Now that I think of it, I can't believe
Mary Poppins isn't on that list either.
yukitora wrote:
Those three aren't the only in there. Beauty and the Beast was induced in 2002 and Toy Story got in the year after. Steamboat Willie is on there too.
Personally, the only other Disney films I could see on that (rather pointless) list are Bambi and The Lion King. Everyone knows who Bambi is, even if they haven't seen the movie. Of course I always knew it as "the movie where Bambi's mum gets shot..." The Lion King is practically a modern update/version of the story, adding new elements that reflect the world's changing ideals.
And if it weren't for the over-commercialization of the Disney princess which seriously undermined the movies, I think The Little Mermaid deserves to be there too.
Well, nearly every financially successful film has been over-commercialized to an extent, though the Disney Princesses are obviously the worst case (which Belle is a part of as well). I also think nearly every example I posted is culturally significant simply because everyone knows those characters (not just from the stories themselves, but from the
Disney versions). Cruella, Cinderella, Dumbo and Tinker Bell are known by nearly everyone. And then there's the famous spaghetti scene from
L&tT. The Fab Four aren't nearly as iconic as most of the oldies, but an entire generation grew up loving them. That should count for something.
I actually think most Disney films should be on that list, simply because many
many children grow up on them thus making them all culturally significant.