The Disney Renaissance refers to the ten-year era between 1989 and 1999 when the Walt Disney Animation Studios returned to making successful animated films mostly based on classic stories, recreating a public and critical interest in the Disney studios.
In other words, they were the kick-ass Disney moves we watched when we were kids.
Now I'll refresh you with the names of the movies...with some copy-pasta from Wikipedia. Then, just generally discuss about your favorites, and which ones you thought weren't your favorites.
[B]The Little Mermaid (1989)[/B]
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[I]The Little Mermaid[/I] is a American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale of the same name.and is the twenty-eighth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, and the first of the Disney Renaissance. During its initial release, [I]The Little Mermaid[/I] earned $111 million in North American box office revenue, and has to date earned $211 million in total gross.[I] The Little Mermaid[/I] is given credit for breathing life back into the animated feature film genre after a string of critical or commercial failures that dated back to the early 1980s. It also marked the start of the era known as the Disney Renaissance.
IMDB Rating: 7.5
[B]The Rescuers Down Under (1990)[/B]
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[I]The Rescuers Down Under[/I] is a American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and first released by Walt Disney Pictures and Buena Vista Distribution on November 16, 1990. The twenty-ninth film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, the film is the sequel (Disney's first for an animated feature) to the 1977 animated classic [I]The Rescuers[/I], which was based on the novels of Margery Sharp. The film and [I]Fantasia 2000[/I] are the only Disney sequels that are part of the Disney canon, as both were produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. The film takes place in the Australian Outback, and belongs to the era known as the Disney Renaissance (1989-1999) era that began the year before its release with [I]The Little Mermaid[/I]. The film is known as [I]Bernard and Bianca in the Land of the Kangaroos[/I] in countries where the phrase "Down Under" is not as well known. It also became the first fully digital feature film for Disney and the world.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
[B]Beauty and the Beast (1991)[/B] [IMG]http://www.bravewords.com/braveboard/images/smilies/abbath.gif[/IMG]
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[I]Beauty and the Beast[/I] is a 1991 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, released to theaters on November 23, 1991 by Walt Disney Pictures. The story is based on the fairy tale [I]La Belle et la Bête[/I] by Jeanne-Marie Le Prince de Beaumont, who was uncredited in the English version of the film but credited in the French version as writer of the novel and also uses some ideas derived from the 1946 French film. It centers around a prince who is transformed into a Beast and the beautiful young woman whom he imprisons in his castle. It is widely considered one of Disney's greatest animated films, and is the first of only two animated films to be nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture (the other being Disney Pixar's 2009 film [I]Up[/I]). Many animated films following its release have been influenced by its blending of traditional animation and computer generated imagery.
IMDB Rating: 8.0
[B]Aladdin (1992)[/B]
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[I]Aladdin[/I] is a 1992 American animated adventure film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. [I]Aladdin[/I] was the 31st animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, and was part of the Disney film era known as the Disney Renaissance. The film was directed by John Musker and Ron Clements, and is based on the Arab folktale of Aladdin and the magic lamp from [I]One Thousand and One Nights[/I]. The voice cast features Scott Weinger, Jonathan Freeman, Robin Williams, Linda Larkin, Frank Welker, Gilbert Gottfried, and Douglas Seale.
IMDB Rating: 7.8
[B]The Lion King (1994)[/B] [IMG]http://www.bravewords.com/braveboard/images/smilies/abbath.gif[/IMG]
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[I]The Lion King[/I] is a 1994 American animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation. Released to theaters on June 15, 1994 by Walt Disney Pictures, it is the 32nd film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics. The story, which was influenced by the Bible stories of Joseph and Moses and the William Shakespeare play [I]Hamlet[/I], takes place in a kingdom of anthropomorphic animals in Africa. The film was the highest grossing animated film of all time until the release of [I]Finding Nemo[/I] (a Disney/Pixar computer-animated film). [I]The Lion King[/I] still holds the record as the highest grossing traditionally animated film in history and belongs to an era known as the Disney Renaissance.
