Hi! My name is Natasha. I'm a 13 year old female from California. One of my many nicknames is Tashie which comes my real name, Natasha which explains my Username(I gotta stop using run-on senatnces.).
I didn't exaclty grew up with the Disney renassancie(sp?). The Little Mermaid came out a couple years before I was born and so did the video realease. Luckly, I was able to see it when it came out in 97. Sadly, We didn't buy the tape that time because, well, I'm not entirely sure but it may had to with the fact that my aunt didnt' like it that much. She mainly hates Ariel. I didn't see it till last christmas when I told my mom that I wanted it badly, and I got it! I love Usula alot! She's my favorite Disney villian.
I was alive when Beauty and Beast came out but barely. I was born only about two months before it came out. We did buy the tape however. It became one of my favorite Disney flims. However, the tape vanished and I never heard fromit again until my mom got it for me when I eleven when I was feeling sick one day. I didn't really want it because I was going though that infamous " I'm too cool for Disney" faze. It wasn't till later that I watch it and realized that I loved it! My mom and aunt both love this movie as well, epscalliy my mom. She loves Belle because she says I look alot like her. I also think one of the main reasons she likes BATB so much is because it came out in 91 which is the same year I was born.
Aladdin came out about a year after I was born but really, Do you take a one year old to the theater? I did have it on tape however and it was one of my favorite movies as a kid but unfortunelty, that stupid faze kicked in and though this movie was dumb. It wasn't till later my best friend told me that she really wanted to see it. I told I had it on video and since I was showing some intrest in Disney, I told her I'd watch it with her. So on a wensday( we got out early on wensdays) we watched it and we were both laughing all the way though. Nethier my mom or aunt really care for it but it's my best friends favorite Disney flim. It's also one of mine favorites as well.
The Lion King is special to my heart because not only was it the first Disney movie I ever saw in theaters, It was the first movie I ever saw in theaters. I was obsess with it when I was little, mainly Nala. Really because both our names began with N. Earlier this month, I went to Disneyland and DCA. In DCA, There was a small building about Disney animation. Inside there was this quiz hosted by Lumerie from BATB. The quiz was supposed to tell you which Disney character you were most like and I got Nala! I was pretty happy with my answer but my friend said she got the wicked queen from Snow White. I became intastly jealous. I love the wicked queen. Her and Ursula are the greatest. Anyway, When I was in Sitxh grade, We got the platnuim edition of TLK. I have a reveiw of it but it's only one sentance: Awsome movie but bad features.
Okay, On to moving on to my real Disney story. I loved Disney when I was a kid. I had tons of tapes and fequently visited Disneyland. But like any kid growing up, I soon thought "Hey I'm way too cool for Disney. Disney is for babies!". Looking back now, I think " My god, I was idiot". I thought not only was I too cool for Disney, I thought I was too cool for any cartoon that wasn't for adults. So I watched shows that any nine year old shoudn't be watching but I didn't care because I thought I was awsome. Yeah right. Whatever

. It wasn't till my grandma died of lung cancer when I was 12, I started to get really depressed. To make me feel better, my mom took me to Disneyland. All of the sudden, I was happy again. I didn't matter anymore that my only grandma, the one I loved to death was dead. What matter was that I was in Disneyland and even though I never been particularly anywhere in my life, I was 100 percent sure that no other place in the world maybe not even in the universe, could make me as happy as Disneyland did. However great vactions always come to an end and before I knew it, I was heading back to Oakland California. I was even sadder than before but thanks to that one special trip, it renwed my faith in Disney.
But my story gets sadder. I was going into the seventh grade. I became obsess with Disneyland. So much that I stop concentrating on my work. Then I starting failing in every class. I was doing so poorly, That I coudn't go on the Ski trip due to my grades. And I really wanted to go. I was really depressed but at the last minute, I got my acy together and passed
7th grade with a GPA of 3.17!
I don't blame Disney for what happened. In fact, I am actually happy about what happen, It opened up a new world for me. I like most of the old classics. My two favorite movies from that era are Alice in Wonderland and Pinocchio. I think AIW is very underated. It's a great movie. Sure it's nothing like the original book but even for some who has a little bit of English heritge and is somewhat of anglophile, I understand why Walt changed the story. If a movie is too much like the bok, it would be boring
but if the movie has a mind of it's own, that's makes it better. I think no one would agree with me though. The reason I like Pinocchio so much because of two reasons. One: I love the "I got no stings" scene. Two: Alot of people bash this movie because it's too dark and disturbing. I actually think it's perfect the way it is. I mean can you really imagine it beaing sugar coded? C'mon. It's about a puppet about becomming a real boy. Of corse there's going to be some dark stuff in there. It proves that Disney isn't all happy and fun like most people think. I mainly like it because it isn't your average Disney movie. But then again, I'm that kind of person that really is in to that stuff (Not vionlence just really disturbing detail)
I'm kinda in rush to write this. I'll post more about me later. I'm really glad to be part of UD and I hope you all like me!
"But I guarantee you, if straight men had a period you would never hear the end of it."
-Margaret Cho