Animated
(Disney) Films:
I
know animation week is technically over, but in honor of last weekend’s Academy
Awards, I decided it would only be right to hand out some completely random awards
to some of my favorite Disney movies. The
winners are:
Creepiest Disney Character – Monsieur d’Arque (Beauty and the Beast)
Best Sing-Along Song – “I’ll Make a Man
Out of You” (Mulan)
Best Alcohol-Induced Musical Number– Pink Elephants on Parade (Dumbo)
While I never really liked the film Dumbo, I loved this part of the movie as young child. It wasn’t until I got older that I realized the whole scene was made up of Dumbo’s drunken hallucinations. Weird.
Best Disney Sequels – Toy Story 2 and 3
None of the other Disney sequels made me weep like a baby in a crowded movie theater.
Best Disney Pop Star – Powerline (A Goofy Movie)
A Goofy Movie may
not be as well-remembered as Disney’s other animated film of 1995 – Pocahontas – but this spin-off of the
Saturday morning cartoon Goof Troop
was marked by the only appearance of fictional music sensation Powerline. Sporting a futuristic jumpsuit and a
lightning bolt hairdo, this cartoon dog (what a surprise) possessed all the best
qualities of both Prince and Michael Jackson.
If only he sang more than two songs…
Most Awesome Name – Mufasa (The Lion King)
Would
it be weird to name one of my future children after an animated lion?
Greatest Unintentional Poet – Pocahontas
Animation/Live-Action Combo – Mary Poppins
Despite that this film only contains a few animated scenes, I felt that my fond memories of Bert the chimneysweep dancing alongside animated penguins in his self-created chalk world justified its inclusion in this post. While my older brother would disown me if he knew I was giving this fake award to anything other than “Who Framed Roger Rabbit?,” Mary Poppins was my first favorite movie. At age 3, when all my friends were dressing up as witches and princesses for Halloween, I apparently wanted nothing more than to dress up as the ultimate magical nanny, so my mother outfitted me with exact matches of Mary’s dress, hat, and parasol. Best costume ever.
Film that Made Me Question Whether My Father Only Had Children as an Excuse to See More Animated Movies - Chicken Run (Not Disney, but definitely worth a mention)
And that concludes my awards ceremony. I’ve loved reading all of the recent posts; they’ve been making me overly nostalgic and desperate to get my hands on some of my old VHS tapes.
Favorite book post coming later this week, I swear!
P.S. Just
realized that I forgot to mention both Aladdin
and Tarzan. They’re pretty great too.
My father took my sister and me to the cinema to see Chicken Run, and that's the only movie we've ever seen in the cinema with him :D Apparently dads love Chicken Run (it is in fact pretty awesome!)
ReplyDeleteI think I watched Chicken Run once in Grade 5..... I think I remember liking it.
ReplyDeleteI think I'd go with Rescuers Down Under for the best Disney sequel. That movie kicked butt. Especially considering how crappy the first movie was! RDU had some damn breathtaking animation (the Marahute flying scenes :U <3 )! I wish they'd make more animations like that.
ReplyDeleteCongratulations to your cousin!
ReplyDeleteAnd grrrrrr chicken run. Don't get me wrong, it's a really good film, but every Christmas, Easter, Summer and every other generic holiday it's on tv. One person can only take so much animated chickens!