Lilo & Stitch

And just when I think that Disney has gone down the shitter and nothing can save it from itself (except maybe Pixar, which is technically still a separate company) It goes and gives me a happy sandwich. I have not seen a Disney movie this good, since… well I can’t remember when. This movie had a smile on my face from pretty much the intro credits till the ending. I was not actually expecting it to be this good. Lets put it this way. When have you ever seen a fish eating a peanut butter sandwich? Ok, seriously now, I really enjoyed this movie. The intro was a little boring, but it was needed in order for the storyline to work as well as it did. It is also chocked full of humorous parts from start to end. But amidst all the humor there were actually sad parts too. Like the fact that Lilo is an orphan and that there are social workers checking up on Lilo and her sister, Nani, to make sure that she’s taken care of properly. The only other thing that...

This is one of those Disney films that spun off a TV series, only the series worked just as well as the film.  Along with Aladdin, Fantasia, Fantasia 2000, The Emperor’s New Groove, Oliver & Company and The Aristocats, this is one of my favorites. I’ve spoken about this in my previous blog, “ Defending the Disney Princesses “, but Nani, Lilo, and pretty much all the females in this picture are drawn with more realistic bodies than previous Disney films, which is a breath of fresh air, especially in today’s world of anorexic stick figure actresses and such. This movie starts out with a bang and if you’re seeing it for the first time, you would be under the impression that you’re in for a Star Wars- esque experience. However, after the trial and escape, things change. I love the fact that they used Hawaii as the setting. I was reading that the original idea was to use Kansas. I can see how that would have worked, but Hawaii just seemed...