Sorry for the lack of updates...

Disney movie #3 (Lord have mercy) was Tarzan.  I enjoyed it.  Got too serious at the end, like Disney movies tend to do, but it was enjoyable nonetheless.  I admit that I am amazed at how the movies come to live.  The movies are well-conceived and enjoyable to watch.  Glad I'm doing this with my daughter (and family).

Movie #4 was The Hunchback of Notre Dame...  Quasimodo (or Hashimoto if you prefer) is a great character.  The 3 gargoyles are funny (even though my daughter hates them).  What's her face, the lead, is oddly colored, in my book at least.  In the end, a good movie worth a take.

Movie #5 was The Hunchback of Notre Dame II...  This was rough.  One expects to see a level of creation that is on par with the original.  The story was nothing to speak of, which is understandable when it's a sequel, but the visuals were atrocious.  What's her face, the lead, was such an odd dark color.  They don't even make a crayon that color.  Anyway, most forgettable.

Movie #6 was Zootopia.  This movie was pretty cool and not just because I've owned rabbits twice in my life.  A cute idea... the interplay between the fox and rabbit was cool.  The rabbit's mom and dad... the rest of the police animals... all cool.  Enjoyed greatly.

About to watch the original Beauty and the Beast.  My kids and wife are going to watch the live-action one that is about to come out so it seemed apropos.  Anyway, I just played video games for 4 hours, ate too much at Chili's (it was good, thanks), and I'm recovering from jerking my knee out of socket playing my first softball game in 21 years, so... hopefully, I can stay awake on this comfortable couch to finish it.  (Have I mentioned that I'm giving away a Yorkie?)

Disney Movie Trek Continues...

Ok, so Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs was the second movie I picked,  Her singing was hurting my ears as it got into the higher registers.  I was impressed though with the complexity of the animation, particularly the movement.  Enjoyed the banter between the dwarfs during the songs... silly stuff but enjoyable anyway.

About to pick the third movie and will blog thereafter.

Disney Movie Watch Party - The Journey Begins

I picked The Lion King as my first movie of the complete Disney library to watch with my 15 year-old daughter (and the other two of my brood).  It was enjoyable.  I knew a few characters names but that was about it.  Not a bad story.  Obviously predictable.  My daughter asked me what I rated it.  I gave it a 6 out of 10 and she agreed, which surprised me, as we usually don't look at the same things.

One Disney movie down... about 483,017 more to go.  About to start movie #2.

Comprehensive Disney Movie Watch Project - Lord Have Mercy

My 15 year-old daughter is a Disney know-it-all.  Literally.  She can name the movies in chronological release order from beginning to end.  She blathers incessantly about the most obtuse details of each and every movie.  (Yes, I still love her.)  But her Disney thoughts are endless.

That I recall, I have only seen three Disney movies from beginning to end without falling asleep.  (I confess to being a Star Wars nut, but I won't count that here.)  I loved Aladdin... Robin Williams was magical, no pun intended, really.  In college, I was in a class where we studied movies and I was forced to watch The Jungle Book.  To my surprise, I enjoyed it.  Even though Who Framed Roger Rabbit? was released differently (separately from Disney), I've seen that too, and enjoyed it, not because of Jessica Rabbit.  I have seen several in theaters (Wreck it Ralph, Frozen, etc., but I missed half of these because of a comfortable seat cushion.), and I saw a few while my kids where immersed in a blu-ray at home, but I was distracted and couldn't tell you much about the stories or the characters.

I told my daughter two nights ago that I would watch all of the Disney movies if she were to be kind enough to list the ones she felt proper to include.  She is working on the list.  I get to pick from it.  I will chronicle this here, if only for my daughter's excitement.  She'll be happy to spend time with me on something she enjoys.  My other daughter and son will likely watch with us also.   Experts on Disney, they are not, relative to my 15 year-old, at least, but they enjoy Disney nonetheless.  Tonight, we will begin with movie #1.  I will pick in a few minutes and then blog again within a few days what my impressions.  Maybe I'll let my daughter add some quick thoughts.  And so the father - daughter Disney movie chronicle begins.