard, this was successful.

Is the live action better than the Manga? No, but it has things that the manga doesnt have and in some regards the changes could be seen as improvements.

This one piece is just a piece of the One piece experience and I hope it does bring more people to watch it.

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My Final thoughts.

The show is good. I think it would be best to be a fan before going in, because this was made as a love letter to the fans. I think it could win over some new fans but its main focus is on the OG fans.

I can also understand why some fans didnt like the live action. Its not everyone's cup of tea.

But I think the acting is great, the plot is good and it is fun.

And thats what one piece is about, The fun of adventure.

Let it be free, and I give it my best rating of all live action

9/10

TLDR: If you like one piece, Give it a watch.

#one piece #live action one piece #one piece netflix #Gale reviews

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swan2swan · 6 months

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......I need a fifth live-action Disney adaptation for the positive side of my "Five Good, Five Bad Live-Action Disney Movies".

SO FAR I HAVE:

101 Dalmations (Glenn Close, iconic)

The Little Mermaid (Halle Bailey KILLED IT, 10/10 Ariel, actually some positive adaptations, a lot of negatives, nothing that kills it)

Aladdin (eh.................it's a stretch but it didn't Offend Me horribly?)

The Jungle Book.........1994 that's right suckers not the ScarJo Snake one, but the one with LENA HEADEY and CAREY ELWES and SAM NEILL"S MOUSTACHE also an elephant.

??????

#disney movies #but live action #don't any of you dare suggest 102 dalmations I will burn you to ashes #live action disney

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moonah-rose · 29 days

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So I really don't like the live action Disney remakes, but I think what makes them extra frustrating is that every single one has just ONE moment where I think "Oh this is something that's better than the original" and it's like the potential for something great was there but never allowed to grow.

In Cinderella it's how they make the Prince more of a character, bit to the films detriment as Cinderella herself is rather bland in comparison.

In Beauty and the Beast it's Maurice. Just wanna hug that guy in every scene he's in.

In Aladdin it's Friend Like Me. Not necessarily better than the og, apples and oranges, but it's the peak of the films energy, visuals and Will Smith's performance.

In Lion King it's Timone and Pumba. Specifically the Be Our Guest parody.

In Peter Pan it's the backstory of Hook and the relationship between him and Peter.

In the Little Mermaid, I actually found a lot to enjoy in this one even if I still wouldn't call it good. Hard to say if my favourite was their version of Under The Sea or Ariel's new song when she becomes human (God Halle's voice!!).

Lady and the Tramp is the only one I'm struggling on but it was direct to streaming so I wasn't expecting much. Diverse casting I guess?

Mulan....I'll be honest, I do not remember if I've actually seen this or just seen a lot of clips. Pass. If someone thinks of something they liked in this, mention it.

Maleficent I know technically isn't a remake but it does follow a lot of beats from Sleeping Beauty. This is a guilty pleasure for me, even if I hate what's done with the king and the good fairies. Just everything involving Aurora and Maleficent and Diaval is found family gold though.

Oh and I know it's not in the same league but shout out to 101 Dalamations for Glenn Close. Iconic.

Jungle Book I barely remember much of other than I prefer the ending with him staying rather than going to the man village.

(Also I'm not counting Alice in Wonderland because they're more sequels to the originals rather than remakes).

#disney #disney rant

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saetoru · 9 months

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Girl im so fucking fed up of disney and their wokeism i hear u 😭😭 just for once why can you not give us a movie that we asked for. That we ASKED for. Princesses can be badass and still have a prince charming 💀💀💀 like Tiana. She bossbitched through the whole movie with her own hopes and dreams!!! And managed to ACHIEVE IT AND GET HER PRINCE. They're gonna find a way to botch princess and the frog too I pray to god that disney do not decide to remake that shit. + they'll give the role to a lightskin actor most prob which will cause even more outrage.

On that note- what did you think of the aladdin remake? Ik some despised it but I acc liked it 😔 thought it was done well compared to some of the other remakes recently 😭

BRO SAME and if they mess up tiana at ALL i will go ballistic bc she was my icon. she owned that for real. and her best friend LOVED HER SO PURELY. i will rage

that being said i did like aladdin !! i loved it actually jdjsjdjd idk why ppl hated on it tbh it was rly good imo. and i liked beauty and the beast that was LOVELY. those are my two disney live actions that i don’t hate

#asks!

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submissivegayfrenchboy · 11 months

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12 / 06 / 2023

🇬🇧🇺🇸 ENGLISH / ANGLAIS 🇬🇧🇺🇸

You may have understood it from my recent reblog of drawings related to the Disney live-action film The Little Mermaid: I actually went to see this film for which I had a lot of fears, reservations, a priori.. I'm not going to review the film here and now, but know that I enjoyed it. It will never be legal from the 1989 animated film - like all other live-action. However, one of the positive points of the film is the romantic relationship between Prince Eric and Princess Ariel.

Prince Eric is well embodied and that's why I wanted to make a ranking of the best Disney Princes in my opinion in live-action films.

