Despite this decade's films lacked the same kind of ambition, innovation and artistic integrity the first five DACs featured, not to mention this era's frustratingly frequent amount of lazy live-action reference in designing the characters, I love this period for the nostalgia and the sheer variety of its classics.
I shall do both an objective list of best to worst, and a subjective one of favourite to least favourite.
Objective Best to Worst:
1. Lady and the Tramp
2. Cinderella
3. Sleeping Beauty
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Peter Pan
My favourite to least favourite:
1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Cinderella
4. Lady and the Tramp
5. Peter Pan
Still, I love them all...well, besides Peter Pan of course (Hook and Smee are marvellous, but other than that the film is very poor. The music and animation are average, even if we're being generous; the layouts/backgrounds/designs are all the weakest of the 1950's; and the characterisation is very flawed).
Ranking 1950's Disney Films
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Mine:
1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Cinderella
3. Peter Pan
4. Lady and the Tramp
5. Alice In Wonderland
I love all of them but the first three are really dear to my heart. SB, for all its drawbacks, is such an ambitious film and I love that it's slow-paced.
Cinderella - in recent years I grew tired of the cat-mice chase and usually I have to stop in the middle and continue watching at a later time. I don't mind the fairies dominating the middle part of SB at all, however.
Peter Pan - I'm surprised the OP finds the backgrounds just average. What differentiates it from Cinderella, Alice or LATT? It's basically the same glossy, smooth style used in Disney's 50's films.
Lady and the Tramp - great movie, but a tad slow and it does take time before things start to happen.
Alice In Wonderland - it's a fun film to watch from time to time but it never leaves me in awe.
1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Cinderella
3. Peter Pan
4. Lady and the Tramp
5. Alice In Wonderland
I love all of them but the first three are really dear to my heart. SB, for all its drawbacks, is such an ambitious film and I love that it's slow-paced.
Cinderella - in recent years I grew tired of the cat-mice chase and usually I have to stop in the middle and continue watching at a later time. I don't mind the fairies dominating the middle part of SB at all, however.
Peter Pan - I'm surprised the OP finds the backgrounds just average. What differentiates it from Cinderella, Alice or LATT? It's basically the same glossy, smooth style used in Disney's 50's films.
Lady and the Tramp - great movie, but a tad slow and it does take time before things start to happen.
Alice In Wonderland - it's a fun film to watch from time to time but it never leaves me in awe.
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Favorite:
1. Cinderella
2. Lady and the Tramp
3. Sleeping Beauty
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Peter Pan
Objective:
1. Lady and the Tramp
2. Peter Pan
3. Sleeping Beauty
4. Cinderella
5. Alice in Wonderland
I dislike Peter Pan for several reasons, but I can acknowledge that it is structured and paced better than SB, Cinderella, or Alice, with several strong, memorable characters. It's animation isn't on the same level as SB and Cinderella, but it is on par with Alice and L&tT to me. SB and Cinderella are about equal to me--SB wins in style, while Cinderella has the stronger characters, but they both feature so many superfluous scenes. Alice is episodic, though that's not necessarily a flaw; it's just completely boring, although it has several strong characters.
1. Cinderella
2. Lady and the Tramp
3. Sleeping Beauty
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Peter Pan
Objective:
1. Lady and the Tramp
2. Peter Pan
3. Sleeping Beauty
4. Cinderella
5. Alice in Wonderland
I dislike Peter Pan for several reasons, but I can acknowledge that it is structured and paced better than SB, Cinderella, or Alice, with several strong, memorable characters. It's animation isn't on the same level as SB and Cinderella, but it is on par with Alice and L&tT to me. SB and Cinderella are about equal to me--SB wins in style, while Cinderella has the stronger characters, but they both feature so many superfluous scenes. Alice is episodic, though that's not necessarily a flaw; it's just completely boring, although it has several strong characters.
