20 Weeks of Disney Animation

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Frozen 2’

Following the massive success of Frozen in 2013, it seems that Disney didn’t have much of a choice in the.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’

Of the Disney animated movies of the last 10 years, Wreck-It-Ralph is one of my favorites. After watching it for the first.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Moana’

Moana, the 56th entry in the Disney animated canon, was released in 2016 to critical praise. There is much to.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Zootopia’

Zootopia, known in some countries as Zootropolis, is a Disney film cemented in the 21st century. Brimming with modern ideas, this.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Big Hero 6’

Like Wreck-It Ralph, this film breaks the mold of traditional Disney fodder and tells a different kind of story. However unlike.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Frozen’

Frozen is probably the most popular Disney film of the last 10 years. Not only was it a smash hit upon.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Wreck-It Ralph’

Following the colossal box office failure of Winnie the Pooh, Walt Disney Animation Studios decided to go in the complete.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Winnie the Pooh’

For Disney’s 52nd animated film from the canon, we have the final traditionally animated- and quickly forgotten- Winnie the Pooh..

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Tangled’

Disney followed up The Princess and the Frog with another princess movie, the first of its kind to be completely CG: Tangled..

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘The Princess and the Frog’

Disney’s The Princess and the Frog, released in 2009, brought audiences back to an earlier era of Disney storytelling. After a.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Bolt’

Bolt, released in 2008, was the 48th film from Walt Disney Animation and the third computer animated movie from the.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Meet the Robinsons’

Meet the Robinsons can not be more different a movie than Chicken Little, the previous film from Disney animation. This is.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Chicken Little’

Chicken Little is significant for a couple of reasons. First of all, it was the first fully CGI film made from.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Home on the Range’

Home on the Range is a simple story about three cows that go on a journey to save their farm..

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Brother Bear’

Brother Bear, released in 2003, is mostly forgettable both as a film and within the context of Disney history. The.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Treasure Planet’

The story of Treasure Island has quite a history within The Walt Disney Company. Not only was Treasure Island the.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Lilo & Stitch’

Lilo & Stitch is probably the most popular animated movie that was made by Disney between 2000 and 2005. It was.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Atlantis: The Lost Empire’

Atlantis: The Lost Empire is an adventure/fantasy story, something that had not been explored much in the Disney animated films prior..

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘The Emperor’s New Groove’

The Emperor’s New Groove is a film about a greedy emperor who cares only about himself. Because of this, he has.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Dinosaur’

Dinosaur films were not a new idea in 2000 when this movie was released. Of course, Steven Spielberg had made.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Fantasia 2000’

Since its release, 1940’s Fantasia has had somewhat of a rocky history. The initial run of the film was not a hit,.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Tarzan’

Tarzan marked the end of an era for Disney animation- as well as a new beginning. This film was released in.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Mulan’

Mulan, the thirty-sixth film in Disney’s animated canon, arrived in theaters on June 19, 1998. The 21st century was just.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Hercules’

1997’s Hercules is a film which departs somewhat from the usual Disney blockbuster. Rather than adapting a classic fairy tale, the.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘The Hunchback of Notre Dame’

The Hunchback of Notre Dame is my all-time favorite Disney animated film. That’s not to say it is the best; from.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Pocahontas’

Disney’s Pocahontas is a film that would likely not be made today. That is, at least not the Pocahontas that we got in 1995..

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘The Lion King’

The Lion King is a film which needs no introduction. Anyone who lived through the 90’s, either as a child.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Aladdin’

After The Little Mermaid and Beauty and the Beast, Disney continued in the tradition of Broadway style animated features with.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Beauty and the Beast’

After the success of The Little Mermaid, The Walt Disney Company virtually replicated that success with one of their next.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘The Rescuers Down Under’

The Rescuers Down Under, Disney’s 29th feature film, was a first for a few things. Read: 20 Weeks of Disney.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘The Little Mermaid’

On November 17, 1989, The Little Mermaid was released in theaters and changed Disney forever. Not only was the film.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘Oliver & Company’

Oliver & Company came at an interesting time for the Disney company. They didn’t know it yet, but everything was.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘The Great Mouse Detective’

The Great Mouse Detective was released at an interesting time in Disney history: it is sandwiched between Disney’s biggest flop.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘The Black Cauldron’

The Black Cauldron: Disney’s 25th animated feature and almost the last. The Black Cauldron is a fantasy film based on two.

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20 Weeks of Disney Animation: ‘The Fox and the Hound’

1981’s The Fox and the Hound represented both beginnings and ends in Walt Disney Animation. The film is notable for being one.

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