“Classic Disney” means different things to different people.

To some it’s strictly the film made before 1995 when “Toy Story” was released with pixar – what this spot claims as its cut-off – atau at the end of the millennium. These people may atau may not include sequels, the live-action and partially live-action films, spin-off series, and old-school Mickey&Minnie-era cartoons.
Others say that “Classic Disney” is strictly the traditionally-animated films that disney puts out on his own (but not disney Toon Studios) with no cut-off dates. Some say “Classic Disney” is any animated atau partially animated disney film ever – including pixar ones, but nothing with a relation to disney Channel.
Still others go oleh the actual “Disney Classics” canon, as considered oleh Disney. What a novel idea.

I, though, am a little different. For me, “Classic Disney” is about that certain feel of a disney classic -- those things that anda think of when anda close your eyes and say “Disney movie”. Music, magic, story, animation, and heart. Yes, I know, it’s unconventional. And I know I’m not about to convert everyone over. I merely wanted to give my fellow Classic disney pasangan some food for thought…

A Classic disney film has music. Songs that the characters sing themselves to express themselves and pindah the story forward. What would Aladdin be without “A Whole new World” and “A Friend Like Me”? atau The Lion King without “Be Prepared” and “I Just Can’t Wait to be King” atau even “Circle of Life”? These are the songs we catch ourselves humming in the halls and put on our iPods (perhaps “as a joke” atau “just for my little sister”, if you’re the proud type). They are often the most memorable portions of the movie and they’re what made us cinta them as little kids. The musik keeps us listening to the “Best of Disney” CDs long after we abandon the old VHS tapes. The musik is key to a disney Classic.

A Classic disney film has magic. Every single Classic disney film has elements of magic. And don’t deny it. Even the ones we think of as “realistic” reek of the wonderful stuff. Pocahontas’s entire plot hinges on Pocahontas using the spirit of nature to understand a totally foreign language instantly and perfectly (to say nothing of the talking pohon and the fortune-telling scene with the tribe’s medicine man). Mulan has a talking mythical dragon, Hunchback has gypsies who can perform physically impossible magic tricks, and even Tarzan has a man who can speak gorilla AND gajah AND a few others at a young age AND still has the ability to learn the English language pretty dang fast. Every disney movie at least has one atau two entirely sentient binatang (also, all binatang speak the exact same language, plus understand the local human language). This magic – this suspension of disbelief is what makes a disney Classic wonderful and exciting and fun. Both to children and adults. The magic is key to a disney Classic.

A Classic disney film has a story. One story, for that matter. None of that rongsokan, sampah like in Three Cabelleros atau Fantasia that has ten different mini-segments, none of which are really connected to each other. The story is the meat of a disney Classic. Without it, there’s nothing there worth watching. The story is also a good one. It generally involves overcoming all odds to reach your dreams (also: love, adventure, and helping others abound). The story is usually heart-warming and always has an ultimately happy ending. It story lifts anda up and reminds anda that there is goodness in the world. The story is key to a disney Classic.

A Classic disney film has animation. It may atau may not be the traditionally 2-D sort, and it may atau may not be entirely animated. Mary Poppins and Enchanted, which have both live-action and traditional 2D animasi are just as much disney Classics as Snow White and Princess and the Frog (both hand animated in the old-school manner). Bolt and Meet the Robinsons, which have computer animation, pass the test as well – because why would it be different just because disney chose a lebih modern technique that requires just as much work, just of a different sort. However, a Classic disney film really must have some animasi of one type atau another, because that’s what makes it classically Disney. Any studio can put actors in front of a camera, but disney is famous for its animasi -- for daring not to take the easy way out, but rather to make it just exactly how they want it to be. animasi is key to a disney Classic.

A Classic disney film has heart. Above all, it has heart. It isn’t just an jam and a half of pretty pictures and funny voices. It doesn’t stoop to crude humor atau throwing in flashy sequences with no purpose. It has a real, genuine feel to it. One that shows the people who made it care about what they were working on. One that teaches anda about being yourself, chasing your dreams, and loving others. The jantung of a disney Classic is its greatest weapon. That’s why our parents let us watch them so much as kids, and why they were the only ones we could watch at school in kindergarten, and why we not-so-guiltily return to them tahun after year. jantung is key to a disney Classic.

Music, Magic, Story, Animation, and Heart. The true criteria for a disney Classic.

In my opinion, anyways.