First off: HAPPY NEW YEAR! Today is New Year's Eve and also the 'One Week 'Til Florida' mark! I leave next Tuesday at 9:30 am and will arrive in Orlando at 7:30 on Tuesday night. I got the email from the people at the DCP to register for my housing and roommates--fingers crossed that all of that works out :) I haven't unpacked TOO much since coming home for Christmas so I'm hoping that packing everything won't be a complete and total nightmare...but we'll see.
I. Am. So. Excited.
But anyways:
Disney Challenge #17: Least Favorite Classic
I have to go with Pinocchio on this one.
For whatever reason, I just have always thought this movie was just...dull. I wish I had more words to justify my standpoint on this one but I really don't. It was just weird to me. He turns into a donkey and then is eaten by a whale. That whale is
terrifying to a young child by the way. I don't know why but Pinocchio didn't do it for me.
Disney Challenge #18: Favorite Pixar film
This one is so hard because I feel like Pixar really knocks it out of the park with the majority of their movies. Pixar is really hit-or-miss with me: I absolutely love them, or I'm not a fan. They're definitely not mediocre by anyone's standards.
I have to say my all-time favorite is "The Incredibles".
What's not to love? The family is hilarious. I grew up thinking that my dad basically was Mr Incredible--he was the strongest man in the world. My mother could absolutely be ElastiGirl. I was the living embodiment of Violet throughout middle school and my younger sister would absolutely be Dash. Jack-Jack is so precious.
My sister has the scene between Frozone and his wife memorized. She's not afraid to bust that sucker out whenever the situation calls for it.
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| Start 2014 out with a laugh...I couldn't resist |
I'm still waiting on a sequel to this movie. It totally highlighted the
beauty of a nuclear family. There are very few Disney movies that have
Mommy and Daddy in the picture. This one shows the chaotic dysfunction
of a normal family...but then shows how awesome it can all be if we're
all on one team. I love it. Absolutely love it to pieces.
Maybe it's because I didn't grow up watching this one so it wasn't an integral part of my childhood. Maybe it was because when I finally did see it, I was at the age where I mentally categorized Toy Story as a "boy movie". Maybe it was because Sid just was way too freaking weird and because Buzz breaking his arm was just too intense for my innocent young heart to handle. Or maybe it was because I was uncomfortable that my name was so similar to that psychopath Sid.
