[HPFGU-OTChatter] Re: Hunchback; Disney (was: Aliteracy--vari ous rants...)

[Meredith Wilson]

It's so nice to find other Disney lovers.  I'll admit that I didn't really
like The Lion King, or Pocahontas (though I loved Colors of the Wind and
Circle of Life before the movies actually came out...), but the Little
Mermaid was life changing for me when it first came out (I saw it on my 15th
birthday for the first time).  It's still my favorite.  I also adore
Hunchback and Mulan. I watched Mulan just the other day and had to sit and
cry through half of it. 

>I've also really liked Tarzan, Hercules, and Hunchback of Notre Dame.
>And I've loved the soundtracks from Hercules and Hunchback. The gospel
>style in Hercules was fresh and unexpected and Hunchback's music is
>so...glorious...with the choirs, latin, and organs. I am such a sucker
>for massed voices. I keep meaning to get Carmina Burana on CD; the
>first song always sends chills up my spine.

The 'God Help the Outcasts' scene always gets to me, too.  It's just so
beautiful.

>I also rather liked The Empreror's New Groove. It was a pure comedy
>which surprised me. I imagined the animators and writers had lots of
>fun working on it; especially with the Glaring Plot Holes and Evil
>Kitty.

This is one I've been meaning to see, but I wasn't sure.  I'll have to check
it out.

>one). I am completely excited about Atlantis which comes out in less
>than a month. Even though I have no one to see it with, I'll be there
>in the middle row, surrounded by annoying kiddies, watching it avidly.

I'll be here in Seattle doing the same thing!

Meredith