Once upon a time, a Disney animated movie was a cinematic event, a milestone in movie history superseded only by whatever the House of Mouse did next.
At the peak of the Golden Age of animation, the studio was renowned for its ingenuity and firsts, starting with the world's first feature-length animated movie, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, in 1937.
The firsts continued for decades: stereo sound feature films (Fantasia); widescreen animated movies (Lady and the Tramp); blending digital production with hand-drawn animation (The Rescuers Down Under); fully computer-generated flicks (Toy Story).
But more recently, Disney has been serving up spoonfuls of deja vu as, having seemingly run out of ideas, it has turned to live-action remakes from its catalogue of timeless classics.
Since 2010, films like The Lion King, The Jungle Book, Beauty and the Beast and The Little Mermaid have been dug out, dusted off and given a fresh lick of paint.
