Victoria_Neely's Movie Lensography

Animated Movies 

We Love A Bug's Life

I can't believe this movie is ten years old. I remember watching A Bug's Life for the first time and being blown away by the details, the colors, and Pixar's ability to make insects into appealing characters that don't make you go "Ew, a bug, kill it...

We love Curse Of The Were Rabbit

Wallace and his faithful dog Gromit run a humane pest control business called Anti-Pesto. Their job is to protect the entire village's vegetable crops from ravenous bunnies. Their services are in demand, because everyone wants to win the Giant Vegeta...

We Love Lady And The Tramp

Lady and the Tramp is a Disney movie about two dogs from different worlds. Lady is a proper cockerspaniel who lives with a well-to-do family, while Tramp is a footloose mongrel who makes his home wherever he can. They eventually fall in love and have...

Ratatouille's Lessons for Success

Ratatouille is one of my favorite movies. The characters are endearing, the story is inspiring, and the animation is perfect. Although Ratatouille is just plain fun to watch, there are good lessons embedded in the story. They are lessons about succe...

Fievel Goes West

Fieval Goes West is the sequel to American Tale. Fievel's family decides to move way out West where there's more sunshine, clean air, and golden opportunities--or at least that's what they've been told. They are just one of the many mice families who...

Mittens

Mittens is the scrappy alley cat from the movie Bolt. She meets up with Bolt, a lost and delusional dog from a Hollywood set who's convinced he's a super hero and that his owner was captured by the Green Eyed Man. Bolt decides Mittens is one of the b...

Bee Movie Review: It Bugged Me

Meet Barry B. Benson, a bee who's just graduated from college and has a tough decision to make: He has to choose the one job he'll have for the rest of his life. He'd like to be a pollen jock, since they get missions outside of the hive, but those be...

Disney's Mulan 

Mulan: Bring Honor to Us All Lyrics

This is what you give me to work with? Well honey, I've seen worse We're gonna turn this sow's ear Into a silk purse We'll have you washed and dried Primped and polished till you glow with pride Trust my recipe for instant bride You'll bring honor t...

Mulan: Make a Man Out of You Lyrics

Let's get down to business To defeat the Huns Did they send me daughters When I asked for sons? You're the saddest bunch I ever met But you can bet Before we're through Mister, I'll make a man out of you Tranquil as a forest But a fire within Once y...

Mulan: A Girl Worth Fighting For Lyrics

(Soldiers) For a long time we've been marching off to battle (Yao) In our thundering herd We feel a lot like cattle (Soldiers) Like the pounding beat Our aching feet aren't easy to ignore (Ling) Hey! Think of instead A girl worth fighting for (Mu...

Mulan: Reflection Lyrics

Look at me I will never pass for a perfect bride Or a perfect daughter Can it be I'm not meant to play this part? Now I see That if I were truly to be myself I would break my family's heart Who is that girl I see Staring straight Back at me? Why is...

We Love Mulan

When the Hun armies invade China, a young woman named Fa Mulan disguises herself as a man, runs away from home, and fights for her country. She does it to protect her aging father, who has no sons to go in his place. But she is also trying to prove h...

Disney's Mulan II

A month has passed since Fa Mulan saved China, and now she is engaged to General Li Shang. But the wedding will have to be put off, because the Emperor of China has a mission for Mulan and Shang: They must escort the Emperor's three daughters to anot...

Gallery for Disney's Mulan

This is a gallery of pictures dedicated to Disney's Mulan. The best part of all is that you can have any one of these pictures made into a T-shirt, a mug, a mouse pad, or just a print that you can hang on your wall. Clicking on each image will take...

Disney's The Little Mermaid 

King Triton

King Triton is the ruler of Antlantica, the city of the merfolk. His magical trident gives him great power: He can create whirlpools, summon storms, transform people, destroy things, etc. He is a stern but loving father of seven daughters: Aquata, A...

Sebastian the Crab

Sebastian the Crab is, well, a crab. He's also the co-star in The Little Mermaid. Officially he's the royal court composer and musical instructor for King Triton's daughters, but he's also given the assignment of keeping an eye on the most headstrong...

Disney's The Little Mermaid

Based on a Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale, Disney's The Little Mermaid is the story about a mermaid named Ariel who longs to be part of the human world. She falls in love with the human prince Eric and, by making a dangerous bargain with the sea...

Princess Ariel

Ariel is a mermaid, and the youngest of King Triton's seven daughters. Although she seems to have a happy life under the sea, she is intensely curious about humans and longs to join them on land. She falls in love with a human, Prince Eric, and resc...

Ursula the Sea Witch

Ursula is the villainess in The Little Mermaid. She is a cecaelia, or part woman and part octopus. However, she's more commonly known as the sea witch, and she has a reputation for being nasty. King Triton banished Ursula from his palace, and the se...

The Little Mermaid: Under the Sea Lyrics

The seaweed is always greener In somebody else's lake You dream about going up there But that is a big mistake Just look at the world around you Right here on the ocean floor Such wonderful things surround you What more is you lookin' for? Under the...

