We’re back with another Disney+ battle. This week, it’s a battle between a popular film from Disney’s First Dark Age of Animation against the final film of the Disney Renaissance. Let’s see who wins between “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh” and “Tarzan.” 1. PROTAGONIST The main characters of both of these films are […]
The Walt Disney Animation Studios gives us a look into the Hundred Acre Wood in the 1977 animated classic, “The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh.” The film follows Pooh, Rabbit, Owl, Kanga, Roo, Piglet, Eeyore, Tigger and Christopher Robin through a storybook as they go on their many adventures. In the film, Pooh gets […]
Mickey, Goofy and Donald work as janitor at a clock tower in the 1937 Walt Disney Animation Studios short, “Clock Cleaners.” The trio attempt to clean the clock tower, but hilarity ensues when they end up getting their own “bells” rung. Mickey tries to clean the face of the clock without waking the sleeping stork […]
We are back with another Disney+ Battle. This is the series where we take two movies available on Disney+ and compare and contrast them. This week, we are comparing a classic from the Disney Renaissance and a hidden gem from Disney’s First Dark Age. So, let’s see who wins a battle between “Aladdin” and “Robin […]
The tale of Robin Hood and his mission to rob from the rich to give to the poor during the villainous reign of Prince John is given the Disney treatment in the 1973 animated classic, “Robin Hood.” In this version, Robin Hood and Little John are already living in Sherwood Forest and robbing rich folks […]
Mickey Mouse is putting on a magic show but keeps getting heckled by Donald Duck in the 1937 Walt Disney Animation Studios short “Magician Mickey.” Every time Donald heckles Mickey, Mickey finds a way to use his magic to turn it around on and put the joke back on Donald. In the end, Donald decides […]
Baseball season begins today, April 7th, in the United States. It’s called “America’s Pasttime” due to its popularity in the first half of the 20th century. While it is the second most popular sport in the United States in the 21st century, it is still immensely popular. It also has a major following in Latin […]
It’s round two of the battle between the tortoise and the hare as Toby Tortoise and Max Hare face off in a boxing match in the 1936 Silly Symphonies short, “Toby Tortoise Returns.” In the first round, Max Hare is beating up Toby Tortoise and almost wins, but the bell rings before Toby can be […]
We’re back with another Disney+ battle and this week it’s a battle of the cats we compare “The Aristocats” and “The Lion King” to see which is the better film. “The Aristocats” marks the beginning of what is known as a somewhat disappointing era of animation for Disney. Meanwhile, “The Lion King” is often argued […]
A family of cats, set to inherit a fortune, is catnapped by their butler and ends up stranded in the French countryside in the 1970 Walt Disney Animation Studios classic, “The Aristocats.” While trying to get back home to Paris, Duchess, Toulouse, Marie and Berlioz run into Thomas O’Malley, the Alley Cat, who helps them […]
Mickey and friends experience Spring through the lens of a nature documentary in the “The Wonderful Spring of Mickey Mouse.” This is the second in a series of shorts based on the seasons from the creators of “The Wonderful World of Mickey Mouse.” Keith David narrates three shorts. In the first, Mickey and his friends […]
The Silver Age of Disney Animation ran from 1950 to 1967. It represented a time when Disney returned to the feature length narrative storytelling after having switched to a package format during the Wartime Era. It lasted until the passing of Walt Disney and ended with the first film released after his death. There are […]
A young boy gets separated from his village and ends up in the jungle where he needs help from a panther and a bear to escape a tiger and a snake in the 1967 Walt Disney animated classic, “The Jungle Book.” The film is loosely based on Rudyard Kipling’s book of the same name. This […]
The Walt Disney Animation Studios takes a very unusual look at the early days of King Arthur in the 1963 animated classic, “The Sword in the Stone.” The film follows a young Arthur, nicknamed Wart, as he meets Merlin who wants to train him as a wizard. But Arthur’s foster father wants him to be […]
It’s time, once again, for another Disney+ Battle. In this battle it’s the film that started feature animation as we know it today against the film that changed Disney’s animation plan during World War II: “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” versus “Saludos Amigos.” “Snow White” is the most important animated film of all time, […]