I have no idea if anyone else talks about Disney animated films the way we do at my house. We typically refer to The Little Mermaid as the beginning of the second Golden age of Disney.

The first Golden age, for reference, is the era of Fantasia, Pinocchio, Snow White and the Seven Dwarves and so on.  That era arguably ended with The Jungle Book.

There are certainly bad movies during that period but overall, Disney was producing good to great work for much of that time period.

Then you have an era where they produced stuff like The Fox and the Hound, The Black Cauldron and Oliver and Company.  Ugh.

Even the decent films from that era like The Rescuers and The Great Mouse Detective don’t compare to the films of that first Golden Age.  The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is the only exception.

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