This is interesting - from The Untold Past FB page:
J R R Tolkien’s dislike of Disney was not casual, and it did not come from jealousy or trend resistance.
It began in 1937. That year, Tolkien published The Hobbit, a carefully constructed myth shaped by language, history, and moral weight. Just months later, Disney released Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, the first animated feature film of its kind. The timing unsettled him.
Tolkien watched the film with his close friend C S Lewis. Neither was impressed.
What Tolkien saw was not technical failure. He recognized Disney’s talent immediately. What disturbed him was intent. Fairy tales, in Tolkien’s view, were not decorative entertainment. They were ancient tools meant to confront fear, loss, danger, and moral consequence. Disney’s approach transformed those elements into sentiment, humor, and spectacle designed for universal consumption.
That transformation felt like corruption to him.
In a letter written in 1964, Tolkien stated plainly that ...