I made this classification by judging whether the actor who played the male character was faithful to the original character, or, if he brought something new, it served the plot of the film and allowed to flesh out its character.

The question of the physical beauty was important: do we recognize the character, is he beautiful but is he reduced to his beauty?

I also took into account the chemistry with the heroine, because I chose films in which the Princess is at the center of the story (except perhaps for Aladdin (2019)): these couples are iconic, but was the chemistry between the Prince and the heroine similar, better or worse than in the original animated film?

Acting and presence were therefore my main points of judgment.

The ranking goes from worst to best.

7. Yoson An as Chen Hong Hui in the live-action Mulan (2020) 🐉. Li Shang is a good character in the anime, sexy, funny (not always, but especially in the sequel, Mulan II) and brave. But in the film with actors it is totally eclipsed and does not manage to really exist. The actor Yoson An is very handsome, but his character is forgettable and it's a shame because there was the potential to exploit the character's real or supposed bisexuality. I know Li Shang is considered bisexual by some and honestly I see him that way too. In the live action, they didn't want to make him a superior of Mulan so as not to show a woman falling in love with her boss... except that they don't even fall in love! Perhaps Chen Hong Hui will be better exploited in a sequel...

6. Dan Stevens as the Prince/Beast in the live action Beauty and the Beast (2017) 🥀. What a desappointment. I had discovered Dan Stevens in the excellent television series Downtown Abbey, and since then he has had various roles where he is not just the handsome man. Here, Dan Stevens only appears at the very beginning and at the very end, we can't get attached to him and he doesn't even have the first name Adam which is supposed to be that of the Prince in the animated film! Dan Stevens is very handsome, of course, but only in his blue wedding outfit, and the scene lasts 1 minute! No charisma, no chemistry with Belle... A real waste for a complex character who is also handsome and masculine.

5. Brenton Thwaites as Prince Philip in Maleficent (2014) 🐴. This role is the one that made Australian actor Brenton Thwaites known to the general public. In the film, he's cute and smiling and we feel a beginning of complicity with Aurore, but unfortunately it's too fast to create a real chemistry. In addition to the treatment of Philip in relation to the kiss of love - which makes me think that I would almost have preferred it not to appear in the film given its uselessness - I was not at all convinced by his all-too-common physical appearance. He reminded me more of Prince Florian from Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937). In short, the actor is good but for me it's not Prince Philip that I like. Besides, if you want to read an erotic fiction about Prince Philip that respects his personality more while making it gay with domination, I wrote one about him, even if there are surprises... 😜

4. Mena Massoud as Aladdin in Aladdin (2019) 🐒. Aladdin (1992) is an excellent film and its protagonist is iconic. He was one of the first heroes not to be defined by his couple, because even if his love affair with Jasmine is one of his motivations, Aladdin also exists for himself. Mena Massoud kept this humor from the character and brought a seductive side enhanced by his beauty. Yet, the actor lacked facial expressions bringing emotion to his journey. Live-action Aladdin has a good personality (there are even some never-before-seen moments like his bonding with the Genie as well as dancing with Jasmine at the ball). In fact, the problem is that the actor Mena Massoud is crushed by the charisma of Will Smith, the beauty if the actor who played Jafar, as well as the performance of Naomi Scott who fleshed out the character of Princess Jasmine (especially with Talking). Mena Massoud was handsome as Aladdin, but it's partly thanks to his costumes which were amazing (especially his wedding outift, which is exactly how i imagine an Arabian Prince 😍). I am inspired by this Aladdin to write a story about him but i would like him to be gay, like maybe falling in love with Prince Anders (the white Russian prince in the movie). I worship Prince Anders (so handsome and he wears furs 🥵), so if you have suggestions about him, don't hesitate. If there's going to be a sequel to this live-action, I really hope it's an original story and not a pasted copy of The Return of Jafar. Otherwise, I wrote an Aladdin story in two parts. For those who haven't read it, I recommend it because I tried to make it funny, original, romantic and erotic. 😁

3. Harris Dickinson as Prince Philip in Maleficent: Mistress of Evil (2019). ⚔️ Released the year of the 50th anniversary of the animated film Sleeping Beauty (1959) - my favorite Disney film - this live action is among my favorites. However, I must admit that Prince Philip, if he is more handsome and more active in this film, still does not have this funny and heroic, combative and romantic personality which made me love him. He is handsome, but not so handsome either. I have nothing against actor Harris Dickinson who inspired me more when he played in Kingsman - First Mission, but I find that he does not have enough personality (despite a few funny moments) to be interesting. If I put this Philip so high in the ranking, it's for his relationship with Aurora, which is more developed. Prince Philip and Princess Aurora are very cute, touching. I am currently working on a story about this version of Prince Philip, which will be very unexpected. I can't say much now!

This is the link of the story inspired by Harris Dickinson's character in Kingman - First Mission, one of my most original stories.

