I liked it more when I was younger, before my cynical side kicked in. I can't help but feel like Disney has too much power as a single corporation, and learning about how they took credit for things other studios did back in the early-to-mid 1900s didn't improve my opinion of them. I also don't find the whole Disney Princess thing to be very trustworthy; it just feels like a mass enforcement of gender norms.
But I do have nostalgia for certain Disney things. The Lion King 1/2 and Mickey, Donald, Goofy: The Three Musketeers are two movies that I watched over and over as a child; I didn't even watch the original Lion King until earlier this year, and I still think 1/2 is better, even though I'm wrong. I also watched a some Disney Channel stuff with my cousin when we were little: both Zack & Cody shows, the Lilo & Stitch Series and the old Timone and Pumba show. As for Pixar, I remember watching pretty much all their early 2000s stuff: The Incredibles, Cars, Wall-E, etc. I saw Incredibles 2 with my friend as well, and I liked it, but I'm not sure if it's better than the original.
Without a doubt, however, my favorite Disney property is Winnie the Pooh. That's one of the things I was obsessed with as a little kid; my older brother would read me the original books before I went to sleep, and I watched The Tiger Movie and Piglet's Big Movie a whole bunch of times. Then there's The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh, which I also watched a lot, and I think it's a permanent member of my top 5 movies of all time; the animation has aged beautifully, the narration is great, and it's the perfect amount of wholesome. I also remember the Christmas and Easter specials, and how I was legitimately spooked when Rabbit saw a future where everybody had abandoned their homes in the Easter one. That's something I really like about the more obscure WtP pictures; they got surprisingly INTENSE at certain points. I remember one part of The Tiger Movie where everyone catches up to Tiger and asks tells him to come home, and Tiger straight-up SCREAMS at them, saying he needs to find his real family. Then there was the movie where everyone went on an adventure to find Christopher Robin, and they went through these creepy places and almost lost their lives. If there's one type of media I love, it's edgy things with a cute exterior, and I think WtP might be the reason for that.
I haven't watched the 2011 movie or the live-action Christopher Robin movie (apparently the real-world Christopher Robin disapproves of it, which is a shame, but I don't think that should detract from the film's quality), and I'd like to at some point. But at the same time, I feel like I'd rather let Winnie the Pooh be a relic of my early days; watching the newer stuff might ruin those feelings.
I don't always approve of how Disney does things, but they're here to stay, and I'm happy people are still enjoying what they put out.
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They say perfection is the ultimate imperfection. Or maybe that's just what I say.