Looking for the perfect way to celebrate Valentine’s weekend at home? Disney+ offers an array of rom-coms and heartwarming Disney classics. While we may be more inclined to settle into our favorite romantic animated favorites – say Beauty & the Beast or Tangled – here are three other sweet morsels you can enjoy on Disney+ with your family or Valentine!
Lava (2014)
I remember the first time I watched this adorable short, just ahead of Inside Out‘s theatrical premiere. If you haven’t experienced this one yet, I won’t give away too much! The Pixar short film follows an unlikely love story over the course of millions of years, inspired by the isolated beauty of tropical islands and the explosive allure of ocean volcanoes. The animation is simply beautiful (a glimpse into the future stories of Moana, hmm?), and I guarantee the song of the same name – Lava – will be stuck in your memory after one listen!
Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine For You (1999)
Who doesn’t love something sweet for Valentine’s Day? If you’re a 90’s kid like me, you know that Pooh was everywhere. A cavalcade of merchandise, a new attraction in Fantasyland and a popular animated series (that has one of the catchiest theme songs of all time) – it truly was a booming time for our favorite yellow bear. For Valentine’s Day 1999, a V-Day-themed special was aired called Winnie the Pooh: A Valentine for You. Pooh & friends believe Christopher Robin has come down with “lovesickness” after he’s fallen in love with a girl, and try to win back his full attention, before eventually learning there’s enough room in their hearts for old and new friends.
This was also the last production including the original voice of Tigger, Paul Winchell.
Paperman (2012)
Do you believe in love at first sight or chance encounters? This Walt Disney Studios original short debuted in theaters just before Wreck-It-Ralph (what a dynamic duo!). The black-and-white romantic comedy short film introduces us to George, living in NYC of the 1940s. After a brief encounter with the girl of his dreams on a train, George folds a fleet of paper airplanes to try and get her attention after he notices her again in a nearby skyscraper window.
Director John Khars shared how he gathered inspiration for Paperman: “Every morning on my way to work I would go through Grand Central Station … and sometimes you’d meet eye to eye with people, just strangers, like a pretty girl or something, and you’d think is there a connection? You feel that connection for a split second and wonder who that person was. That’s the core idea of it – what if two people were really perfect for each other, and they had that chance meeting? And what if they were separated – how would those two people get back together again? And how could a little bit of magic and fate intervene to bring them back together?”
What are your February must-watches?
Now back to your regularly scheduled programming.
