Disney movies you loved as a kid but now not so much.

[Jay]

What are some Disney movies that you absolutley loved when you were a tike but now watching them you don't enjoy them as much. Or what movies did you not care for as a kid but now love?

[sunhuntin]

the lion king. i watched that every day for months when it came out on video. now, while i appreciate the animation more, i dont enjoy watching it.

dinosaur i hated when it came out. i rented it once or twice on video and regretted it both times. then, came the time of the dvd and flat screen tvs. i rented it on dvd and fell in love with everything about it.

[jpanimation]

Pocahontas immediately comes to mind. I loved everything about it when it first came out. Now that I'm older, I have a hard time watching such a crappy movie (although the songs still hold up).

When I was younger, I hated Mulan. Now that I'm older, I can look past the weak soundtrack (songs, not score) and cliched teamwork ending to appreciate it as one of Disney's more mature offerings.

[estefan]

Bedknobs and Broomsticks comes to mind. The songs are still great and I like the animation sequences, but it's rather over-long and that third act with the Nazis just feels incredibly out-of-place after the cartoon hijinks we just went on.

[DisneyFan09]

The Jungle Book and Dumbo.

I used to love them both as kids, but now I don't find anything special about them. They're not bad movies, but they're nothing special.

[Flanger-Hanger]

Beauty and the Beast, though I still like some of the music/scenes.

[DisneyFan09]

When I was younger, I hated Mulan. Now that I'm older, I can look past the weak soundtrack (songs, not score) and cliched teamwork ending to appreciate it as one of Disney's more mature offerings.

Finally someone else who thinks the score is pretty weak! I'm not saying that the score is completely awful, but its not marvellous either.

As with you, I didn't cared for "Mulan" when I was younger, because I never found the movie anything special. Now I like it more. But why did you hate it?

[DisneyFan09]

dinosaur i hated when it came out. i rented it once or twice on video and regretted it both times. then, came the time of the dvd and flat screen tvs. i rented it on dvd and fell in love with everything about it.

Good to see some other Dinosaur fans. While I did enjoy some parts of the movie when I saw it the first, I thought it could have been better. When I bought it on dvd, I learned to love it and I still do, despite its flaws.

[jpanimation]

Finally someone else who thinks the score is pretty weak! I'm not saying that the score is completely awful, but its not marvellous either.

Umm...what? You misread my post. I said the songs are weak (excluding maybe Reflection) and that the Jerry Goldsmith score is fantastic. You're still alone in hating the score.

[PixarFan2006]

Animated films: Oliver and Company.
Live Action: Air Bud

[Rose Dome]

A Disney film I've lost my liking for: I loved The Little Mermaid as a child, but when I saw it after quite a while at seventeen, I decided that it's animation was sloppy at points, and that it's Heroine was a complete sap.

A Disney film that's grown on me: I saw Tarzan at a friend's house when I was eleven, and I considered it to be boring, but when I revisited it about two years ago, I found it to be very emotionally resonant.

[rodis]

A Disney film I've lost my liking for: I loved The Little Mermaid as a child, but when I saw it after quite a while at seventeen, I decided that it's animation was sloppy at points, and that it's Heroine was a complete sap.

The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin all have their share of sloppy animation at certain points, but they did get gradually more polished until The Lion King which I consider 99% polished.

Personally, I would take TLM over the bland-looking and overly sterile Mulan at any time. I love the occasionally rough edges of Mermaid and Beauty&Beast.

[Elladorine]

The Three Caballeros. I loved it as a kid and watched a copy I'd taped off Disney Channel incessantly. I still enjoy much of it but it gets too weird and frantic toward the end for me these days.

[DisneyFan09]

Umm...what? You misread my post. I said the songs are weak (excluding maybe Reflection) and that the Jerry Goldsmith score is fantastic. You're still alone in hating the score.

Oh, I'm sorry about that. My mistake. And there's no need to being rude and saying that I'm alone about hating the score.

[Dr Frankenollie]

I used to dislike Mulan passionately, but it's grown on me. Also, I used to find Dumbo dull and Fantasia boring, but now I love them and think they're not just the greatest Disney films of all time, but also I think are in the top ten greatest movies ever made. There isn't really any Disney movie which I once loved but now hate, but I don't like Tarzan as much as I used to.

[DisneyFan09]

I used to dislike Mulan passionately

Why?

[Dr Frankenollie]

I used to dislike Mulan passionately

Why?

I thought it was boring and preferred the fairy tale DACs at the time.

[Rose Dome]

A Disney film I've lost my liking for: I loved The Little Mermaid as a child, but when I saw it after quite a while at seventeen, I decided that it's animation was sloppy at points, and that it's Heroine was a complete sap.

The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and Aladdin all have their share of sloppy animation at certain points, but they did get gradually more polished until The Lion King which I consider 99% polished.

Personally, I would take TLM over the bland-looking and overly sterile Mulan at any time. I love the occasionally rough edges of Mermaid and Beauty&Beast.

I guess Mermaid wasn't the only DAC of the time to have sloppy animation, but I noticed it more because there weren't strong characters IMHO.

[Goliath]

A Disney film I've lost my liking for: I loved The Little Mermaid as a child, but when I saw it after quite a while at seventeen, I decided that it's animation was sloppy at points, and that it's Heroine was a complete sap.

Oh no you di'n't!

As for me: I didn't particularly care about The Rescuers when I was a kid. And now look at me! Also, I disliked Tarzan when I saw it in the theater when it came out, as I hated the computer-animation. I still do have some issues with it, but for the rest, I love this movie!

My love for Robin Hood has definitly cooled down. Even though I still think it's one of Disney's funniest, I now realize as a whole (animation, character design, music, songs, plot) it's one of its weakest.

[Lazario]

Bambi. I used to like it quite a bit and not know why. Now, of course I still like parts of it, but I also know exactly why it's a downright obnoxious and just plain dumb movie.

Also, I used to like The Aristocats a lot but now it's pretty hard to get through.