Disney Animation's Renaissance Era Explained (Part 2)
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- Опубликовано: 6 авг 2024
- From 1995 to 1999 the Renaissance at Disney animation started to waiver. No longer was every film a box office and critical success, but these films still stick to the formula laid out in previous years.
Mistakes to Amend:
1. Dreamworks film is “Prince of Egypt”
2. Toy Story 2 was released in 1999.
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Mistakes to amend:
1. Dreamworks movie featuring Stephen Schwartz’s music is “Prince of Egypt”.
2. Toy Story 2 was actually released in 1999.
Network 1901 It’s Peter Schneider not Snyder
rookie mistakes
Hunchback was always one of my personal favorites, and while it doesn’t have a targeted audience and the writing had some tone issues (the song “A Guy Like You” comes up while Paris is on FIRE), I do genuinely love the love film for what it is and Quasimodo has always been one of my favorite characters.
I often say that the post-renaissance is seriously underrated, especially by those who experienced the high that was the Disney Renaissance, but I gotta say the latter half of the renaissance is somewhat underappreciated too
Agreed re: latter half o the REnaissance. They reallly pushed boundaries there (along w/ sticking to the formula, yes). I mean: Pocahontas was visually and conceptually daring compared to the studio's past films overall; Hunchback was/is their most mature and dark film yet; Mulan was also different in its focus on a proactive female character without much romance; Tarzan was technically progressive.
@@transp0rter1 Apparently Disney in their RUclips videos tends to promote the Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, Lion King the most often along with the other renaissance films: Pocahontas, Hercules, Mulan and to a degree Tarzan.
It's the Rescuers Down Under and especially The Hunchback of Notre Dame that gets overlooked and not utilized as much in their videos.
Agreed. I absolutely think that Mulan and Hercules are amazing movies.
Hunchback of Notre Dame and Mulan are masterpieces and hands down some of my favorite movies, not just animated movies, of all time, and I say that as a huge fan of pretty much the entire pre-2000 Disney canon.
@@juliaraele9166here here here!!!!!
1:31 - It's ironic that Katzenberg and some of the people at Disney thought that Pocahontas was going to be the next "Beauty and the Beast" and do better than "The Lion King", but was the complete opposite as the latter film was both a Critical and financial success while Pocahontas although Financially successful started to get mixed reception.
On top of that, this was the first time I became fully aware that Alan Menken and lyricist Stephen Schwartz began to butt heads with each other on their music styles during development of Pocahontas.
Yeah, but Menken and Schwartz put things in the past now. Menken even asked Schwartz to work with him in Enchanted (spoiler alert: he agreed).
@@juanrisa945 Your missing the big picture, while yes Menken and Schwartz put their differences aside, as I said earlier when they were developing the music on Pocahontas, this was the first time that I became aware they butted heads with each other.
I personally prefer Mulan to A Bug's Life.
Don't get me wrong, I know Pixar was giving WDAS a run for its money in the late 90s and early 2000s, and A Bug's Life is a fun movie, but it's no Toy Story, and Mulan is one of Disney's better movies in the 90s.
Isn’t that a general option now a days. Bugs Life was good at the time though looking back, it’s one of Pixar’s weakest films, meanwhile Mulan has aged pretty well.
The Renaissance is the best Disney era: Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin and The Lion King are my favourite Disney movies of all time! I also love Tarzan and Mulan, whilst Hercules, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Pocahontas and The Little Mermaid hold special places in my heart as well.
Dreamwork's first movie was the prince of egypt (not - persia)
BUILDER - powered by WAYNE ENTERPRISES I’ve added amendments to this video in the description. Thanks as sometimes I get caught in 4 days of making a video and zone out. Haha -Josh
Network 1901 actually it was their second. Their first was Antz
Thank you!
This is probably one of my favourite series on RUclips, it's so informative. Will you be continuing it?
Tom Dix yes! It will be a month or so until we get to the Post-Renaissance but our plan is to make the Post-Ren and Revival videos a priority. -Josh
Me: Ok, it's almost three AM, and it's finally time for bed.
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NeptuneCactus I’m sorry I ruined your sleep -Josh
I think it's a shame that the films of the second half of the renaissance were so consistently good, but so consistently underrated.
It’s a mix of a few things. Really bad marketing and fatigue from general audiences heavily contributed to that.
