Top five Disney flicks rock
I found Jake Tracer’s article (“Disney’s top
five animated movies,” dB Magazine, Oct. 23) incredibly
interesting, and I appreciated that he took the time to stop and
honor the great cannon of Disney animated films. (I’m even
more pleased that he chose to omit Pixar animated films.)
I was glad I came across your piece. It was a relief from
everything else I’ve been reading as of late. Thanks for the
interesting and refreshing article.
Brad Jackson Little Rock, AR
Top five Disney flicks flop
I read Jake Tracer’s column and I’d have to say he
got it all wrong. To start, I think he picked a ridiculous task.
Narrowing down an endless list of timeless movies to only five is
impossible. Personally, I believe that there should have been no
order. Setting an order is even harder than narrowing it down to
five.
To put the “Sword and the Stone” at the bottom of
the list is a tragedy. For one reason, this film had it all ““
it was humorous, clever, and even historical. Anyone who watched it
could see a piece of medieval history (with a Disney spin of
course) along with a classic battle of good and evil. But this
wasn’t a typical good and evil battle. Merlin and Mad Madam
Mim battled with their brains. To me this is the best duel in a
Disney movie to date.
And I’m not really a big fan of “Beauty and the
Beast” so anything I say is slightly tainted, but I
don’t think it belongs on the list at all. It isn’t
universal enough to be a top five. In my opinion it caters more to
females than males. The struggle of acceptance, the dancing, the
dinner parties, the colors ““ it all seemed geared more to
little girls than the general public. Such exclusivity eliminates
“Beauty and the Beast” from the top five.
I do agree with his reasoning for putting “The Lion
King” on the list. It is a great example of artistic
recreation of reality.
Lastly, however, I can’t believe he didn’t select
“Aladdin” as one of the five. It was awesome. Robin
Williams humor through a genie ““ who could ask for anything
more? Three wishes, a beautiful girl, an evil villain, a sarcastic
bird ““ it all adds up to success.
Matthew Crisafulli First Year, psychology