There's just two shorts in this one, with Jiminy Cricket sort of transitioning between the two, and there's a live action segment with Edgar Bergen, the ventriloquist and his two dummies.

Bongo, the first cartoon, is okay but long. It's a vehicle for some songs sung by Dinah Shore, and she's got a lovely voice, but it's a pretty boring cartoon in general.

Notable Grossness

This is the first time I saw "hidden genitalia" animation (which is always up for interpretation and guessing). I haven't been watching all the movies with a microscope, but this happened when I happened to be looking up.

The second cartoon is Mickey and the Beanstalk, which I love. The singing harp reminds me of Cinderella with how she's illustrated. I also love that this is a Mickey, Goofy and Donald picture. It's the last time Walt Disney voiced Mickey, so there's a really pleasant nostalgia associated with this voice acting. Also Edgar Bergen was a very good, funny ventriloquist. Lots of excellent one-liners and puns. I love the art they use for Happy Valley. The beanstalk growing in the shaft of light in the cottage is iconic, as is the harp singing about where the key is hidden in the giant's vest pocket. I love that this has some mildly sinister art combined with the silly, simplistic animation of Goofy, Donald, and Mickey. I'm not 100% sure if this was the inspiration for Kingdom Hearts' King Mickey and fellow adventurers Donald and Goofy, but it feels very much like it was. This cartoon also feels just as long as it should be. The action is suspenseful, I still gasp when Mickey is climbing up the thread with the key and almost drops it a bunch of times.

Donald Duck, a white duck in a blue tunic with a white napkin wrapped around his neck, angrily stacks dishes and silverware on top of each other like a sandwich and eats the plate/silverware sandwich, scattering pieces everywhere. The caption reads 'When I'm left to my own devices for lunch'

Once again, this would be a higher grade if it was just Mickey and the Beanstalk, but these two cartoons are different enough in quality and interest that I wouldn't want to sit through Bongo to get to Mickey and the Beanstalk.

January 12th, 2021

More Disney Animated Features

A movie release poster shows a group of white people, 4 men, a woman, and a young boy, surrounding a green animated dragon with pink wings and red hair. The poster says "Coming at Christmas, Walt Disney Productions' Pete's Dragon"
Pete's Dragon
Five human actors, a woman, a man, and three children of various ages, sit on a flying brass bed with a floral blanket, with the moon and clouds behind them. Below them, illustrated animals are in various poses: two fish dance together (one in a suit); two fish and an octopus play in a band together with the words "The Briny Boys" on the front of the drum kit; an alligator, a rhino, and a gorilla run around a soccer field in yellow and green athletic outfits; a lion in a crown and red royal robe stands with one foot on the soccer ball; and a secretary bird in a suit with glasses stands watching.
Bedknobs and Broomsticks
Bert, a chimney sweep, Jane, a young blonde child in a red dress and yellow overcoat, Michael, a young strawberry blonde child in short pants and a button coat, and Mary Poppins, a nanny in a red dress with a black hat with white flowers, stand on a rooftop, covered in soot.
Mary Poppins
Bigfoot, a giant humanoid creature with red fur, sits in front of a cardboard box with a downward pointing arrow on the side, wearing a pair of white men's briefs underwear on his head. He holds the crotch hole open with his fingers so he can look out. Goofy, a dog-like humanoid cartoon with black skin and a pale face, and long ears, watches from his yellow car several hundred feet behind Bigfoot, with his son Max in the passenger seat; Max looks similar to Goofy.
A Goofy Movie

Recent Snark

The Lion King

February 22nd, 2022

This is a really epic movie, but it's less of my favorite than I remember. It still has some great moments and songs I like but basically, the half of the movie where Simba's away from Pride Rock is more boring than I remember, and I care a lot less about Simba when he's not a tiny baby.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

July 13th, 2021

Do I honestly even have to review this movie? I have a matching tattoo with my brothers where we each got Lock, Shock, or Barrel. I think it's safe to say I love the hell out of this movie. I've also seen it so many times, and so many times recently, that I ranked it before I even started it. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Aladdin

July 6th, 2021

This is really just such a joyful piece of art, not ONLY because of Robin Williams but definitely a lot because of Robin Williams.

Beauty and the Beast

June 29th, 2021

I love Belle and the animated furniture is charming. I liked this a lot more when I was a kid.

The Rescuers Down Under

June 22nd, 2021

This is legit one of my favorite movies.

DuckTales the Movie: Treasure of the Lost Lamp

June 15th, 2021

What in the actual hell is this movie? Is this the trial run on Aladdin? But like.............a bad one? Also the literal best part of this movie is when they play the DuckTales theme. At the end. :sigh: