As I was watching Beauty and the Beast, I was thinking about how much I loved the final battle, and Beast's transformation. It got me thinking about all of my favorite Disney scenes. I started trying to figure them out, and it turns out there's quite a few. There seem to be three main reasons I like a scene.
1- it makes me laugh
2- it's beautiful
3- it's exciting
And it's often a combination of two of them (though I'll just put them in one category).
Why am I listing these? @_@ Because it gives me ideas for writing scenes! What are your favorite scenes? Why do you like them?
Spoilers, for many different movies.
Laugh-out-loud:
Poco Loco (Coco):The build-up, and the actual song. Not only is it a funny song with awesomely silly animation, but this is also the first time Hector shows that he's willing to help other people. He lets Miguel perform, because it's so important for the boy.
Baymax (Big Hero 6): When he appears in Hiro's room, and and all the way up through his low battery stage.
Dory's introduction (Finding Nemo): When we meet Dory for the first time, and poor Marlon has no idea what's going on.
Beautiful and awe-inspiring:
Let it go. (Frozen): First time I saw this scene in theaters, I was awe-struck. Then it proceeded so become popular that people got sick of it. But I still love it.
I see the Light (Tangled)- Good song, and the lantern scene is so beautiful and dream-like. And the lantern Rapunzel catches is the one her parents sent out. TT^TT
Colors of the Wind (Pocahontas): One of my favorite songs with beautiful animation.
Kiss the girl (Little Mermaid): I've always loved all the different sound effects Sebastian brings together to make music.
Marahute (The Rescuers Down Under): One of my favorite flying scenes. She's such a gorgeous bird.
Firebird (Fantasia 2000): Beautiful music, and so incredibly powerful. The fire, the destruction, and then the return of life. Volcanic soil is very fertile, after all.
Lilo opening song (Lilo and Stitch): Largely because it's such a nice song, with scenes of Hawaii.
Circle of life (Lion King animation): Great song, beautiful animals.
Carl goes up (Up): Such a whimsical, pretty scene.
Try everything (Zootopia): Great montage showing a city full of animals and building up Judy's try everything attitude.
Edge of the Seat:
Fight and transformation (Beauty and the Beast animated film): Largely because the animation of Beast is so amazing. Him fighting, and then the change of his expression as he decides not to kill Gaston. And of course the transformation itself (apparently one of the animators studied Michelangelo sculptures to get ideas for human forms emerging from stone).
Forest fire (Bambi): The fire scene is so powerful. And there's one scene at the very end where the fire is torching high up into the sky. I've seen that once. For only a moment, but it's burned into my mind.
Saving Atlantis (Atlantis): At the ending, when the crystal flies above Atlantis and saves the city from lava.
Escaping the planet (Treasure Planet): An awesome scene where you see Jim show how bright he can shine.
Te'Ka (Moana): This is one of the only surprise endings that got me in many years. When I saw that spiral on Te'Ka's chest, it blew my mind. And the animation of the flames and ash as she charges toward Moana is so intense.
The door chase (Monsters Inc): Such a creative, fun chase scene.
Avalanch and ending (Mulan): A couple great scenes. Mulan uses her smarts to defeat an army, and then to defeat the leader of that army.
Two worlds (Tarzan): A great opening montage. So much emotion, on so many levels.
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