2. Richard Madden as Kit in Cinderella (2015) 💎. To start, I'm going to end the suspense directly by saying that Kit is embodied by the most beautiful actor on this list. Richard Madden was already playing one of my favorite characters in Game Of Thrones. Since then, this very handsome gay man has become a sex symbol and a very talented actor who has played in various films where he is always sexy but also charismatic and interesting. In Cinderella (2015), Richard Madden deepens the character of Prince Henry in Cinderella (1950) and its sequels. This discreet character is a pretext and a trophy for Cinderella, he does not have his own existence and personality before the film Cinderella - A Twist in Time (the best Disney animated sequel). Kit is much more enterprising, has a political role, decision-making power. His couple with Ella is better because they learns to know and love each other. Besides, Richard Madden is gorgeous, with bright blue eyes and a dazzling smile, and wears uniforms that suit him very well: beauty is not what defines a prince charming (Disney), but it would be a lie to say that this does not contribute to his assessment. I love that Kit alternates between funny and emotional moments (especially with his dad). I leave you the link of my story inspired by Henry in Cinderella (1950) which is in my opinion one of my best.

Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric in The Little Mermaid (2023) 🌊. This film will have aroused many debates on which I will not go back. What's too bad is that all the negative reviews have overshadowed the positives, like the fact that Prince Eric is really good. Like many people, I was concerned to learn that director Rob Marshall considered the 1989 animated film's Prince Eric lacking in personality (as if to denigrate the basic character in order to praise the live-action's version of Eric). The worst is that the promotion of the film was built on the fact that the notion of consent would be included in the song Kiss the girl, when this was not the case! Still, Prince Eric is a character where I feared the film would change his ending, with him not ending with Ariel. However, this is one of the most beautiful Disney couples in my opinion, very cute (in both animated and live-action versions). Jonah Hauer-King brings Prince Eric a (questionable but coherent) past, and it is shown that he has come to be loved by his people for his talents and skills, that he is a simple man with dreams and values. Admittedly, Eric is courageous, but he is also cultured and funny, protective and dreams of emancipation like Ariel. If Hailey Bailey was excellent in Ariel, it must be said that she forms an awesome couple with Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric. The chemistry between them is undeniable, they have plenty of moments of complicity. If there is a sequel I hope Prince Eric will have a better turnout than in The Little Mermaid 2 - Return to the Sea (2000). Jonah Hauer-King didn't seem pretty enough to me to be Prince Eric at first, because Eric is the second most handsome Disney prince after Philip. Above all, I love Eric for his personality and character, his funny facial expressions and also his concern for others (his dog, his butler, Ariel). In this film, he is more than a Prince, he is a hero and we feel the love between Ariel and him. And i was wrong : he is very handsome as Eric (so tall, great smile, nice hairs). I leave you with an article about Jonah Hauer-King as Prince Eric.

Surprisingly, this ranking is similar to the one of the movies from these Princes are coming.

7. Mulan (2020)

6. Beauty and the Beast (2017)

5. Maleficent (2014)

4. The Little Mermaid (2023)

3. Aladdin (2019)

2. Maleficent - Mistress of Evil (2019)

1. Cinderella (2015)

And i propose you a little game at the end of this article about your favorite Disney prince from a live action (don't hesitate to tell me your ranking in the comments or by messages).

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Vous l'avez peut-être compris à mes récents reblogs de dessins liés au film live-action Disney La Petite Sirène : jai effectivement été voir ce film pour lequel j'avais beaucoup de craintes, de réserves, d'à-priori... Je ne vais pas faire une critique du film ici et maintenant, mais sachez que j'ai bien aimé. Il ne sera jamais légal du film d'animation de 1989 - comme tous les autres live-action.

Néanmoins l'un des points positifs du film est la relation amoureuse entre le Prince Eric et la Princesse Ariel. Le Prince Eric est bien incarné, et c'est pourquoi j'ai voulu faire un classement des meilleurs Princes Disney selon moi dans les films live-action.

J'ai fait ce classement en jugeant si l'acteur ayant incarné le personnage masculin était fidèle au personnage d'origine, ou, s'il apportait quelque chose de nouveau, cela servait à l'intrigue du film et permettait d'étoffer son personnage.

La question du physique était importante : est-ce-que l'on reconnaît le personnage, est-il beau mais est-il réduit à sa beauté ?

J'ai aussi pris en compte l'alchimie avec l'héroïne, car j'ai choisi des films dans lesquels la Princesse est au centre de l'histoire (sauf peut-être pour Aladdin (2019)) : ces couples sont iconiques, mais l'alchimie entre le Prince et l'héroïne était-elle semblable, meilleure ou pire que dans le film d'animation d'origine ?

Le jeu d'acteur et la présence étaient donc mes principaux points de critère de jugement.

Le classement va du pire jusqu'au meilleur.