I agree. I love all the Renaisance films. My favorites are Lion King and Hercules.
My personal favorite of the movies discussed in this video is definitely The Hunchback of Notre Dame, but the latter half of the Renaissance is all pretty underrated except Tarzan, which is just fine. However, none of these movies reach the heights of The Little Mermaid, The Lion King, and Beauty and the Beast, TLK being my second favorite Disney movie and BatB being my favorite. Beauty and the Beast is my favorite because it simply has everything you could want in a movie. It has great music, great action, compelling characters, great animation, and although you could say it is formulaic, the tropes are executed perfectly in a way that I don't think detracts from the experience. The beast is one of the best written Disney characters and just one of the best written characters of any movie. The romance progresses in a way that feels real and, unlike The Lion King, not forced or rushed. The romance is literally my only problem with The Lion King and keeps it from being at the top of my list.
The last time I was this early....
comments like these were fresh and original.
I really think that a crucial reason for the Renaissance's demise is that they overdid the formula during its run. Audiences got tired, which is natural. Pretty much every film in this era (except "Rescuers") follows the formula quite stringently (w/ a little deviation only)-regardless of subject, setting, or story.
But it's also competition with Pixar and DreamWorks that started entering the market, mainly the former as their films have been both Critically and Financially successful at the Box Office and with Critics.
It was by the early 2000's that Disney started to struggle with their animated films and going against Pixar and DreamWorks.
I’d honestly say you are both right.
I love the 90's disney animation movies.
1999 toy story 2 was released.
I’m a millennial so I grew up with all of these movies. Pocahontas is okay ( I love Alan Menken’s score), Hunchback of Notre Dame use to scare me as a kid ( I love what Alan Menken and Stephen Schwartz did with the music), I’ve always loved Hercules, I love Tarzan ( I love Phil Collins’ songs and Mark Mancina’s score) but my favorite from the later part of this era is Mulan. I would also like to add that I heard in a featurette that the animators In Tarzan were inspired by Tony Hawk.
Yes they were definitely inspired by Tony Hawk and the popularity of the X Games at the time. I was in the same boat that Hunchback actually scared me as a kid. -Josh
The hunchback needs to be appreciated more , I love it growing up and Pocahontas . Critics will be critics We need to show appreciation for the renaissance
Looking forward to the next video of the Disney Timeline centering on the Post-Disney Renaissance.
Also one Hiccup here at 12:35, you said DreamWorks "Prince of Persia" instead of the correctly named Prince of Egypt.
Secondly, although Mulan did grossed far better than Hercules and Hunchback domestically at the Box Office, it was far below the worldwide and domestic gross of Pocahontas and the worldwide gross of Hunchback of Notre Dame.
I am starting to add amendments in the video description box. The Prince of Egypt had been added there. Slip of the tongue on that one.
i love so many of these movies
among my favorites of all time
Hercules and Pocahontas are films I definitely turn to and watch often.
And would even beat out Dreamwork's Animated Film... THE PRINCE OF PERSIA.
Me: *spits out my drink* Ah yes.. that film. RAMSES LET MY SANDS OF TIME GO
Love this objective explanation of what happened and what people thought of the movies at the time instead of just talking about modern preferences. Can't wait to learn all about my favorite Disney film era, the post renaissance!
I think it is important not just to look at things through the eyes of the present but how things were perceived during their time. Thanks for watching and I'm looking forward to putting out the Post Renaissance video too! -Josh
Appreciated the details on some of my fav films!💜🧡❤️
2:26 Menken and Schwartz toward each other: "Would you just let me do my job?"
My second favorite Disney era. I love all the films in this era. My favorite of the Renaissance is The Lion King.
My favorite is Lion King too.
Loved it! ❤ Keep these videos coming, please 🙈
Deivis Español will do!
Great work keep being awesome!!
Thank you for the video.
Disney Renaissance did a horrendous job of keeping its movies consistently good.
I don't think any studio has consistently kept making great movies for a long period of time. The fact that from 1989-1999 Disney basically had hit after hit is remarkable.
Great video guys
Thank you so much for watching!
