Excellent Movie That Differs from Other Recent Disney Movies

Rating: 9/10 (18 May 2015)

I am a 32-year old father of two. I recently watched this movie with my family and was pleasantly surprised by a number of things: unlike nearly every other Disney movie over the last decade, this movie doesn't have the frustrating innuendos and jokes that only adults would understand (see Frozen, among many others); this movie doesn't have the same old recycled Disney characters that have appeared in multiple Disney movies (see Tarzan and Hunchback of Notre Dame, et al); and this movie doesn't have the ridiculously annoying pop culture references that seem to have gone out of control since Shrek introduced that style of humor to kids movies (see Frozen, et al). All of the above prevented this movie from being as irritating as most new "kids" movies, but it also had its merits: it's got a nice story, amazing animation, an awesome magical atmosphere and setting, great characters, very good voice-over acting, and a smooth flow. Honestly after seeing this, I still don't understand why a movie like Frozen would become such a huge phenomenon when this movie is better in a lot of ways. It must be simply that the music in Frozen put it over the top. That's the one negative about this movie - the soundtrack isn't as memorable as most classic Disney movies, but it's not bad either. Overall, this is an excellent movie and is probably the most refreshing Disney movie I've seen since The Lion King.