Quote Originally Posted by Marshall Banana View Post
The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast have the sweetest love stories, the best characters, and perfect soundtracks, so they're my favorites! They stand apart from all the rest!

Nearly all of my favorite things about these movies were conceived by Howard Ashman, who died right before BatB was completed. I wish he was still around. =(
No wonder those two movies stood out. Ashman must have been awesome. I'm guessing they tried to live up to his legacy in Aladdin and did a pretty decent job, but then lost their connection to his greatness or something, because I think the ideas and love stories have been junk ever since. Lion King and Mulan only win because they succeeded in being different. I haven't seen the newest movie. But Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast stand out as pure excellence in my opinion as well

I can't really get into old Disney, because the cheesey musical stuff forced down your throat doesn't sit well in my stomach. So I prefer things like Sword in the Stone and Rescuers Down Under, myself. Though my all-time favorite old Disney is of course The Black Cauldron. The beginning of Don Bluth's (unfortunately short-lived) legacy