The Nightmare Before Christmas

The movie starts off very dreary and boring but that fits the Tim Burton way of doing things. I never really got into this movie when I watched it before. I try again every other Halloween or so but things haven’t changed. This viewing fell in line with my previous ones. Jack walks a while

Aladdin

I wasn’t expecting Disney+ to have a disclaimer before the movie. The disclaimer talks about the negative views and mistreatment of people in the movie. The message of the whole movie is blatantly stated at the beginning. “It is not what is outside but what’s inside that matters.” If found it interesting that the first

Beauty and the Beast

Full disclosure before you start reading, I watched this after a few glasses of wine while playing a Beauty and the Beast drinking game with some friends. Our insights will either be great or mildly deranged. I thought about rearranging our thoughts to organize them by character but I left it in chronological order. The

The Rescuers Down Under

Many of the animals in this movie have doppelgangers in other Disney movies. The cricket in the opening scene looks like the cricket in Mulan. Wilber is definitely Scuttle’s cousin. The little boy Cody looks like the young boy version of Steve Irwin. Was Steve Irwin famous by 1990? Why don’t any of the human characters have Australian accents? The animals

DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

For this first movie of the 90s, things were kind of blah. The movie just sort of jumps into things. The McDucks are in the desert searching for treasure. They don’t really give you any background on why. Maybe there is an episode of the TV show that explains why they are on that adventure? I never realized that Duckberg

The Little Mermaid

I forgot about the entire opening scene where the ship’s crew and Prince Eric are discussing the myths of King Triton. I thought the movie just started with “Fathoms Below.” I also thought “Fathoms Below” was a longer song. I really think they used some of the images from the scene where Ariel and Flounder were exploring the

Oliver & Company

This is my all-time favorite Disney movie so I’ll try not to be too biased but it probably won’t happen. I mean c’mon. This movie has Billy Joel, Bette Midler, and Cheech Marin. They were household names at this point in their career. However, I’m sure these big names may have something to do with why this movie is

The Great Mouse Detective

I never realized how short this movie is. It is only 85 minutes long. I think many of the voice actors used for this movie also did voices for Mickey’s Christmas Carol. The mice look like they will be re-used when Rescue Rangers is made, about a decade later. Mrs. Judson reminds me a lot

The Black Cauldron

I know I watched this one in Middle School. We read the book in English class. Around the same time, this movie was either re-released or a new version was released. I think that was the only time I saw it though. Taran looks a lot like Peter Pan. Gurgi is a cross between Stitch

Fox and the Hound

This movie is just as sad as it was when I was little. We are still in the era of opening credits. People talk a lot of smack about Disney killing off moms a lot in their movies because Walt Disney blamed himself for his mother’s death. However, this movie came out about 15 years