I'm so excited to finally get to write this article! I thought this was an incredibly interesting countdown, and I want to give a huge "Thank you!" to everyone who participated. This was my first countdown and it was so much fun! I have a bunch of ideas for other ones I can conduct in the future. So anyway, I'm gonna stop blabbing now and get to what you're all actually here for: the results! Enjoy...
10. The Princess and the Frog
It was no surprise that this movie came in dead last. It was practically a unanimous vote! Every single person who commentaar gegeven voted that this should be the first to leave. Not only did Disney twist the fairytale beyond recognition, but the only thing they had in common was a prince getting turned into a frog. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"No doubt about it. The main characters are a different race, with a different setting, time period, motives, plot, etc. The lijst would be way too long to write. The only thing that is similar in both is that the girl kisses a frog, and that the frog is a prince." ~Jayden-G
"That's what bothers me this most about this (and the way Disney fairy tale films are heading...). they even got the titel wrong. it should be the Frog Prince, since Tiana is not a princess and she kissed a frog prince." ~AudreyFreak
9. Pocahontas
This was another unsurprising elimination. Nearly everyone who commentaar gegeven agreed that it should be the volgende to leave. They changed ages, names, motives, and dropped an entire romance in where there wasn't one. Disney seriously needs to take a few history lessons! For reference, u can read a summary of the historical account here: link
"John Smith was older. Moreover, 'Pocahontas' was just her nickname, not her real name." ~BraBrief
"John was like 35? and Pocahontas was like 12...goodbye" ~princecatcher93
8. Tangled
Though I personally disagreed that this should be the volgende to get eliminated, the majority of the commenters argued that there were very few similarities between Tangled and its bron material. The whole "wanting to see the lanterns" dream was an entirely new concept, and instead of a prince, Rapunzel got a thief. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"seriously, this hasn't left yet? they kept the 1) hair 2) a plant 3) being locked in a tower 4) Gothel hurting Flynn. other than that..." ~AudreyFreak
"The fairytale and the movie are just completely different with the exception of a few key elements." ~BelleAnastasia
7. The Little Mermaid
This was yet another nearly unanimous vote. The first half of the tale has several similarities (desire to be human, falling in love with a prince, trading her voice for legs), but the seconde half bears hardly any resemblance. She feels like she's walking on glass, her prince really does fall in love with someone else, and she dies in the end because she can't bring herself to kill the man she loves. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"Very different, to say the least" ~rhythmicmagic
"Very different ending, and transformation into human." ~Popcornfan
6. Aladdin
And again we have another nearly unanimous vote. Disney took out one of the genies and most of the rest of the story and replaced it with a bunch of pop culture references. Though u can see the parallels between the two stories, really the only things left are Aladdin, his lamp, one of the genies, and a princess (though her name isn't Jasmine). For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"Aladdin...that's a totally different story. Which is a good thing. But the movie omits the mother, the ghost of the ring, the palace which is built for Aladdin, just to mention a few thing. Honestly, the only thing left is Aladdin and the lamp." ~Swanpride
"The man in Aladdin claims to be his uncle, but i think it´s a lie to get Aladdin and his mother to trust him, nothing more. I can´t remember Badroulbadour to be spoiled. Of course her character is flat, she isn´t the main character of the story that´s pretty normal." ~Safira-09
5. Mulan
When I began this countdown I was positive Mulan would be one of the last films to leave. I guess others didn't agree. Sleeping Beauty actually had the most stemmen at 46%, but Mulan had meer comments, and since I was basing this enquête off of the commentaren Mulan was the one to go. For reference, u can find a summary of the original legend here: link
"The original tale of Mulan is meer a framework of a story than a story itself, but many things are different- Mulan has siblings (including a brother not old enough to take his father's place,) her parents seem to be in on the act, she is gone twelve years, and Mulan is never discovered but reveals herself after coming home pagina from the army to all her fellow soldiers. The only thing that really remains that same is Mulan matures and goes through a period of great maturity (also the symbolism of twelve years) and that the Emperor offers her a position but she returns home pagina instead." ~rythmicmagic
"Yeah. I think she was older in the poem, was not caught until after she served her many years, did not have feelings for her general. There really is not much of a story to the original poem. Oh, there is no dragon, and did not leave for dishonour." ~Jayden-G
4. Beauty and the Beast
I had to make a tiebreaker round for this one. Based on the enquête Beauty and the Beast just barely beat Sleeping Beauty, but the commentaren were tied, so I decided to be doubly sure and make a tiebreaker poll. The enquête was very close again, but the commentaren clearly favored Beauty and the Beast. After all, they left a lot of stuff out (siblings and etc.) and put a lot of new stuff in (talking objects and etc.). For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"Well this one is different from the original in a lot of ways. One is that they had no talking objects, no Gaston, and no angry Beast. He was extremely kind to her. Maurice got captured because Belle asked him for a rose, he was rich, had sisters, and had little to no plot." ~Jayden-G
