I meant to do a Post-moretm on my own Every Canon Disney Movie Watch when I finish each decade, but I forgot to. AND SO; my short thoughts of the entire work of the 1940s:
Pinocchio is the only movie I genuinely enjoyed
Some of the shorts in the compilation movies were okay, most were dreadfully boring.
More movies had Racism Apologies than did not, but fortunately, it was usually only a milder "Grandpa doesn't know any better" rather than things actively caustic.
Except Dumbo, that movie constitutes a hate-crime.
I'm still mad at that stupid conductor for getting dinosaur facts wrong.
Final score for decade 5/10, I see little hope for this company continuing. Needs more murderous witches and fewer cowboys.
AND SO, on to the 1950s, with Cinderella. A MUCH better take on making a cartoon out of a stock fairy tale than Snow White was.
Far more Critter Antics than anticipated
Lady Tremaine was a very effective villain, considering her entire reason for being is to be Continuously Mad at An Orphan
She also expresses delight in shredding a dress literally made by rats
Fairy Godmother has far less of a presence than expected, especially by Deus Ex Machina Lady standards for a Disney movie
Magic can create, but not destroy, glass?
All the rats become horses, and all the horses become guys. I feel like a step could have been saved here.
I am wearing slippers right now; those are not slippers. And glass is antithetical to the slipper-wearing experience. This fairy is garbage.
Also, hey, Fairy, why didn't you help with HER DAD DYING. Shredding a rat-dress is enough of a tragedy for you to come in but not LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE?
Man, now I'm mad at the fairy godmother more than anything else.
The Princes dad is a dangerous man, Cinderella nearly dodged a bullet by losing her chance to be related to him.
8/10, lots of music in this, since it's technically a musical, and none of it is any good, but it's a huge step up from everything they made in the decade preceding.
Pinocchio is the only movie I genuinely enjoyed
Some of the shorts in the compilation movies were okay, most were dreadfully boring.
More movies had Racism Apologies than did not, but fortunately, it was usually only a milder "Grandpa doesn't know any better" rather than things actively caustic.
Except Dumbo, that movie constitutes a hate-crime.
I'm still mad at that stupid conductor for getting dinosaur facts wrong.
Final score for decade 5/10, I see little hope for this company continuing. Needs more murderous witches and fewer cowboys.
AND SO, on to the 1950s, with Cinderella. A MUCH better take on making a cartoon out of a stock fairy tale than Snow White was.
Far more Critter Antics than anticipated
Lady Tremaine was a very effective villain, considering her entire reason for being is to be Continuously Mad at An Orphan
She also expresses delight in shredding a dress literally made by rats
Fairy Godmother has far less of a presence than expected, especially by Deus Ex Machina Lady standards for a Disney movie
Magic can create, but not destroy, glass?
All the rats become horses, and all the horses become guys. I feel like a step could have been saved here.
I am wearing slippers right now; those are not slippers. And glass is antithetical to the slipper-wearing experience. This fairy is garbage.
Also, hey, Fairy, why didn't you help with HER DAD DYING. Shredding a rat-dress is enough of a tragedy for you to come in but not LITERALLY ANYTHING ELSE?
Man, now I'm mad at the fairy godmother more than anything else.
The Princes dad is a dangerous man, Cinderella nearly dodged a bullet by losing her chance to be related to him.
8/10, lots of music in this, since it's technically a musical, and none of it is any good, but it's a huge step up from everything they made in the decade preceding.