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Favorite to least favorite
1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Peter Pan
3. Cinderella
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Lady and the Tramp
1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Peter Pan
3. Cinderella
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Lady and the Tramp
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My ranking:
1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Cinderella
3. Peter Pan
4. Lady and the Tramp
5. Alice in Wonderland
This isn't my favorite period of Disney history... I only really feel close to Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. The rest...eh. I could honestly take them or leave them. I find this period is extremely overrated. Sleeping Beauty is, in my opinion, easily the best of the bunch. Artistically, it is one of the most impressive films ever made. Definitely a top 20 film just for its aesthetic content alone. The film is cold and at times stiff, but those qualities lend themselves well to the film's medieval style, I think.
Cinderella is a film that I'm always surprised by. Whenever I talk GREAT Disney films, it rarely comes up in my mind. But I find when I'm actually WATCHING it, I'm surprised at how great it really is. It's very bizarre. I need to watch it again, honestly, to remind myself how much I do actually like it. I watched it a lot on VHS growing up, I recall, though not as much as I watched Sleeping Beauty.
Peter Pan is, in my opinion, an extremely average film with a lot of unlikable characters and some great sequences. I never saw this as a kid, so, all of my feelings about it come from seeing it for the first time as an adult (I was 18 when I finally got around to seeing it). It underwhelmed me, but the film doesn't bore me at least. And I'd rather sit and watch this than Lady and the Tramp or Alice.
Lady and the Tramp, while visually the second most impressive artistic achievement of this period (after Sleeping Beauty, of course), puts me to sleep. I am not the type of person who bores easily, but this film is like Ambien for me. I only vaguely remember seeing this as a kid, specifically the Siamese Cat song (because my cousins use to sing it along with the movie), and even then, it did nothing for me.
Alice in Wonderland, while full of colorful, inventive sequences, is a mess. The film's a whole lot of nothing punctuated by moments of striking design work and the occasional good tune. (I find myself singing "Painting the Roses Red" quite often.) It just leaves an unpleasant taste in my mouth for some reason. I can't say I like any of the characters here and have a hard time caring about any of it. This is another that I never really got to see as a kid.
1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Cinderella
3. Peter Pan
4. Lady and the Tramp
5. Alice in Wonderland
This isn't my favorite period of Disney history... I only really feel close to Sleeping Beauty and Cinderella. The rest...eh. I could honestly take them or leave them. I find this period is extremely overrated. Sleeping Beauty is, in my opinion, easily the best of the bunch. Artistically, it is one of the most impressive films ever made. Definitely a top 20 film just for its aesthetic content alone. The film is cold and at times stiff, but those qualities lend themselves well to the film's medieval style, I think.
Cinderella is a film that I'm always surprised by. Whenever I talk GREAT Disney films, it rarely comes up in my mind. But I find when I'm actually WATCHING it, I'm surprised at how great it really is. It's very bizarre. I need to watch it again, honestly, to remind myself how much I do actually like it. I watched it a lot on VHS growing up, I recall, though not as much as I watched Sleeping Beauty.
Peter Pan is, in my opinion, an extremely average film with a lot of unlikable characters and some great sequences. I never saw this as a kid, so, all of my feelings about it come from seeing it for the first time as an adult (I was 18 when I finally got around to seeing it). It underwhelmed me, but the film doesn't bore me at least. And I'd rather sit and watch this than Lady and the Tramp or Alice.
Lady and the Tramp, while visually the second most impressive artistic achievement of this period (after Sleeping Beauty, of course), puts me to sleep. I am not the type of person who bores easily, but this film is like Ambien for me. I only vaguely remember seeing this as a kid, specifically the Siamese Cat song (because my cousins use to sing it along with the movie), and even then, it did nothing for me.
Alice in Wonderland, while full of colorful, inventive sequences, is a mess. The film's a whole lot of nothing punctuated by moments of striking design work and the occasional good tune. (I find myself singing "Painting the Roses Red" quite often.) It just leaves an unpleasant taste in my mouth for some reason. I can't say I like any of the characters here and have a hard time caring about any of it. This is another that I never really got to see as a kid.
