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That was the only Disney movie I actually liked. Mulan, I mean, though the appropriation from the Chinese culture of their heroine still sort of pissed me off >_> And The Hunchback of Notre Dame (Disney version) was actually the first movie I ever saw, back when it was in theaters. I blame it for my little "priest issue."
I really want to watch all of them, though, all of a sudden. I know I'll probably come back here and rage. I know I'll probably sit there, saying "why the fuck did I do this" afterwards. But I wanna see 'em.
I feel exactly the same way. The early classic Disney films are technical masterpieces.
I hate how much of a social engineer Disney was, though. I especially didn't like his practice of taking the edge off of fairy tales. Those stories used to serve a purpose besides making people feel warm and fuzzy...
Yeah, I used to spend all my time going "I HATE THIS I HATE THIS I HATE THIS," but I realized there's that sort of damaging message in pretty much everything. I wouldn't let my kids watch 'em and internalize the messages, no way, but I'd definitely encourage them to see them as adults. The smoothness of the animation, the color, all of that... I've been watching anime for such a long time that it's an enormous shock.
I am also distinctly unfond of the "taking the edge off of fairy tales" practice. I am also distinctly disappointed that the novel version of Hunchback has nearly faded from public memory in favor of the animation... and so you have legions of screaming fangirls who call our favorite "monster" Quasi and are shocked to see that Frollo has a soul.
All of the social engineering stuff disgusts me.
But still. I just watched a couple of videos, paying close attention to everything, all the little details, all the little movements, the shadows, the light, the plants, the motions of the animals, the movement of cloth in that wonderfully "plush" way...
*siiiiiiiiiiiiiigh*
Gotta watch all of Miyazaki, too, though, to even it out. His animation is absurdly wonderful from a technical standpoint, too.