Just a reminder – voting closes tomorrow at midnight for the Can You Leave Us Breathless contest hosted by Brenda Drake. I’m a semi-finalist and would love your vote! In this, my last Dissecting Disney post, I want to take a look at the female animals of the more popular and recent anthropomorphic Disney filmsContinue reading “Disney’s Portrayal of the Feminine Animals: Pre-Renaissance”
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Becoming A Princess: The Princess Diaries
Well, that’s it. I’ve done it. I’ve seen all of Disney’s Princess films, and a lot of them with good strong female characters. I’ve seen weak characters I dislike. And I’ve turned off a few films I just cannot stand. This week I was supposed to look at The Black Cauldron, but it sucked soContinue reading “Becoming A Princess: The Princess Diaries”
Atlantis: The Lost Princess
There’s a reason Princess Kidagakash from Atlantis: The Lost Empire, Disney’s 41st animated feature film, was never recognised as an official Disney Princess. Her film falls just outside of the Renaissance. Fantasia, Dinosaur, and The Emperor’s New Groove came before it, and all four films performed less than expected at the box office. Kida missesContinue reading “Atlantis: The Lost Princess”
Me Tarzan, You Jane
Disney’s Tarzan is their thirty-seventh animated feature film and the last film of the Disney Renaissance. It is based on the novel Tarzan of the Apes by Edgar Rice Borroughs. It was a box office success, opening at a #1 spot which hadn’t been seen since Pocahontas, and it was also more successful than itsContinue reading “Me Tarzan, You Jane”
The Spunkiest Of All: Hercules’ Megara
Disney’s Hercules is a 1997 film bastardising Hercules’ famous trials and adding conflict by changing pretty much everything Hercules ever did and was. Can you tell I’m jaded? For a start, Heracles is his Greek name, and as the other characters in the film are called by their Greek names (Zeus, Hades, Hera, Hephaestus, HermesContinue reading “The Spunkiest Of All: Hercules’ Megara”
Lissa Bilyk 