Don't Take Food From Crazy Witches

All the adversity I've had in my life, all my troubles and obstacles, have strengthened me... You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.

*raises eyebrows*

That, would be a quote from Walt Disney! One of my role models! Yay!

That’s what I thought.

Yep! So we’re talking about Disney today!!!

And I’m sure that by now you’ve guessed that Jo is scarlet today? Is that scarlet? Because it’s not quite red . . . and not quite orange . . . so scarlet?

Uhhh . . . yeah let’s go with that!

Great. And I’m blue. Marie is blue. Yeah . . . anyway!

So. Disney is pretty amazing!

*nods* They (it?) are/is.

Yep! So what aspect of Disney are we going to talk about first?

How about their movies.

It makes me so sad that they’ve closed down the original animation studio that made the movies like . . . the movies. That are awesome! The kind of the animation like in The Princess and the Frog, and that’s the only example I can think of so uh . . . Mawie?

2D animation? Hand drawn? *shrugs* Can we talk about The Princess and the Frog for a moment? Because I really liked that movie, but I feel like everyone else hates it.

I really liked that movie. A lot. I really liked all the songs. And the drawings. And the story line. And the fact that she wanted to open a restaurant made me happy.

*nods* Her, Mulan, and . . . Merida probably are the only “princesses” who didn’t want to get married. Which is always good in my mind.

Yep! But all the princess movies have good messages to them which is good in my mind. That and the drawings. And they’re entertaining. And I mean, come on. Walt Disney. Walt Disney.

Well . . . most of them. I don’t think Snow White has a good message. Well, maybe don’t take food from crazy witches who come to your house. Not even your house. The house of the seven dwarves that you are currently living in.

“. . . Despite all your troubles you should always have hope that things will get better, live life to the fullest no matter what, and stay trusting even when you have been hurt. Snow White’s attitude helped her to gain life-long friendships and gave her a sort of beauty that goes deeper than her skin. - See more at: http://www.spiritualmediablog.com/2012/09/05/snow-white-and-the-seven-dwarfs-inspirational-messages/#sthash.bIWNRinM.dpuf.” BAM. Growing up with Disney Princesses, has made me an OPTIMIST. Just kidding. Well, kind of. That, and growing up with my dad. Anyway.

Fine. But I grew up with Disney as well, and I’m a pessimist.

I did mention my father up there and he’s the most optimistic person I know.

I know. I’m just saying.

Well there’s also the fact that you were a much smarter little kid than I, so uhm . . . I kind of believed those were true stories and uh, yeah. But anyway! There are so many good Disney movies! Like The Fox and the Hound which I watched today and I realized how sad the ending was. And I watched The Aristocats and I realized, “THIS MOVIE IS LIKE, SWING MUSIC!” And so that made me happy.

I’ve never seen The Fox and the Hound. But I did watch The Aristocats a lot. Because I love cats, especially at that time in my life. And the music. I never knew it was swing music (I mean, I was like 5), but I did recognize it. Because my grandpa listened to that music. And yeah . . . so yeah. Anyway.

Well my favorite character is Tod the fox because he’s a hopeful crazy little fox. But yeah. Swing music. My grandma had a lot of it, but it scared me. The ones without lyrics of course, because I mean, I was scared of classical music too. I didn’t know why at that time, I just was.

I thought it was because classical music is in horror movies.

That was later on, because that was the first time I walked in on a horror movie. Before that, classical music made me kind of uncomfortable.

Maybe you have precognition, and you really are a child of Apollo.

*Smiles proudly* I am! *Laughs* But anyway.

Shall we discuss our favorite Disney movies?

Sure! I like a lot of them! I just have to remember them all . . .

So I guess I’m starting?

*Grins* YES.

