Sleeping Beauty

nevermind that the previews show movies that are coming out in fall of 1997. disregard the fact that we almost settled on aurora as a fitting name if we were to have a daughter. try to ignore the fact that i'm watching it on vhs and every time i pause it and press play again i lose about 1.3 seconds of sound. all of those things alone could easily make me giddy while i sit here on my dad's recliner staring at the t.v.

sleeping beauty is one of disney's greatest animated creations. think about it.

maleficent is one of the most wicked, sexy, powerful villains to ever fill out a burka. i think the stepmother in cinderella rivals her, but they could be related.

sleeping beauty herself is stunning, the fairies are hilarious and dumb as bricks, maleficent's animals are as creepy as they come, and i personally think the fight scene outside of maleficent's castle is the scariest animated battle of them all. the sheer awe created by the (sadly) outdated chorus trumpeting out narrations swells my heart.

i start melting when i hear "i know you, i walked with you once upon a dream..." what girl doesn't dream of a perfect man? to be the girl who actually finds that man, at 16, in the middle of the woods on your birthday while pulling off baby-blonde locks and a 36-13-34 figure... well, that's why they call it a fairy tale.

and let's focus on that prince for just a moment, shall we? we shall.

Prince Phillip. capital p's. he deserves them.

HANDS DOWN he is the hottest prince of any disney movie. prince eric (no capital letters for him) comes close, and i think aladdin is my bronze medal. that may be in part because i know who did the voice over for aladdin.

but prince phillip... daaaaaaaaaaaang. that little cap... that strong jaw... that gorgeous voice... am i swooning over a cartoon character? i am. and you wanna know something?

i'm not the only one.

 i can't honestly tell you if this makes me feel better or horrified.

what i can tell you is that i love me some disney movies, and i'm delighted to be spending my son's naptime watching my favorite.

when he wakes up we're throwing fantasia in. that way he'll know what an acid trip is like. by the time his peers offer it to him he'll just sneer at them-- "seriously, you guys are just figuring out how crazy that stuff is now? i was over that by the time i was 4. get a new hobby"