Omg I LOVE "The Prince of PERSIA" it's my favorite DreamWorks movie everrrrr
Was definitely something I said wrong and didn't catch in editing. I amended it in the comments and description to be Prince of Egypt. I'll definitely take the flack for that one. -Josh
@@ModernMouse Haha no worries man, it happens! And for the record, it is at least a very funny mistake
Also My Favorite Disney Renaissance Part 2 is Mulan(The Beginning Age Part 3) And Tarzan(The Mysterious Adventure Part 3) Because they Shine Hope, Light, Courage, Strength, Coolness, Awesome Imaginations, Epicness To Fight Our Enemies In The Future, From The Dark Times With "The Scary"(Bambi & The Real 3) The Beginning Age's Scary Lost Times
the little match girl was A short story from the hans christian andersen same person who worte the book on the little mermaid and disney company made that shirt film
What about VHS money? I can't find many people of my generation who didn't have most of these movies on VHS.
Oh yeah, I honestly have almost every one of the Disney collection from Snow White to Tarzan on VHS. I don't know if they are worth anything though as they aren't really rare. Pretty much everyone I know has at least a few of them. -Josh
Its harder to find exact numbers for VHS and DVD sales while Box Office is much clearer so that’s probably why that’s used to judge the films.
I had all of the Renassance movies on video back in the day.
The Others Pocahontas, Hunchback Of Notre Dame, Hercules & Mulan Is Only Beginning Age. While Tarzan is Different, And Go After The Beginning Age And Into The Third Generation "The Mysterious Adventure" The Time When I Saw "The Real 3"
I feel that Disney was overly ambitious with Pocahontas (given their treatment of it over Lion King) that led to the film underperforming. And while I loved Notre Dame, I can see that them pushing mature themes in the film wouldn't resonate well with audiences they were going for. Hercules while a fun and entertaining film, wasn't exactly beloved by people who are fans of Greek Mythology. I'm surprised Mulan was beaten by Bug's Life, I always thought it was the better movie.
I think several things happened at once. I do think the team got a little too ambitious but they were also putting out so many films that were musicals, had a comedic sidekick, and saw the hero beat the villain. The formula became stale. -Josh
WDW's *Pleasure Island*
Me: Wait What?
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Me: COME ON!!!
Its actually Prince of Egypt, not Persia from Dreamworks. One of my favorite movies.
Wait? You talked about the marketing for Mulan, but you didn't mention the McDonald's Szechuan sauce?
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*Proceeds to Naruto run out of the building*
Am I crazy or does the guy in the beanie holding the child at 11:50 look like Robert Downey jr?
Totally looks like him!
Tarzan, or as I call it:
Six Flags: The Movie
Hunchback is very deep, the contrast between heaven’s light and hellfire is just wow. I was afraid of it as a child, and i refused to go to any religious place referred to as a sanctuary though. But frollo is the OG incel.
Tarzan made me realize i like men not boys lol i was 6 years old when i saw it in theaters.
I prefer Mulan over A bugs life
For me A Bugs Life is one of the low ranking Pixar movies a 6.1 out of 10 while Mulan is 7.7 out of 10
Those are very thought out scores! I prefer Mulan too honestly but not sure what my numeric score is.
This part is so wonderful. I am a ninties kid. I love the Disney Renaissance movies. There is great nostalgia. This second half of the Disney Renaissance is the most underrated part of Disney history. I binge watched all five movies yesterday. I loved every minute of them. All of these movies are absolutely wonderful. They deserve more praise than they get. They even include Hercules and Hunchback of Notre Dame of all Disney movies. Seriously that is cream of the crop material. I have watched reviews on RUclips. People claim that the first part of the Renaissance was good and then the second part went downhill after Lion King. I have an entirely different opinion. I think that the first part was good, and then the movies continued to be strong all throughout the ninties. They only went downhill after Tarzan. It is fitting for Tarzan to be the last movie of the Renaissance. This video takes a more objective approach. It states that movies didn't earn much at the box office. I find that nice and refreshing. This video didn't really turn into a rant. I am dumbfounded that Pocahontas and Mulan lost to Pixar movies. Are you freaking kidding me? Those are two of the best Disney princesses ever. Pixar can't hold a candle to them, not even Toy Story. There is quite a few things going on behind the scenes. It is interesting that some people left Disney and founded Dream works. One major Dreamworks movie is Shrek. That is a full blown parody of a Disney movie. The kingdom of Duloc in particular is a pardoy of Disney theme parks. I know the villain, Farquad, was based on someone in Disney. I wonder which one. It is amusing that Farquad sounds like F-Wad. It seems that whatever resentment the Dreamworks people had against Disney was vented in the production of Shrek. I do like Shrek and its sequals. I got another unpopular opinion. I think that the best Shrek movie is the third one. It is probably the most underrated movie that Dreamworks has ever had.