7. Yoson An dans le rôle de Chen Hong Hui dans le live-action Mulan (2020) 🐉. Li Shang est un bon personnage dans le film d'animation, sexy, drôle (pas toujours, mais surtout dans la suite, Mulan II) et courageux. Or dans le film avec acteurs il est totalement éclipsé et ne parvient pas à exister réellement. L'acteur Yoson An est très beau, mais son personnage est oubliable et c'est dommage car il y avait le potentiel d'exploiter la bisexualité réelle ou supposée du personnage. Je sais que Li Shang est considéré comme bisexuel par certains et honnêtement je le vois aussi comme cela. Dans le live action, ils ont voulu ne pas en faire un supérieur hiérarchique de Mulan pour ne pas montrer une femme tomber amoureuse de son patron.... sauf qu'ils ne tombent même pas amoureux ! Peut-être Chen Hong Hui sera mieux exploité dans une suite (il semblerait qu'il y en ait une....).

6. Dan Stevens dans le rôle du Prince / la Bête dans le live action La Belle et la Bête (2017) 🥀. Quelle déception. J'avais découvert Dan Stevens dans l'excellente série télévisée Downtown Abbey, et depuis il a eu des rôles variés où il n'est pas juste le bel homme. Ici, il n'apparaît qu'au tout début et à la toute fin, on ne peut pas s'attacher à lui et il n'a même pas le prénom Adam qui est censé être celui du Prince dans le film d'animation ! Il est très beau, bien sûr, mais seulement dans sa tenue bleue de marié, et la scène dure 1 minute ! Aucun charisme, pas d'alchimie avec Belle... Un vrai gâchis pour un personnage complexe qui en plus est beau et masculin.

5. Brenton Thwaites en Prince Philip dans Maléfique (2014) 🐴. Ce rôle est celui qui a fait connaître l'acteur australien Brenton Thwaites au grand public. Dans le film, il est mignon et souriant et on sent un début de complicité avec Aurore, mais malheureusement c'est trop rapide pour créer une vraie alchimie. En plus du traitement de Philippe par rapport au baiser d'amour - ce qui me fait penser que j'aurais presque préféré qu'il n'apparaisse pas dans le film étant donné son inutilité - je n'ai pas du tout été convaincu par son apparence physique bien trop commune. Il me faisait davantage penser au Prince Florian de Blanche-Neige et les Sept Nains (1937). Bref, l'acteur est bon mais pour moi ce n'est pas le Prince Philippe que j'aime. D'ailleurs, si vous voulez lire une fiction érotique sur le Prince Philippe qui respecte davantage sa personnalité tout en rendant cela gay avec de la domination, j'en ai écrit une sur lui, même s'il y a des surprises... 😜

4. Mena Massoud en Aladdin dans Aladdin (2019) 🐒. Aladdin (1992) est un excellent film et son protagoniste est iconique. Il a été l'un des premiers héros à ne pas être défini par son couple, car même si son histoire d'amour avec Jasmine est l'une de ses motivations, Aladdin existe aussi pour lui-même. Mena Messoud a gardé du personnage cet humour et a apporté un côté séducteur avantagé par sa beauté. Pourtant, l'acteur manquait d'expressions faciales apportant de l'émotion à son parcours. Aladdin du live-action a une bonne personnalité (il y a même des moments inédits comme son rapprochement avec le Génie ainsi que la danse avec Jasmine au bal). En fait, le problème est que l'acteur est écrasé par le charisme de Will Smith, la beauté de l'acteur de Jafar, ainsi que la performance de Naomi Scott qui a étoffé le personnage de la Princesse Jasmine (surtout avec Parler). Mena Massoud est très beau, mais c'est en partie grâce à ses sublimes costumes (notamment sa tenue de mariage 😍, qui est la façon dont j'imagine un Prince arabe). J'aimerais bien écrire une histoire gay sur ce Aladdin, mais j'aime aussi énormément le Prince Anders (le Prince russe dans ce film) qui est très beau et porte de la fourrure 🥵. Si vous avez des suggestions de scénario avec lui / eux, n'hésitez pas. S'il doit y avoir une suite à ce live-action, j'espère vraiment que ce sera une histoire originale et non un copié collé du film Le Retour de Jafar. Sinon, j'ai écrit une histoire sur Aladdin en deux parties. Pour ceux qui ne l'ont pas lu, je vous la conseille car j'ai essayé de rendre cela drôle, inédit, romantique et érotique. 🥵

3. Harris Dickinson en Prince Philippe dans Maléfique - Le Pouvoir du Mal (2019) ⚔️. Sorti l'année des 50 ans du film d'animation La Belle Au Bois Dormant (1959) - mon film Disney préféré - ce live action est parmi mes préférés. Pourtant, je dois avouer que le Prince Philippe, s'il est plus beau et plus actif dans ce film, n'a toujours pas cette personnalité drôle et héroïque, combative et romantique qui m'a fait l'aimer. Il est beau, mais pas non plus si beau que cela. Je n'ai rien contre l'acteur Harris Dickinson qui m'a davantage inspiré lorsqu'il a joué dans Kingsman - First Mission, mais je trouve qu'il n'a pas assez de personnalité (malgré quelques moments marrants) pour être intéressant. Si je le met aussi haut dans le classement c'est pour son couple avec Aurore qui est davantage développé. Le Prince Philippe et la Princesse Aurore sont très mignons, drôles et touchants. Je travaille actuellement sur une fiction inspirée par cette version du Prince Philippe,.... avec quelques surprises !

