[Scienceisgood]

Hey guys;

Well, I was just wondering, but, do you guys think Disney is getting better or worse as time goes on and, if you were to compare Disney now and Disney 20 years ago, which would you prefer and why?

Poll Included.

[fnm]

I think there are good and not so good films, but I don't think it gets worse. People naturally start to think it's worse because of the nostalgia they have associated with the classics, usually due to that they watched them when they were small etc. But some recent Disney films are still phenomenal, Tangled and Wall-E are total classics IMO.

[Some random guy]

Wall E is Pixar, a seperate development studio from Disney, Disney just does the publishing.

[simonbellringer]

What, with rubbish like High School Musical, Beverley Hills Chihuhaha and Hannah Montana? (I dont watch them but my sister does; she'll watch anything!!)

I'm sorry but as with everything, the old 'uns are the best, though Alice in Wonderland was pretty good.

[LeaX]

Tangled is actually my favourite Disney film now. But, saying that, apart from Toy Story 3 it's the only decent thing to come out of Disney recently.

[Drunk Punx]

(Original post by LeaX)
Tangled is actually my favourite Disney film now. But, saying that, apart from Toy Story 3 it's the only decent thing to come out of Disney recently.

Toy Story 3, compared to the first two, was shocking.
If that's the standard of "decent" Disney films these days then they must've gathered all the old school Disney film-makers into a room and shot them.

[Some random guy]

Again Toy Story 3 is also Pixar.

[Andys2992]

I always group Disney films into five periods:

1928 - 1968 is 'classic Disney' with amazing films that started it all with Snow White, Cinderella, Sleeping Beauty, Peter Pan and Jungle Book.

1969 - 1988 is 'bad Disney' with the only good film coming out in this period in my opinion is The Rescuers. These are obviously bad as Walt died in 1966 and the company lost its way.

1989 - 1999 is the 'Disney Renaissance' when Disney went awesome again with films like The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast and The Lion King and the debut of Pixar with Toy Story.

2000 - 2008 is 'terrible Disney' as I hated all these films except the Pixar ones [Disney purchased Pixar in 2006] and also hated the TV shows like Hannah Montana etc. This may be because they were bad or just because I was getting older.

2009 - Present is where Disney has become good again with Tangled and Princess and the Frog which are both films that I thoroughly enjoyed. Although future films like Frozen and Wreck it Ralph may not be so good.

[TheWorldEndsWithMe]

I think they're staying relatively the same.
There's good and not-so-good, but there's no particular set of years where I say 'all the films made here were crap'.

[Prince94]

I'm not really a fan of the Walt Disney Company, and I was annoyed when they took over Marvel Comics But seeing as they distributed my new favourite 'The Avengers' i'd have to say they're kind of upping their game, but that's mostly due to Pixar and Marvel.

[Big Ern McCracken]

(Original post by Andys2992)
1969 - 1988 is 'bad Disney' with the only good film coming out in this period in my opinion is The Rescuers. These are obviously bad as Walt died in 1966 and the company lost its way.

I disagree with this. Robin Hood, The Fox & the Hound and Oliver & Company are amongst Disney's best IMO.

[007Shella]

Look just what happened to the Suite Life of Zack and Cody......

[tu_es_jolie_x]

Disney itself has been s*** for ages, as Some random guy pointed out all the good modern 'Disney' films are Pixar.

[MrStealYoKuri]

(Original post by 007Shella)
Look just what happened to the Suite Life of Zack and Cody......

Something about being on a boat or summut

[Goody2Shoes-x]

Despite a few exceptions (Tangled and the Princess and the Frog) Disney has definitely been declining.

[Didierr]

Disney is awful nowadays
Its plagued with nonsense such as ANT farm and Shake it up that my little sisters actually enjoy watching!
I remember the good old days of phil of the future, teen angel, thats so raven....

[Captain Hindsight]

It's not that it's getting worse deliberately, it's just that the golden era of Walt Disney is over. Dumbo, Bambi etc. were 1940s and Disney managed to continue this streak till the 90s with the Lion King. Since then, it's not been the same. Shrek in the 2000s just isn't the same, all of the HD graphics just aren't the same as the colourful hand drawn Disney world... Some of Disney's modern stuff is alright, That's so Raven, Cory in the House, but it's just not the same...

[RandZul'Zorander]

Just going to point out that Pixar is owned by Disney...so saying things were produced by Pixar isn't saying much of anything.

[lothiriel]

Well, hey. To be fair, Disney is getting better. Now, before you all jump on me; Disney was not doing well in the time frame from 2000-2009 (ish). That's when they produced tons of Disney channel child stars and hardly any quality animation. Actually, I cannot think of one that was really convincing.
Disney was, without question, amazing during the 90s (and also before then), but I feel that Disney's prime time -- their golden age, so to speak -- was from 1989-1999. Afterwards, they sort of crashed a little and only with the help of Pixar, were able to produce films that sort-of redeemed their name.

But I feel that they are improving once again. Disney lost its footing and public approval for a while. Tangled certainly shed some positive light on Disney in my eyes. As well as The Princess and the Frog. I also have rather high hopes for Brave. Maybe they are on the road to recovery? (:

[Philbert]

(Original post by Captain Hindsight)
It's not that it's getting worse deliberately, it's just that the golden era of Walt Disney is over. Dumbo, Bambi etc. were 1940s and Disney managed to continue this streak till the 90s with the Lion King. Since then, it's not been the same. Shrek in the 2000s just isn't the same, all of the HD graphics just aren't the same as the colourful hand drawn Disney world... Some of Disney's modern stuff is alright, That's so Raven, Cory in the House, but it's just not the same...

lol no