The Wise Little Hen (1934)

The Wise little Hen is a1934 Disney Silly Symphonies Cartoon that features the debut of Donald Duck which showcases him as an absolute dickhead. The cartoon follows a mother hen who asks both Donald and Peter Pig to help her plant her corn but both makeup the same excuse of them having a stomach ache. They then hide behind something and wink at the audience to show that they are sly bastards. Instead they decided to have a dance about with an accordion and so the poor Mother hen is forced to plant the corn herself along with her children.
She then asks Donald and Peter to help farm her corn but again pretend that they have a stomach ache, they go into their Idle Hour clubhouse and the wall of it comes down so the Hen sees these two numpty's shaking hands smiling.
So the Hen and her Chicks farm the corn and she proceeds to bake it all for a big Corn based banquet which the singing narrators hype the shit out of, she then goes to ask Pete and Donald if they want help eat her corn, before she even asks they are pretending they go a belly ache and then she asks and of course they chomp at the bit, to eat some of that corn goodness. But Mother hen trolls the shit out of them and hands them a basket which after they fight over it a little discover that inside is just oil to cure their stomach aches trolololol.
So at the end they are stuck in envy as they watch the hen gobble up that corn baked goodness while they take turns kicking each other in the butt. Lazy bastards, gotta work for that food. Donald really wasn't so loveable back then.
Fun stuff. ***

Pete's Dragon (2016)

The remake of the 1977 Disney musical film that I don't think I've ever seen fully but apparently is not all that good and is one of Disney's weaker efforts. It would seem then that this time around, they have taken the material and made something much better with it, dropping the musical elements for a more grounded approach, the new Pete's Dragon is actually a decent piece of harmless family entertainment.
It's got pretty solid performances across the board and the dragon is also quite adorable and has a very dog like inspired look to him. The films story is very simple and well executed, with a few emotional moments laced through it, including it's very touching ending.
Its nothing outstanding by any means, but certainly well made and decent overall. ***

Zootropolis (2016)

Zootropolis (aka Zootopia) is Walt Disney Animation Studio's latest offering and is one of their best in recent years. A fun, vibrant film that looks great, is well paced and very funny throughout. What really makes the film stand out though, is the depth of it's subject matter and how it implements very current topics and issues like 'prejudice' and 'stereotyping' in a superb way by utilising the predator/prey dynamic of animals. It's a smart and interesting idea that is effective and easily digestible for anyone watching without being forceful in approach.
Add in some really good voice acting and you got yourselves a fantastic animated movie that I highly recommend. ****