Pleasant little Disney, a notable entry in the Silver Age. But what first strikes me in this movie is the huge step back in terms of quality, even more so when compared to the previous, extremely expensive Sleeping Beauty: half of the screen size, ordinary setting and xeroxed. Disney was trying to cut corners and indeed it paid off, but the final result is clearly less impactful. One might advocate for the xeroxed style, which actually reminds me of newspaper vignettes, but the animation is hardly defendable, for example without much interaction between characters and environment.
Still, the story is sweet, the characters are easy to like (or despise when necessary, as Cruella is one of the most renown Disney villains), the story entertaining, the music modern and legendary. Honorable mention for the twilight bark sequence, still gives me chills of wholesomeness.
Still, the story is sweet, the characters are easy to like (or despise when necessary, as Cruella is one of the most renown Disney villains), the story entertaining, the music modern and legendary. Honorable mention for the twilight bark sequence, still gives me chills of wholesomeness.