![]() Some fantastic songs here, “When I see an Elephant Fly”, “Baby of Mine”, “Pink Elephants”. But the animators seem to forget at times which crow has which voice. She’s more just mean, and when you’re going up against villains like Scar or Jafar, that’s just not good enough. Probably the Elephant Matriarch comes closest to being an actual antagonist, but she doesn’t do anything and she’s not even particularly evil. Timothy comes across as a slightly less funny retread of Jiminiy Cricket, but is still very likeable. ![]() ![]() The Pink Elephants scene is fantastic, but everything else never rises above acceptable, and at times it’s downright shoddy.ĭumbo is genuinely adorable, and the decision to never have him speak is a good one. Something that he’d been working on since the late thirties, that was going to reaffirm Disney’s reputation as the absolute gold standard of what was possible with animation. And Disney could at least comfort himself with the fact that he had another film up his sleeve. Another financial loss after Fantasia could have sunk the studio. Regardless of it’s quality, Dumbo may have saved Disney. In fact, it was even going to be featured on the cover of Time magazine. Whatever the reason, Dumbo was a blockbuster that really entered the public consciousness. Maybe it was just because Disney seemed to have backed away from all that highbrow stuff and was now back doing fun little animal cartoons. ![]() But something about this movie really resonated with American audiences. Partly that’s just because Disney had finally learned how to make a movie that didn’t cost more than it could ever possibly make back. Which is why it’s so surprising that Dumbo was a huge hit. But there’s no denying that this is one of the weaker Disney movies. It’s certainly got its charm, and it has some truly great songs. Dumbo becomes a huge star, gets his mother out of the clink and rides off into the sunset while the crows sing a reprise of “When I See an Elephant Fly”.Īlright, so I may have been a bit hard on this one. When you get to hell, commie, tell Satan Dumbo sent ya!Īnd that’s it. ![]()
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