What happened to Disney after The Lion King?
I was an avid Disney follower all through The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Lion King, and, like the rest of the Presbyterian world at the time, I didn't go see Pocahontas. By the time that fiasco was over, I was too old to be paying good money to see cartoons in the theatre, so I missed all the others.
Over the course of the past few months, I have seen Mulan, Tarzan, Pocahontas, and The Emperor's New Groove. And apart from a soft spot for Tarzan (because I'm a shameless Phil Collins fan), I think they're all awful. And I'm not even talking about all the "hidden agenda" stuff that people get so worked up over--the movies aren't even funny!
So is it just nostalgia that makes me partial to the Disney of the early 90's? Or are there real quality issues at stake here?
Posted by Micah Lewis at March 13, 2003 02:56 PM