Wednesday, November 10, 2010
Fairy Tale Time!
Since this is an all girls class, I'm going to post a fun blog (even though it's not my week). Having an all girl class has it's perks, like talking about fairy tales!!! So I'm curious what y'all's favorite fairy tales are, Disney or otherwise, and why? What drew you to them? Keeping it in line with the class, I suppose we can look at the family spectrum, what do you think about the families in this fairy tale? Did you ever wish you could be one of these fairy tale princesses (or character in general)? Did you have a favorite character besides the main one? What is you favorite version of this fairy tale?
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Yay!! I have never been first before!! :) If you really knew me, you would know that I am absolutely in love with the classic Disney movies. I think I actually finished my Disney collection since Beauty and the Beast came out! Which, to answer your question, is my favorite! It was funny when I was watching with my boyfriend, he made fun of me because he said every little thing that makes a little 4 year old laugh made me laugh even harder haha. It was so fun watching it again because I hadn't seen it in so long! When it started I got so pulled in by the music and the artwork, it was a really special feeling, maybe I turned into my 4 year old self then! I'm a true romantic and I really believe that Beauty and the Beast has the best love story: that's definitely why i love it so much. It's funny how in most fairy tales there is only one parent, so no I did not really want to be in their situation on that part. I'm sure why that is the case though. It might have to do with the conflict in each one is only supported with one parent. In Beauty and the Beast, if she still had the mom, she wouldn't necessarily have to take care of the dad so much and may not have seen the beast then. But just the magical and the "prince charming" part I wanted!
Just like Seemay, I love the Disney classics! I can' woop pretty much anyone's butt at Disney Scene it, except for my sisters on occasion. Speaking of my sisters, I they are the reason why I'm such a Disney lover. All three of us were born within 3 and a half years, so we shared our childhoods, movies included.
I love Hercules ha ha but that's more relevant to my obsession with greek mythology. As far as "fairy tale" type goes, I probably have to go with Beauty and the Beast or the LIttle Mermaid. I loved both Belle and Ariel, who were coincidently both without a mother. The thing I liked about their characters is that they were more than your average, dainty princesses. They both had a sense of adventure, which I thought made their stories more interesting.
I love happy times. I think that's why I love Disney so much. I mean, I prefer the Grim version of most of the stories because I'm a fan for gruesome like that, but I LOVE happy memories, which is what Disney is to me. My favorite movies are The Little Mermaid (because I'm a redhead) and Tarzan (because I've always been a little wild). The family aspects are very similar to mine. My mother was always an influence on me, but not anywhere near as much as the awesome power and inspiration my father instilled in me. The masculine energy in King Triton and the big ape guy contrasted with Jane's sweet and slightly feminine energy always appealed to me, I suppose. I also liked that the women had a very strong and independent role within their own lives. I guess that may have reminded me of my mom, but it brought much more attention to what of my mom is in me.
I just love the memories of love and family that Disney brought to me.
I love this topic!! I am definitely a Disney fan!!! My favorite fairy tale is probably The Little Mermaid. I always loved the ocean when I was little so I was immediately attracted to the idea of mermaids. Much to my dismay as a child, I was horrified by the Hans Christian Andersen version. I hated the fact that she turned into sea foam instead of marrying the handsome prince. However, I absolutely love the original version of the story now. The ending is a bit grim, but it's incredibly romantic and tragic how much she loved the prince.
In regards to the family relations within the story, I would probably go off the Disney version and talk about the relationship Ariel had with her father. Their relationship was somewhat unoriginal in respect to the widower father in most Disney movies; however, I did feel like Ariel had an extremely close bond to her father even though she had like fifteen other sisters.
I always wanted to be Princess Jasmine from Aladdin. I dressed up like her for three months straight when I was three. You definitely have to love Disney's sugarcoating!
Going off of Carolyns' comment, I always wondered where the mom was in the Little Mermaid since she had so many sisters, or if it was just like a harem thing where her dad just had children with high women in the the Atlantic court. I never figured it out, Disney would probably say that King Triton was widowed, but that's a lot of children to have, just saying.
