Disney Shenanigans, Part...Something

Now that I got that off my chest...

As we finish up the Disney movies, I'm struck by my Disney+ having most of the special features I would have watched on a DVD. They were cool, and I learned about the stuff that fascinates me. Collaborative art is very different than, say, painting or writing a novel or a poem.

Ever since 2010's Tangled, Disney was back. Toy Story 3 was a masterpiece, and Pixar has been hammering out doubles for a while.

But here are the Mouse releases since:

• Tangled
• Wreck it Ralph
• Frozen
• Big Hero 6
• Zootopia
• Moana

Then the sequels start, with a few original masterpieces sprinkled in:

• Ralph Breaks the Internet
• Frozen 2
• Raya and the Last Dragon
• Encanto
• Strange World
• Wish
• Moana 2

Really, four originals sandwiched between Ralph, Elsa, and Moana sequels. If we ignore the fact that Moana 2 was originally a television program created for Disney+ (which makes sense if you've seen it: lots of side characters with no real background, uneven animation and baddie characters who oscillate between good and bad, seeming to need more time to develop), then we're looking at:

• Raya
• Encanto
• Strange World
• Wish

Such an odd quartet. We're going to give Wish another chance (I only saw fifteen percent, maybe); Raya and the Last Dragon is an excellent homage to South-East Asia, lovingly crafted and full of powerful women. It's great! Encanto may be the best Disney film...and I mention that without qualifiers. It's hyperbole...but maybe not. Strange World bombed at the theaters, but that may have had more to do with Disney and France beefing (so it never opened there) and the fact that any anti-homosexual countries (sadly, there are many) would have banned it, so it never got a chance. Anyway, it's beautiful and grand and full of a nostalgic adventure.

Zootopia may be favorite of any of these, but Ralph is interesting, and San Fransokyo is dope, and Elsa, Anna, and Moana have captured many a young person's imagination.

I had/have another time-suck idea about these movies, or these movies vs Pixar vs everyone else...

Are we doing that or are we enacting civics reform by pitchfork and torch?