Inspired por link, who did an amazing job(! <3), I really wanted to do my own version with favorito! Openings. I actually really amor the original fairy tale concept of the disney Princesses and I amor the openings that give a más magical and fairy tale kind of feel. (By the way, I am primarily trying to stick to the first 2-4 minutes.) So here is my ranking of the DP film openings, I hope tu guys enjoy this light read! :D
12. Frozen: frozen Heart/Ice Opening
I personally found this to be uninteresting and irrelevant to the film's magic, fairy tale and princesses (mostly) in the film. No explanation of how Elsa got powers. Gorgeous Aurora Borealis but everything else was a bit boring. Where are Kristoff's parents? Why are the iceworkers totally comfortable with a young boy and his reindeer running around without parents? What do these iceworkers have anything to do with the story other than Kristoff and Sven hanging out with them until the Trolls take them in? Confusing opening with beautiful landscapes but no real relativity to the story, unfortunately.
11. Tangled: Eugene's Narration
I do not like the idea of Eugene narrating 1%. His attitude in the narration only proves to me that he never really did change to become some valiant gentleman por the end of the film, he was still pretty selfish and not the most decent guy. On parte superior, arriba of it, his personality really took away from the "magic" of the narration to me. He didn't compliment Rapunzel at all in the beginning, I wish he would've called her a "beautiful" girl o something like that since he's supposed to be a better man now and in amor with her. The story of how the magic sun drop fell to a flor was also pretty lame to me. Why did Mother Gothel need to sing to the flor but the queen of Corona was able to just drink it? Why didn't the soldiers never give up looking for Rapunzel? She is a kidnapped princess! I did like that it at least gave the introduction to the story though whereas Frozen's opening did not.
10. Pocahontas: "Virginia Company" & "Steady as the Beating Drum"
I like the way it starts with "Virginia Company" and shows how the Europeans were expanding, growing and exploring but it was más of a legendary introduction to John Smith than Pocahontas. I did like how they showed Smith saving Thomas though and that it was relevant later when the men would speak highly of Smith and trust him over Ratcliffe.
9. Mulan: Script Titles & Great muro of China/Intro to Shan Yu
I like the script on the paper and the overture in the background. It is nice but not super captivating o magical to me. I did like the transition from the drawn great muro to the animated great wall. I will say this opening really presented it's villain the best and as the "big bad evil" brilliantly. This was a nice set up for what mulan and China were up against. Not very "magical" though as it en general, general is más of a poetic fantasía story rather than magical fairy tale story. I do amor the way the Emperor says that "one grain of arroz can tip the scale" which also sets the scene for individuals (Mulan) making a difference and fighting for others beyond just themselves.
8. Aladdin: "Arabian Nights" and Merchant's Tale
amor the "Walt disney Productions" opening as the picture in the parte superior, arriba right explains. I like the desert música which provides a very mysterious feel and splendor. The colores of the desert are also used in a very visually pleasing manner. I amor the opening song though I don't see exactly all it has to do with the film aside from letting us know geographic location? aladdín never really deals with the desert heat outside of the town and the "Arabian heat" is never really mentioned. I do amor the merchant played por Robin Williams though as I think he did a great job introducing the story. It's been mentioned on this site before and I agree the merchant should also have closed out the story o turned into the Genie to make him más relevant. The irrelevancy of the song and merchant keeps this from being higher. I do enjoy the tale of the "diamond in the rough" though.
7. Princess and the Frog: "Evening Star" Princess Frog lectura & Gumbo sopa Sharing
I amor the "Evening Star" song and think it sounds absolutely beautiful the way it is sung. I also amor the way it starts with Tiana's mom being active in her life, lectura her a story. I thought this was a really neat and clever way to put a modern spin while keeping the "fairy tale" feel to the story. I also really liked the way it introduced us not only to the fairy tale we were dealing with, Princess Frog, but also really introduced us to Tiana's (and Charlotte's) character and vistas towards romance and love. Seeing Tiana as a small child was also very endearing as well. Her father was such an inspiring character and the family scene back at Tiana's inicial was a really positive and captivating opening.
6. Beauty and the Beast: Prologue
Where do I start? The gorgeous opening landscape with the castillo in the background was an awesome touch. The haunting yet beautiful and mysterious-sounding score is magnificent. I amor the use of the windows to mostrar the curse of the Beast as well as the introduction into the fairy tale we were about to experience. I amor the introduction of the "enchanted rose" as well which is very iconic of disney magic. I also amor the way it was a subtle introduction to Belle's character por saying "Beauty is found skin deep" and "for who could ever learn to amor a beast?" then started playing Belle's song and showed Belle's sweet, honest and down-to-earth character after the opening título card (which I adore<3). I don't like that there is never an explanation for what happened to Beast's parents though.