2. Richard Madden en Kit dans Cendrillon (2015) 💎. Pour commencer, je vais mettre fin au suspens directement en disant que Kit est incarné par le plus beau des acteurs de cette liste. Richard Madden jouait déjà l'un de mes personnages préférés dans Game Of Thrones. Depuis ce très bel homme gay est devenu un sex-symbol et un acteur très talentueux qui a joué dans des films variés où il est toujours sexy mais aussi charismatique et intéressant. Dans Cendrillon, Richard Madden approfondit le personnage du Prince Henri dans Cendrillon (1950) et ses suites. Ce personnage discret est un prétexte et un trophée pour Cendrillon, il n'a pas d'existence propre et de personnalité avant le film Le Sortilège de Cendrillon (la meilleure suite animée Disney). Kit est beaucoup plus entreprenant, a un rôle politique, un pouvoir décisionnaire. Son couple avec Ella est bien plus attendrissant, ils apprennent à se connaître et à s'aimer. En plus Richard Madden est sublime, avec des yeux bleus brillants et un sourire éclatant, et porte des uniformes qui lui vont très bien : la beauté n'est pas ce qui définit un prince charmant (Disney), mais ce serait mentir de dire que cela ne participe pas à son appréciation. J'aime que Kit alterne entre les moments drôles et émouvants (surtout avec son père). Je vous laisse le lien de mon histoire inspirée par Henri dans Cendrillon (1950) qui est selon moi une de mes meilleures.

Jonah Hauer-King en Prince Éric dans La Petite Sirène (2023) 🌊. Ce film aura suscité bien des débats sur lesquels je ne reviendrais pas. Ce qui est dommage c'est que toutes les critiques négatives ont éclipsés les points positifs, comme le fait que le Prince Eric est vraiment réussi. Comme beaucoup de personnes, j'ai été inquiet d'apprendre que le réalisateur Rob Marshall considérait que le Prince Eric du film d'animation de 1989 manquait de personnalité (comme s'il fallait dénigrer le personnage de base pour vanter celui du live-action). Le pire, c'est que la promotion du film s'est bati sur le fait que la notion de consentement serait inclue dans la chanson Embrasse la, alors que cela n'a pas été le cas ! Malgré tout, le Prince Eric est un personnage où je craignais que le film change sa fin, et qu'il ne finisse pas avec Ariel. Or, c'est l'un des plus beaux couples Disney selon moi, très mignon. Jonah Hauer-King apporte au Prince Éric un passé (discutable mais cohérent), et l'on montre qu'il a réussi à être aimé de son peuple pour ses talents et compétences, qu'il est un homme simple qui a des rêves et des valeurs. Certes il est courageux mais en plus il est cultivé et drôle, protecteur et rêve d'émancipation à l'instar de Ariel. Si Hailey Bailey était excellente en Ariel, il faut dire qu'elle forme un couple génial avec Jonah Hauer-King en Prince Éric. L'alchimie entre eux est indéniable, ils ont pleins de moments de complicité. S'il y a une suite j'espère que le Prince Eric aura une meilleure participation que dans le film La Petite Sirène 2 - Retour à l'Océan (2000). Jonah Hauer-King ne me semblait d'abord pas assez joli pour être le Prince Eric car Eric est le deuxième plus beau prince Disney après Philippe. Surtout, j'aime Éric pour sa personnalité et son caractère, ses expressions faciales drôles et aussi son souci des autres (son chien, son majordome, Ariel). Dans ce film, il est plus qu'un Prince, il est un héros et on sent l'amour entre Ariel et lui. Et j'ai eu tort : Jonah Hauer-King est très beau, il est immense et musclé, avec un sourire charmant et des cheveux soyeux. Je vous laisse avec un article concernant Jonah Hauer-King en Eric du live-action.

Le classement des princes est presque similaire à celui que je ferais des live-action auxquels ils appartiennent.

7. Mulan (2020)

6. La Belle et la Bête (2017)

5. Maléfique (2014)

4. La Petite Sirène (2023)

3. Aladdin (2019)

2. Maléfique - Le Pouvoir du Mal (2019)

1. Cendrillon (2015)

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synergysilhouette · 1 year

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Best to worst Disney live-action remakes (that I've seen)

Cinderella--I regret the removal of songs, but two of them are on the soundtrack, and the visuals and costuming as stunning, as well as staying true to Cinderella's original character without making her "I'm not like other girls" and giving the prince more screentime and development.

Alice in Wonderland--Making a sequel instead of a remake was a stroke of GENIUS. I only ranked "Cinderella" higher since the remake had a good distance of time between it and the original, so it was like reliving the fairy tale.

Beauty and the Beast--The fans ruined this for me. I didn't even HEAR the autotune until I heard about it. All in all, you can't improve upon perfection, but I'm glad it was loyal to the original. Belle's yellow dress still feels underwhelming to this day, though.

