As the 22nd Disney film, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is definitely the most well-known movie of Disney’s Bronze Age.  This movie, the first ever Winnie the Pooh film, was originally split into three shorts but, in the 1970’s, Disney chose to put all three of the shorts together into a full-length animated film.  Sadly, I can’t find a lot of information about the production of the movie but I do know that, while the movie didn’t seem to do to great financially, it did receive critical acclaim from film critics, earning one of the very few 100% film ratings on Rotten Tomatoes.  While I own a copy…

As the 21st Disney film, Robin Hood has a bit of an unknown reputation with some Disney fans.  Plans for this film have gone back as far as the 1930s, when Walt Disney himself had the idea of adapting a folktale called “Reynard the Fox” into a movie but was unsure of the idea; and thus, the project was shelved on and off for many years after Disney’s death.  However, a writer at Disney suggested that they adapt Robin Hood into a film but Robin Hood himself would be a fox like Reynard and the rest of the characters would be anthropomorphic animals, which means animals who are made to…

As the 20th Disney animated film, The Aristocats marks the start of a new era for Disney.  Some Disney fans refer to it as Disney’s “Dark Age” but, since a lot of beloved films came out during this time period, most Disney lovers refer to it as The Bronze Age.  Despite a lot of the movies not doing as well either critically or financially, most of the films from this age are well-loved by Disney fans today.  The Aristocats was actually the last animated movie to be approved by Walt Disney before his death.  Even though it received positive reviews and was a box-office success as well, some people still…

As the 19th Disney animated film, The Jungle Book was the first film in several years to have Walt Disney himself involved a lot in it; before, he was busy with other parts of the company, but he was encouraged to have more involvement with the studio after the reception of The Sword in the Stone.  Walt Disney actually did not like the original script for The Jungle Book movie, as he felt like it was way too dark, and so he strongly recommended an editing.  Sadly, Walt Disney died in 1966, the year before the movie came out; thus, Disney’s death and The Jungle Book both mark the conclusion…