5. The Little Mermaid:
I amor the score in this! I amor the use of mostrando simple scenes out on the open water in nature (especially the dolphins<3). I amor how the song "Mysterious Fathoms Below" introduces us to the tales of mermaids. I greatly enjoy the introduction to Eric's character as well: sound and logic enough to not know the wifty sailor stories but loyal and in amor with the sea enough to appreciate the "salty sea air" and "wind on face". I absolutely adore the opening after the pescado gets safely back to the ocean though. The score, the colors, the splendor! I amor seeing all of the ocean life and the introduction to the sirenas and Atlantica City. It had all of the right feel of magical, mysterious, great splendor and en general, general unique and fun. I thought it was a great way to introduce us to the world of "mermaids". <3
4. Brave:
The absolute most adorable DP as a child ever! I amor how this opening incorporates so many wonderful things... Good score and gorgeous scenery. Active, loving, devoted and protective parents raising their adorable princess daughter together and spending time like a family. I cant get over how insanely adorable and cute Merida is as a child, her excitement at the bow and little voice at "I missed" and "I saw a wisp!" are too cute to overlook. I also amor the introduction of magic here, through the princess's child eyes! How brilliant! I amor seeing the fascination in Merida's big eyes and little voice as well as the fact that the magic here was leading her as an innocent child to safety, back to her parents. Finally, I like the introduction of the villain without the infamous "losing a parent" scene that disney has done before. It was beautiful to see Merida's parents so active in trying to protect her without the audience having to go through those disney heartbreaking openings like zorro, fox & the Hound o Bambi etc.
3. Cinderella:
My favorito! types of openings admittedly are the classic ones with the overture melody mix of the scores visited in the film as well as the beautiful fairy tale libros that made me feel like I was about to jump into the fairy tale story. I amor the introduction song telling of Cinderella's grace even though she's dressed in rags. I also amor the opening narration that tells us about what cenicienta has had to deal with up to this point and how valiant she is for not losing her optimism through it all.
2. Sleeping Beauty:
I ADORE the songs and score to this movie so I find this overture to be the absolute most pleasing to the ears. I amor it! <3 I also amor the colores used for the credit backdrops during the overture. I amor how this not only jumps from the overture to the beautiful book to read the fairy tale but that the narrator reads the beginning of the story to us. I think it's a neat touch. :D I amor seeing the pages from the fairy tale book! I also like how the narrator gives us a little bit más info than the pages so it's like we're getting the "inside scoop" on the fairy tale. I especially amor the way the camera zooms into the picture from the book and transitions into the film.
1. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs:
I amor the overture in this song and the way it sets up for the film. I adore the opening shot where Walt disney thanks his team for making this production available. I amor the way the titles go into the book to introduce us into our princess, villain and fairy tale and we get to read the opening pages before diving into the details of the story. I also amor how this shows how cultured America used to be. The film starts off with the opening of the book, many colores used in the writing, classical música for the score/overture and no narration so that the children are expected to be able to read o watch with their parents so their parents can read it to them. I amor that subtle family/kid stuff.<3
12. Frozen: frozen Heart/Ice Opening
I personally found this to be uninteresting and irrelevant to the film's magic, fairy tale and princesses (mostly) in the film. No explanation of how Elsa got powers. Gorgeous Aurora Borealis but everything else was a bit boring. Where are Kristoff's parents? Why are the iceworkers totally comfortable with a young boy and his reindeer running around without parents? What do these iceworkers have anything to do with the story other than Kristoff and Sven hanging out with them until the Trolls take them in? Confusing opening with beautiful landscapes but no real relativity to the story, unfortunately.
11. Tangled: Eugene's Narration
I do not like the idea of Eugene narrating 1%. His attitude in the narration only proves to me that he never really did change to become some valiant gentleman por the end of the film, he was still pretty selfish and not the most decent guy. On parte superior, arriba of it, his personality really took away from the "magic" of the narration to me. He didn't compliment Rapunzel at all in the beginning, I wish he would've called her a "beautiful" girl o something like that since he's supposed to be a better man now and in amor with her. The story of how the magic sun drop fell to a flor was also pretty lame to me. Why did Mother Gothel need to sing to the flor but the queen of Corona was able to just drink it? Why didn't the soldiers never give up looking for Rapunzel? She is a kidnapped princess! I did like that it at least gave the introduction to the story though whereas Frozen's opening did not.
10. Pocahontas: "Virginia Company" & "Steady as the Beating Drum"
I like the way it starts with "Virginia Company" and shows how the Europeans were expanding, growing and exploring but it was más of a legendary introduction to John Smith than Pocahontas. I did like how they showed Smith saving Thomas though and that it was relevant later when the men would speak highly of Smith and trust him over Ratcliffe.
9. Mulan: Script Titles & Great muro of China/Intro to Shan Yu
I like the script on the paper and the overture in the background. It is nice but not super captivating o magical to me. I did like the transition from the drawn great muro to the animated great wall. I will say this opening really presented it's villain the best and as the "big bad evil" brilliantly. This was a nice set up for what mulan and China were up against. Not very "magical" though as it en general, general is más of a poetic fantasía story rather than magical fairy tale story. I do amor the way the Emperor says that "one grain of arroz can tip the scale" which also sets the scene for individuals (Mulan) making a difference and fighting for others beyond just themselves.
