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Oliver and Company Review: Disney Marathon

Cameron Davies

Disney has a tradition of looking at a successful classic story and thinking to themselves “Hmm, I like it but it’s not Disney enough” so they just change all of the characters into animals. This happened with Robin Hood, The Great Mouse Detective and now Oliver & Company a movie based on Oliver Twist, now featuring dogs and cats. This is the last movie of the Disney bronze age. A time period of movies nobody really cares about but as I’ve established throughout these reviews, actually has some pretty alright movies in it. I’d say there wasn’t a huge quality drop after Walt’s death like many claim there is. Well other than Aristocats. After this we get to the films people have actually seen. Yippie. So, let’s finish the dark ages of Disney as I review Oliver & Company. Continue reading Oliver and Company Review: Disney Marathon

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The Great Mouse Detective Review: Disney Marathon

Cameron Davies

The Great Mouse Detective also known as “The Adventures of the Great Mouse Detective” and “Basil the Great Mouse Detective” (just pick a fucking name) is a movie based on the book series “Basil of Baker Street”, a series about the mouse equivalent of Sherlock Holmes and John Watson. Is it any good though? Well you’ll just have to wait and see. Continue reading The Great Mouse Detective Review: Disney Marathon

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The Fox and the Hound Review: Disney Marathon

Cameron Davies

The Fox and the Hound has made me realise how much Disney hates seeming too original. This movie is based on the novel of the same name, but really doesn’t share that much in common with it. The novel and the movie are so different I almost think Disney made an original film and thought “oh shit what if someone thinks we are being creative” so they brought the rights to some random book, changed the characters names and called it an adaption. It’s like me buying the rights to Harry Potter and making a movie about a kid called Harry Potter who joined the war. But what do I think of this movie? Well I think it’s one of the Disney movies with the most wasted potential. That doesn’t mean it’s bad, it simply means it could have been a whole lot better. Continue reading The Fox and the Hound Review: Disney Marathon

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The Rescuers Review: Disney Marathon

Cameron Davies

The next five films are probably just as forgotten as the wartime Disney movies. Not to say these movies are bad, they’re just forgotten. There isn’t really a quality drop here, they’re just as hit or miss as the rest of Disney’s catalogue. So, let’s start with The Rescuers, the most popular movie of this dark age of Disney. I’d never watched The Rescuers until now, this was the movie in the bronze age I was looking forward to the least. It’s about some mice rescuing a little girl, didn’t exactly sound like an engaging premise. I’m happy to say, I was pleasantly surprised. Continue reading The Rescuers Review: Disney Marathon

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The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Review: Disney Marathon

Cameron Davies

In 1966 Walt Disney released a featurette called “Winnie the Pooh and the Honey Tree”. This was based on the first two chapters of A. A. Milne’s original Winnie the Pooh book. After Walt’s death and noticing that Disney will provide the honey and Winnie the Pooh will provide the money, they made a couple more featurettes. Continue reading The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh Review: Disney Marathon

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Robin Hood Review: Disney Marathon

Cameron Davies

So, what happens after The Aristocats? People did like that movie; it seems I’m the only person who doesn’t. Well Walt Disney hasn’t came back to life yet so they still had to work without him. One day someone at Disney looked at the Robin Hood stories and were like “let’s just do that” when someone responded “I like it, but do you know what would be better? If they were anthropomorphic animals”. So, Robin Hood was made. And it worked, it was a financial success and people loved it. In more recent years however the film has gotten more of a mixed reception. But what do I think? Could I recommend this to you? Well, you know how it goes by now let’s look at that plot shall we? Continue reading Robin Hood Review: Disney Marathon

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The Aristocats Review: Disney Marathon

Cameron Davies

After Walt Disney died, we got the Disney bronze age. This starts here with The Aristocats and ends with Oliver & Company. Eight films that are rarely talked about. The era is defined by Disney not really knowing what to do after Walt’s death. This doesn’t mean good films don’t exist in this era, a few films here are fondly remembered like Robin Hood and The Rescuers (which I’ll share my opinions on when I get to them and won’t spoil here). This is also the era where things start to really feel modern. One Hundred and One Dalmatians felt slightly modern but this is where you could tell me these films were made in the 90s and I would believe you (they’re not they are made from 1970 to 1988). Continue reading The Aristocats Review: Disney Marathon