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I think this might be my favorite decade for the DAC, since each film has plenty of merit of their own to be dissected. The 40's suffered from the package features, even with the highlights in those, and the 90's films became far too redundant and predictable for their own good as they went along. And I'm a 90's kid!
I think Cinderella is one of the straightest, most boring princess films, and the older I get, the more the mice irritate me, but Cindy is easily the most likable princess of Walt's original three, since she actually does something. The film also has some of Mary Blair's best artwork, and enough classic songs to make up for its weaknesses. And while I'm not a big fan of Lady Tremaine's stiffness in design (I just don't think it meshes well with the world the artists created), her character is one of the most enjoyable villains in Disney's canon. Eleanor Audley's performance is just bliss.
Alice has some problems in terms of its structure, particularly with how it combines events with both of Carroll's stories with little cohesion, but I still can laugh at the lion's share of the film. Carroll's riddles hold up at any given point, and this adaptation is no exception. Adding in the voice talents of numerous character actors and Disney greats, including a fine young actress to play the straight man as Alice, gives the dialogue added life, while visually, the film is a treat throughout, combine some of the studio's freshest animation and fun with art. The entire scene at the Queen's service, with the method put behind the work of the cards, is to die for.
Peter Pan is a childhood favorite, and one that I can still watch and adore today. As far as I'm concerned, "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!" is one of the greatest sequences in all of Disney, and indicative of the magic Walt and his crew was able to bring to life. Captain Hook and Smee's chemistry is incredible, as their numerous bits contain some of Disney's best humor. I also just adore the designs for Neverland, again done by Mary Blair.
Lady and the Tramp is arguably the most experimental of Disney's films from this era, though. It's the most minimalist of all of their films, with its animation focusing more on subtle character interactions over big sequences. There's no whale to escape, no dragon to slay, no big fire to run from. The closest thing to a big sequence is when the Tramp fights the rat near the end, and even that relies on the power of shadow. It's just about accuracy and development otherwise. This is also the first time one of Disney's films was set in American suburbia, supposedly in the present day, as opposed to Europe, the forest, or wherever Dumbo was meant to exist in. It's not a film for everyone, and indeed those who prefer Disney's bigger works don't seem to care for the film, but I get a lot of use out of the film.
Sleeping Beauty is also quite experimental, and makes for real hit-or-miss results. Its use of palette was sensational, making for arguably the most visually appealing film in all of animation (I'd possibly pull out the argument that Nightmare Before Christmas is more impressive, but that's a discussion for another day) The film's sampling of Tchaikovsky is done tastefully and needfully, almost always as an aural compliment to the film's visual splendor. And Maleficent makes for the most fascinating of all of Disney's villains, an unjustifiably vicious demon whose lack of mercy or compassion is utterly captivating.
What holds the film back? The lack of a clear protagonist is its biggest problem, IMO. Aurora is just... there. That's it. Like Snow White, she doesn't really act, but rather react. Phillip is more active than Snow White or Cinderella's princes, but he doesn't have much personality either, and doesn't even speak in the last act. The fairies are likable, but they're hardly treated as the main characters. And Maleficent is the villain. The good outweighs the bad as far as I'm concerned, but I do understand why the film isn't one of the studio's most adored at the end of the day.
2- Sleeping Beauty
3- Lady and the Tramp
4- Alice in Wonderland
5- Cinderella
I think this might be my favorite decade for the DAC, since each film has plenty of merit of their own to be dissected. The 40's suffered from the package features, even with the highlights in those, and the 90's films became far too redundant and predictable for their own good as they went along. And I'm a 90's kid!
I think Cinderella is one of the straightest, most boring princess films, and the older I get, the more the mice irritate me, but Cindy is easily the most likable princess of Walt's original three, since she actually does something. The film also has some of Mary Blair's best artwork, and enough classic songs to make up for its weaknesses. And while I'm not a big fan of Lady Tremaine's stiffness in design (I just don't think it meshes well with the world the artists created), her character is one of the most enjoyable villains in Disney's canon. Eleanor Audley's performance is just bliss.
