A Good Disney Movie Requires...

[Chris]

1. A good villain, first and foremost. In my humble opinion, a good villain can really make a huge difference in any movie, but particularly in an animated one.

2. Good voice acting. This is another extremely important part of any animated movie. A good or bad cast can really determine whether or not a Disney movie is destined for greatness.

3. An heroic and strong female character. A Disney Princess doesn't have to be a mindless ditz (SPOILER)

4. Great songs and a strong musical score. You know, those songs that you randomly sing when you're out drinking with your buddies. "A Part of Your... Woooorld". Songs that gets you punched in the face.

So, what does a Disney movie require in order to imprint on you?

[Jinx]

Not being computer animation.

[Night Fury]

Subtle racism, nazi-ism, sexism.

[Chris]

Subtle racism, nazi-ism, sexism.

Princess and the Frog must be your favorite Disney movie, then.

[Night Fury]

Subtle racism, nazi-ism, sexism.

Princess and the Frog must be your favorite Disney movie, then.

I haven't seen that one :P
My favourite is Lion King or Beauty and the Beast.

[NeoCracker]

Aladdin and Mulan will always be my favorites. <3

[blackmage_nuke]

Good musical numbers and humour that is accessible to children and adults (ie humour that doesnt assume children are idiots)

Also whacky side characters (My favourite characters in most disney films are usually the short and pudgy side character)

edit: Oh and well drawn and designed backgrounds (Im looking at you direct-to-video sequels)

ps. the spoiler in the opening post cuts off into nothing...

Also for some reason I always like songs with an anti-romantic component more than the love songs ('Wont say im in love', 'forget about love' and 'a girl worth fighting for' will always beat 'a whole new world' or 'can you feel the love tonight' for me)

also this isnt specifically a disney thing but I hate when theres some kind of misunderstanding between characters because someone was easedropping on a conversation but left before the important bit of the conversation.

i also hate wild parties at the end of some movies where everyone is ridiculously happy. I like the simpler low key happy endings the best, maybe with a heartwarming montage

[Shorty]

Not being computer animation.

I see your point, and I raise you with Monster's Inc, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo and just about every other Pixar film ever.

I do like strong and heroic female characters but my favorite Disney movies usually feature male heroes, aside from Alice in Wonderland.

[Jinx]

Not being computer animation.

I see your point, and I raise you with Monster's Inc, Toy Story, A Bug's Life, Finding Nemo and just about every other Pixar film ever.

I do like strong and heroic female characters but my favorite Disney movies usually feature male heroes, aside from Alice in Wonderland.

Yeah, those are all good movies. But they opened the door to a new market that was pursued, leaving fans of classic animation stylings wanting. And even though I like those movies (especially Monsters, Inc.) they're all missing some of the magic for me. It's not the same.

[Denmark]

A good Disney movie requires lions

[drotato]

A good Disney movie... One where Peter Pan exists.

[maybee]

Subtle racism, nazi-ism, sexism.

Racism and sexism I see and get but Nazi-ism I don't. Disney during the 40's made pool loads of anti- Nazi animated shorts. One including Donald Duck dreaming that he lived in Nazi-land only to wake up and to be grateful that he lives in the good old US of A.

[Pike]

A good Disney movie requires a solid story, likeable and believable characters, and some touching moments. The hero needs to be someone you can relate to and needs to have a moment where he or she has hit bottom barrel and pulls him or herself out of it.

[Faris]

A great Disney movie should not be a sequel (with a few exceptions).

[DMKA]

A princess.

This includes native american chieftain's daughters and lions.