03 March 2008
Everyone has something that reminds them of childhood. Mine come in the form of Disney’s 101 Dalmatians (the animated version).
I’m thrilled that the two disc platinum edition is coming out tomorrow. After finding out about it through a TV commercial, I became very excited and asked my parents to get it for me for Easter.
In a way it is funny that I can still get this excited about a Disney movie. I very rarely watch them any more, yet for some reason the older ones still excite me.
Maybe it’s because I am reminded of simpler days when everything was fun, there was little work to do and every time was play time.
The only thing that scares me about this new edition is if they made any changes. I watched parts of The Lion King in my 12th grade English class. Being the new version they had added scenes and songs that, at least in my mind, killed the movie. Even though I remember the plotline, I lost track of the story pretty quickly because the new scenes did not make sense to me.
I’m hoping the platinum edition of 101 Dalmatians has no alterations. To me that changes the movie from being re-released to being remade. That’s how I saw the new version of The Lion King. Although it had old scenes, it was remade for a younger audience by adding new scenes and for me was not one of the childhood movies I watched.
I can’t wait to watch 101 Dalmatians on DVD. Hopefully they didn’t change it or I will be sad.
Hey love disney movies and they make me nostalgic too. Well hope you buy it and enjoy.
P.S. the little mermaid is an all time favotire
Wait. They changed the Lion King?
That truely breaks my heart. I haven't seen the re-done edition. I still have my old VHS with the ending of Timon and Pumba singing "Stand by Me".
Sadly, yes. The version my classmate brought in had songs I had never heard of. It was truly horrifying to watch a movie I knew relatively well as a child and no longer know any of it because of the changes.
~Jessica Mondillo
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/jmondillo
Out of curiousity, why do you think you like that movie so much in particular, and what values do you think it teaches?
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For a film major, this answer shouldn't have required much thought but it did.
I liked the movie as a child because it was interesting. I like animals. It had good versus evil. The animation was well done. It had all the things that a little kid likes, or at least that I liked about cartoons and animated movies.
I think the movie has several important values. One is the success that is created through hard work. Roger works constantly and despite failure at first eventually succeeds. It also demonstrated the importance of helping others. Pongo, Perdy, and their puppies could have easily looked out for themselves. Instead they helped the other puppies and even got them a home with Roger and Anita. Another important lesson was that people breaking the law will get put in jail and punished.
~Jessica Mondillo
http://www.progressiveu.org/blog/jmondillo