.009 - A Film Before 1975
Naturally when I saw I was going to watch a film that dated before 1975, my immediate thought was Disney. And how could it not be? With their most classic ones dating prior to that year, I had a hard time picking.
It's finally settled on Dumbo, which I only briefly covered as existing and that's about it. The film was originally released in 1941 and one of the reasons it was made was to get the money back Disney lost over Fantasia. This is important to mention because I think Disney purposely made it far more of a kids movie since Fantasia kind of lost the little ones.
The story focuses on a baby elephant, who has HUGE ears, that gets separated from his mother and the trails his faces on his way back to her. It was the 4th film they released. Now I love this movie-- and elephants are in my top 3 favorite animals so it gets me by its sheer adorableness.
Dumbo is actually never really the main focus of the movie, despite him being the title character -- much like Legend of Zelda is more about Link, the guy saving her, than the actual princess only Dumbo is actually on screen the whole time. The focus is on the world around Dumbo, with him as the observer. The story itself is basic. Tiny guy gets bullied and you feel for him and then he gets a happy ending -- aka Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. But the visuals and the emotional investment you end up putting into it by how gosh darn cute this elephant is are what really makes it one of those Disney classics and sets it apart from the rest
The visuals are down right weird. It's a circus so it's probably justified but there's an entire sequence in there were he gets drunk that I'm always a little confused about but the animation is gorgeously done and feels like one of those weird paintings I adore so I love the hell out of it. I can see Dali doing drunk elephants. Why not? Oh and people get upset about the grows possibly being a little racist but they make the elephant fly and are otherwise the coolest characters in the movie so I'd disagree.
Overall, there's not a downside to this movie and I will be watching it again. Repeatedly.
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