Disney Films and you..

[bambifan56]

Hey, just wanted to ask a few questions. Now I may have OCD, but at 23 after a long day of work or a rough day at all I always listen to Bambi or The Lion King soundtracks, I love the movies, and esp. the Broadway play of TLK. I really don't talk to my friends about how much I enjoy them (Don't want to sound odd or stupid). But after a rough day, just thinking/listening to those songs/movies just kind of brightens my day up. I just wanted to know if I was alone in this sense. I hope this post doesn't come off as corny or too childish, but those 2 movies (as well as alot of others, not just Bambi and The Lion King), but I guess I'm asking about movies in general, just always kind of helped me on tough days. Thanks guys.

[Jan<3]

You're def. not alone.

I'm a 18 year old male, and watching Disey movies makes me eally happy, whenever I'm upset. Doesn't matter what movie, just pop one in and I feel better. I too don't tell much people about how I love Disney movies for the fear that they will thin I'm weird... but naw you're def. not alone.

[shr_fan]

I'm also 23, and I am the same way. The only difference is that everybody that knows me knows that I love disney movies, so I do talk about it a lot. lol

[rexcrk]

I'm 21 and I totally agree, sometimes before bed I'll watch a Disney movie.

I also love to listen to Hannah Montana/Miley Cyrus songs (they're just so up-beat and fun and catchy it puts me in a good mood when I'm on my breaks at work )

[Black pearl]

That is not weird or stupid bambifan56. I think it's a little odd if a happy, feel good song or film does not make you feel just a little bit better, If it is a disney or not makes no difference to me.

I do not usually put a disney film on, but I sing the songs from mary poppins in my head & that helps me. Disney is meant to make you feel good.
#Feed the birds tuppence a bag#

[slave2moonlight]

I'm a 33 yr. old male and a Disney fanatic, and I make no secret of it. Acting like it's something to be ashamed of only serves to encourage that mindset. No one's ever really given me a hard time about it, and if they would I'd put them in their place. Granted, I don't live in like a majorly redneck area or anything, despite living in Texas, but it still is rare to find another Disney fan (well, I never have), but I still don't get mocked for it. However, I know there are plenty of people out there who see it as weird and everything else, but they're usually those folks who have such strict guidelines about how a man, adult, or person is supposed to act that they can't even follow all of them themselves. Keep nothing in the closet unless you can get arrested for it, that's my motto, ha. If someone is repeatedly giving you a hard time about it or anything else, or thinks less of you for it, they are not people you need to be around.

[brownie]

I'm an 18-year-old female (which isn't really that strange ). When I moved for the first time in ten years and started high school (at the same time), I suddenly got a huge nostalgia kick. So, I gathered together my small collection of Disney videos, went on little scavenger hunts for Disney DVDs (back then I had no idea some titles were so scarce), and rented some classics I hadn't seen in nearly a decade. It spanned to animation and family films in general, but the Disney ones are always the dearest to my heart. I'll never outgrow them. They're like a symbol of my youth.

[Disney's Divinity]

I'm that way, too. I don't really watch whole movies often anymore, instead skipping to my favorite parts. But when I'm in a really bad mood, watching Disney movies makes me feel better and more optimistic for some reason.

[PixarFan2006]

I am 20 (21 come April 10th) and I still enjoy watching Disney and Pixar films every now and then. I do not feel embarassed about it at all.

[bambifan56]

Being 23 (Born in 1985) I grew up in the 90's. Every year a new Disney film came out in the summer. Films like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules as well as many of the old classics re-released (Bambi, The Fox and the Hound, Snow White etc...) so my generation grew up on Disney films and we were at the peak of all the films being released on VHS for the first time. I think more than anything it's a great reminder of childhood, as well as realizing that Disney films really were aimed to please adults as well as kids. While there are some sappy and cute parts, I still to this day love "Go the Distance" from Hercules and many of the songs and films I saw back then. In a way Disney music was also a big part of my childhood, and while Pixar and Disney films now are still very well done, I don't know if they will ever feel the same as the 90's did (to me anyways). I'm sorry but 2D is how animation is supposed to be.

[The_Iceflash]

Being 23 (Born in 1985) I grew up in the 90's. Every year a new Disney film came out in the summer. Films like The Lion King, Beauty and the Beast, Hercules as well as many of the old classics re-released (Bambi, The Fox and the Hound, Snow White etc...) so my generation grew up on Disney films and we were at the peak of all the films being released on VHS for the first time. I think more than anything it's a great reminder of childhood, as well as realizing that Disney films really were aimed to please adults as well as kids. While there are some sappy and cute parts, I still to this day love "Go the Distance" from Hercules and many of the songs and films I saw back then. In a way Disney music was also a big part of my childhood, and while Pixar and Disney films now are still very well done, I don't know if they will ever feel the same as the 90's did (to me anyways). I'm sorry but 2D is how animation is supposed to be.

Same here. I'm a 20 year old straight male (21 on Wednesday) and I feel the same way you do since I'm from the same era.

I also prefer 2D animation to CGI animation.

[leuchtmuschel]

My first visit of a cinema in my life was with my mother in 1967. The film that was shown was “Jungle Book” (“Das Dschungelbuch”). I often played with Mowgly, Baghira, Shir Khan etc. of plastic as a child.

Then I forgot Disney as I was going into adulthood…

In 1995 I had a programming job to do for a German company. Suddenly I remembered my most wish as a child: I want to stay a holiday in a Disney park and meet the real characters of Disney. I spoke to my boss, if I can stay one week in Walt Disney World after I have solved my task in Texas. He agreed.

At this time “Pocahontas” was in the last stage of production. In Disney MGM Studios I saw some people editing “Pocahontas” on a terminal. Since then “Pocahontas” remembers me every time on my first holiday in my life at Walt Disney World every time I see it.

Within this wonderful magical week my interest on Disney has got a new start. In Germany I started a VHS Disney collection. With the rise of DVD I decided that I want virtually move to America to get benefit of a better Disney program.

I often go into my living room I have transformed into a magical Disney place. In this room there is my collection and my home cinema. I choose one “magical ticket” and put it into the DVD-player. Every time I view a Disney classic I notice new details in quality they have.

[Voiceroy]

I just wanted to know if I was alone in this sense.

Not at all. I don't think this site would even exist if you were alone. It's mutual admiration and appreciation for Walt Disney's standards of excellence and quality product that bring us together.

I use Disney soundtracks for vocal exercise. And the main reason I love DVD is that whenever I feel nostalgic pangs I can (in most cases) just go over the the DVD shelves, pop one in the player, and relive my childhood or whatever special memory is associated with the film.

And as a lifelong animation fan, sometimes I just watch for the visuals.

I also used to be a collector of Disney memorabilia with a focus on the animated films and TV series, but not so much anymore since I got married. I just don't have the room or the budget, although I still buy the occasional T-shirt or "Nightmare Before Christmas" product.