Originally Posted By DVC_dad I have 5 kids, the oldest is 11 years old. My oldest two kids have seen all of the classics, however, I recently realized that my younger 3 have seen VERY FEW of the classics, such as Pinocchio, Jungle Book, Sleeping Beauty, and yes...even Cinderella. I thought for a while on this and realized that I have simply failed to show them to my younger kids, I guess thinking everyone has seen them. NOT SO! I realized this, because I wouldn't let my 3 year old watch Incredible for the thousand'th time yesterday. I told him to pick something else, and he saw the DVD cover of Jungle Book and asked, "Dad, what is that movie?" I replied, that is the Jungle Book, you know, Mogly and Baloo. He looked confused as he has NEVER EVEN HEARD these names! I am on a new mission, to make sure my kids have seen and are familiar with the Disney Classics. Anyone have any thoughts on this?
Originally Posted By tapdancemom My 4 1/2 yr old grandson loves them all, classic and new. We own quite a few and his favorite last year was Sleeping Beauty for a while, now he's liking Lilo and Stitch again, along with Cinderella and The Incredibles.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy <his favorite last year was Sleeping Beauty> Why tapdancemom, I had no idea your grandson had such impeccable taste...;-)
Originally Posted By tapdancemom >><his favorite last year was Sleeping Beauty> Why tapdancemom, I had no idea your grandson had such impeccable taste...;-)<< He loves the ladies...wants to meet them at the Princess breakfast when we're there in June.
Originally Posted By basil fan DVC is right. Expose 'em to both old & new films. Disney Glitch Index <a href="http://www.whatistsgalore.com/glitch/disneyglitch.html" target="_blank">http://www.whatistsgalore.com/ glitch/disneyglitch.html</a>
Originally Posted By mickey_ring Ain't it fun to pop in a Disney classic on VHS tape and get the puzzled looks from the kids... "why isn't it loading??", can't zoom in, and it takes a minute to rewind a scene. heh, heh, heh.
Originally Posted By KachinaBear I started collecting Disney movies for my kids before they were born. We have over thirty now and my kids are both under three. My two year old loves them all, old and new. His favorites seem to be the ones with animals -- 101 Dalmatians, Aristocats, Lady & the Tramp, etc. He loves Cinderella because of the cat and mouse scenes.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Kachina, does your two-year-old like "Robin Hood"? The most "animal" of the features, lol. Of the ones you mentioned, "101" is my favorite...it's one of those Disney films I could watch over and over again.
Originally Posted By Mickeymouseclub Wouldn't it be lovely if they would show a "classic" on the big screen occasionally. Like a Disneyfest. I always thought they should do that with the Golden Dreams Theatre.On the Disney cruise they showed Bambi and Snow White and all ages showed up.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy I'm still miffed at the "Beauty and the Beast" VHS from 1993 which PROMISED us an upcoming theatrical release of Walt Disney's animated masterpiece "Sleeping Beauty"...and we totally got shafted. I want them to make up for that lie---bring back Maleficent and company!
Originally Posted By AZDLDad Do you have favorite websites to scour for purchasing VHS or DVD of the old classics? We started late.
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy AZDLDad, have you tried eBay? You can find most any of the classics there.
Originally Posted By AZDLDad I figured Ebay would be the place- thanks TDG! Hope you are well and business is great!
Originally Posted By TALL Disney Guy Thanks, AD...the shoe business is great, the news business, ehhh, not so much, lol.
Originally Posted By Fe Maiden <<Ain't it fun to pop in a Disney classic on VHS tape and get the puzzled looks from the kids... "why isn't it loading??", can't zoom in, and it takes a minute to rewind a scene. heh, heh, heh.>> It's also fun to look at all the outdated upcoming features. My 3yo was watching a VHS version of Bambi at my in-laws recently and the preview section started with "Coming to theaters this holiday season, the Little Mermaid". Yikes.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan My kids have seen them all. And we regularly rent classic movies from other studios as well, always have. My son's favorite movie is Vertigo, and my daughter's is West Side Story. The classics are alive and well here. : )
Originally Posted By DVC_dad We have every animated movie ever made on this Earth, and... it's not HAVING them that is the problem... it's allowing the kids to choose. Mine invaribly choose the newer movies like Incredibles, Lilo&Stitch, Power Rangers, and if any older one's it's the 90's films like Beauty&the Beast, or Lion King. RARE is the choice of Cinderella, or Snow White, much less Sleeping Beauty which we only got recently. My point is that since I have not pressed the odler kids to let the younger kids watch say..Pinnochio, they haven't even seen it. And we wind up at WDW riding rides that my two youngest have no clue what its about. ie. We happened to catch Merlin's little show in front of the Carousel. My 3 year old laughed, but afterward was like....daddy who was that funny man in that funny hat? I was like, """ OH....My....Gawd """
