Here's a little piece I wrote for the website, MovieMaker:

_Anastasia_ (1997) was one of the first animated films that made me tear up as a teenager when it aired on FOX or hit home video. Not even _The Lion King_ nor _Bambi_ did it, but oddly enough until a certain scene in _Anastasia_ where the lead male character, Dimitri, a con man who later refuses to take the reward from the royal empress after rescuing her granddaughter, Anastasia. It was the very act of selflessness that really got me, after knowing the journey the two had gone through together. I had only known greed prior to seeing this film, but now I know better. Although, I had not seen the 1956 live-action version starring _The King and I actor_, Yul Brynner, but I'd like to know how that story differs. There have been other films along the way, both live-action and animated, many of which have influenced me and shaped who I am today, and helped me appreciate the medium.