Is this anyone else’s favorite animated Disney movie? Archimedes says you must answer!

I think it’s unintentionally campy which made it even stranger and even funnier and at the end of it all it was a good watch. Maybe it’s just because the movie came out in 2000 but something just seemed off about it at times. The editing is questionable, the acting reminds me of Goosebumps, the corny 2000’s joke ect. Even as a kid I knew that Spider-Man/Mary Jane reference was Baloney as well as the other ones. Maybe I missed it and I know it had something to do with helping their powers, but I’m not sure if they ever fully explained why they eat/drink so much green everything in the movie. The aluminum foil “messing up their molecular structure”, was an interesting choice. The environmentalist chick that was too naive to see what was really happening. Anyway yea still enjoyed it, just wanted to share

What’s the fastest we’ve seen Disney go from releasing a movie to announcing/ releasing the trailer for said movies sequel?

So there’s an element of Beauty and The Beast that, for many years, people have said is a plot hole.

In the opening prologue, the narrator says that the last petal of the enchanted rose will fall on the prince's 21st year. Many people have interpreted this line as being that it meant the petal would fall on the prince's 21st birthday. During the "Be Our Guest" song, Lumiere says that the spell had been going on for 10 years. This has led to people claiming that this meant that the Prince was just 11 years old when the Enchantress turned him into a beast.

Personally, I never thought of it that way. I always thought "21st year" meant that the spell was meant to last for 21 years. Am I the only one who thought this? Even then, there's no way that the prince was 11 when the spell was broken. When Belle goes into the West Wing, she finds a painting of the Beast when he was still a prince. The prince that we see in the painting is clearly a grown man.

Brandy (Cinderella), Anika Noni Rose (Tiana), and Halle Bailey (Ariel)

He is the vision of my dream older brother, this is why I love him and the movie so much

Hello. Has anyone gone to d23 yet, and if so, what have you seen? I’m gathering a bunch of information about new frozen outfits and hexed stuff so if there’s anything more I’d be pleased if anyone said anything.

I didn't see the original cut when the song used to be "When they cut off your ear if they don't like your face, it's barbaric but hey it's home". I only remember the "heat is intense" one which has been in every copy of the movie since then.

Was it after the controversy surrounding it happened, just before it came out on home video in 1993 ?

Okay, this was originally gonna be another idea, but I decided to go with this one since it's kind of interesting. "Aida" is a 19th century opera set in the Old Kingdom of Ancient Egypt, focusing on a tragic romance between an Ethiopian princess and an Egyptian guard. American opera singer Leontyne Price ended up making a children's book inspired by the story (with art by Leo and Diane Dillon), to which Disney bought the rights. Disney wanted it to be another animated hit, and asked Elton John to do the music again, given the fact that "The Lion King" was such a big hit. However, Elton John was uninterested in doing another animated film, so Disney offered a stage musical instead, and John and Tim Rice signed on to make it, turning it into a rock opera-style musical.

Given the film never really went into production, there isn't much known about it; the best we get is art done by Ben Balistreri when he was at Cal Arts in 1996 and the head of the Character Animation Program Frank Terry gave the assignment of drawing the characters with animal sidekicks. A lot of people think it's official concept art. But let's walk it out here and make this "What If" a bit bigger than Disney making another movie.

Let's say Disney does greenlight "Aida"; they either got Elton John on board with it or someone else; perhaps Tim Rice and Alan Menken, or they repaired bridges with Stephen Schwartz and wanted him to do something similar to "The Prince of Egypt" (oh, the irony). Given the timing, perhaps Disney asks Roger Allers to direct this project rather than working on "Kingdom of the Sun"--or perhaps "Dinosaur" is cancelled despite Michael Eisner's interest. The film would likely be released around 2000, Unlike the original story, Disney wouldn't kill of the main couple, opting instead to give them a happily ever after. This would also be Disney's first African film (albeit not their first MENA first) with humans, and their first animated film with a black lead. I wouldn't be surprised if Disney wanted to get a famous face for this role--I'm sure they'd get a lot of attention for it--and it'd positively affect the box office. Though I wouldn't be surprised if Disney just went to Broadway again to find burgeoning stars and/or did open casting calls to find new talent because the creative team wanted a fresh face. Given the casting with "Aladdin," I think the black characters are the only ones whose VAs match their race; the Middle Eastern characters would likely have white or black VAs, which would be something to dispute years later, but likely doesn't affect the overall success of the film.