IMDB Rating:8.2[B]
Pocahontas (1995)[/B]
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[I]Pocahontas[/I] is the thirty-third animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series. It was produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and was originally released to selected theaters on June 16, 1995 by Walt Disney Pictures. It belongs to the era known as the Disney Renaissance that began in 1989 and ended in 1999. The film is the first Disney film to be based on a real historic character, based on the known fact of the real historical story and also the folklore and legend that surround the Native American woman Pocahontas, and features a fictionalized account of her encounter with Englishman John Smith and the settlers that arrived from the Virginia Company.
IMDB Rating: 6.0
[B]The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996) [/B][IMG]http://www.bravewords.com/braveboard/images/smilies/abbath.gif[/IMG]
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[I]The Hunchback of Notre Dame[/I] is a 1996 animated feature produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released to theaters on June 21, 1996 by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fourth animated feature in the Disney animated features canon, the film is based on the basic story of Victor Hugo's novel, but changes most of its substance. The plot centers on Esmeralda, the Gypsy dancer, Judge Claude Frollo, a powerful and ruthless Minister of Justice who lusts after her, Quasimodo, the protagonist, Notre Dame's kindhearted but deformed bell-ringer, who adores her, and Phoebus, the chivalrous if irreverent military captain, who holds affections for her.
IMDB Rating: 6.5
[B]Hercules (1997) [/B]
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[I]Hercules[/I] is a 1997 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures. The thirty-fifth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics series, the film was directed by Ron Clements and John Musker. The film is based on the legendary Greek mythology hero Heracles (known in the film by his Roman name, Hercules), the son of Zeus, in Greek mythology.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
[B]Mulan (1998)[/B]
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[I]Mulan[/I] is a 1998 American animated film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation, and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 19, 1998. The thirty-sixth animated feature in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, and a part of the Disney Renaissance, the film is based on the Chinese legend of Hua Mulan. [I]Mulan[/I] was the first of three features produced primarily at the Disney animation studio at Disney-MGM Studios in Orlando, Florida. It was directed by Tony Bancroft and Barry Cook, with story and screenplay by Robert D. San Souci, Rita Hsiao, Philip LaZebnik, Chris Sanders, Eugenia Bostwick-Singer, and Raymond Singer. Development for the film began in 1994, when a number of artistic supervisors were sent to China to receive artistic and cultural inspiration. [I]Mulan[/I] was well-received by critics and the public, grossing $304 million, earning Golden Globe and Academy Award nominations, and winning several Annie Awards.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
[B]Tarzan (1999)[/B] [IMG]http://www.bravewords.com/braveboard/images/smilies/abbath.gif[/IMG]
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[I]Tarzan[/I] is a 1999 American animated feature film produced by Walt Disney Feature Animation and released by Walt Disney Pictures on June 18, 1999. The thirty-seventh film in the Walt Disney Animated Classics, it is based on the story [I]Tarzan of the Apes[/I] by Edgar Rice Burroughs, and is the only major motion picture version of the story [I]Tarzan[/I] property to be animated. It was also the last [I]bona fide[/I] hit before the Disney slump of the early 2000s making $171,091,819 in domestic gross and $448,191,819 worldwide, out grossing its predecessors [I]Mulan[/I] and [I]Hercules[/I]. To date, it is the last film based on the fictional character Tarzan to have had a theatrical release, and also currently holds the record for being the most expensive Disney animated film, with a budget of $150 million. It was also the first Disney animated feature to open at #1 since [I]Pocahontas[/I]. This was the last major box office success of the Disney Renaissance.
IMDB Rating: 6.9
Rate hearts if you Nostalgia'd.
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Got better posters? If you do, I prefer the ones that are more artistically pleasing. Just PM me them if you do.
Nostalgia overload.