Aladdin--the singing was MUCH better to the remake of BATB, but the storyline felt more political and less fantastical, particularly with Jasmine's storyline.

The Jungle Book--Beautiful, though I don't really jive with animal-centric films (save Zootopia since they're in a human-like environment).

Cruella--I enjoyed it more than I thought, but I wanted more carnage and mayham (and if they were able to do that without the animal cruelty, it'd be a bonus--though a challenge to Cruella's core character). I'd love to see Helena Bonham Carter play an older version of Cruella.

Maleficent--I was on board with the "other side to the story" angle, but not at the risk of ruined characters; the fairies and Phillip aren't heroic, Stefan is an awful person, and Aurora is a means to an end and an unfortunate obstacle in Maleficent's way.

Alice Through the Looking Glass--I'm just glad they brought back the cast members.

Maleficent: Mistress of Evil--GREAT title, but the storyline felt more or less the same as the original, with rushed characterization for the dark fae and Aurora and Maleficent's relationship being broken WAY to easily.

Mulan--The original may not be my favorite Disne movie, but Mulan is my favorite Disney princess, and EVERYTHING about this movie disrespected her and her original film, in my eyes. We deserved MORE songs, not less, Shang and Mushu are iconic, and Shan Yu is underrated. In the ideal world, a live-action version would've married the original animated musical with acclaimed Wuxia films ("House of Flying Daggers" keeps coming to mind).

Disney has always had an iffy track record with live-action films to begin with, which I guess is why they're leaning on remakes. I'd enjoy more satires like "Enchanted" or creative sequels like "Alice in Wonderland"--or perhaps remakes that utilized deleted content and concepts. Adapting the underrated films would also make sense in my eyes, but I get why (from a financial standpoint) that wouldn't be wise. I don't really wait in line for any of the remakes, though I'm curious to see if we'll ever hear about the remake for "The Hunchback of Notre Dame."

#disney #disney animation #mulan #cinderella #maleficent #cruella #disney princess #alice in wonderland #alice through the looking glass #beauty and the beast #aladdin #the jungle book #disney live action #disney+#disney plus

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mccraecook99 · 7 months

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Happy 100th Anniversary,Disney! 🏰 💫 ✨

Yesterday,100 years ago,Walt Disney and his brother,Roy launched a animation studio on October 16th,1923,after experimenting with a few projects,Walt had a dream that eventually all started with a mouse named Mickey,who became a cultural phenomenon thanks to Steamboat Willie when it was released on 1928 and was followed by other Disney cartoon icons such as Donald Duck and Goofy,then later would go on to create the world’s first fully animated feature,Snow White and The Seven Dwarves in 1937,which it’s success kickstarted Walt Disney Animation Studio as the true forefather of animated features and Walt and later,his studio after his death in 1966, would go on create so many timeless animated feature films all the way to this day with memorable classics like Pinocchio,Fantasia,Dumbo,Bambi,Cinderella,Alice In Wonderland,Peter Pan,101 Dalmations,The Jungle Book,The Little Mermaid,Beauty and The Beast,Aladdin,The Lion King,Mulan,Tarzan,Lilo and Stitch and modern ones like The Princess and The Frog,Tangled,Wreck-It-Ralph,Frozen,Big Hero 6,Zootopia,Moana,and Encanto,Disney would also experiment with movies combining both live-action and animation like the controversial Song of The South(1946) and Mary Poppins(1964) and even he begin to make the jump to live-action films started with Treasure Island(1950),which the company had also continued to this day.

After Walt’s death in 1966,his company would grow to become not one of the biggest film companies in Hollywood,but the best in media with theme parks(such as Disneyland,the happiest place of earth that Walt opened in 1955 and Walt Disney World,which opened in theme parks),having several subsidiaries like Pixar(the studio that godfathered computer-animation thanks to Toy Story and created so many memorable computer-animated flicks like Monster’s Inc,Finding Nemo,The Incredibles,Cars,Ratatouille,Wall-E,Up,Inside Out,Coco,Soul,Luca,and Turning Red) and Marvel Studios(home of the Marvel Cinematic Universe),streaming services(Disney+ and Hulu),and television(ABC and Disney Channel).

Despite Disney having been it’s up’s and downs in the entertainment industry recently(mostly due to it’s hit-or-miss trend of live-action remakes of their beloved animated films that was started by their live-action department thanks to Tim Burton’s Alice In Wonderland and Bob Chapek nearly bringing the company down to the ground during his short tenure as CEO from 2020-2022),they are still a beloved entertainment company who gives us magical storytelling(both animated and live-action),iconic and beloved characters(such as Mickey Mouse,Donald Duck,Goofy,Snow White,Buzz Lightyear,Jack Sparrow,Mary Poppins,Stitch,Elsa,Rapunzel,Cinderella,Ariel,Maleficent,Wreck-It-Ralph,and Moana),amazing theme parks and live stage shows,and great quality content(including Walt Disney Animation Studios,Pixar,Marvel Studios,Star Wars stuff,and Disney’s television animation unit,famous for giving us animated shows on the Disney Channel,Disney+,and Disney Junior).

