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Does anyone prefer Disney 1967-1973 over earlier films?

posted 18 years ago by rwood-10
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I generally tend to like Disney films during two different time periods:

1967-1973: Jungle Book, Aristocats, Robin Hood- they had Phil Harris and good soundtracks. They tended to be less pretentious than earlier ones.

1989-1994: Mermaid, Aladdin, Lion King- No Harris, but still great soundtracks and animation.

It started to go downhill after Pocahontas, Hunchback wasn't bad but everything decent was always in tandem with something horrible.

[–] VanDerShippen 18 years ago

I actually also like the above mentioned 1967-1973 films most. Ironically, I really like the black outlines in the animation, while those movies were all criticized for that. I don't at all agree that it looks like "poor quality", but more artsy/sketchy, imo. I love that look.
Plus, those films had Phil Harris in them, one of my favorite male voices of all time! :)

The movies from 1989 till about 1998-ish were good too, ending with Mulan (imo). Everything after that wasn't that great, and not to mention they started with all those annoying sequels. UGH!!! (the only sequels I liked were Lion King 2 and Toy Story 2. The rest sucked, and I can't believe they're apparently wanting to make an Aristocats 2!!!!) Without the old animators, voice actors etc., the sequels are just nothing. I wouldn't mind if they made sequels of younger Disney movies, but to ruin the whole old classics with some crap is just not fair. Well, I guess their budget seems to be quite tight... or what? No more good ideas?

[–] ph75006 10 years ago

I also liked the black outlines. It was a departure from the previous style but I loved it too.

I can't even begin to imagine an Aristocats 2 without Eva Gabor. I loved Duchess and while watching the film as a young girl, wanted to grow up to be exactly like her (funny how human these little animals seemed to us kids at the time!).

[–] hunterbick 18 years ago

couldn't agree more, snow white, and sleeping beauty just wore me out watching them.

oh but the 89-94 list don't forget beauty and the beast, one of the best ever made.

[–] wildanimals 18 years ago

I agree, I liked these so-called 'mediocre dark-age films.' I mean, some of the film that Walt did are brilliant (e.g. Bambi, 101 Dalmatians and Dumbo) but others, like Pinocchio, just plain suck. (Sorry, but I really do hate Pinocchio.)

[–] norman-dostal 10 years ago

Youre the only perosn who hates Pinocchio, which is considered THE best animated film of all time by most critics

[–] harro_the_rush 18 years ago

i like the 1970's the most like freaky friday

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[–] snorlax3111984 18 years ago

I do enjoy the 1967-1973 Disney films, but the films Disney did from 1989 to 1996 make my favorite period (perhaps because I was a young lad when they came out)

[–] bwtwilightman 18 years ago

I enjoy all Disney films - up to Mulan. But I have to say seeing the movies from 1961 to 1977 I especially like to watch on a nice day. With the exception of "101 Dalmatians" and "The Jungle Book", Toon Disney plays those films occasionally on their station and I always liked to watch those films in particular because of the animation and songs. They are really good but as I said, I like all Disney movies.

[–] csimmons-5 18 years ago

i always consider pocahontas to be the last classic disney movie

[–] mowglidavid 18 years ago

i loved all the way up to tarzan i hate that movie the golden era is the jungle boook to little mermaid jungle book is the best movie though

[–] SelenaQP 12 years ago

I always consider the Hunchback to be the last classic disney movie.

[–] atown0804 18 years ago

wow no respect for The Great Mouse Detective, 1986, one of the all-time disney classics

[–] SelenaQP 12 years ago

I actually consider the renaissance era (1989-1996) to be the best and most consistent one out of all of the eras. Amazing songs and memorable scenes and catchphrases.

1970s: only faves are robbin hood, the aristocats, the rescuers
1950s: cinderella, alice in wonderland, and lady in the tramp

[–] dabukaba 12 years ago

My personal favorites by decade:

1930's -- SNOW WHITE AND THE SEVEN DWARFS, 1937 (Well, it's the ONLY full-length
animated Disney movie of that decade but such a great film.)
1940's -- 1) FANTASIA, 1940
2) THE THREE CABALLEROS, 1944
1950's -- CINDERELLA, 1950
1960's -- 101 DALMATIANS, 1961
1970's & 1980's -- I'll skip these 2 decades because the Disney movies I've seen
from them have only been so-so to me
1990's -- BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, 1991
2000-2013 -- I don't think anything has been as excellent as the movies I
mentioned above.

[–] thereseuphemiaabernathy 12 years ago

Those were a couple of major "golden periods," but to me, it seemed for a while that Tarzan was their last really good film. They sank into the "direct-to-video, money-grubbing, crappy sequels" pit for quite a while. Within the past few years, however, they've been taking stock of the situation and starting to get back on the right track--banning that type of sequel, starting to follow the Pixar example, putting out The Princess & the Frog, Tangled, etc. As for film earlier than 1967? Oh, yes, I love virtually all of them! Everything from Snow White onward...;D

[–] richie_patrese 11 years ago

Quality dipped seriously once Walt Disney died I would say. They will never make an animation as perfect as Pinocchio again (even though somebody said in this thread that they hated it - which I can hardly believe!)

I don't think they've managed to make a single decent, non-Pixar animation since The Lion King and the majority of Pixar ones are ropey too.

As for the Aristocats, yes, the music is great but there's not a great deal of storyline going on and some pretty pointless characters - the Gabbles being a nod to something else popular at the time, Uncle Waldo being no more than a swansong (ok, a goosesong) for Bill Thompson but there is fantastic comedy in the scenes with Edgar, Napoleon and Lafayette.