A tip of the hat to you all on this fine Wednesday morning. I figured that since I talked a lot about various things I liked in the "love" category, I've been avoiding some of the most popular questions such as: "what's my favorite color", "what's my favorite meal" and "what's my favorite movie". Well I will attempt to answer one of those today, (and hinting at the title, I'm confident that you can figure out which question will be answered).
"Hi my name is K, and I'm addicted to Disney", should suffice for the whole entry, but I thought I'd elaborate a little. In one of my older posts, I had sung a song about fairy tales and make believe, and in that song, I had mentioned three of my favorite Disney movies of all time. I will be revisiting the idea of Disney movies more than once (I can assure you that), but for today, I will only concentrate on one.
The first Disney movie, or I should say Disney princes that became my favorite was Jasmine from 'Aladdin'. There was something about a far away country, with exotic colors and music that intrigued me. I thought that Jasmine was just absolutely stunning, and the fact she was the first princess that fell in love with an ordinary boy, who WASN'T a prince was just absolutely a beautiful thought for me. Sure 'Beauty and the Beast' was released before that, and I'm not trying to take anything away from the story because I love that one too, but even though Belle fell in love with the beast, and she saw the inner beauty of Prince Adam (or the Beast), he was still a prince in his name. Jasmine was and is a strong role model because though she was stubborn, she didn't let herself be pushed around; she was independent and sought out her own future instead of succumbing to the social norm and being married off into an unhappy life. She breaks down the walls of social class and marries a man who's pure of heart and of good intention. What makes the movie 'Aladdin' so good, is that there is not only one of them, but three!!! There were even short television episodes that were created later on to add on to the stories.
So even though some people may argue that Disney gives people unrealistic expectation about life and love (I see more an unrealistic approach to my hair) but, I can easily comment that most movies in Hollywood do just that. Just look at all the movies based on a Nicholas Sparks novel; it's a great, sappy, corny movie, but in what way is that a true portrayal of love? You might as well watch a movie that can offer you the same but you can at least imagine yourself as being a princess instead. (I should mention that I'm not much of a fan when it comes to Nicholas Sparks for those of you who didn't catch on).
So whether you're on board the Disney train, or simply watch to make you friends happy, enjoy the ride of wonder and possibilities as you travel through various enchanting lands and time periods. You never know what could happen; they don't call it Disney magic for nothing.
K.P.H.
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