Disney Month W2: Live Action Movie Mania

[U4ea]

It amazed me, when I went searching to start this collection of activities, how many movies Disney has had their hands in that aren't animated! 

 

I found this handy link with references (some of them aren't released yet or are things they have in the works. We'll have another thread about those!) which will be handy for this chat! Go on, take a look! 

 

 

So, which LIVE ACTION movie was your favorite?? 

 

 

[U4ea]

And while we're on it, here's the BEST/WORST list from EW! 

[LadyWordsmith]

Tough one. So... tie from my early teen years: Newsies and The Three Musketeers! My friends and I made our own Musketeer tunics and were Athos, Porthos, Aramis, and D'artagnan from the Disney version in particular for Halloween at school one year. And Newsies is well.... yummy. And now on Broadway in all it's even-more-awesome glory! 

[Rasheta Ardashir]

Ooooo yes Lady I loved that one too but I think Prince of Persia is my fave, mostly because I've played the games for years! Plus they threw in a few Assassins Creed shots. *G*

[U4ea]

I have a soft spot for The Parent Trap (The original Haley Mills version). I grew up on that one! Of course, I grew up with Tron in the 80's, too. Me has some soft spots for those! 

 

The Pirates movies are very well done. 

[LadyWordsmith]

*Grins* Love Tron! And the Parent Trap (yes the original.)  

 

Two of my favorite Tron actors ended up on Babylon 5 together (random cool trivia. Bruce Boxleitner of course, and Peter Jurasik) 

 

They did so MANY good live movies (and TV shows!). Pete's Dragon (which is sort of both given the nature of the show) is another one I enjoyed a lot. 

[Wren of the Brown]

Hmm.

 

Flight of the Navigator and Pete's Dragon. For some reason I thought the Hans Christian Anderson movie with Danny Kaye was a Disney flick, so when I went to look it up, nope! Dang. I can probably think of some others but I don't think I have any of those old movies anymore. Sad day.

 

The Disney Nature documentaries were interesting but I wouldn't be able to name any off of the top of my head. It was just something that was on.

[U4ea]

Flight of the Navigator!!! I loved that one, too!! 

[Gabriel Kross]

Yo ho ho and a bottle of rum~ I actually forgot the Pirates movies were Disney, don't forget the Avenger character movies I believe are Disney as well as I think they have Marvel now. Honestly the serious not-so-kiddy-movies they do are the ones I like the most.

[Hallia]

Hocus Pocus!  My absolute favorite movie when I was younger!

[Gabriel Kross]

I didn't really like that movie at all...

[Panchi]

Narnia. My friend introduced me to this movie and this was one of those movies which lead me to loving fantasy. The movies are those rare ones which do justice to the books.

 

Prince of Persia- I only watched the later half(or little more) and still loved it

 

101 Dalmations- this is time to be kids again, right? Brings back old memories

[U4ea]

"AMUCK! Amuck, Amuck, Amuck!"

 

 

Seriously love Hocus Pocus!

[Wren of the Brown]

I liked TLTWTW a lot more than Prince Caspian.  Dawn Treader felt a little tired but the ending with Reepicheep was just as moving as it was in the novel.  Not particularly sure I can handle another four movies - I'm experiencing the same franchise burn-out that I'm starting to feel with Marvel.

 

But, as luck would have it, Walden Media doesn't have the rights anymore so any future Narnia movies are up in the air.

[Panchi]

I have watched only The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, so for me Narnia movie includes that only

[Wren of the Brown]

They're all faithful recreations, certainly.  But it was pretty obvious in Dawn Treader that the actors weren't as excited to be there as they were in Wardrobe.

Going through the motions in Narnia is a very sad thing, indeed.

[Panchi]

Its sad when they spoil a good movie with a sequel

[U4ea]

That drives me crazy! I haven't seen Prince Caspian, but I have seen the Dawn Treader. I could tell the difference, but I was hoping it was just age...

[Panchi]

I should see them...or maybe not to avoid spoiling love for the lion, the witch and the wardrobe