I’m sure everyone watched at
least one of Disney’s movies. Now Disney-Pixar makes many new films, not always based
on real stories or books. From
childhood we all know movies like Cinderella, Snow White, Sleeping Beauty or
The Lion King. But are you aware of real stories behind those movies? Disney
didn’t make them up from scratch, they were
adapted, based
on fairies; still, with a lot of modifications.
Cinderella
Disney presented a nice story of a girl who visited a party, lost her
shoe and disappeared, but the Prince found her using
her shoe and they got married.
What was the real story?
The authors of this story are Grimm brothers. Cruelty in their
fairies is pretty common in their story Cinderella went to a party, then she come back without ..shoe.
But on the other day when the Prince was looking for her and visited her
house, Cinderella’s stepmother told her two daughters to cut off their toes in
order to fit the shoe.
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Sleeping Beauty
After watching the movie we remember
sleeping girl who was founded by the Prince who kissed her and she woke up
after a long time. Then they’ve fallen in love in each other and got married.
What was the real story?
Originally the story was written by Giambattista Basile and titles
as “Sun, Moon and Talia”. Talia – the Disney’s Sleeping Beauty wasn’t kissed by
the Prince and wasn’t even woken up by him (I mean not directly). In the real
story the Prince found Talia and raped her. Talia woke up months
later because of advanced pregnancy. She gave birth to two babies – Sun and
Moon.
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Beauty and the Beast
Bella was kidnapped by the Beast, but then after spending some time with him,
she found out that he was a real good man and was worth loving, so she decided
to stay with him and live their lives together – that’s what we know after
watching the movie.
What was the real story?
Actually the real story written by Gabrielle-Suzane Barbot de Villenueve
wasn’t much more different. Apart from Bella having two rude and jealous
sisters. One day after kidnapping the Beast allowed
Bella to leave him for a week so that she could spend some time with her
sisters. Being really jealous about all luxurious
things and the house, the
sisters persuaded her to stay with them a little bit longer hoping the Beast would get furious and eat Belle after her return.
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Comments
My favorite animated movies of all times are the Toy Story series, UP!, and of course some of Pixars shorts, expecially Luxo JR. and Piper. As you might have noticed, these are all Pixar movies, and the reason is, that they are very versatile. They can be enjoyed by both a baby and an adult. They do not get old, because at different ages you notice different aspects of the story, and find new emotions. That goes both for the full length movies and the shorts.
Unfortunately, that is not the case for the majority of the new Pixar movies (post 2010), which are not targeted to such broad audience anymore, and tend to be more childish, lacking interesting nuances for adults. I am definitely waiting for Toy Story 4 (2019), but I do not get my hopes up that it will live up to the quality of the original trilogy.
My favorite fairy is The Little Match Girl - it always melts my heart. I also really like and enjoy The Wild Swans.
About better worse - some time ago, when Disney was relising a lot of movies with actors it was said that 'real disney' is dead, and then - suddenly - The Princess and the Frog appeard. And then, people fell in love with disney again.
I didn;t like live action movies, I 'needed' those beautiful pictures. Sometime ago I hated 3D Pixar movies, but now I enjoy also them.
I'm not sure if we can call it fairy, but my choice for favourite one is Mononoke Princess directed by Hayao Miyazaki. Story about conflict of human and nature with gorgeous drawing made by Studio Ghibli. I recommend it to all, if you havn't seen it. Even if you don't like anime, gibe Pricness Mononoke a try, you will not regret it.
Maybe it will not be a popular opinion, but I really like newest Pixar movies. I don't find them worse than older ones. Moreover, Inside out ( which is my favourite Pixar movie, btw.) in my opinion is best movie in 2015, not only in animation category.
But I love "Beauty and the Beast", it was my favorite cartoon and I've been watching it so many times. I find the Disney's version of the Candlestick man and the Clock man more beautiful and charismatic than the movie's one. And I also heard about scary versions of tales. Someday I was trying to find them on the Internet but it was very difficult. I mean, not the articles about this, but the original stories to read, books or something.
I wonder, for what purpose Grimm brothers wrote so scary stories.
And what about similar stories, my favourite was The Lion King and Charlie and Chocolate factory(i know that it's not a disney). And after this article, i can't prepare myself to perceive my favourite stories in other way.
My favorite Disney production is a scene with dancing drunk pink elephants from Dumbo. Visually psychedelic. It also sends a real life message unlike many others Disney movies that set us up for life disappointments.
It was not Dumbo's courage or persistence that let him fly, but booze.
At the beginning Pixar said that they will never make sequels. I really liked movies based on stories like Maleficent with Angelina Jolie and The beauty and the beast with Emma Waston.
The question is: for who the authors written those fairytails (I don't think that children were the primary target for those books) and who decided to change them in such way that today every child knows those fairytails).
Interesting stories, very good voice, idea, scenes... 5/5
And latest Disney-Pixar movies are very good too.
