Has Disney Lost its Magic?

Looks like the only source of wonder coming out of the Disney vaults are refurbished versions of their classic animated movies

To say that Disney is no longer producing new motion pictures would be a lie after all one can’t ignore the production of films such as Moana. Nevertheless, anyone who’s grown up fascinated by Mickey and all of Disney’s characters, knows all too well that the classic tales such as Cinderella and Snow White just to name a few have managed to remain beloved in the hearts of millions of fan’s throughout the world.

Somehow, despite the decades since their creation they’ve managed to not only keep fans but continually gain them as well

Through an outside point of view, anyone would think that if Disney has made these masterpieces before they most certainly could do them again. However, unfortunately, that doesn’t seem to be the case. The imagination is gone and with that originality.

It’s no secret that most Disney stories are based on other fairy tales. However, with the addition of songs, additional characters and other bits and pieces here and there. These tales have become uniquely Disney. These adaptations have completely encompassed the stories that their adaptations have at times been accepted by some as being the original versions of the fairytales they portray.

Tweaks of characters, songs and quotable lines were able to attract a whole new generation of audiences.

Too much of a good thing is just turns out to be anything, but a magical masterpiece

For the past few years, Disney original features seem to be taken over by remakes of films that are already perfect. This trend of animations come to life are far from over. In fact from 2018-2020 and beyond since these announcements are just that.

There’s got to be a bit more pizazz to be considered a brand new timeless classic

I along with others who grew up watching Disney’s feature films have rather high expectations when remakes of these beloved tales are announced. However, something seems amiss since if we’re going by the descriptions of the announcements. The only thing that audiences can look forward to is that films will no longer be cartoons.

On the contrary the people will be real, animals talk and the magical scenery will come to life. In other words, every bit of Disney’s classic tales will be in the flesh. The creators who were long sought out to recreate these beloved stories admittingly state that most of their films are going to adhere strictly to the original.

Otherwise, knowns as nothing special at all. After all how hard is it to imagine what animations would look like in the real world?

Weren’t fairytales meant to be light-hearted and uncomplicated?

To be fair not all of these remakes are so predictable. But, what if the differences in the plot and characters were all for the wrong reasons? After all, the main reason why Disney’s timeless animated films are beloved is that of the magic and wonder they bring into their audience’s lives?

Apparently, the creators of these new twists on movies so many of us have grown up with didn’t get the memo.  For instance, clever back stories that at times can do more harm than good.

If it’s not broke don’t fix it

Why alter perceptions of villains or give audiences a look at what happened after happily ever after?

Faith, hope and pixie dust?

It’s going to take a lot more than that to get the Walt Disney Corporation back up to par with enchanting audiences with magical lands they’ve never seen before.

Maybe we should cut Disney some slack after all it does promise to make dreams come true? What better dream come true than to enchant generations of audiences once again?

Well, I guess it could happen. When profits drop and more films go straight to DVD or the latest Netflix hit the creators at Disney could finally see the light.

We can only hope since, who wants to go to the movies and gaze at scenes whose underlying theme is “predictable?”

All good things come to an end. Could this harsh reality apply to Disney films as well?

When all the movies are remade, remastered and given clever back stories, well let’s just say the Disney well may start to run dry. A scary thought isn’t it?

 

Mary Thompson