My favorite would probably be Cinderella because she transformed from a lowly servant in her own household to a princess and it shows that what's on the inside really does matter. My favorite version of this was probably the movie Ever After because she was such a kick butt female, and held to her own ideas. Plus I love watching a guy become so infatuated it makes your heart melt into a pile of goo. :P
This said, I love all the Disney movies and characters and love that they were a part of my childhood!
The family I want to look at is Aurora's family in Sleeping Beauty. They had to give her up at such a young age and then expected her to come back and resume a normal relationship with her, I think this was super weird, but I love the relationship between Prince Philip and his dad, a line especially when he's telling him that he's going to marry a peasant girl and he says, "Now, father you're living in the past, this is the fourteenth centruy!" I think this is an excellent example of arguments between parents an their kids throughout all time and it will still be going on in the 25t century (granted the earth makes it that long).
This topic is awesome! I've always loved disney movies. Although my favorites don't really fall under the "fairy tale" category. However, if I had to pick a fairy tale I would say that my favorite is Beauty and the Beast. I'd have to agree with what Seemay said about it having a great love story. That's probably why I also liked it so much. I also loved the fact that Belle wasn't afraid to speak her mind, and do things her own way.
As for the family aspect, I don't think that I would like to have that family situation. In this movie, just like most other disney movies, there is usually a missing parent. Just like most of you said, i wouldn't want to be in their situations in regards to that.
YAY FOR FAIRY TALES!!!! I'm such a Disney junkie!!! My absolute favorite fairy tale is Beauty and the Beast because like everyone said, their whole story is so romantic and I really identify with Belle - the feeling of wanting some kind of adventure and of course her character trait of being a book worm. I'm not entirely sure if this counts as a "fairy tale" or not, but I'm also a gigantic fan of Aladdin (again because of Jasmine breaking out of the norm of her life and doing something epic and amazing. And plus I had the biggest crush ever on Aladdin when I was little haha). Like everyone else, I've also noticed that there's always at least one family member missing in Disney movies, which I think makes the traits of the characters more explainable. I definitely wished I could be one of the fairy tale princesses just because you knew that at the end they would find true love and ultimate happiness and everything would just end "happily ever after". However, again like Sybelle says, I do not envy the characters their loss of family members.
I actually did have favorite characters besides the main characters in the Disney movies as well though, because who doesn't love the sarcasm that the supporting characters usually have? (like Abu and Iago in Aladdin and Cogsworth in Beauty and the Beast). My favorite versions of the fairy tales are definitely the Disney versions just because they are happy and in depth compared to other adaptations of each fairy tale.
I can safely say that I am totally obsessed with Disney movies! hehe I'd have to say that my favorite Disney movie was sleeping beauty. Something about the fairy godmothers and the songs and the name Auroura, I just love it!! Although I have to admit, although it's not really a fairy tale, and technically isn't a Disney movie, Anastasia is also a pathetic addiction of mine. Once, a month or 2 ago, I went to Hastings to rent it, and at the check out counter the guy looked at me, looked down at the copy of Anastasia I was renting and bemusedly said, "Anastasia? Really?". Proud moment haha. There was (and still is, truth be told) always a huge part of me that wished my life was like a fairy tale. I mean how couldn't I, the stories always end in "happily ever after"! The guarantee that things will always end well is something that I think everyone aspires to believe, but may be far from the actual truth.
I think I really do wish that life was a Disney movie... there would be some pretty cheery and catchy songs every few minutes :)
Ooh great topic! I love Disney classics so much that it's hard to pick a favorite. I always loved Beauty and the Beast, the Little Mermaid, Snow White, and Peter Pan (if that counts). Belle from Beauty and the Beast is a strong-willed bookworm (as Amy mentioned) and smart character, plus my mom always told me I looked like her. Haha. As others have said though, I wouldn't like the family dynamic in this movie, as well as the three others! What is it with Disney and missing parents? For Snow White, at least she has her little family of friends, and in Peter Pan they have the Lost Boys (though they search for a mother and end up giving the title to Wendy), and the Little Mermaid has her father and sisters. Each of these families has its pros and cons, but the thing they all have in common is a romantic ending! Maybe not quite as much for Peter Pan, but still, everyone wants their "happily ever after," including me!
I also just remembered Aladdin, which I love. Jasmine has her father and Aladdin is an orphan, but they end up in love, of course. Such great movies!
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