8. Aladdin: "Arabian Nights" and Merchant's Tale
amor the "Walt disney Productions" opening as the picture in the parte superior, arriba right explains. I like the desert música which provides a very mysterious feel and splendor. The colores of the desert are also used in a very visually pleasing manner. I amor the opening song though I don't see exactly all it has to do with the film aside from letting us know geographic location? aladdín never really deals with the desert heat outside of the town and the "Arabian heat" is never really mentioned. I do amor the merchant played por Robin Williams though as I think he did a great job introducing the story. It's been mentioned on this site before and I agree the merchant should also have closed out the story o turned into the Genie to make him más relevant. The irrelevancy of the song and merchant keeps this from being higher. I do enjoy the tale of the "diamond in the rough" though.
7. Princess and the Frog: "Evening Star" Princess Frog lectura & Gumbo sopa Sharing
I amor the "Evening Star" song and think it sounds absolutely beautiful the way it is sung. I also amor the way it starts with Tiana's mom being active in her life, lectura her a story. I thought this was a really neat and clever way to put a modern spin while keeping the "fairy tale" feel to the story. I also really liked the way it introduced us not only to the fairy tale we were dealing with, Princess Frog, but also really introduced us to Tiana's (and Charlotte's) character and vistas towards romance and love. Seeing Tiana as a small child was also very endearing as well. Her father was such an inspiring character and the family scene back at Tiana's inicial was a really positive and captivating opening.
6. Beauty and the Beast: Prologue
Where do I start? The gorgeous opening landscape with the castillo in the background was an awesome touch. The haunting yet beautiful and mysterious-sounding score is magnificent. I amor the use of the windows to mostrar the curse of the Beast as well as the introduction into the fairy tale we were about to experience. I amor the introduction of the "enchanted rose" as well which is very iconic of disney magic. I also amor the way it was a subtle introduction to Belle's character por saying "Beauty is found skin deep" and "for who could ever learn to amor a beast?" then started playing Belle's song and showed Belle's sweet, honest and down-to-earth character after the opening título card (which I adore<3). I don't like that there is never an explanation for what happened to Beast's parents though.
5. The Little Mermaid:
I amor the score in this! I amor the use of mostrando simple scenes out on the open water in nature (especially the dolphins<3). I amor how the song "Mysterious Fathoms Below" introduces us to the tales of mermaids. I greatly enjoy the introduction to Eric's character as well: sound and logic enough to not know the wifty sailor stories but loyal and in amor with the sea enough to appreciate the "salty sea air" and "wind on face". I absolutely adore the opening after the pescado gets safely back to the ocean though. The score, the colors, the splendor! I amor seeing all of the ocean life and the introduction to the sirenas and Atlantica City. It had all of the right feel of magical, mysterious, great splendor and en general, general unique and fun. I thought it was a great way to introduce us to the world of "mermaids". <3
4. Brave:
The absolute most adorable DP as a child ever! I amor how this opening incorporates so many wonderful things... Good score and gorgeous scenery. Active, loving, devoted and protective parents raising their adorable princess daughter together and spending time like a family. I cant get over how insanely adorable and cute Merida is as a child, her excitement at the bow and little voice at "I missed" and "I saw a wisp!" are too cute to overlook. I also amor the introduction of magic here, through the princess's child eyes! How brilliant! I amor seeing the fascination in Merida's big eyes and little voice as well as the fact that the magic here was leading her as an innocent child to safety, back to her parents. Finally, I like the introduction of the villain without the infamous "losing a parent" scene that disney has done before. It was beautiful to see Merida's parents so active in trying to protect her without the audience having to go through those disney heartbreaking openings like zorro, fox & the Hound o Bambi etc.
3. Cinderella:
My favorito! types of openings admittedly are the classic ones with the overture melody mix of the scores visited in the film as well as the beautiful fairy tale libros that made me feel like I was about to jump into the fairy tale story. I amor the introduction song telling of Cinderella's grace even though she's dressed in rags. I also amor the opening narration that tells us about what cenicienta has had to deal with up to this point and how valiant she is for not losing her optimism through it all.
2. Sleeping Beauty:
I ADORE the songs and score to this movie so I find this overture to be the absolute most pleasing to the ears. I amor it! <3 I also amor the colores used for the credit backdrops during the overture. I amor how this not only jumps from the overture to the beautiful book to read the fairy tale but that the narrator reads the beginning of the story to us. I think it's a neat touch. :D I amor seeing the pages from the fairy tale book! I also like how the narrator gives us a little bit más info than the pages so it's like we're getting the "inside scoop" on the fairy tale. I especially amor the way the camera zooms into the picture from the book and transitions into the film.
1. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs:
I amor the overture in this song and the way it sets up for the film. I adore the opening shot where Walt disney thanks his team for making this production available. I amor the way the titles go into the book to introduce us into our princess, villain and fairy tale and we get to read the opening pages before diving into the details of the story. I also amor how this shows how cultured America used to be. The film starts off with the opening of the book, many colores used in the writing, classical música for the score/overture and no narration so that the children are expected to be able to read o watch with their parents so their parents can read it to them. I amor that subtle family/kid stuff.<3