Which Disney movie is the most romantic ?

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Which Disney movie is the most romantic ?

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Which Disney movie do you think is the most romantic ???
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I find Lady and the Tramp very romantic, alongside with Cinderella. LATT has the most beautiful scene ever (Bella Notte).
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In style, probably Cinderella. As for the romance itself, maybe Enchanted (to me). I'd really have to think about it. I'd say Lady and the Tramp gives the love story the most attention though. Well, along with Enchanted but with less other things going on.
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I'd say Aladdin, Beauty and the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Sleeping Beauty, Cinderella, Pocahontas or Lady and the Tramp.
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Animated: Lady and the Tramp

Live-Action: The Sword and the Rose, it is a cheesey romance novel brought to life. And nothing is more romantic than Glynnis John ordering Richard Todd to write her a sonnet and pick her flowers.
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Lady and the Tramp is easily the most romantic film they've made. I, personally, don't find many of the princess films romantic, though each have their moments. I guess it's because most of them limit their prince's personality. For instance, when Ariel doesn't make the kiss before sunset, I don't think, "I feel so sad that they didn't make it!" No, I feel sorry for her. Eric really has no idea what's going on at all. It's almost like an unrequited love story until the final five minutes.
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For me, The Lion King is the most romantic movie. The scene with the song «Can you feel the love tonight» is just perfect.
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I would say The Lady and the Tramp. I don't think Disney has ever captured such love as in Lady and the Tramp. Funny though, because the movie is about dogs. :P
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"Lady and the Tramp" definitely. Surely the most mature and believable love story Disney has ever made.
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Actually, I just rewatched Beauty and the Beast, and it had been a while. Still gets my vote for the most perfect animated feature, but for me that probably has a lot to do with its theatrical qualities. However, I feel I should mention it here because it has some of the most romantic individual scenes where the characters' love for each other develops and grows. Though I was always definitely left with the impression that Belle was not going to get seriously/physically involved with Beast as long as he was in beast form (which makes it more realistic in my opinion), it did seem to be one of the most real loves we've seen in an animated film. Belle is one character who can't be accused of falling instantly for a prince as soon as she discovers him. One could argue that that is what happened at the end, but not really. She had already gotten to know him and his condition was really the only thing keeping her from getting really romantic with him. While she could be called superficial because of it, I doubt many people would have acted differently. There's a question of beastiality to consider.

So, I really have to include Beauty and the Beast among Disney's most romantic stuff. Cinderella has the romantic mood and look/style throughout, Lady and the Tramp focuses on the love story more than anything, and Beauty and the Beast has some of the most charmingly romantic scenes of love growth and discovery. I mentioned Enchanted before, as I really love the entire romance theme of that movie and the many wonderful romantic moments, but it is all very romantic comedy, so that does set it apart from the others. As for the other live-action stuff, I wasn't really considering any of that, more throwing in Enchanted with the animated films.

One thing about Lady and the Tramp though, as much as I love that movie, it is the old story of the good girl and the bad boy that is so popular in films. The idea that opposites attract. And, I'm sure they do, but I really don't feel they make for good relationships. They sometimes make happily ever afters in the movies. Lady and the Tramp 2 would have us believe that it was a lasting love, and they are dogs, so Tramp probably did conform well to becoming a one-family pet. However, I don't believe reforming men is so easily successful. I really feel real relationships are stronger when a couple has more things in common than a lot of differences. So, to me, Lady and the Tramp, while being very romantic, is also very much about infatuation rather than true love when related to humans. It works for me because it is about dogs, but it's a bit annoying when it's about real people. I mean, come on, Danny and Sandy from Grease, that relationship would never last.
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I feel like Lady and the Tramp (though I can't pin-point why) along with Beauty and the Beast (she sees his kind heart and falls in love with him) but the Kiss the Girl scene in The Little Mermaid seemed a lot more romantic when I watched it (as an adult) when the platinum came out.
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slave2moonlight wrote:One thing about Lady and the Tramp though, as much as I love that movie, it is the old story of the good girl and the bad boy that is so popular in films. The idea that opposites attract. And, I'm sure they do, but I really don't feel they make for good relationships. They sometimes make happily ever afters in the movies. Lady and the Tramp 2 would have us believe that it was a lasting love, and they are dogs, so Tramp probably did conform well to becoming a one-family pet. However, I don't believe reforming men is so easily successful. I really feel real relationships are stronger when a couple has more things in common than a lot of differences. So, to me, Lady and the Tramp, while being very romantic, is also very much about infatuation rather than true love when related to humans. It works for me because it is about dogs, but it's a bit annoying when it's about real people. I mean, come on, Danny and Sandy from Grease, that relationship would never last.
I don't think this is true at all. Sure, some "opposite" relationships fail, but many of them work. It's about compromise, as evidenced in Grease: Sandy stops acting like such a priss and Danny quits being a flirt. And, honestly, any of your complaints for Lady and the Tramp could easily be applied to Beauty and the Beast, where the Beast also has to conform to Belle's standards (though we find it acceptable, it's still conformity). As depicted in that film as well, these relationships work when the love is real and both individuals compromise. So, yes, I still find Lady and the Tramp easily applicable to the real world. My parents alone are proof of that for me.
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Disney's Divinity wrote:I don't think this is true at all. Sure, some "opposite" relationships fail, but many of them work. It's about compromise, as evidenced in Grease: Sandy stops acting like such a priss and Danny quits being a flirt. And, honestly, any of your complaints for Lady and the Tramp could easily be applied to Beauty and the Beast, where the Beast also has to conform to Belle's standards (though we find it acceptable, it's still conformity). As depicted in that film as well, these relationships work when the love is real and both individuals compromise. So, yes, I still find Lady and the Tramp easily applicable to the real world. My parents alone are proof of that for me.
That was hardly compromising in Grease. Both characters were trying to make a complete and total personality 360, overnight no less. And in the end, it was Sandy, the more mature of the two, who conformed to Danny's ways. No way that's gonna work, and certainly we didn't get to find out. Now, I'm not saying relationships between opposites never last, I'm saying they rarely (if ever) work. Lots of unhappy people stay together a LOOONG time, but I have never seen two opposites like that seem truly happy with each other over time. I'll grant that there are exceptions to the rule, but I believe it would be very rare.

