You’re Just So Pretty to Look At

10) The Most Aesthetically Pleasing Disney Film

So this is actually split between two films.

1) The Hunchback of Notre Dame

So as I stated in an earlier post that I have an art history minor, so this film is amazing. I mean this is so beautiful the way they try and mimick every bit of the orginal structure. It’s hard to find really good pictures of it, you can defintely tell in the actual movie that they tried to copy all of the fine little details, from the Rose Windows, (the round windows in a cathedral that had glass which added to its beauty); the flying buttresses,( the outside supports to help keep the walls up like a strut); and the pointed arches, (the points allowing these stone structures to reach massive heights that were previously unparalleled). The gargoyle that resembles a warthog (which can be seen during the climactic battle atop Notre Dame Cathedral) is not Pumbaa as most think, but a copy of an actual gargoyle on the real Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris. In fact in order to get it as close as possible, the animators spent several weeks in and around the actual cathedral. All I can think is good job Disney, you’re doing it right.

2) Sleeping Beauty 

This film is sooooo AMAZING! They studied actual 14th century paintings and tapestries and hand painted the background in layers like real artists would before adding the animation in on top. For the first time on a Disney animated feature, one man, Eyvind Earle, was in charge of the color styling, background design, and the overall look of the film. He was the one who actually painted the great majority of the production backgrounds for this film. It took  seven to ten days to paint each background, in contrast to one day by animation. This was the last Disney feature to have cels inked by hand. From 101 Dalmatians(1961) onward, the cleaned-up pencil drawings were xeroxed onto the cels. However, some of the scenes in this movie did use the xerography process. This was the first Disney animated film on which Walt Disney personally worked to be released in high definition. This film always leaves me speechless with its beauty and imagery.

For more on my favorite pieces of art, go to Elevation of the Cross

For more on Sleeping Beauty, go to That Would Make Me Happy

For more on Disney, go to The Right Path is Not the Easiest One

For more on The Hunchback from Notre Dame, go to It’s Back: The Sequel

Horrorfest Hangover

Horrorfest has ended. 😦 I am actually very sad that it is over. I thought I’d be a bit relieved to have the pressure of posting everyday be over, but I actually kind of miss it. I toyed with the idea of doing a Thank-o-Rama: the 4 Thursdays of Thanksgiving and posting a fav TV episode or movie that revolves/has Thanksgiving in it (I had to include TV Shows as I can only think of three movies with Thanksgiving; Holiday Inn, A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving, and Miracle on 34th Street. Holiday Inn and Miracle on 34th Street don’t even really count since they are Christmas movies.) Then I thought of doing War Writings: 11 Days to Honor Armed Forces for Veteran’s Day, but I thought it would be far too soon to commit myself to another everyday project. I need to take a momentary breather.

I am considering doing something like The 12 Posts of Christmas and something like Lovetales: 14 Fun-filled Romances for Valentines Day. Also Viva Mexico: Cinco dias de los Chicanos for Cinco de Mayo. I’m still working on the actual titles for these. I thought about doing Pot o’ Gold: Seven Irish Tales for St. Patrick’s Day because I don’t think I can think of 17. The only films I could think of that I have seen that revolve around Irish people/Irish flavor are Rudy (Notre Dame, the Fighting Irish), Luck of the Irish, Gangs of New York, Far and Away, A Leprechaun’s Christmas (doesn’t really count as it is a Christmas movie), The Fighter, and Under the Waterfall. That’s exactly seven.

Doing this whole project was completely different than I expected. I planned to do posts for all the Universal Monster Movies ; like The Mummy, The Wolf Man, Creature from the Black Lagoon, Dracula, Frankenstein, The Bride of Frankenstein and Phantom of the Opera; along with all their remakes, to you know compare and contrast, but I just ran out of posts to finish them all. I also really wanted to do posts on Alfred Hitchcock’s movies, like The Birds, Psycho, Rebecca, and Strangers on a Train; but also wasn’t able to get to them. I really, really, really wanted to do Vincent Price films; like House on Haunted Hill, The Tomb of Ligeia, The Pit and the Pendulem, etc.

I noticed that a lot of posts I chose to do really depended on how much time I was able to devote a day to a post; along with what I was in the mood for to write about. Sometimes I started a post, but never finished it as I wasn’t in the right mood.

I also wrote posts on films I just happened to watch at the time like Perfect Stranger, Aliens in the Attic, Hallowe’en Party, The Black Cauldron, and The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari; those were not films I had seen before or planned to write a post on. They just kind of happened along the way. Well I hope you enjoyed them as much as I did making them.

I’d like to know which were your faves are so vote, vote, vote! If you are unsure which to pick then why don’t you pop over and start at the beginning. Also I’d like to know what you wish I had posted on. Just leave a comment at the bottom of the page! 😀

To start Horrorfest from the beginning, go to I Don’t Belong in the World

For more on Horrorfest, go to Horrorfest II: The Oddities of October

Or check out my leatest Horrorfest postings, Horrorfest III: The Revenge