The Lion King, Disney, 1994 |
The problem here, for me, is that there is a distinct lack
of focus on quality. The Lion King,
for example, is a solid film. It’s a spectacle, an epic of a movie, even if it
is, dare I say, a tad overrated. But not only are its visuals ground-breaking,
and its characters endearing, and its soundtrack nothing less than glorious; it
also happens to maintain an interesting, tense and at times emotional story.
And therefore its success is profoundly justified. Frozen, meanwhile, is visually appealing, and a great franchise in
terms of hooking the attention of princess-obsessed young girls, but it fumbles
majorly in terms of conveying a logical narrative. It simply makes no sense –
and yet it’s become their greatest success, not only in recent years, but of
all time. You can read more about this in an in-depth analysis here. In light of this,
it’s somewhat upsetting that the general public seem to be so easily swayed by
marketing ploys. Even the gothic-inspired The
Black Cauldron (1985), frequently cited as Disney’s most catastrophic flop,
boasts a plot of greater consistency than Frozen.
Frozen, Disney, 2013 |
Sleeping Beauty, Disney, 1959 |
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