*sticks tongue out* So anyway. I like Mulan a lot. I watched it on Friday night actually. I never get tired of that movie. Like seriously. The Hunchback of Notre Dame is also really good. I remember we watched it in fourth grade once, and then I rewatched it last year. So I’ve only seen it twice . . . but I do really like it. The Princess and the Frog, obviously. And The Aristocats. Beauty and the Beast is also really good. I’ve always liked Belle, because she likes reading and I like reading and yeah. I like Aladdin too. Because I mean, a princess with a pet tiger?! Awesome! And yeah. Let’s see . . . Bambi. I’ve always liked Bambi. But I still wonder why Flower is a guy. I mean, just . . . I don’t know. And Sleeping Beauty. I feel the need to defend this one, because I don’t think many people like the original three princesses. I like Sleeping Beauty because there is a ballet about Sleeping Beauty. And I love ballet. Besides, there’s also the fact that it was originally a French fairy tale. And yeah. I’m sure I missed a ton, but yeah.

Aladdin is definitely one of my top favorites. I mean, come on. Aladdin is super cool with his awesomely hilarious genie and the songs are awesome. He kind of reminds me of Day, as in he’s seen as a bad guy by everyone else except the reader/watcher and the ones closest to them. And Aristocats. And almost all the original Disney princess movies. Uhm. The Princess and the Frog, Brave, almost any movies with real actors in them, The Fox and the Hound even though it’s quite sad, Bambi, OH! OH! I love Hercules! And . . . The Little Mermaid though now I don’t like it as much as I used to. Tangled, definitely. The Lion King, Big Hero 6! . . . OH! The Jungle Book. 101 Dalmatians, Mulan duh, Lady and the Tramp, Pocahontas, how could I forget Alice in Wonderland?! And Peter Pan! Wreck it Ralph, The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., Wal-E, Ratatouille, The Sword in the Stone was freaking awesome, Mary Poppins, Winnie the Pooh (all of them), and uh, a billion more! Except Frozen. I do not really like that movie, but I mean, I guess it has a good message. I only like one song. And the animation is cool. But I don’t know. Something about it . . . I didn’t like it as much.  

So every single Disney movie except for Frozen? The thing about Frozen, is that it felt really rushed. Did you notice that?

Uhm, *cough cough* not every movie. None of the Toy Stories were in there. Neither was Atlantis because I hadn’t seen that one. All the Toy Stories were good though. They just weren’t my favorite. OH! Oswald is amazing. Anyway. I did notice that. And it was just . . . hmmmmmmm.

I’ve seen Atlantis once. It was good. I just forgot just about everything that happened. Oh! Treasure Planet! I saw that one recently. It was good.

Oh my goodness! I freaking love Treasure Planet! I was going to watch it today, but I was kind of busy .  . .

Yeah, it’s good. I enjoyed that one a lot.

So awesome. Anyway. Anything else we missed? Besides a billion other things or things we haven’t watched?

I found out that that one movie really is called The Black Cauldron, but stupid me got it mixed up with The Sword in the Stone and so it isn’t about Arthur and whatnot. But it’s very fantasy-ish.

Ooooo do you know what it’s about? I’ve never heard of it or seen it.

I believe it’s about this guy who goes on a quest with some misfit friends to stop this evil dark lord dude. Or something around those lines. I didn’t do much research on it. But I do really want to see it.

Well as long as it’s fantasy-ish! For some reason that makes me think of Back to the Future. Don’t ask me why. Back to the Future has to be one of my absolute favorite movies though. But anyway.

I’ve never seen Back to the Future either . . .

I feel like you wouldn’t like it. But it’s just . . . ugh so amazing. I love all of them. And he goes into 2015, which is now! We’re supposed to have flying cars by now!

I know. I’ve learned a few things about it. But why wouldn’t I like it?

Because of the logic?

*raises eyebrows* Isn’t that what you said about Anastasia?

*Nods slowly* I think so? I don’t know. I feel like all the older movies I watch you wouldn’t like because I know you like to point out crappy logic and you’d point out so many things that you wouldn’t like it or something.

Well, I enjoyed Anastasia. Even if there was bad logic.

Yes I know that.

Anyway.

So . . . anything more to say?

Not really . . .

Okay! So Disney is amazing. Goodbye now! Thank you for reading!

Good Mythical Morning!

~Marie and Jo