From what I read he mostly stopped working on movies in the 50's but I think he would have been most proud of Fantasia. He started out by making animations to music and Fantasia was sort of the peak of that
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itt, Which animated project do you think was Walt Disney's magnum opus? My answer, is of course, my penus wenus.
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In terms of film animation: Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi
In terms of short animation: Something from Silly Symphonies or the Mickey series
Yeah, I know that's a really boring answer, but it's the truth.
While Cinderella's techniques aren't as impressive as its predecessors, I do think it has way better looking human characters than 30s/40s Disney.
Snow White, the Prince, and the Queen (pre-transformation) look out of place compared to all the other elements in the film. Likely because they heavily relied on referencing live-action footage, compared to say the dwarves and post-transformation queen which were drawn more from imagination using techniques learned from earlier shorts.
Whereas Cinderella's human characters are more stylized and "cartoonish" for lack of a better word. More defined facial features. They look a lot more expressive and fit the world they inhabit. It's especially noticeable in-motion.
Cinderella was a story that always spoke deeply to Walt. The idea of someone starting in shambles and working their ass off to finally be rewarded for their efforts reminded him a lot of his own life and eventual success.
Everytime I hear this question I hear dumb shit like "Walt would be disgusted at the shitty, boring, and "woke" movies that come out now!" When in actuality I feel like Walt would, even having intolerant views from the past, would still adore the best of animation being created years after his death in his name
Isn't it true that he didn't always like the films even when he was alive? I've heard he disliked 101 Dalmatians and was underwhelmed by Alice in Wonderland.
Alice never really came together on a story angle which was disappointing for Walt since it was one of his favorite books and Dalmatians was disappointing more from the technical side of things since that was when they cheaped out and started using Xerox and that was when Walt had fully checked out from animation to focus on Disneyland and his Epcot plans.
Walt eventually said that he was fine with 101 Dalmatians, his main problem was that the film used black lines for the animation as opposed to the colored lines that were previously used on the animated characters, he thought it broke the immersion.
Honestly, I'd be curious to know what he would think of 3D animation. Would he be amazed at the realism it can achieve? Or would he find that realism too uncanny? On the othe hand, maybe he would just think it's very similar to stop-motion.
Not KH specifically, but Walt was always exploring new ways to tell a story and he'd be wildly fascinated with video games. If he had lived into his 80s or 90s and still had enough corporate pull there would probably be an early Disney video game development division.
Wasn't Fantasia beloved in Walt's lifetime? I've heard that the 1950s and 60s reissues were held in high esteem.
Also... This is what the Library of Congress thought when choosing "important films" >Snow White: Added in 1989 (part of the first batch of films ever chosen) >Pinocchio: Added in 1994 >Fantasia: Added in 1990 >Dumbo: Added in 2017 >Bambi: Added in 2011
Snow White created the genre and was the largest cultural breakthrough. Cinderella is just a great fricking movie, arguably better. Fantasia was Walt raging at the idea his movies weren't being taken seriously as art. It's really pretty, but if I had to watch something right now, I'd rather see a good story. Maybe Pinocchio for the weirdness?
>multiple people saying cinderella
It's an okay-ish movie that was made in safe desperation to stop Disney as a company becoming bankrupt, via harking back to their most famous film. It's no magnum opus. If anything, it's a sad wakeup call that being stagnant and rehash-y is needed to survive. Snow White and the other golden age films will always BTFO it. This also applies somewhat to Sleeping Beauty as well, but its fans definitely wank off to its crypto-UPA 'style' more than I care for.
Calling Sleeping Beauty just a pseudo-UPA thing is really dismissive of the effort they put into trying to evoke the aesthetics of medieval tapestry in Cinemascope. It really was the last time the Walt-era studio actually fricking tried on the artistry side of things.
Ben and Me
Whoa that shit got a cartoon?
That was the book that as a child made me think "Historical Fiction" was kinda gay
Fantasia obviously
From what I read he mostly stopped working on movies in the 50's but I think he would have been most proud of Fantasia. He started out by making animations to music and Fantasia was sort of the peak of that
Yeah, Fantasia. He was also probably bummed that it didn't catch on like he wanted it to.
Bambi
My peenus weanus.
Haha. Its my weeeenus penus.
itt, Which animated project do you think was Walt Disney's magnum opus? My answer, is of course, my penus wenus.