"This is hard. Both have similarities and differences from the original tales. I'm choosing BATB, because it just seems to have meer differences than Sleeping Beauty." ~BelleAnastasia
3. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Once again Sleeping Beauty actually won the enquête portion of this, but the commentaren favored Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It's easy to see why it was the volgende to leave - in the original Snow White was younger, the Wicked Queen tried to kill her three times, and there was no magical kiss. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"In the original, the queen tricked her three times and the prince didn't kiss her, he just thought that she was pretty and so he had her taken to his palace in a glass case and on the way she was dropped and the appel, apple came loose." ~rythmicmagic
"What bothers me about the changes the most is the kiss...totally screwed up the perception of the tale." ~Swanpride
2. Sleeping Beauty
Anyone who faithfully voted in this countdown will know that I was pushing for Sleeping Beauty to go from fairly early on. I guess very few people agreed with me because it ended up in seconde place! The majority of the original elements are still there, and when compare to Perrault's version, which it is directly based off of, it is nearly exact. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"Hm, in the original fairy tales, there is no dragon and there are seven fairies not three fairies. Besides, the princess sleeps for 100 years." ~LightningRed
"Sleeping Beauty is missing big plot elements that were in the fable; an the backgrounds and situations of some characters are completely different." ~Jayden-G
1. Cinderella
It's not difficult to see why Cinderella won this countdown. All of the main plot elements are still present in the movie, and the only real addition was the talking animals. Disney left out a couple of the meer gory parts, but for the most part everything else is there. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"Making the stepsisters physically ugly is a pretty big change, one which totally screwed up the perception of the fairy tale." ~Swanpride
"There is little to no difference in Cinderella." ~Jayden-G
And so this concludes my first countdown! Hugs to everyone who participated. <3 commentaar your thoughts, and I'll start another countdown soon. :)
10. The Princess and the Frog
It was no surprise that this movie came in dead last. It was practically a unanimous vote! Every single person who commentaar gegeven voted that this should be the first to leave. Not only did Disney twist the fairytale beyond recognition, but the only thing they had in common was a prince getting turned into a frog. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"No doubt about it. The main characters are a different race, with a different setting, time period, motives, plot, etc. The lijst would be way too long to write. The only thing that is similar in both is that the girl kisses a frog, and that the frog is a prince." ~Jayden-G
"That's what bothers me this most about this (and the way Disney fairy tale films are heading...). they even got the titel wrong. it should be the Frog Prince, since Tiana is not a princess and she kissed a frog prince." ~AudreyFreak
9. Pocahontas
This was another unsurprising elimination. Nearly everyone who commentaar gegeven agreed that it should be the volgende to leave. They changed ages, names, motives, and dropped an entire romance in where there wasn't one. Disney seriously needs to take a few history lessons! For reference, u can read a summary of the historical account here: link
"John Smith was older. Moreover, 'Pocahontas' was just her nickname, not her real name." ~BraBrief
"John was like 35? and Pocahontas was like 12...goodbye" ~princecatcher93
8. Tangled
Though I personally disagreed that this should be the volgende to get eliminated, the majority of the commenters argued that there were very few similarities between Tangled and its bron material. The whole "wanting to see the lanterns" dream was an entirely new concept, and instead of a prince, Rapunzel got a thief. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"seriously, this hasn't left yet? they kept the 1) hair 2) a plant 3) being locked in a tower 4) Gothel hurting Flynn. other than that..." ~AudreyFreak
"The fairytale and the movie are just completely different with the exception of a few key elements." ~BelleAnastasia
7. The Little Mermaid
This was yet another nearly unanimous vote. The first half of the tale has several similarities (desire to be human, falling in love with a prince, trading her voice for legs), but the seconde half bears hardly any resemblance. She feels like she's walking on glass, her prince really does fall in love with someone else, and she dies in the end because she can't bring herself to kill the man she loves. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"Very different, to say the least" ~rhythmicmagic
"Very different ending, and transformation into human." ~Popcornfan
6. Aladdin
And again we have another nearly unanimous vote. Disney took out one of the genies and most of the rest of the story and replaced it with a bunch of pop culture references. Though u can see the parallels between the two stories, really the only things left are Aladdin, his lamp, one of the genies, and a princess (though her name isn't Jasmine). For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"Aladdin...that's a totally different story. Which is a good thing. But the movie omits the mother, the ghost of the ring, the palace which is built for Aladdin, just to mention a few thing. Honestly, the only thing left is Aladdin and the lamp." ~Swanpride
