Beauty and the Beast (1991)

Beauty and the Beast (1991)
Disney
November 22, 1991
Children's, Fantasy, Musical
DVD
C-

Even before the possible Stockholm Syndrome comes along, this just isn't that entertaining, definitely one of the lesser Disney Princess movies.  (I would rather watch Sleeping Beauty or even Pocohantas, but maybe not the over-rated Snow White.)  I'd seen this once before, about ten years ago, all the way through, but I didn't care enough to continue this time.  I remember enjoying the 1946 Cocteau version much more, but my library doesn't own it.

Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise would also co-direct Atlantis a decade later.  (And I gave that a C-, too.)

Atlantis: The Lost Empire

Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Walt Disney
June 15, 2001
Children's, Historical Comedy, Fantasy
DVD
C-

I might've gone with a C but it bugged me that the main character (voiced by Michael J. Fox) thinks that runes correspond enough to English that misreading one sign would change "Iceland" to "Ireland."  This has an opening with the sinking of Atlantis, but seems to be mostly set in 1914, and I felt like it was more like comedy than drama, so "historical comedy" for that tag.

Kirk Wise and Gary Trousdale co-directed, and they co-wrote with several others.