Hop a carpet and fly with us to Agrabah as we tackle another one of Disney’s heaviest hitters during its Renaissance era, Aladdin! Don’t miss: The stellar character development we get for an unusually large number of characters How this movie’s entire soundtrack has lasted the test of time in both fan memory and history…
Month: September 2021
Chicken Little: Disney’s Digital Blunder
We committed to scoring every single film in the canon, and that includes the duds! Come with us as we dissect Chicken Little, a film that accounts for some of Disney’s strangest choices in the Digital Age. Don’t miss: The way this movie tried – and failed – to emulate the success of DreamWorks’s more…
Whoa, We’re Halfway There! A Defining Disney Progress Check
We’re officially halfway through the Walt Disney Animation Studios canon! Join us as we recount the best films so far in all of our categories and then some, as well as evaluate our experiment so far. Don’t miss: The proof we’ve developed that the rubric and process we created are working How some films surprised…
Bambi: The Beginning of Disney’s Bond with Nature
Welcome the Great Prince of the Forest with us as we discuss Bambi, the first of Disney’s features focusing on the natural world, and how it set the tone for many more films to come. Don’t miss: The way the movie’s themes introduce the idea of the circle of life before the studio ever even…