"The man in Aladdin claims to be his uncle, but i think it´s a lie to get Aladdin and his mother to trust him, nothing more. I can´t remember Badroulbadour to be spoiled. Of course her character is flat, she isn´t the main character of the story that´s pretty normal." ~Safira-09
5. Mulan
When I began this countdown I was positive Mulan would be one of the last films to leave. I guess others didn't agree. Sleeping Beauty actually had the most stemmen at 46%, but Mulan had meer comments, and since I was basing this enquête off of the commentaren Mulan was the one to go. For reference, u can find a summary of the original legend here: link
"The original tale of Mulan is meer a framework of a story than a story itself, but many things are different- Mulan has siblings (including a brother not old enough to take his father's place,) her parents seem to be in on the act, she is gone twelve years, and Mulan is never discovered but reveals herself after coming home pagina from the army to all her fellow soldiers. The only thing that really remains that same is Mulan matures and goes through a period of great maturity (also the symbolism of twelve years) and that the Emperor offers her a position but she returns home pagina instead." ~rythmicmagic
"Yeah. I think she was older in the poem, was not caught until after she served her many years, did not have feelings for her general. There really is not much of a story to the original poem. Oh, there is no dragon, and did not leave for dishonour." ~Jayden-G
4. Beauty and the Beast
I had to make a tiebreaker round for this one. Based on the enquête Beauty and the Beast just barely beat Sleeping Beauty, but the commentaren were tied, so I decided to be doubly sure and make a tiebreaker poll. The enquête was very close again, but the commentaren clearly favored Beauty and the Beast. After all, they left a lot of stuff out (siblings and etc.) and put a lot of new stuff in (talking objects and etc.). For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"Well this one is different from the original in a lot of ways. One is that they had no talking objects, no Gaston, and no angry Beast. He was extremely kind to her. Maurice got captured because Belle asked him for a rose, he was rich, had sisters, and had little to no plot." ~Jayden-G
"This is hard. Both have similarities and differences from the original tales. I'm choosing BATB, because it just seems to have meer differences than Sleeping Beauty." ~BelleAnastasia
3. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
Once again Sleeping Beauty actually won the enquête portion of this, but the commentaren favored Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs. It's easy to see why it was the volgende to leave - in the original Snow White was younger, the Wicked Queen tried to kill her three times, and there was no magical kiss. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"In the original, the queen tricked her three times and the prince didn't kiss her, he just thought that she was pretty and so he had her taken to his palace in a glass case and on the way she was dropped and the appel, apple came loose." ~rythmicmagic
"What bothers me about the changes the most is the kiss...totally screwed up the perception of the tale." ~Swanpride
2. Sleeping Beauty
Anyone who faithfully voted in this countdown will know that I was pushing for Sleeping Beauty to go from fairly early on. I guess very few people agreed with me because it ended up in seconde place! The majority of the original elements are still there, and when compare to Perrault's version, which it is directly based off of, it is nearly exact. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"Hm, in the original fairy tales, there is no dragon and there are seven fairies not three fairies. Besides, the princess sleeps for 100 years." ~LightningRed
"Sleeping Beauty is missing big plot elements that were in the fable; an the backgrounds and situations of some characters are completely different." ~Jayden-G
1. Cinderella
It's not difficult to see why Cinderella won this countdown. All of the main plot elements are still present in the movie, and the only real addition was the talking animals. Disney left out a couple of the meer gory parts, but for the most part everything else is there. For reference, u can find a summary of the original tale here: link
"Making the stepsisters physically ugly is a pretty big change, one which totally screwed up the perception of the fairy tale." ~Swanpride
"There is little to no difference in Cinderella." ~Jayden-G
And so this concludes my first countdown! Hugs to everyone who participated. <3 commentaar your thoughts, and I'll start another countdown soon. :)
Anna and Elsa, please sing this song in the sequel!!!
Since this month's theme is DP Songs I'm going to write a couple of artikels relating to that and I'm starting with my favoriete song from each DP Movie, I'm also going to do a couple of artikels about which songs from different musicians that suits each DP the best and maybe also an globaal, algemene one, anyway enjoy this article
Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs - Someday My Prince Will Come
This is my favoriete DP Song, it's such a beautiful song despite it's short length, many of the lyrics are lovely and Snow White's voice is so beautiful. This song always makes me emotional everytime I listen...
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Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs - Someday My Prince Will Come
This is my favoriete DP Song, it's such a beautiful song despite it's short length, many of the lyrics are lovely and Snow White's voice is so beautiful. This song always makes me emotional everytime I listen...
