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Yeah yeah I know what you're saying: "Two stars Joe! But...but Joe! How can you give a Disney film two stars?! You have no soul!" Just hear me out for a second...

Now, despite the two stars, this isn't completely terrible (though it's pretty close). The artwork and animation looks absolutely stunning. In fact, I think the animation might have been the best that Disney had done up to this point. Of course, Maleficient is an awesome villain. She has weak motivation, but just the way she's drawn, her voice, and her actions make up for it amazingly well and make her one of Disney's best villains. The music is amazing and that ending fight was…

This is essentially the same story as Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs...which is ironic, considering Walt Disney's mantra to his animators was that this could not be like Snow White.

Nevertheless, both films begin with the opening of a storybook and feature a young princess destined for great beauty, with lips described as being red as a rose. Both are raised in exile by several small people (seven dwarfs and the three good fairies, originally planned on being 7 good fairies), and they both enjoy singing and animals. Each heroine falls victim to an evil witch's spell and cast into a deep sleep which can only be awakened by true love's first kiss. In both films, the evil witches…

Daryl’s “Oh shit I’m 30” Disney Project.
Film #9.

I've got to admit, having not seen it before I was a little apprehensive about this one. Seriously thought I was going to be suffering from Princess Fairytale Fatigue (PFF... look it up... it's a thing).
I can honestly say, I bloody loved it.

The colours are crazy-vivid. The art direction is captivating and quite clearly serves as a visible transition between the older animation style and the techniques used in more modern Disney movies.
The voice cast sound like they're having a wail of a time. The baddie is especially mean and the three good fairies are a hoot. Princess Aurora has an ear shattering singing voice and the prince…

A number of the early Disney animated movies begin with film footage of a storybook being opened, as if we're going to be transported directly into a fairy tale. It generally works fine, but I think it's especially effective in Sleeping Beauty. Sleeping Beauty feels more like a storybook come to life than any of the other early films. Some of the bonus features say that feeling is specifically what Walt Disney asked the animators to capture and I think they accomplished that. But I also think it was to the detriment of the film. The storybook look mixed with the use of narration throughout made the whole thing feel like one of those read-along books I'd listen to as…