10 – Melody Time
When I started watching Melody Time I
thought it would be just another popular music Fantasia,
much like Make Mine Music was
before it. I was really worried that I wouldn't have anything to say
because it would just a continuation of what I had said before about
Make Mine Music. And
to be honest...now I really wish it was just like that. I probably
would have enjoyed it more.
Once Upon a Wintertime
This short is
actually not too bad. I liked the theme of the young couple with the
other animal couples around them skating on the lake with the bunny
couple mirroring them. It's not very artistic or ambitious at first
and it seems like there's a disconnect between the music and what's
happening in the animation. The music, at least, fits the tone of the
story. The second half gets much better with the couples fighting.
The music starts to match up better with what's happening in the
short. Overall, I don't think it had much style but it was cute.
Bumble Boogie
I also kind of
liked this short. There's no story in this one but the theme of the
bumble bee trying to escape the music was pretty cool. I really liked
the imagery here as we could really see the images that the sounds
represented affecting the animation.
The Legend of Johnny Appleseed
This short had much
more story than the two that preceded it. So much so that I really
felt like the music took a back seat, making this much like a regular
short. Though it contained musical sequences, they felt like the kind
you might see in a normal Disney movie. I liked that they tried to
tell a story but it didn't have as much thought put into it as I've
seen in other Disney movies.
Little Toot
This short had some
pretty cute music but it was way too literal with the animation.
Basically everything that was said in the lyrics got acted out and
that's just redundant and boring to watch. The best parts of this
short were when there were no lyrics with the music to let the story
tell itself. The story itself was ok. It's extremely simple and basic
so I don't think they really intended to tell something profound with
it.
Trees
I really enjoyed
this short. It shows simple imagery of a tree with changing seasons.
It is by far the most artistic of the bunch and it was really cool to
see how the seasons changed wit the music. I don't even mind that
there was no story (again). The mood changed with the music perfectly
and it was good to have that common theme throughout the short.
Blame it on the Samba
Again, a pretty
basic and inoffensive short. The beginning has a pretty cool theme
where they use color to show the character's moods. The beginning
lacks a bit of artistic style but it kicks up later at the second
half. The second half is a bit more psychedelic and gets a bit more
interesting with what they're showing. They have a live action
segment that works reasonably well though they don't end up doing too
much with it. Again, no real story.
Pecos Bill
Holy crap. I can
really say that I haven't honestly hated anything up to this point.
But I absolutely hated this short. The beginning just shows some
desert imagery with some slow cowboy music that fits the tone nicely.
We find ourselves around a live action campfire with cowboys singing
along. Finally, this douchey little kid (played by Bobby Driscoll)
and Luana Patten get Roy Rodgers, Bob Nolan and the Sons of the
Pioneers to retell the story of Pecos Bill.
The story itself
starts out fine. Pecos Bill is raised by coyotes and gets into a
bunch of adventures. That's all fine but they're just a bunch of
stupid stories that I have no interest in because I haven't gotten a
reason to care about Pecos Bill. If anything, Pecos Bill comes off as
a jerk. At one point he shoots at a bunch of Native Americans and
chases them around. There's a ton of really unfunny slapstick like
this and it just gets irritating. On top of all that, I didn't even
really see the point of the story. It basically ends after his horse
(his BEST FRIEND) sabotages his chance at happiness with a woman and
he just goes and gives up on her.
I can't tell you
how much I wish this was just a popular music Fantasia. I
didn't hate all of it but Pecos Bill really soured it all for
me. This is absolutely ranked at the bottom so far from what I've
watched.
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