Why I Love Disney (The Classics)

 

Man, I did not love the feel for Disney until around Summer of last year where I experienced alot more to classic animation than just modern hits and Looney Tunes.

What I truly like about Disney's work is how beautiful, real, and well told they are. They have had an influence on me for almost a year with so many talented animators like Ward Kimball, Bill Roberts, Milt Kahl, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston and John Sibley.

I may not be a super fanatic, I mean I'm now doing a journey on watching every animated film from their repertoire, and not every film is good, but it's been something of a spectacle. 

Now I love the Classic Disney shorts. My favorites are the colorized Mickey Mouse ones and George Geef.

But there's alot to talk about with the beauty of their movies. More budget, more time and more variety. They basically changed the stories to make them more comedic, sharp and straightforward each lasting an hour and a half of fun and excitement.

When I first watched Snow White I was just astounded of how vast and energetic it was. Snow White was far more interesting than any other Disney princess I witnessed which just shows you how passionate the medium of art was back in the 30s-40s. It was magical.

I love to have a mind where it's stuck with drawings and dancing both mixed together. Disney's unique movement with one of the characters is easily timeless. 

While watching masterpieces like The Many Adventures Of Winnie The Pooh and The Three Caballeros, I loved all of the characters and their interesting personalities. 

There are so much animated sequences I loved the best from Disney in the classic years. My favorite is the Song Of The South scenes. I tried to watch the actual movie but it just wasn't my taste, but I certainly did admire the Brer Fox bits.

I love how well-drawn Brer Rabbit and Brer Fox look. I know I don't give enough time to talk about the other stuff in this film but I honestly didn't much mind it besides the fluidity of the animation.

Just like with Warner Bros, MGM, Walter Lantz and Fleischer, Disney is interesting with their short films. If you only seen a handful of Mickey and Minnie's, Pluto cartoons or the beautiful Silly Symphonies, your kinda missing out. There are some hilarious cartoons hidden behind the popularity of Disney's cycle.

Every single one of them reaches a runtime of 7-10 minutes. It doesn't drag like a movie does so you'll have alot of short attention spam with one of these shorts. If you don't like it, ey. It's fine. 

I said in my last post that Bambi is one of the most attractive animated films I ever seen in Disney history, and I do stand by it. It may not be a masterpiece, but it's just so different compared to other Disney movies. You can hear the soundtrack, with it's whimsical touches, the characters are memorable and realistic not to mention the appropriate color palette given to make it more elemental.

Another film I genuinely liked isn't really a movie but is more so a segment from the movie Make Mine Music called All The Cat's Join In. In terms of animation, movement and music, this honestly is up there to becoming one of my favorite animated moments in cinema history. 

When I experienced Tex Avery's MGM shorts and Looney Tunes they were all described as watchable, and comedic. That's it. There wasn't any musical numbers, vibrant abstract real art, it was just all made for laughs, which I love but maybe in that field of animation, there was another interest that I just simply holded in for too long.

The Three Caballeros was the start of me liking alot of high spirited energy and wholesomeness.

Seriously that movie changed my life. I don't know if it was just how fast and out of the ordinary it was but it got me into musicals.

Just like with The Three Caballeros, when I first watched Mary Poppins, I was floored. Mary and Bert are one of the best musical duos in history. The part where they travel to a fantasy world with animated characters and dance is absolutely incredible. 

I also have to talk about the facial expressions and designs. They're almost all timeless. 

When you look at some other animation studios cast of characters, they all have the same exact established designs. Fantastic, but when it comes to Disney, they're all going for different experiments.

Sensing something different about these three photos?

I haven't fully experienced the 20s of Disney though. I like some of the concepts to the Alice Comedies, and the late 20s Mickey Mouse cartoons are certainly interesting, but I have never watched an Oswald short or any of the first few films Disney ever made but I might give it a chance.

Next is probably another drawing post. Stay tuned.  👍