Prince Eric

Prince Eric is the human that Ariel falls in love with in Disney's The Little Mermaid. Theirs is a forbidden love, since mermaids like Ariel aren't allowed to have any contact with the human world. Eric might be a prince, but that hasn't stopped him...

The Little Mermaid: Kiss the Girl Lyrics

There you see her Sitting there across the way She don't got a lot to say But there's something about her And you don't know why But you're dying to try You wanna kiss the girl Yes, you want her Look at her, you know you do It's possible she wants y...

The Little Mermaid: Part of Your World Lyrics

Look at this stuff Isn't it neat? Wouldn't you think my collection's complete? Wouldn't you think I'm the girl The girl who has everything? Look at this trove Treasures untold How many wonders can one cavern hold? Looking around here you'd think Sur...

The Little Mermaid: Poor Unfortunate Souls

I admit that in the past I've been a nasty They weren't kidding when they called me, well, a witch But you'll find that nowadays I've mended all my ways Repented, seen the light, and made a switch To this And I fortunately know a little magic It's a...

The Little Mermaid Halloween Costumes

Want to dress up as Ariel from The Little Mermaid? Unfortunately a truly authentic Ariel costume would make it impossible to walk and go trick-or-treating, but it's possible to get a Little Mermaid costume that gives the illusion of fins. Have a loo...

Disney's The Little Mermaid II

I imagine some suit over at Disney said, "You know, we haven't made a sequel for The Little Mermaid yet. We'll make it a direct-to-DVD release, which is of course faster and cheaper to produce, and then-- "Huh? The plot? Eh, let's make it about Arie...

Pixar 

Woody

"He's the rootinest, tootinest, shootinest, hootinest cowboy around!" Read on to learn more about Woody, the cowboy doll from Toy Story and Toy Story 2...

Violet Parr

Fourteen-year-old Violet Parr is the oldest child of super heroes Mr. Incredible (Bob Parr) and Elastigirl/Mrs. Incredible (Helen Parr). She's shy and has self-esteem issues, which is reflected in her super powers: She can turn invisible and generate...

Wall-E

Wall-E stands for Waste Allocation Load Lifter - Earth class. And that pretty much describes the function of this little robot: His job is to clean up the mess the humans made before they went into space. Although Wall-E is just one of many robots l...

Syndrome

Syndrome is the villain from The Incredibles who hatches an evil plot: Create the perfect destroying machine, unleash it on helpless civilians, then destroy it and look like a super hero.

Buzz Lightyear

Buzz Lightyear is probably the most popular character from the movies Toy Story and Toy Story 2, and for good reason: He's a cool toy with all sorts of features, and he's good at playing the part of a heroic space cop.

Princess Atta

It's not easy being a princess, especially if you're a fretful perfectionist like Atta, and especially if grasshoppers are extorting your colony for food. Oh, yeah, and that Flik guy with his crazy inventions doesn't help matters either.

Princess Dot

In Pixar's A Bug's Life, Dot is Princess Atta's little sister. She's cute and spunky, but it bothers her that she can't even fly yet. She befriends Flik and has faith in him, even when no one else thinks much of him.

Francis

Francis is the ladybug character from Pixar's A Bug's Life. He's also one of the circus clowns that the ants of Ant Island mistake for warriors. The big problem Francis has is that everyone who sees him for the first time assumes he's a girl. Franci...

Flik

Flik is the hero in Pixar's A Bug's Life. He's an ant who's full of ideas and loves building things. Although he has the best intentions, his inventions always seem to backfire. At first he's the most unpopular bug on Ant Island, but he proves himsel...

Disney Shorts 

Disney Silly Symphonies - The Skeleton Dance

This Silly Symphony cartoon features skeletons dancing around in a graveyard. It's fun yet spooky, and has often been brought back to the Disney Channel around Halloween. Released in 1929, The Skeleton Dance was the first ever Silly Symphony cartoon...

Disney Silly Symphonies - The Wise Little Hen

In the Silly Symphony cartoon The Wise Little Hen, a mother hen asks Peter Pig and Donald Duck to help her plant her corn. "Who, me?" they each exclaim. "Oh, no! I got a bellyache!" In the end, the little hen and her chicks have to do all the work t...

Disney Silly Symphonies - The Pied Piper

From Snow White to Beauty and the Beast, Disney is synonymous with fairy tales. But long before Disney started making full length animated films, the studio was borrowing from fairy tales to create Silly Symphony cartoons such as this one: The Pied P...

Disney Silly Symphonies - The Old Mill

The Old Mill is one of Disney's most beautiful, realistic, and atmospheric Silly Symphony cartoon shorts. It is the first Disney cartoon to make use of the multiplane camera, giving it realism and depth. It's the story of an abandoned mill, which is...

Disney Silly Symphonies - Flowers and Trees

Flowers and Trees is a Silly Symphony Disney cartoon that tells the story of three trees. Two of them are in love with each other, but an old stump of a tree tries to come between them. Produced in 1932, Flowers and Trees was a technological marvel...

