44 Movies

So I've decided to attempt to watch all 43 feature animated films that Walt Disney Feature Animation has made over the course of January and February. I'm not doing it chronologically, though in retrospect I wish I had gone that route, and I'm not watching in blocks of "periods." I actually think arranging Disney films in different periods is kind of silly in the first place. I'm not doing it by THEME, such as Princess movies, Prince movies, ADVENTURE movies or anything like that.

Do you think it's weird that they play up the princess angle so much and downplay the prince one? Because there's an awful lot of Disney Princes. Besides the blando charming princes. Simba, the nameless Beast, Aladdin, Kuzko, Hercules and Dude from Sword in the Stone are all male royalty who star in their respective movies.

There's also one theme I've picked up from EVERY SINGLE DISNEY MOVIE I've watched, with the exception of the two Fantasia movies, though those both have it. Going where you're clearly not supposed to go and WONDERFUL THINGS HAPPENING TO YOU. Sure you may have to overcome obstacles but literally every Disney movie I've seen all involve going into a place that you should know better about, and generally, with the clear exception of The Lion King, things work out pretty hunky dory. Even The Emperor's New Groove is kick-started by the prince announcing that he will be barging into where he doesn't belong. And it ends in friendship. John Goodman Friendship. THE BEST KIND OF FRIENDSHIP.

So far I'm enjoying myself but I've decided to make a sub-blog to document my decent into the deep dark pit of wonder.