There are interesting things of this movie. I had mixed feelings about Pocahontas. This movie gets crucified real bad by critics. However I still thoroughly enjoy it. The only convincing criticism against Pocahontas is that it isn't PC. When I think of it, a lot of Disney movies are not PC either. The most notorious examples are certain race characters like the crows of Dumbo and the cats of Lady and the Tramp. However that is only the tip of the iceburg. Snow White, Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty are all movies with really blatant sexism. Just the focus on white characters and male characters in Disney and cinema in general is really problematic. I even recently learned that Tarzan is PC issues as well. Personally, I can power through the offensive parts and enjoy the rest of the movie. It is important to point out the PC issues of a movie. It is good for people to learn from it so they can improve PC in future stories. It is possible to recognize the problematic parts and still enjoy the rest of the movie. It is also better to leave the problematic parts in the movie to preserve film history. The best thing to do is to put in a little disclaimer at the beginning of the movie. However if someone can't stand a movie because they are too offended, than I completely understand. The only movie that I can't handle personally is Song of the South. That is the worst Disney movie I have ever seen. So Pocahontas has PC issues. However I still enjoy the rest of it. I won't put it in my favorite Disney movies because of the PC issues. However I would give it an honorable mention. If I had to pick between two movies that are offensive, I would rather go with the one that I can still enjoy. To its credit, Pocahontas is a huge improvement in Native American depictions. It is so much better than Peter Pan. The depiction is a lot more sympathetic. It also shows that fighting against Native Americans is morally wrong. Improvement is worth acknowlaging. I think there are two things to do to help make the most out the Pocahontas story. One is that it can make people interested enough to study the real history. I went on to look into the real history. I found it interesting, even if it gets really horrifying. Another is to get a moral lesson. This can show what should happen in terms of morals as opposed to the atrocities that actually happened in real life. Native Americans should get more respect. They should not be slaughtered in war. At the end of the movie, the English leave because John Smith got seriously hurt. This is not accurate, but that is what should be done. There should be more of this in modern day. Native Americans are still having reservation problems. the United States should back off and give them more access to ancestral land. I do like the character of Pocahontas. She is one of my favorite Disney princesses. She is awesome. She is the first one to be a woman of color and star in her own movie. She is also strong and wise with her diplomacy between the Powatans and the English. In my last viewing I also like John Smith. He goes through interesting character change. I think he sets a good example. John starts out being pretty insensitive and cocky. He does say the S word, and that makes Pocahontas go berserk. Pocahontas does teach John what he did wrong and how to be respectful. she sings the best song of the movie. John comes out as a changed man. Later on, he becomes the most woke person in the whole colony. He explains that the Powatans are not the S word, and that the English should not fight them. PC is a very complicated topic. one is bound to make mistakes. Saying the wrong thing is relatively mild for an offense. The best thing to do is to learn from the mistake and do better in the future. Apologizing is good too. At the end of the movie, the two sides prepare for war. They have a whole song about the S word. Yikes. What Pocahontas teaches to John about the S word is a wonderful lesson. It should be beaten over the head of everybody especially all the white people. We need more cultural relativism and less ethnocentrism. Culture is the trickiest aspect of the race issue. There is an amusing paradox to John Smith. He is set up to be so adventurous and impressive. However he ends up being the white dude in distress. Then Pocahontas saves his butt at the end of the movie. It is a huge subversion of the damsel in distress and white savior tropes at the same time. it is like Peter Pan rescuing tiger Lily, but with the roles reversed. This subversion gives Pocahontas a crowning moment of awesomeness. This part really got her to be one of my favorite Disney princesses. The themes of this movie are more omplex than a typical Disney movie. pocahontas and John Smith want to take the diplomatic approach. I think it is the ideal solution. The movie does try to show that both sides are at fault. However when I think hard on it, I do realize that the Pohatans are in the right. They are completely justified in fighting the English. If diplomacy doesn't work, than this fighting is the best thing to do. The Powhatans are protecting their land