Inspired bởi link, who did an amazing job(! <3), I really wanted to do my own version with yêu thích Openings. I actually really tình yêu the original fairy tale concept of the Disney Princesses and I tình yêu the openings that give a thêm 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 bạn guys enjoy this light read! :D
12. Frozen: Nữ hoàng băng giá 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 bởi the end of the film, he was still pretty selfish and not the most decent guy. On hàng đầu, đầu trang 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 hoặc something like that since he's supposed to be a better man now and in tình yêu with her. The story of how the magic sun drop fell to a hoa was also pretty lame to me. Why did Mother Gothel need to sing to the hoa 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 thêm 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 tường 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 hoặc magical to me. I did like the transition from the drawn great tường 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 tổng thể is thêm of a poetic fantaisie story rather than magical fairy tale story. I do tình yêu the way the Emperor says that "one grain of cơm, gạo 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
tình yêu the "Walt Disney Productions" opening as the picture in the hàng đầu, đầu trang right explains. I like the desert âm nhạc which provides a very mysterious feel and splendor. The màu sắc of the desert are also used in a very visually pleasing manner. I tình yêu the opening song though I don't see exactly all it has to do with the film aside from letting us know geographic location? Aladdin và cây đèn thần never really deals with the desert heat outside of the town and the "Arabian heat" is never really mentioned. I do tình yêu the merchant played bởi 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 hoặc turned into the Genie to make him thêm 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 đọc & Gumbo súp Sharing
I tình yêu the "Evening Star" song and think it sounds absolutely beautiful the way it is sung. I also tình yêu the way it starts with Tiana's mom being active in her life, đọc 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 các lượt xem 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 trang chủ was a really positive and captivating opening.
6. Beauty and the Beast: Prologue
Where do I start? The gorgeous opening landscape with the lâu đài in the background was an awesome touch. The haunting yet beautiful and mysterious-sounding score is magnificent. I tình yêu the use of the windows to hiển thị the curse of the Beast as well as the introduction into the fairy tale we were about to experience. I tình yêu the introduction of the "enchanted rose" as well which is very iconic of Disney magic. I also tình yêu the way it was a subtle introduction to Belle's character bởi saying "Beauty is found skin deep" and "for who could ever learn to tình yêu a beast?" then started playing Belle's song and showed Belle's sweet, honest and down-to-earth character after the opening tiêu đề 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 tình yêu the score in this! I tình yêu the use of hiển thị simple scenes out on the open water in nature (especially the dolphins<3). I tình yêu 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 tình yêu with the sea enough to appreciate the "salty sea air" and "wind on face". I absolutely adore the opening after the cá gets safely back to the ocean though. The score, the colors, the splendor! I tình yêu seeing all of the ocean life and the introduction to the Những nàng tiên cá and Atlantica City. It had all of the right feel of magical, mysterious, great splendor and tổng thể 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 tình yêu 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 tình yêu the introduction of magic here, through the princess's child eyes! How brilliant! I tình yêu 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 cáo, fox & the Hound hoặc Bambi etc.
3. Cinderella:
My yêu thích 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 sách that made me feel like I was about to jump into the fairy tale story. I tình yêu the introduction song telling of Cinderella's grace even though she's dressed in rags. I also tình yêu the opening narration that tells us about what Lọ lem 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 tình yêu it! <3 I also tình yêu the màu sắc used for the credit backdrops during the overture. I tình yêu 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 tình yêu seeing the pages from the fairy tale book! I also like how the narrator gives us a little bit thêm info than the pages so it's like we're getting the "inside scoop" on the fairy tale. I especially tình yêu the way the camera zooms into the picture from the book and transitions into the film.
1. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs:
I tình yêu 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 tình yêu 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 tình yêu how this shows how cultured America used to be. The film starts off with the opening of the book, many màu sắc used in the writing, classical âm nhạc for the score/overture and no narration so that the children are expected to be able to read hoặc watch with their parents so their parents can read it to them. I tình yêu that subtle family/kid stuff.<3
12. Frozen: Nữ hoàng băng giá 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 bởi the end of the film, he was still pretty selfish and not the most decent guy. On hàng đầu, đầu trang 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 hoặc something like that since he's supposed to be a better man now and in tình yêu with her. The story of how the magic sun drop fell to a hoa was also pretty lame to me. Why did Mother Gothel need to sing to the hoa 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 thêm 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 tường 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 hoặc magical to me. I did like the transition from the drawn great tường 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 tổng thể is thêm of a poetic fantaisie story rather than magical fairy tale story. I do tình yêu the way the Emperor says that "one grain of cơm, gạo 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
tình yêu the "Walt Disney Productions" opening as the picture in the hàng đầu, đầu trang right explains. I like the desert âm nhạc which provides a very mysterious feel and splendor. The màu sắc of the desert are also used in a very visually pleasing manner. I tình yêu the opening song though I don't see exactly all it has to do with the film aside from letting us know geographic location? Aladdin và cây đèn thần never really deals with the desert heat outside of the town and the "Arabian heat" is never really mentioned. I do tình yêu the merchant played bởi 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 hoặc turned into the Genie to make him thêm 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 đọc & Gumbo súp Sharing
I tình yêu the "Evening Star" song and think it sounds absolutely beautiful the way it is sung. I also tình yêu the way it starts with Tiana's mom being active in her life, đọc 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 các lượt xem 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 trang chủ was a really positive and captivating opening.
6. Beauty and the Beast: Prologue
Where do I start? The gorgeous opening landscape with the lâu đài in the background was an awesome touch. The haunting yet beautiful and mysterious-sounding score is magnificent. I tình yêu the use of the windows to hiển thị the curse of the Beast as well as the introduction into the fairy tale we were about to experience. I tình yêu the introduction of the "enchanted rose" as well which is very iconic of Disney magic. I also tình yêu the way it was a subtle introduction to Belle's character bởi saying "Beauty is found skin deep" and "for who could ever learn to tình yêu a beast?" then started playing Belle's song and showed Belle's sweet, honest and down-to-earth character after the opening tiêu đề 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 tình yêu the score in this! I tình yêu the use of hiển thị simple scenes out on the open water in nature (especially the dolphins<3). I tình yêu 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 tình yêu with the sea enough to appreciate the "salty sea air" and "wind on face". I absolutely adore the opening after the cá gets safely back to the ocean though. The score, the colors, the splendor! I tình yêu seeing all of the ocean life and the introduction to the Những nàng tiên cá and Atlantica City. It had all of the right feel of magical, mysterious, great splendor and tổng thể 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 tình yêu 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 tình yêu the introduction of magic here, through the princess's child eyes! How brilliant! I tình yêu 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 cáo, fox & the Hound hoặc Bambi etc.
3. Cinderella:
My yêu thích 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 sách that made me feel like I was about to jump into the fairy tale story. I tình yêu the introduction song telling of Cinderella's grace even though she's dressed in rags. I also tình yêu the opening narration that tells us about what Lọ lem 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 tình yêu it! <3 I also tình yêu the màu sắc used for the credit backdrops during the overture. I tình yêu 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 tình yêu seeing the pages from the fairy tale book! I also like how the narrator gives us a little bit thêm info than the pages so it's like we're getting the "inside scoop" on the fairy tale. I especially tình yêu the way the camera zooms into the picture from the book and transitions into the film.
1. Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs:
I tình yêu 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 tình yêu 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 tình yêu how this shows how cultured America used to be. The film starts off with the opening of the book, many màu sắc used in the writing, classical âm nhạc for the score/overture and no narration so that the children are expected to be able to read hoặc watch with their parents so their parents can read it to them. I tình yêu that subtle family/kid stuff.<3