Last movie what i saw it's Moana, And let me tell you, not a bad .
Personally, i'm not a huge fan of Disney or Pixar. My favorite titles are "Atlantis: The Lost Empire" and "Treasure Planet", and they are pretty good and, in some ways, underrated. These two movies are bringing a lot of good memories, I like to watch it again from time time time, and I can't say the same thing for the latest Disney works.
To be honest, I don't have favourite fairytale. However, I really like watching them. Especially in modern movies there are many hidden jokes for adults. Hunting them down is really enjoyable.
As I remember I hadn't watched any of movies you listed. More or less I know what they are about, but not with details.
My favorite cartoon is "WALL-E", from recent ones it is "Zootopia", definitely one of the best cartoons I've ever seen.
I love Disney cartoons, but to be honest I'm not differ Disney studio from Dreamworks and 20th century fox and others. I can only say that cartoons from Disney are not depraved with stupid jokes and violence, so I can go to the cinema with my 12-year-old sister on any Disney film and gain some positive emotions from it.
P.S. Uncountable number of songs in some of their cartoons(hey, Moana!) sometimes can cause you to sleep in the middle of a storyline, just don't forget about it.
My favorite fairly tale is probably 'Mulan', the great story of bravery and friendship. Thanks to this article, I have also found out that it's a story based on the figure of a legendary woman warrior from the Southern and Northern Dynasties period - Hua Mulan.
I certainly think that Disney's golden age is when they were releasing their movies in the 90s, but the reason behind it may be because that's the period from which I've seen the most of their movies, including the "Duck Tales" from year 1990.
If we are talking about original stories, I have another example: The Hunchback of Notre Dame. In the original story, Esmeralda was hung, Quasimodo vanished and two years later skeletons of Esmeralda and Quasimodo was found in the Montfaucon basement.
Speaking about my favourite animations, I would say Dreamworks's Prince of Egypt is the one I like the most. I love its biblical "severity", great songs and animation. I generally like animated movies and there is actually a long list of movies that I have special feelings for, both western, like Sleeping Beauty, Toy Story, Shrek or Hercules, and eastern, like Studio Ghibli's Majo no takkyūbin or Hauru no ugoku shiro. So, to sum up, I like a lot of children movies, but when somebody asks me about my favourite, I say it's Prince of Egypt.
Disney's new movies are different than the old ones. Few years ago, when Frozen hit the theaters I was like "this the end of Disney" - I didn't like the movie at all. Great animation accompanied by dull story and uninteresting characters. And all that followed by Disney marketing machine which puts funny secondary characters only to introduce them to Happy Meals at McDonald's. Fortunately, Moana appeared and my faith in Disney returned.
I've seen all of these movies that you mentioned. My favourites are The Lion King and Toy Story. Great childhood memories.
Unfortunately I haven't seen any new Disney-Pixar movies.
If we are talking about original stories, I have another example: The Little Mermaid. inthe original story the little mermaid diesand is reincarnated as an ethereal earthbound spirit, a daughter of the air, andis given 300 years punishment for her selfishness. She has to do good deeds for people over that time to enter the god's kingdom.
Maybe you know more original fairies
What is your favorite movie/fairy?
What do you think about latest Disney-Pixar movies? Are they better or worse than those?
I love Disnay versions ;D
And I love those adorable songs that are inserted into fairy and movies. I like older faires like Hercules or Lion King and i know these songs by heart. Maybe sometimes they are exaggerated, but that's about it in fairy tales i think ;)
The last Disney productions are cool, however I have a great sentiment to those of my childhood and for new ones I do not have time. I usually see them once in the cinema. It's not much compared to those I've seen in my childhood a dozen or so times, memorizing all the dialogues. Anyway i like every Disney production ;D
As to my favourites I have those three: Mulan, Hercules and The Emperor’s New Groove. I thought hard which is my favourite one but it’s just too hard to pick only one :D I’ve watched those three plenty of times.
And the more recent movies? I watched Wreck-It Ralph, Big Hero 6 and Inside Out. These were okay but nowhere near the older ones. Nostalgia is a strong force ;)
My favourite movie (animated story) was, and will be, Winnie the Pooh. I am the great fan of Disney movies (Disney-Pixar as well) and if any new comes to the cinema it is a must-watch for me.
I study animation, that's why I am so into cartoons and Disney movies. I love all the classic movies and the new ones too. Wall-E and Up are my favorites. I think the idea of these movies is to make our world better. Ans Walt Disney was an amazing person, who's inventions in animation are still alive and will bring to life many awesome stories, I hope. Their only mistake is new Star Wars, IMHO:)
Both Pixar's and Disney's animations are wonderful because of how well made they are. The plots usually aren't that great but its understandable considering their target. The graphics and the music though is where they shine.
To be honest, I prefer newer animated movies. One of my favourites is ,,Zootopia”. Very enjoyable! I like Disney-Pixar movies because they are not addressed only to children. They have a sense of humor which is appreciated by most adults.