from invaders. The Pohatans in general were not agressive at first. They started out just observing the English. The English were the ones that attacked the Powhatans on sight. The observers fought back in defense. They retreated after one of them got injured. Then war escalated from there. So the Powhatans did do a second strike. This second strike is one of the best things for the Powhatan to do. They didn't start the war. I think it is justified that Powhatans call the English the S word at the end of the movie. There is nothing wrong with white culture. However white people have done a lot of messed up crap with people of color. There is so much warmongering and other atrocities. It is rooted in tribalism and xenophobia. Fighting outside people like that does seem uncivilized, like the tiny warring groups people would have had in the stone age. It would have been more civilaized if people were more diplomatic and people. That can build a gobal village for the furture. Even Chief Powhatan is a good guy. He can be a bit stern, but he genuinely cares for his daughter and his people. I am okay with watching the movie and taking the Powhatan side. movies are up for interpretation. They don't have to spell everything out. Mulan also has the problem of agressive foreigners invading her country. China didn't do anything in the movie to start the war. The Huns just cross the great Wall of China and start thier invasion in the beginning of the movie. China then performs a second strike, and that was the right thing to do. Mulan is a whole lot more agressive than Pocahontas was. She fights against the Huns and kills a lot of them. I still think she is awsome in her strength and heroics. In Pocahontas, the worst character in terms of morality was Ratcliffe. Even when I was a kid, I got the impression that he was the main villain. When I watch him now, i find he really cartoony and without nuance. He is like other cartoon villains that are rediculously greedy. Wouldn't a guy like that would at least make up some manifest destiny BS to make him seem more noble than he really is. One funny thing about Ratcliffe is his obsession with mining gold. This was probably done to make it more understandable and less problematic for the kids. In real life Virginia made money by tobacco not gold. It probably wouldn't fly in a Disney movie. It would be funny if Ratcliffe became obsessed with tobacco and turned to a chain smoker. It took two whole movies for Pocahontas to struggle against Ratcliffe. It is nice knowing that the lung cancer would finish Ratcliffe off eventually. As despicable as Ratcliffe is, he is not too far off from reality. There are people like him in real life. I noticed something while rewatching Pocahontas. Ratcliff is the Donald Trump of Jamestown. If one rolls a ton of greed, racism and narcisism in one person, they would get this guy. At one point, the settlers build a big fence around Jamestown. I was thinking that they should not make the Powhatans pay for it. There were people like Ratcliffe in real life history. The specific colony is in Virginia. Virgina is in the south. The south blows so bad. It is so much worse than the north. the north settled with noble goals of religious freedom. they then diversified into being involved with feminism, abolition and industry. The south settled with the selfish goals of earning money, and they are stuck with that. The worst thing the south did for greed was enslave African Americans. This is something that the north rightfully banned. In the Civil War, the north kicked the south's butt. Virginia got beaten really hard. It even split into reguluar Virginia and West Virginia.
I am so baffled about Hunchback of Notre Dame. What is up with this movie? I find it wierd that this movie is so underrated.When I absolutely love this movie. I even figured out that this would go in my top ten favorite Disney movies. Ii is even in Doug Walker's tp ten list. The movie is really intense and deep. It nto the idea of spirituality. It is one of the few stories that has some criticism of Christianity. I find that interesting. This movie also deals with racism and sexism. That is a lot for a Disney movie. A big moral lesson is that Quasimodo shouldn't be discriminated due to how he looks. This same lesson also applies to Esmeralda. She shouldn't be discriminated do to her race, gender or religion. I understand this as an adult. I am not sure if kids would get this or not. There are other good things. Frollo is the best Disney villain ever. He commits horrible things, but he thinks he is doing the right thing. it is due to his religion. Frollo gets killed off at the end of the movie. I think it is for the best after all he did. The songs are good. "Bells of Notre Dame" is one of my favorite Disney songs. Other good songs are "Out There", Heaven's Light" and "God Help the Outcasts". When I recently watched the movie, I realize that "Hellfire" is the best villain song ever. It is a mix of the best Disney villain with an amazing music score, and the result is incredible. I don't think anything can top that. I also noticed that Hunchback of