Essay On Disney Animation Movies

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Animation films have a way of expanding one’s imagination in a way that ordinary films do not. The ability of the animated movies to make us understand and make a connection with a non-existent world is fascinating. Most animated films are created in imaginary environments, and the characters are created, creatures. This factor explains why some of the characters including animals are given human voices. Walt Disney Pictures produces movies that are meant to be enjoyed not only by children and teens but adults. Over the years, Disney has produced over fifty animated features since 1937 from Fairytales to other Classics. Some of the most famous Disney animation films include Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, and The Little Mermaid. In 1994, however, Disney released the movie, The Lion King, one of the greatest animation films of all time. The movie is a Disney Classic that was created to stand out from all other Disney Films. It is arguably the best production ever to come out of Disney …show more content…
According to Stephens, recent films, like The Lion King, see masculinity as “a world which must be learned.” If we take a moment to think about Disney’s animated features, we can hardly find one that has both a father and a mother, for example, Bambi and Aladdin. The same happens in The Lion King; Simba’s father, Mufasa is killed right at the beginning when Simba is still young, and he is forced to grow up alone, away from his mother’s presence with two male animal strangers. Even though in life a cub lion would not have survived on its own, he grows up to be exactly like his father, proving that a strong and dominant male will triumph again, of course with the help of two male friends Timon and

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