Millennials are prone to seek the comfort of yore. Disney provides an adequate refuge.
As proven by Fuller House and the MAC Trolls Collection — nostalgia is trending. In honor of their 100th original movie release on June 24th (a remake of 1987’s “Adventures in Babysitting”), Disney Channel will be playing their original movies throughout the month while simultaneously releasing them on Amazon Prime, iTunes and Google Play.
Here are some of my favorites (and what I remember about them).
The Zenon Trilogy
The video chat long before Facetime! The outfits! “Zoom” will be my wedding song.
High School Musical
It was horrific to find out Zac Efron didn’t sing his own songs, and I voted online (with my parent’s permission!) for Miley Cyrus to get a cameo in the second film of the franchise. She did.
Pixel Perfect
Ricky Ullman is dreamy, but it was really rude that he used his best friend’s nose in the creation of his “perfect girl.” I bought the soundtrack.
Smart House
I’m still dreaming about the smoothie the house makes at the beginning. My introduction to the horror genre.
Halloweentown II: Kalabar’s Revenge
Whenever I’m in a funk and I feel myself sinking away, I think about this movie and turning gray like the poor skeleton man and the gnomes. I also remember feeling very happy that Debbie Reynold’s career was still thriving.
Stuck in the Suburbs
Accidently switching cell phones with the coolest rockstar? THE DREAM. Very important focus on women friendships here too!
The Thirteenth Year
Did this movie spawn the whole fascination with being an undercover mermaid that existed in the 2000s? I know I wanted in.
Luck of the Irish
Was I too into the mythical creature/angsty teenage genre? Probably, but so be it. The blood sausage looked awful. I’ve been wanting to Irish step dance ever since.
Read it and Weep
Besides the strange desire to estrange myself from my entire school community, the thing that fascinated me most about this movie was Jamie’s cool tablet and how good her handwriting was with a stylus.