Alice has some problems in terms of its structure, particularly with how it combines events with both of Carroll's stories with little cohesion, but I still can laugh at the lion's share of the film. Carroll's riddles hold up at any given point, and this adaptation is no exception. Adding in the voice talents of numerous character actors and Disney greats, including a fine young actress to play the straight man as Alice, gives the dialogue added life, while visually, the film is a treat throughout, combine some of the studio's freshest animation and fun with art. The entire scene at the Queen's service, with the method put behind the work of the cards, is to die for.
Peter Pan is a childhood favorite, and one that I can still watch and adore today. As far as I'm concerned, "You Can Fly! You Can Fly! You Can Fly!" is one of the greatest sequences in all of Disney, and indicative of the magic Walt and his crew was able to bring to life. Captain Hook and Smee's chemistry is incredible, as their numerous bits contain some of Disney's best humor. I also just adore the designs for Neverland, again done by Mary Blair.
Lady and the Tramp is arguably the most experimental of Disney's films from this era, though. It's the most minimalist of all of their films, with its animation focusing more on subtle character interactions over big sequences. There's no whale to escape, no dragon to slay, no big fire to run from. The closest thing to a big sequence is when the Tramp fights the rat near the end, and even that relies on the power of shadow. It's just about accuracy and development otherwise. This is also the first time one of Disney's films was set in American suburbia, supposedly in the present day, as opposed to Europe, the forest, or wherever Dumbo was meant to exist in. It's not a film for everyone, and indeed those who prefer Disney's bigger works don't seem to care for the film, but I get a lot of use out of the film.
Sleeping Beauty is also quite experimental, and makes for real hit-or-miss results. Its use of palette was sensational, making for arguably the most visually appealing film in all of animation (I'd possibly pull out the argument that Nightmare Before Christmas is more impressive, but that's a discussion for another day) The film's sampling of Tchaikovsky is done tastefully and needfully, almost always as an aural compliment to the film's visual splendor. And Maleficent makes for the most fascinating of all of Disney's villains, an unjustifiably vicious demon whose lack of mercy or compassion is utterly captivating.
What holds the film back? The lack of a clear protagonist is its biggest problem, IMO. Aurora is just... there. That's it. Like Snow White, she doesn't really act, but rather react. Phillip is more active than Snow White or Cinderella's princes, but he doesn't have much personality either, and doesn't even speak in the last act. The fairies are likable, but they're hardly treated as the main characters. And Maleficent is the villain. The good outweighs the bad as far as I'm concerned, but I do understand why the film isn't one of the studio's most adored at the end of the day.
I'm alone on this as I can see.. But Lady & the tramp is one of few movies where I do not necessarily miss an archrival or evil entity. That, in and of itself, is a great achievement in my book! I mean, the aunt & cats are a small burden, the real enemy, for our protagonist is Suburbia. It's a sweet endearing tale, well told,and perfectly executed in both artistic and story sense. I despise, no hate Alice in Wonderland, with a passion
the least interesting story ever told, be it animated or otherwise, I just find it godawfull. Sleeping Beauty is another rare gem, beautifully conducted from start to finish. I must admit I lose focus halfway in mainly due to the extensive screentime provided for the fairies which I find a bit boring at times. Cinderella has it's moments but the animation ruins it for me. I hate the character design, the only one that holds it together for me is the evil stepmother and Eleanor Audly's vocal performance. I can't seem to warm up to this story, no matter how frequently I force myself to sit through and see what others love. Peter Pan, again loses interest once Neverland is presented. The lush environment can't hide weak storymaterial, and even a Captain's Hook can't reel in a sinking picture.
the least interesting story ever told, be it animated or otherwise, I just find it godawfull. Sleeping Beauty is another rare gem, beautifully conducted from start to finish. I must admit I lose focus halfway in mainly due to the extensive screentime provided for the fairies which I find a bit boring at times. Cinderella has it's moments but the animation ruins it for me. I hate the character design, the only one that holds it together for me is the evil stepmother and Eleanor Audly's vocal performance. I can't seem to warm up to this story, no matter how frequently I force myself to sit through and see what others love. Peter Pan, again loses interest once Neverland is presented. The lush environment can't hide weak storymaterial, and even a Captain's Hook can't reel in a sinking picture.When it comes to brains, I got the lion-share,
but when it comes to bruth strength, I'm afraid I'm at the shallow end of the gene pool
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1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Cinderella
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. Peter Pan
5. Lady and the Tramp
Sleeping Beauty is my absolute favorite Walt era movie, and I think the 50's is the best Walt era decade when it comes to animated Disney films.