Notre Dame is like Beauty and the Beast but better. Beauty and the Beast is overall a very wonderful movie. However there are problematic parts about the romance. In Hunchback of Notre Dame these issues are fixed completely. This movie nails the character of Quasimodo. He is ugly but he is such a sweet and kind guy. He only gets aggressive when he is put under intense pressure. He heroically saves Esmeralda and the Romani in general. This is definitely a case where one can look beyond physical ugliness and see inner beauty. Esmeralda gets imprisoned inside Notre Dame. Quasimodo even helps her escape. That is the exact opposite of what the Beast does to Belle. Esmeralda is a really cool character. I love it when there are strong women of color. So Esmeralda save both Quasimodo and Pheobus sometimes. Sometimes one of them saves her too. Esmeralda is also a very kind character. That really shows that she is a good person despite the negative stereotypes imposed on her. Esmerelda's ultimate goal is not any kind of personal wealth or glory. She just wants help for outcasts like her. that is a very sweet alturistic person. I want Quasimodo and Esmeralda together. They are so sweet together. Since both are outcasts they can relate. Pheobus is okay, but he isn't as good as Quasimodo. Then I got a cool idea. Disney out to do an animated movie about Phantom of the Opera. That would be awesome. The phantom, the hunchback and the beast all go together. They are all monster boyfirends from France. Disney is out of ideas these days. There are so many remakes. the Phantom of the Opera is a whole new story to adapt. It would make for a cool story. Andrew Lloyd Webber made an awesome musical about it. Disney can make one one too, even if it made an origional score. The setting is an opera house in Paris. So that is a lot of justification for music. The phantom should be just as sweet as Quasimodo. Then Raul would be the villain, like Gaston. Then Christine is the love interest. My favorite part is when the phantom takes Chrisitne down to his lair and serenades her with his music of the night. At the end the phantom should get christine at the end. That would make an awesome movie. I do find it baffling that the Hunchback of Notre Dame didn't do well in spite of how good it is. This video says that it was to mature and violent. That would turn people off. I find this surprising. This movie is no unicorns and rainbows show, but I didn't think it was that bad. I think people are such wussies. If they can't handle this movie, than that is their problem. It isn't a problem with the movie. The only thing that would make sense is someone not letting their toddler's see the movie. In this video, Jason Alexander is the most reasonable in his objection. I think the best thing to do is wait a few years and then show the movie to his kid. Hunchback of Notre Dame got the same treatment as the Black Cauldron. Both are amazing movies that are dark and intense. Then they get so much hate because they are too scary. It is so unfair. Both movies are really underrated. I noticed something. This movie came at just the right time for me personally. It came out when I was in second grade. So I would be seven at the time. The movie came out in theaters in the summer before second grade. Then I got the movie for my eighth birthday in the following spring. My mom didn't like the movie, but she let me watch it. Seven is a significant cut off age. It is where one can see the more violent kid shows. It makes a distinction between the Y and the Y7 ratings in television. As a movie, Hunchback of Notre Dame is rated G. I like that. This is back in the good old days when the PG ratings meant something. If Hunchback of Notre Dame came out now, it would probably be rated PG-13 instead. It is not because the movie is that graphic. It is because the people that rate are such wussies. It is weird to imagine Hunchback of Notre Dame being in the same league as Titanic and Lord of the Rings. What is wrong with the raters at the MPAA? They need to toughen up and stop being so sensitive.
I think Hercules is an amazing movie. It is one of my favorite Disney movies. It is the best movie of the Disney Renaisance, except for Lion King. I like both Hercules and Hunchback of Notre Dame for their deep ideas on spirituality. I like Hercules a bit better. That is because it is more Pagan in nature. Pagan my religion. My favorite pantheon is the Greek one. Hercules has an ultimate goal of becoming a hero and returning to the pantheon. I find it to be very compelling and moving. I didn't notice the difference in tone with the two movies. Hunchback of Notre Dame is darker, while Herculese is lighter. I like Hercules more for the compelling spiritual themes and not for the increased comedy. Comedy is my least favorite genre. I don't find things that funny. I would rather go for other things. I guess I am this way with Aladdin too. Everybody makes a big deal with the comical Genie. Then here am I finding Aladdin to be such a moving protagonist. He is a poor young man, who is trying to overcome classism. Wow. Somebody give him a hug.
