Tag Archives: film
Disney vs. Nature #2: Dinosaur
Long ago, on an untouched Earth, giant lizard-like animals walked, grazed and hunted in their millions. Can you imagine a more awesome sight? Disney couldn’t, hence their first non-Pixar CGI … Continue reading
Disney vs. Nature #1: Brother Bear
It’s not just the source text that requires Disney to tweak their stories, either for the sake of cinema, or to avoid reducing their average audience to a quivering mess … Continue reading
Tangled vs. Rapunzel
Our first foray into CGI Disney, Tangled is based on the tale of Rapunzel, the girl with the long golden hair who uses it as a ladder to let people into her tower. … Continue reading
The Hunchback of Notre Dame vs. Notre-Dame de Paris
The 1996 film The Hunchback of Notre Dame saw Disney take more than a few risks with their storytelling. Featuring darker adult topics such as religious genocide and lust, it … Continue reading
Tarzan vs. Tarzan of the Apes
Set in the early 20th Century, Disney’s Tarzan is the story of a man who is raised by apes in the wilds of Africa and discovered by his own kind years … Continue reading
Sleeping Beauty vs. Sole, Luna e Talia
Sleeping Beauty is based on the story of a princess who is put to sleep by an evil curse and awakened years later by a handsome prince. The tale of … Continue reading
My Top 5 Scariest Disney Villains
My sincere apologies for the lack of posts lately. This is entirely due to preoccupation and laziness on my part, but I will post more “vs.” articles very soon. Next … Continue reading
Hercules vs. Heracles
Set in Ancient Greece, Hercules is by far one of Disney’s most happy-go-lucky films. It’s about Zeus’ mortal son Hercules, who seeks to regain his place among the other gods … Continue reading
Aladdin vs. Aladdin and the Enchanted Lamp
Aladdin is based on one of the best known stories from the One Thousand and One Nights or Arabian Nights collection. It’s the tale of a peasant boy who finds … Continue reading
The Jungle Book vs. The Jungle Books
Disney’s The Jungle Book is inspired by Rudyard Kipling’s novel The Jungle Books – specifically, the stories of Mowgli, a young boy raised by animals who must one day return … Continue reading
Bambi vs. Bambi: A Life in the Woods
As you can see, Simba and Mufasa weren’t the first animal royalty to stand nobly atop a cliff. Otherwise known as “the one where his mum gets shot”, Bambi is … Continue reading
The Little Mermaid vs. Den Lille Havfrue
The Little Mermaid is based on the Hans Christian Andersen tale of a mermaid who falls in love with a prince and becomes human. It marked the beginning of the … Continue reading
Beauty and the Beast vs. La Belle et la Bête
Widely regarded as one of Disney’s best films, Beauty and the Beast is based on a French fairy tale about a beautiful woman who falls in love with a beast. … Continue reading
Disney – the Dettol of Storytelling?
Like most people, I grew up with Disney films, and some of my favourite films have been made in their studios. However, they are notorious for sanitising many a fairy … Continue reading