Hard to chose between Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. Captain Hook is great and Peter Pan is a charming movie, even though it's a bit dull.
I have never cared that much for Disney movies starring animals, such as Lady and the Tramp. I like the movies with humans best.
2. Cinderella
3. Alice in Wonderland
4. Peter Pan
5. Lady and the Tramp
Sleeping Beauty is my absolute favorite Walt era movie, and I think the 50's is the best Walt era decade when it comes to animated Disney films.
Hard to chose between Cinderella and Alice in Wonderland. Captain Hook is great and Peter Pan is a charming movie, even though it's a bit dull.
I have never cared that much for Disney movies starring animals, such as Lady and the Tramp. I like the movies with humans best.
Favorite Disney-movies: Snow White, Cinderella, Alice in Wonderland, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Pocahontas, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan, Tangled, Frozen, Pirates, Enchanted, Prince of Persia, Tron, Oz The Great and Powerful
1. Sleeping Beauty
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Cinderella
4. Lady and the Tramp
5. Peter Pan
I love SB's animation, music and the fairies and Maleficent. I also love the "epic" feel to the film. It has the grand medieval feel to it that I love. True Aurora and Phillip aren't that interesting, but I feel, as others have said, the good outweighs the bad.
Alice is just a fun movie for me. I have always been a fan of the books and I watched just about every Alice adaption imaginable. This is one of my most watched movies of my childhood. I love the vibrant colors, like the scene where the Queen's card soldiers are marching around. It has some awesome characters the Mad Hatter, March Hare, Cheshire Cat, Queen of Hearts and even Alice herself. I love the voice acting as well.
Cinderella I enjoy but I am torn with it. Mary Blair's animation is great and the songs are nice. Lady Tremaine, the King and Grand Duke, Anastasia and Drizella and Cindy are all nice characters, but I feel too much focus is on the mice. Unlike SB, where I love the fairies, I don't care much for the mice. The Tom and Jerry-esque scenes between Lucifer and the mice are fun, but I wish they focused more on the other characters. Primarily Cinderella and Lady Tremaine. "Prince Charming" is easily Disney's worst prince. He does absolutely nothing in the film and is a complete bore. Even Snow White's prince played more of a role in having to awaken Snow. He also showed more personality when singing "One Song" or lifting the dwarfs to kiss Snow good bye than this guy ever did. While I enjoy the film it really is a middle of the road one for me.
LatT is one movie I never watched much honestly. I did like the Tramp character and "We Are Siamese" and He's a Tramp" are fun songs but other than that I don't remember too much about it. For Peter Pan I just don't like him or Tinkerbell. Hook and Smee are great and definitely the best aspect of the film. It reminds me of the Emperor's New Groove in that way. The villains are much more fun, interesting and likeable than the leads.
2. Alice in Wonderland
3. Cinderella
4. Lady and the Tramp
5. Peter Pan
I love SB's animation, music and the fairies and Maleficent. I also love the "epic" feel to the film. It has the grand medieval feel to it that I love. True Aurora and Phillip aren't that interesting, but I feel, as others have said, the good outweighs the bad.
Alice is just a fun movie for me. I have always been a fan of the books and I watched just about every Alice adaption imaginable. This is one of my most watched movies of my childhood. I love the vibrant colors, like the scene where the Queen's card soldiers are marching around. It has some awesome characters the Mad Hatter, March Hare, Cheshire Cat, Queen of Hearts and even Alice herself. I love the voice acting as well.