Lightning hardly strikes in the same place twice. Unfortunately it seems Disney has already hit their stride and will never put out movies of this caliber ever again. :smithicide:
Hunchback was an awesome movie.
The 90ies definitely seem like they were the best era for Disney, but on the other hand it might appear to us so because we grew up on these, and see them as classics, and the generation that grows up on the modern cartoons, will see those as classics.
But with no doubt, The Lion King is one of my favorite cartoons ever.
That and Beauty and the Beast.
Favorite romance movie ever.
Holy fuck Im having a nostalgia overload. I remember the day when I got to see the Tarzan movie, good times.
I miss the times when Disney incorporated subliminal sex and phallic symbols in their movies...
Why did Disney change?
The movie posters for them are amazing. Especially the ones by John Alvin.
[QUOTE=Wootman;24658026]Why did Disney change?[/QUOTE]
Because Pixar is fucking amazing, that's why.
Pocahontus sucked.
[QUOTE=cyanide101;24658067]Because Pixar is fucking amazing, that's why.[/QUOTE]
Pixar is what's keeping Disney still standing. They'd be shit with out them.
A 6.9 for Tarzan? BAH
Also, Pocahontas was very meh. Especially after finding out the true story for it...
I wasn't a big fan of Pocahontas. A lot of girls loved it though. I disagree with a good deal of the ratings, I'm thinking about switching them to the Rotten Tomatoes system.
I fucking love Aladdin and Hercules.
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Also inb4 someone posts the golden penis from the cover of The Little Mermaid.
Oh god that.
Wasn't it proven to say something else though? Like " Simba "
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Man there's like dozens of these hidden sex jokes in the movies from what I can recall.
[QUOTE=J4censolo;24658578]Oh god that.
Wasn't it proven to say something else though? Like " Simba "[/QUOTE]
TFX or THX. Some sounds thing. I still think it says sex.
Oh yeah THX, the sound company by George Lucas.
Funny thing is he actually based the name off of an old short movie he made called " THX1138 "
My bad, SFX.
[QUOTE]In one scene of the film's original VHS and LaserDisc releases, it appears as if the word "SEX" might have been embedded into the dust flying in the sky when Simba flops down,[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King#cite_note-The-62"][63][/URL] which conservative activist [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Wildmon"]Donald Wildmon[/URL] asserted was a [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subliminal_message"]subliminal message[/URL] intended to promote [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sexual_promiscuity"]sexual promiscuity[/URL]. The film's [URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animator"]animators[/URL], however, have stated that the letters spell "SFX" (a common abbreviation of "[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special_effects"]special effects[/URL]"), and was intended as an innocent "signature" created by the effects animation team.[URL="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lion_King#cite_note-63"][64][/URL] Due to the controversy it had caused, the scene was edited for the film's 2003 DVD and VHS releases, and the dust no longer formed any letters[/QUOTE]
More wiki-pasta.
Oh, lol. :v:
I remember when I first got The Lion King on video and I was watching it when like my whole family came into the room, paused it at that part, and tried to find where it said "sex"
Meanwhile I'm just sitting there on the couch like :saddowns:
And then they fucked it all up with unneeded sequels.
Lion King 1 1/2 was pretty good imo.
[QUOTE=Jack_Thompson;24659337]Lion King 1 1/2 was pretty good imo.[/QUOTE]
I thought it was good as well. Lion King 2 was kinda shitty.
And now Disney has practically been reduced to Hanna Cuntana and the Junkyard Brothers.
Well they did do the princess and the frog.
[QUOTE=BmB;24662593]Well they did do the princess and the frog.[/QUOTE]
But was it ever as good as the movies above?
Who knows I haven't seen it. It's not Disney Channel fucking around though. It's not even 3D.
[QUOTE=BmB;24662666]Who knows I haven't seen it. It's not Disney Channel fucking around though. It's not even 3D.[/QUOTE]
I never seen it as well. But I heard it was a good, somewhat of a, revival to Disney.
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