Mulan is awesome. I think she may be the best Disney princess. I am glad I got into this movie as a little girl. She makes a good role model. Mulan is basically a war movie. There isn't a whole lot of magic and fantasy to it. I am not usually into war movies. However Mulan is a really good war movie. There is nice Chinese culture. I love it when women of color get to be strong and be the hero. This is really rare. I only know of a few examples. There are Disney characters. There is Mulan, Pocahontas, Tiana and Moana. The only example I know of outside of Disney is Korra from Legend of Korra. Now there is a tv show that is highly underrated. I thought that show was awesome. Mulan is a wonderful character. She is strong, brave and smart. She overcomes sexism to be in the army. Mulan has a loving and caring side to her. She doesn't fight because she is bloodthirsty. She saves her father by taking his place in the army. This video said that there was critiscism that the movie pokes fun at feminism. I don't see it this way. I take the feminism very seriously. Mulan could be killed at anytime. This is not only from the opposing Huns but also from her own sexist army. It takes a lot more bravery to go through that. This makes the story a lot more serious. There are goofy bits in there, because Disney is going to do its thing. However I don't think it takes away from the feminist theme. Mulan is a strong contender for my top ten list of favorite Disney movies.
Tarzan is an awesome movie. I watched Jungle Book a while ago. I found it disappointing. Mowgli could have been and interesting character, but he wasn't. I do like the scene at the end of the movie where Mowgli encounters the human girl. Tarzan is like the Jungle Book, and then makes it so much better. It is a really cool movie. Tarzan himself is an interesting character. He is so conflicted internally. He is not sure whether he belongs to gorillas or to humans. It is very interesting. It shows the connection humans have to the animals. Of all the living animals in the world, the gorillas are the one of the ones that are the most closely related to humans. The only ones closer are chimpanzees. Tarzan also gets his own human woman in Jane. They spend a lot of screen time together. Tarzan learn more about the human world. He even learns how to speak English. This makes for an interesting story. Tarzan does have a very unique look. I noticed when it first came out. It looked like cartoon characters against a live action background. This video goes into some interesting information of what happened behind the scenes. What looks like live action is actually CG. Maybe Tarzan is a transitional movie from 2D movies of most of Disney history to the CG movies of the Disney Revival Era.
0:59 that right there explains why every movie after lion king is overlook or not seen has good Disney and animation reached its biggest peak ever and will never reach that peak again
I would argue that is true up until Frozen. The Lion King was the peak of the Renaissance and really became such a pop culture phenomenon that nothing could compete. The same could be said for the Revival era and Frozen. Your opinion is valid and in terms of hand drawn animation, that might be the peak, but animation, and Disney specifically, have reached that peak and beyond it a few times since the mid-90s. I'd even argue that animation is more mainstream and acceptable today than it was back in the 1990s.
Actually, Eisner did say the toy sales of Pocahontas was successful
Are you going to do one for the post renaissance era?
Most definitely! -Josh
R u going to cover the next era? Like between the Renaissance and the Revival? I can't find a single good video on it, but those movies, good and bad, are such interesting experiments, from sci-fi in "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" to prehistoric CG (that works on two levels lol) in "Dinosaur" to a good old-fashioned animal Western in "Home on the Range". It seems like Disney animators were really sick of musicals and trying to find something else that might work, while competing with Pixar / Dreamworks. As much as I genuinely like the Revival Era, it makes me sad in a way that Disney only really found success by reverting to its 90s formula w/ "Tangled," "Frozen," etc. or Pixar knock-offs like "Wreck-It Ralph." I'm worried their brand has sort-of become a prison for creativity.
("Frozen" is a very creative take *within* the Princess musical genre, but the point is ... they're stuck within that genre.)
Yes! We are going to do videos on the Post Renaissance and Revival eras
Hunchback was done dirty, a great film that got sidestepped for its maturity
nice
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Minnie Driver's dress tho
Cinema Gates Pictures, make 2d animation films.
But toy story 2 came out in 1999 as well.
Please watch waking sleeping beauty and you will see that katzenberg almost destroyed disney animation and was pretty much hated from the animators and Roy disney...smh..he took credit for others peoples work and he tried to used that as leverage to try to be president, right after wells passed away...smh
I'm a big fan of that documentary. I honestly believe he did good for the animation studio when he first came in, but his politicking to move into the President role didn't do him any favors. It's been a while since I made this video so I can't remember off of the top of my head what I said in the video, but I think there is room to give him credit while also recognizing that he wasn't helping the animation team by the time he was out in the mid-90s.
Why wasn’t The Goofy Movie on this list?