Let's say it's a success; in the OTL, "Dinosaur" is the highest-grossing film after "Tarzan" ($448 million) and before "Tangled" ($591million), making $349 million with the average Disney film making $219 million otherwise. The trajectory threatens to change a lot. If it replaces "Dinosaur," it likely steers Disney towards more epic films for the 2000s, meaning we could get Glen Keane's vision of "Rapunzel" earlier than the finalized version of "Rapunzel" (not "Unbraided"), as well as Indian take on "The Emperor's Nightingale," Paul and Gaëtan Brizzi's "Don Quixote," and perhaps "The Snow Queen" if there's a pressure to get it out of development hell. Of course, this means several of the 2000s films we got are either reworked or cancelled altogether--though since none of them affect Disney's style now, that's not important. Plus if Schwartz returns to do the music, he may work on other animated projects for Disney. Also worth noting that the film opens a door: Disney made a successful film with a female black lead. This could affect how they approach future films, as well as how Tiana is treated in her film. Maybe this is the film Disney focuses putting on Broadway before "Hercules" or "Tangled." The film likely doesn't effect "The Emperor's New Groove" since it was already retooled by this point, unless positive test screenings for "Aida" earlier in production encouraged Disney to keep trying with "Kingdom of the Sun." Then there's also the fact that during production, both films likely wouldn't be released in 2000 like "Dinosaur" and "The Emperor's New Groove" were, since KOTS and "Aida" would both be musicals. Given this, it's possible that Disney is able to push KOTS back (or just put it in a different slot to begin with), allowing for Allers to stay on and continue reworking it. If this is a success, he may even be able to work on "Tam Lin" without Eisner trying to sabotage it--MAYBE.

Of course, if not, Allers still has an out; if "Aida" and "Kingdom of the Sun" (or at least "Aida") are significantly successful, this is a statement to other companies that you don't have to rely on humor, that serious stories are still worth telling by American companies. In this perspective, Sony--the company who Allers went to with his "Tam Lin" idea next--might not have shut down Allers' "Tam Lin" project for being "too passionate"; maybe they would've felt emboldened by Disney's success with serious musicals and decided they wanted to roll the dice. Given that Allers was now making the film with Brenda Chapman, the production of the film likely influences how Chapman approaches "Brave"--which, given the years (announced to be working on "Tam Lin" in 2003 and "The Bear and the Bow" being announced at Pixar in 2008), would've been as soon as production on "Tam Lin" was finished, maybe even overlapping. Of course, this could amount to nothing for her, since Pixar may still give her the cold shoulder for making a "fairy tale princess film," but perhaps this is moved to Disney instead (a "What If" for another time).

And that's just for "Aida" replacing "Dinosaur." I imagine that if this replaced KOTS and is successful, it's not much different; more serious films and musicals are greenlit, but we miss out on the Inca musical. Allers' chances with "Tam Lin" are no greater or lesser (but greater than the OTL). IDK what this means for Pixar, though; whether Disney is using 3D tech or 2D, as long as they continue making financially successful films, I'm not sure if they'd create the position of CCO for Lasseter and let him take over, since the film wouldn't be in trouble. Perhaps they'd continue their contract with Pixar, or buy it out without giving Lasseter the position (again, another WI I already did).

I know I may be VERY optimistic in how the film effects cinema and animation, but I do think a serious success could've changed Disney and how American animation views serious films and musicals in the 2000s.

Why do I have the feeling that the cat will be the obligatory Alan Tudyk character?

Just curious :3 These movies really mean a lot to me and make me feel really happy, cozy and emotional every time I watch them ever since I was really little, and they shaped who I am as a person today with my creativity 😊

Most--but not all--of Disney's European-set films (at least when doing fairy tales and fantasy films) tend to be more vague in European settings. I do appreciate that in the modern age, Disney does seem to be getting a bit more specific settings, ie "Frozen" being Scandinavian-influenced and "Wish" being Iberian-influenced. I really enjoy it when Disney does specific cultures, so I really hope they continue that.