When you wish upon a star.

To start, this is a really late post. My marathon is currently on hiatus as school is more demanding.

I think that I was too quick to judge the earlier Disney animators in my previous post. The artists in this movie (mostly the same) did amazingly well. I’m not sure if the art was significantly better, or my opinion has simply changed but I was thoroughly impressed with the improvements. Geppetto looked great in comparison to Snow White and the animation was performed better too.

I was impressed most by the matte paintings in Geppetto’s workshop.

The overall messages behind the story are quite frightening, especially for a child’s movie! Although I’m sure these extreme methods will keep boys in shape, it is quite the deterrent from mischief. I know for a fact that Pleasure Island seems too good to be true nowadays, and refuse to get sucked in and turned into a jackass! However, I seem to have achieved that status all on my own already.

I look forward to continuing my marathon since it has been a long time since I have seen some of the movies, but school first!

-steven