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Lady and the Tramp
As the 15th Disney animated film, Lady and the Tramp is considered one of Disney’s most beloved films today (the spaghetti kiss scene is one of the most famous Disney scenes ever); however, when this film was first released, it got mixed reviews from critics as they seemed to think that it was too cheesy. Audiences strongly disagreed, though, and they received the movie positively and it ended up becoming one of the highest grossing movies of 1955. I hope that everyone loves this movie as much as I do! Whatever your thoughts I’d love to hear from you! Lady and the Tramp (fun fact: Walt Disney got the idea…
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Peter Pan
As the 14th animated feature film for Disney (I’m skipping Alice in Wonderland), Peter Pan is perhaps one of Disney’s most well-known movies (at least all my friends have seen it). It was well-received and was a box office success back in the 1950’s. While Peter Pan has “birthed” some of the most popular Disney characters ever, I think the movie does have a fair amount of content that makes me more than a little uncomfortable; and I have to believe that my friends would agree, most especially my friends who are females and who are Native Americans. I would love to hear your thoughts on this Disney film! Peter…
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Eragon
Author: Christopher Paolini I have a bit of news for you about the format of my blog. For now, after every five movie reviews/reflections, I’m going to post a review for a favorite book of mine. Since I have reached that five-movie mark, my first book review is for Eragon. I hope that you love the book as much as I do (and I hope too that if you haven’t read the book you’ll want to)! Whatever your thoughts, I’d love to hear from you! [A fun fact: The author himself drew the impressive map at the beginning of the book!] Eragon is about a 15-year old boy (whose name…
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Cinderella
After the release of Bambi, World War II started to break out in the U.S. Disney could barely afford to make full length animated films at that time and was forced to squash different ideas of his into one film (he made six of these package films which I’m choosing to skip). Cinderella was the first “non-package” film produced by Disney after WWII. Cinderella actually saved Disney from going bankrupt when it was released, since it received great success critically and financially and is still much loved by Disney fans today. I hope everyone loves this classic as much as I do! Whatever your thoughts I’d love to hear from…