Its my penus weanus 🙂
In terms of film animation: Snow White, Pinocchio, Fantasia, Dumbo, Bambi
In terms of short animation: Something from Silly Symphonies or the Mickey series
Yeah, I know that's a really boring answer, but it's the truth.
While Cinderella's techniques aren't as impressive as its predecessors, I do think it has way better looking human characters than 30s/40s Disney.
Snow White, the Prince, and the Queen (pre-transformation) look out of place compared to all the other elements in the film. Likely because they heavily relied on referencing live-action footage, compared to say the dwarves and post-transformation queen which were drawn more from imagination using techniques learned from earlier shorts.
Whereas Cinderella's human characters are more stylized and "cartoonish" for lack of a better word. More defined facial features. They look a lot more expressive and fit the world they inhabit. It's especially noticeable in-motion.
Either Fantasia, Bambi or Sleeping Beauty.
Apparently his favorite piece of animation was the Fairy Godmother scene in Cinderella.
not Snow White?
Cinderella was a story that always spoke deeply to Walt. The idea of someone starting in shambles and working their ass off to finally be rewarded for their efforts reminded him a lot of his own life and eventual success.
Secondary question, what Disney work would he be proud of if he was alive today?
You mean like what movies made after him he'd like?
I think he'd be impressed with Beauty and the Beast getting the Best Picture nomination.
Everytime I hear this question I hear dumb shit like "Walt would be disgusted at the shitty, boring, and "woke" movies that come out now!" When in actuality I feel like Walt would, even having intolerant views from the past, would still adore the best of animation being created years after his death in his name
Isn't it true that he didn't always like the films even when he was alive? I've heard he disliked 101 Dalmatians and was underwhelmed by Alice in Wonderland.
Alice never really came together on a story angle which was disappointing for Walt since it was one of his favorite books and Dalmatians was disappointing more from the technical side of things since that was when they cheaped out and started using Xerox and that was when Walt had fully checked out from animation to focus on Disneyland and his Epcot plans.
Walt eventually said that he was fine with 101 Dalmatians, his main problem was that the film used black lines for the animation as opposed to the colored lines that were previously used on the animated characters, he thought it broke the immersion.
Honestly, I'd be curious to know what he would think of 3D animation. Would he be amazed at the realism it can achieve? Or would he find that realism too uncanny? On the othe hand, maybe he would just think it's very similar to stop-motion.
What would he think of Kingdom Hearts
>*someone explains the story*
>At least it's more coherent then Salvador Dali's attempts at explaining Destino
Not KH specifically, but Walt was always exploring new ways to tell a story and he'd be wildly fascinated with video games. If he had lived into his 80s or 90s and still had enough corporate pull there would probably be an early Disney video game development division.
Fantasia. Sucks that it didn't really resonate with people, but it really was an incredible feat of sophisticated animation.
Wasn't Fantasia beloved in Walt's lifetime? I've heard that the 1950s and 60s reissues were held in high esteem.
Also... This is what the Library of Congress thought when choosing "important films"
>Snow White: Added in 1989 (part of the first batch of films ever chosen)
>Pinocchio: Added in 1994
>Fantasia: Added in 1990
>Dumbo: Added in 2017
>Bambi: Added in 2011
Sleeping Beauty
It's an absolutely gorgeous film, nothing else compares.
I could understand someone arguing for Pinocchio or Cinderella
lady and the tramp
Nah, that shit sucked
you suck
Less than Lady and the Tramp
Snow White created the genre and was the largest cultural breakthrough. Cinderella is just a great fricking movie, arguably better. Fantasia was Walt raging at the idea his movies weren't being taken seriously as art. It's really pretty, but if I had to watch something right now, I'd rather see a good story. Maybe Pinocchio for the weirdness?
>multiple people saying cinderella
It's an okay-ish movie that was made in safe desperation to stop Disney as a company becoming bankrupt, via harking back to their most famous film. It's no magnum opus. If anything, it's a sad wakeup call that being stagnant and rehash-y is needed to survive. Snow White and the other golden age films will always BTFO it. This also applies somewhat to Sleeping Beauty as well, but its fans definitely wank off to its crypto-UPA 'style' more than I care for.
Calling Sleeping Beauty just a pseudo-UPA thing is really dismissive of the effort they put into trying to evoke the aesthetics of medieval tapestry in Cinemascope. It really was the last time the Walt-era studio actually fricking tried on the artistry side of things.
Cinderella has the better story at least.