Beauty and the Beast isn't the same at all. The Beast had to learn to become a better person to break his spell. That was more about conforming to humanity and society (something we all are supposed to do) rather than conforming for Belle. She was the one who helped him make the change (you could say there was some Florence Nightingale syndrome going on there), but with the Beast it was more about having to grow up. In truth, it was all pretty unfair since he was only 11 when the enchantress put the curse on him. But who ever said the enchantress was perfect I guess.

Now, one could say with Danny it was about having to grow up too, but at his age it isn't likely he's going to change enough to make it work with someone raised completely the opposite of himself. Beast had the added incentive of breaking a curse that he had been punished with for over ten years, and his problem wasn't chasing girls (that's a big bad habit that few truly break and a problem Danny and Tramp share). Without having some kind of major punishment like Beast's, someone like Danny isn't going to change his ways.

I've got nothing against Lady and the Tramp though. It's a favorite of mine too. I just don't buy that it would play out well in the long run in the human world. They handled it well in the film. They showed a bit of longing for family life and settling down with Tramp, so one could fall back on that to say it works. But I still feel their relationship could only work for the long haul because they're dogs. It's still the story of a naive young girl who seemingly never had a boyfriend before becoming fascinated and infatuated with the bad boy who strolled into the neighborhood and liked what he saw.
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To me Beauty and the Beast is the most romantic movie of all time hands down, unlike other movies where the female lead fell in love with the handsome prince, Belle begs to differ coz she fell in love with a monster with a big heart. To me this is what true love is, sorry but I don't think the other princesses found true love.
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I've to agree with Jack Skellington. Beauty and the Beast was definitely the most romantic movie. First runner up would be The Lion King from my point of view.
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I think Beauty and the Beast is the most romantic. The climax of the story is when Belle declares her love for the Beast, turning him back into the person he was meant to be so that they could live happily ever after.
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Beauty and the Beast is probably one of the most romantic disney animated films.
However, there are some romantic scenes in disney movies that i think deserve to be acknowledged:

- the magic carpet ride in Aladdin. "A whole new world" is one of the most romantic songs in Disney history.
-Also the "Love" song scene in Robin Hood where Robin proposes to Maid Marion is romantic too.
-In the little mermaid, Ariels 2nd day on land w/ Eric had some good romantic scenes: the carriage ride/tour, the dancing, the boat ride in the private lagoon, and then that night right before eric got hypnotized he made up his mind to give up on looking for that "dream girl" when he had something wonderful right in front of him. of course he didnt know it was her all along, but...still.

but hand down- most romantic disney film imo- Beauty and the Beast.
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But I still feel their relationship could only work for the long haul because they're dogs. It's still the story of a naive young girl who seemingly never had a boyfriend before becoming fascinated and infatuated with the bad boy who strolled into the neighborhood and liked what he saw.
Belle can domesticate the Beast, but Tramp can never actually become a "good" dog? No offense, I can't agree with that at all. But I hate to draw out arguments/debates, considering they usually overkill a simple thread.

Looking back, there are parts of the princess films I find romantic. The concept of sacrifice in TLM and Snow White's interlude with the Prince ("One Song") are very romantic situations, even though the relationships themselves aren't as developed as they could be. Though I always thought, with fairy tales, falling in love was taken for granted as the audience should assume they're in love (even if real people would need more to go on).
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