The new recent Walt Disney Animation Studios,Once Upon A Studio I’ve watched yesterday on ABC was truely a love-letter to the magical legacy that Walt Disney started 100 years ago and very happy seeing all of the Disney animated characters I’ve grown up with over the years getting together for a huge group photo really warms my heart and I really loved the emotional scene where Mickey thanks his old buddy,Walt for starting this 100-year old legacy that the studio continued to this day.

Happy 100 Years of Wonder,Disney! Thank you for continuing Walt Disney’s magical legacy he brought to the studio that started out with a mouse 100 years ago and still continuing to make people’s dreams come true to this day and still keep moving forward to explore new ideas and try new things. ✨💫🏰

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Treasure Planet (2002)

The year 2002 was a weird time for the Disney animation studios, to put it mildly. After the legendary stretch of films that constituted the Disney Renaissance-The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King-the yearly animated offerings were still making money, but they largely weren’t outright phenomenons anymore. Worse, competition had arisen both within and without: Pixar had totally changed the game with 1995′s revolutionary Toy Story, but the fancy new CGI bells and whistles were making more money than the studio’s traditional 2D animation and seemingly had more staying power to boot. Former studio chairman Jeffrey Katzenberg had left to form DreamWorks with legends Steven Spielberg and David Geffen thanks to a highly publicized power struggle with CEO Michael Eisner after the 1994 death of company president Frank Wells. They were succeeding too, with 2001′s Shrek being a (ahem) monster hit in particular. Eisner’s grip on the Magic Kingdom was slipping after this and other costly blunders like the creation of Euro Disney/Disneyland Paris, and he knew it. In the middle of all this, one of the most expensive films in the company’s history, a passion project for directors Ron Clements and John Musker, was nearing the end of production: a sci-fi adaptation of Robert Louis Stevenson’s classic adventure novel Treasure Island. How does it hold up? Well, if you’re like me and grew up with this, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, and The Road to El Dorado on loop, the answer is “I cannot be remotely objective about that”, but let’s get down into the nitty gritty on why this movie rules.

I suppose in one sense, I don’t necessarily have to offer a plot summary. If you’ve somehow gone your entire life without knowing the basics of Treasure Island and its myriad adaptations, I’d love to see the realtor quote on the rock you’re staying under. Disney itself is no stranger to the property as a studio. The book served as the basis for Walt’s first big swing into live action territory in 1950, and quite a good one at that in its surprisingly faithful rendering of Stevenson’s red-blooded adventure. Not the least of which was Robert Newton’s immediately iconic, gloriously hammy West Country accent-fied portrayal of Long John Silver; if you’ve ever wondered why movie pirates sound the way they do, he’s patient zero. And of course there’s Muppet Treasure Island, a childhood favorite that has a surprising amount in common with Planet in terms of some of its adaptation choices (namely, making Mr. Arrow a stern, professional sailor rather than the drunken layabout of the novel).

Where Planet benefits the most is the meta-knowledge one is bringing to the story and updating it to fit within the lines of a modern feature film. Structurally, it’s fairly faithful as we meet Jim Hawkins (Joseph Gordon Levitt, still most famous for 3rd Rock from the Sun at the time) at the Benbow Inn and he obtains the fabled treasure map from Billy Bones (Patrick McGoohan, giving us a great death rattle in about 2 minutes of screentime), thus prompting a treasure voyage. But even in this early stage, there are smart changes: Dr. Doppler (David Hyde Pierce) is a combination of Dr. Livesey and Squire Trelawney so we can cut down on characters, for instance.

And most crucially, rather than a pre-teen, Jim is now a teenaged delinquent whose father abandoned him and his mother Sarah (Laurie Metcalf); the thirst for adventure and Treasure Planet itself is established in a tooth-rottingly sweet prologue, but now we have extra context and motivation in addition to the destruction of the inn. Jim wants to make his mother proud and feel like he’s worth something. Then, when we get to the ship, not only do we get the great reinvention of Captain Smollet in Amelia (Emma Thompson at her Emma Thompson-iest), Silver (Brian Murray) too is enriched by foreknowledge. Silver’s treacherous intentions are laid bare within minutes of meeting him rather than saving that turn for Stevenson’s famous apple barrel scene. But this adds tension rather than subtract. Now we wonder less that Silver WILL turn mutinous and more what it means for his and Jim’s relationship; the apple barrel becomes a lightning rod. He becomes an even more intriguing character as a result, one of the few genuinely morally ambiguous villains in Disney’s history that makes some surprising choices by the end.

