The Golden Touch (1935)

This gorgeous little masterpiece is already 90 years old and it's remastering looks like it was made yesterday. 

I'm not going through this short in full examination rather me just talking mostly about the characters and the overall scenery setting. 

We get an inside look of the kingdom, I love the colors to the stone walls. The rest of the colors here are limited but extremely pleasant.

King Midas is a very strong and likeable protagonist. I don't think I ever seen a king this well-drawn and truly distinctive. Usually Disney animates male monarchs the same. 

In all seriousness, I truly love these poses he gives off to the audience as he sings.

When an elf named Goldie appears, the stone walls changes colors. This is even more magical and impressive than you think.

Also to note, this is one of the more longer Disney shorts out there clocking in at exactly 10 minutes. That's amazing, there's more of a focus here and that's what makes this specific cartoon underrated.

When Goldie disappears alongside giving Midas the Golden Touch, the walls change back to the usual colors.

Once things really begin, the whole cartoon has more backgrounds to really keep you invested. This is monumental. During the rise of technicolor, Disney knew where they were heading when it became a trend. 

Usually in early Silly Symphonies cartoons when it's daytime and it's those blue skies and clouds, the whole print ends up looking unpleasant and sickening. This is perfectly solid and really astonishing to look at.

Usually nowadays I'm not too keen on medieval themes. Sometimes it works perfectly other times it's pretty predictable. I like how interesting this entire castle is though. I love the playful personality given to Midas, he's really underappreciated. 

This is my favorite part from this film. When King Midas realizes he's touching every object he gets aggressive and it's absolutely amusing to watch even though I kinda feel sorry for him.

This design of the Golden Grim Reaper is stellar.

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