Cinderella I enjoy but I am torn with it. Mary Blair's animation is great and the songs are nice. Lady Tremaine, the King and Grand Duke, Anastasia and Drizella and Cindy are all nice characters, but I feel too much focus is on the mice. Unlike SB, where I love the fairies, I don't care much for the mice. The Tom and Jerry-esque scenes between Lucifer and the mice are fun, but I wish they focused more on the other characters. Primarily Cinderella and Lady Tremaine. "Prince Charming" is easily Disney's worst prince. He does absolutely nothing in the film and is a complete bore. Even Snow White's prince played more of a role in having to awaken Snow. He also showed more personality when singing "One Song" or lifting the dwarfs to kiss Snow good bye than this guy ever did. While I enjoy the film it really is a middle of the road one for me.
LatT is one movie I never watched much honestly. I did like the Tramp character and "We Are Siamese" and He's a Tramp" are fun songs but other than that I don't remember too much about it. For Peter Pan I just don't like him or Tinkerbell. Hook and Smee are great and definitely the best aspect of the film. It reminds me of the Emperor's New Groove in that way. The villains are much more fun, interesting and likeable than the leads.
I have to say this one is a bit of a challenge, and it made me think.
I am not going to compare the 50s to the first 5 features, or to the 90s renaissance... I will say that the output in this decade was way stronger than anything made in the following three (considering its amount and overall quality).
That being said, I dont think I can make the ratings list...
I will say that Lady and the Tramp would be my least favorite of the decade. The animation is great (amazing inking!) but the story is a bit slow. It is actually an interesting story, and the unwed-pregnant thing is a great subtlety... (didnt catch on to that till I was an adult!)... but the slow story and the focus on animals are a minus given my taste in film.
All other four movies excel for different reasons, and I have a hard time rating them.
Sleeping Beauty is amazing for its visuals, the SPECTACULAR animation, the incredible "escape from forbidden mountain" sequence, and Maleficent of course. But the story is a bit weak, and most characters are bland.
Cinderella has poor animation, and mostly sterile backgrounds (except some of the more Mary-Blair-inspired ones) and a bit too much "cat-and-mouse shananigans, but the story is tight, the editing is great, as is the score.
Alice has great animation (a shocking step up from Cinderella released only a year before!), great design and backgrounds, and tho the story is VERY thin, the film is always amusing. And some of the tunes are very catchy!
Peter Pan is also very amusing. Has great animation, great design, one of the most active stories out of all the Walt-era films, and the scenes in the nursery are VERY charming. There is also a lot of grace in the animation (compare Peter's animation in this film to the animation of him in the sequel... its not choppy or bad, its just not graceful. K Beaumont mentions the live action ref for him was a ballet dancer...and it shows!).
So like I said, I cannot rate them. Overall, it is a very strong bunch (and I just noticed, I have ALL of them on dvd, SB actually twice, which shows how much I appreciate this decade... I think its the only decade where I have every film made during it). And it still baffles me when I think about the ink-and-paint and that there were no computers involved in these...
When I was in college, someone asked me when Lady/Tramp was made, and I said 1955. They wouldn't believe me! They thought it looked too good!
I am not going to compare the 50s to the first 5 features, or to the 90s renaissance... I will say that the output in this decade was way stronger than anything made in the following three (considering its amount and overall quality).
That being said, I dont think I can make the ratings list...
I will say that Lady and the Tramp would be my least favorite of the decade. The animation is great (amazing inking!) but the story is a bit slow. It is actually an interesting story, and the unwed-pregnant thing is a great subtlety... (didnt catch on to that till I was an adult!)... but the slow story and the focus on animals are a minus given my taste in film.
All other four movies excel for different reasons, and I have a hard time rating them.
Sleeping Beauty is amazing for its visuals, the SPECTACULAR animation, the incredible "escape from forbidden mountain" sequence, and Maleficent of course. But the story is a bit weak, and most characters are bland.
Cinderella has poor animation, and mostly sterile backgrounds (except some of the more Mary-Blair-inspired ones) and a bit too much "cat-and-mouse shananigans, but the story is tight, the editing is great, as is the score.