Disney Silly Symphonies - The Grasshopper and the Ants

A cute little cartoon based on one of Aesop's fables. Most of us know the story of the grasshopper who played and sang away the summer, while the ant worked hard to store food for the winter. The grasshopper perished in the cold winter snow, while th...

Disney Silly Symphonies - Three Little Pigs

The Three Little Pigs was one of Disney's most popular Silly Symphony cartoons. It made such a splash after it was released in 1933 that it ran in the theaters for months, and it won the 1933 Academy Award for best animated film. The song "Who's Afra...

Tim Burton's Corpse Bride 

Corpse Bride: According to Plan Lyrics

MRS. VAN DORT It's a beautiful day MR. VAN DORT It's a rather nice day MRS. VAN DORT A day for a glorious wedding MR. VAN DORT A rehearsal, my dear, to be perfectly clear MRS. VAN DORT A rehearsal for a glorious wedding MR. VAN DORT Assuming not...

We love Corpse Bride

Victor Van Dort and Victoria Everglot have never met, and they are about to be married. That is, if poor Victor can learn to say his vows correctly. After being reprimanded by the pastor and glared down by his future in-laws, Victor flees to a graveya...

Corpse Bride: Remains of the Day Lyrics

Hey, give me a listen, you corpses of cheer At least those of you who still got an ear I'll tell you a story that'd make a skeleton cry Of our own jubiliciously lovely Corpse Bride Die, die, we all pass away But don't wear a frown, 'cause it's reall...

Corpse Bride: The Wedding Song Lyrics

Group Chorus: Wedding, a wedding, we're going to have a wedding, a wedding! Spider (speaking): Hold on, Victor, you can't get married looking like that Spider Chorus: The spiders think you're very cute, but goodness knows you need a suit But have n...

Corpse Bride: Tears to Shed Lyrics

MAGGOT What does that wispy little brat have that you don't have double? BLACK WIDOW She can't hold a candle to the beauty of your smile CORPSE BRIDE How about a pulse? MAGGOT Overrated by a mile BLACK WIDOW Overbearing MAGGOT Overblown MAGGOT...

Lord of the Rings 

Samwise Gamgee

Simple, solid, and quaint, Samwise Gamgee is one of the last people you'd expect to go on an adventure. And yet that's exactly what happens: He accompanies Frodo on the quest to destroy the One Ring. More than that, this hobbit protects, defends, and...

Aragorn

Aragorn is the leader of the Fellowship of the Ring. Though he is from an ancient line of kings, he spends most of his life in exile so that Sauron won't find him. But when the time is right, he is ready to take back the throne and reunite the kingdo...

Frodo Baggins

Frodo Baggins is a survivor. A reluctant hero. A ring bearer. But most of all, he is a peace-loving hobbit. Frodo would have preferred to live out a quiet life in his beloved Shire, but alas, it was not to be. Instead he has to carry around an evil...

Bilbo Baggins

Bilbo Baggins of the Shire is a remarkable hobbit, though few would have guessed his potential. He was a well-to-do, comfortable bachelor of fifty when he somehow found himself roped into an adventure that would involve a wizard, dwarves, elves, trol...

Boromir

Boromir was a member of the Fellowship of the Ring and a captain of Gondor. He was Denethor's oldest son, Faramir's brother, and a warrior. The One Ring worked hard to bend Boromir to its will. Boromir desired the Ring as a weapon to give his people...

Faramir

Faramir is Boromir's younger brother and the son of Denethor II, the Steward of Gondor. Although Faramir resembles Boromir in looks, he is the more scholarly and reserved of the two brothers. Denethor is scornful of his youngest son and sees him as...

Eowyn

Eowyn is a shieldmaiden of Rohan and King Theoden's niece. Though she longs to fight for her people, she isn't permitted to go to war. When the Rohirrim ride out to do battle with Sauron's minions at Gondor, Eowyn disguises herself as a young man and...

Arwen

Arwen is a beautiful elf who willingly gives up her immortality and her people to be with Aragorn, a mortal man. Originally Arwen was barely in the Lord of the Rings story, but Peter Jackson beefed up her role in the movies. She helps rescue Frodo,...

Sauron

Sauron is the major villain in the Lord of the Rings trilogy who must be defeated. The only way to do that is to destroy the One Ring, and the only way to destroy the One Ring is to throw it into Mount Doom where it was forged. Unfortunately Mount Do...

Other Movies 

We love Groundhog Day

Phil Connors (Bill Murray) is a weatherman who has to do a broadcast about the famous groundhog of Punxsutawney. Will the groundhog see his shadow? Phil couldn't care less. It becomes the least of his worries when he wakes up the next day to discover...

We love Monty Python And The Holy Grail

It's silly, absurd, ridiculous, and laugh-out-loud funny: If you've never watched the Monty Python troupe before, this is the best thing to start with. It's one silly sketch after another as King Arthur (Terry Gilliam) and his Knights of the Round Tab...