If there’s one arguable flaw in the adaptation, it’s the depiction of B.E.N. (Martin Short), a robotic take on Flint’s old crewmate Ben Gunn. He’s a clever idea conceptually, especially with the angle of his missing memory circuit that hides a deadly reveal, and I like his gangly CGI animation. But he fits into a trend Disney was leaning into in terms of trying to recapture the lightning in a bottle that was Robin Williams’ Genie in Aladdin where they hired big comedy actors to come in and riff as the sidekicks so that they could boost the trailers with funny bits and ensure the parents their kids wouldn’t be bored. Sometimes this worked out splendidly (Eddie Murphy’s Mushu in Mulan is as iconic as his Axel Foley or Donkey in Shrek, Rosie O’Donnell and Wayne Knight fit in shockingly well in Tarzan), other times...less so (hi gargoyles in Hunchback and Dave Thomas and Rick Moranis just doing Bob and Dave McKenzie again as the moose in Brother Bear). To be clear, there’s nothing outright wrong with the character as presented. I think Short is a deserved comedy legend who also really needs clear direction so he doesn’t get lost in a sea of hamminess, but this is certainly a better showing of his eager-to-please neuroses than the likes of The Pebble and the Penguin. And he only comes in at the third act point, so there’s less time for him to feel jarring. But he doesn’t feel strictly necessary in retrospect, especially when the movie is already funny in cleverer ways (”Well, uh... thank you. Thank you very much! Well, I have a lot of help to offer anatomically— amanamonically— as-astronomically face smack“), and we have a Designated Kid Appeal Merch Sidekick in the form of Morph. Two feels like pushing it.

Of course, even if the story had been merely okay instead of better than average, this would still be one of the most visually striking films the studio’s ever released. Taking cues from the Brandywine school of illustration, the colors are lush and rich, and the alien character designs are appropriately outsized on such a grand stage. The action scenes are clever and creative throughout, especially the escape from the inevitable mutiny and a nail-biting outrun-the-clock climax. The CGI integration is a little easier to spot 20 years on, but the Deep Canvas process allows for all manner of imaginative spacefaring visuals, the Victorian-by-way-of-Star-Trek aesthetic (sailing ships in outer space is exactly the level of FUCKING AWESOME it needs to be), and especially Silver’s cyborg limbs married to his broad 2D frame.

Though it certainly helps when you have master animator Glen Keane supervising one of his best performances, marrying the subtlety and grace he’d achieved with characters like Aladdin and Tarzan with the bravado of his earlier villains like Ratigan or Sykes in Oliver & Company. Under his hands, Silver can go from garrulous and brash to quiet menace or reflection in the blink of an eye. John Ripa (recently co-director on Raya and the Last Dragon) has a tougher assignment with Jim considering he’s something of a straight man, but he rises to the occasion with touches like a ‘face mask’ adding to Jim’s brooding nature that gradually fades as he opens up emotionally. Ken Duncan adds another great heroine to his quiver after Megara and Jane in Amelia, especially with the cat-like features, and Sergio Pablos’ Doppler is frequently a comic highlight with his wild gestures and facial grimaces that anticipates the animator’s work on Klaus.

Things are equally great on the aural end. A year after his iconic work on Atlantis, James Newton Howard gives us another great old-school adventure score with Celtic/Gaelic influences that also gets rockin’ at points with electric guitars punctuating Jim’s most awesome moments. Yes, it’s very XTREEEME and 2002, no, I do not care. (YMMV more on John Rzeznik’s “I’m Still Here” musical montage, but I think it’s awesome) The voice cast is also well chosen in its mix of then-current-stars and more unusual talent. Levitt, as with Ripa’s animation, opts to underplay, but he’s far from flat and manages some moving moments of tenderness and anger. Murray, primarily a theater actor in life, goes for the opposite approach, marrying big theatrical emotions with Silver’s larger-than-life personality, but never loses sight of the character and is quite affecting in the film’s denoument. Pierce inevitably brings a bit of his Niles Crane to Doppler, but since that’s one of the best sitcom characters in history, I can hardly complain, and he gets the lion’s share of the film’s most memorable lines, including a priceless Star Trek shoutout. Thompson is stiff-upper-lip dry wit personified, and she gives an interesting tinge to a budding romance in the latter portions of the film. Metcalf only has a few key scenes, but builds an effective portrait of a struggling single mother within them; thanks to her, you really end up rooting for Jim and Sarah to make amends. Rounding out the numbers are Michael Wincott giving a scary-ass pirate filter to his iconic gravel-pit voice as the villainous Scroop (who gets a memorable spin on the typical Disney villain death-by-falling trope), Roscoe Lee Browne’s stentorian bass giving Arrow a do-not-fuck-with-this-guy dignity, and ringers like Corey Burton and Rodger Bumpass as a pair of robo-cops.

Treasure Planet’s story had a bit of a sad ending at first. Unlike the same year’s immediate hit Lilo & Stitch, it was a notorious flop financially, especially given how expensive it was to produce, and hastened the death of big 2D theatrical films at the studio who pioneered them. But it’s lived on admirably, and even with its flaws (I think we also could have done without the fart noises alien), I count it among my favorites. I miss this period of Disney theatrical animation, where strict formula gave way to experimentation and weirdness. We should do that again every so often.

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