Alice has great animation (a shocking step up from Cinderella released only a year before!), great design and backgrounds, and tho the story is VERY thin, the film is always amusing. And some of the tunes are very catchy!
Peter Pan is also very amusing. Has great animation, great design, one of the most active stories out of all the Walt-era films, and the scenes in the nursery are VERY charming. There is also a lot of grace in the animation (compare Peter's animation in this film to the animation of him in the sequel... its not choppy or bad, its just not graceful. K Beaumont mentions the live action ref for him was a ballet dancer...and it shows!).
So like I said, I cannot rate them. Overall, it is a very strong bunch (and I just noticed, I have ALL of them on dvd, SB actually twice, which shows how much I appreciate this decade... I think its the only decade where I have every film made during it). And it still baffles me when I think about the ink-and-paint and that there were no computers involved in these...
When I was in college, someone asked me when Lady/Tramp was made, and I said 1955. They wouldn't believe me! They thought it looked too good!
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I agree. I do like a few animal films (Dalmatians, L&tT, and TLK), but for the most part, I feel more strongly about films with humans in general.Prince Edward wrote: I have never cared that much for Disney movies starring animals, such as Lady and the Tramp. I like the movies with humans best.
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1. Alice in Wonderland/Peter Pan. It depends on what mood I'm in. They're really close for me.
2. Cinderella
3. Lady and the Tramp
4. Sleeping Beauty
I've never cared for Sleeping Beauty. It's really beautiful, but the characters and story are so completely dull, I'd take almost any Disney movie over it. Aurora is not even worth being on girl's merchandise, if you ask me. I do like the fairies, though.
Cinderella and Lady and the Tramp might also be interchangeable for me depending on mood, but I think I like Cinderella better, in general.
Alice and Peter Pan are some of my favourites from Disney. They're so magical with interesting characters and storylines. The songs and music are pretty darn wonderful too.
2. Cinderella
3. Lady and the Tramp
4. Sleeping Beauty
I've never cared for Sleeping Beauty. It's really beautiful, but the characters and story are so completely dull, I'd take almost any Disney movie over it. Aurora is not even worth being on girl's merchandise, if you ask me. I do like the fairies, though.
Cinderella and Lady and the Tramp might also be interchangeable for me depending on mood, but I think I like Cinderella better, in general.
Alice and Peter Pan are some of my favourites from Disney. They're so magical with interesting characters and storylines. The songs and music are pretty darn wonderful too.
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thelittleursula
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1. Cinderella
2. Lady and the Tramp
3. Sleeping Beauty
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Peter Pan
I like Peter Pan the least because well it is a good movie in some parts, Peter is just a huge jerkass for me and it really kills the movie for me personally. Example Wendy almost getting drowned and Peter laughing like it was funny. Yeah he's meant to be immature, but that's future sadist material. If Peter's jerkass personality was calmed down I would rank it in the 3rd spot.
Peter is meant to be a hero but sometimes he's just as bad or even worse than the villain Captain Hook.
2. Lady and the Tramp
3. Sleeping Beauty
4. Alice in Wonderland
5. Peter Pan
I like Peter Pan the least because well it is a good movie in some parts, Peter is just a huge jerkass for me and it really kills the movie for me personally. Example Wendy almost getting drowned and Peter laughing like it was funny. Yeah he's meant to be immature, but that's future sadist material. If Peter's jerkass personality was calmed down I would rank it in the 3rd spot.
Peter is meant to be a hero but sometimes he's just as bad or even worse than the villain Captain Hook.
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Nonsense! The lack of an antagonist strengthens the film, allowing it to focus more on the protagonists. Most Walt-era Disney films actually have their plots set in motion by the villains (especially Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, 101 Dalmatians and Jungle Book), but Lady and the Tramp didn't need a villain to the extent other films did. The cats and the rat work as adequate minor nemeses to help the story along and, at least in the latter case, to add suspense.REINIER wrote:I'm alone on this as I can see.. But Lady & the tramp is one of few movies where I do not necessarily miss an archrival or evil entity.