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Just watched "Robin Hood" for the first time...
8 years ago
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I've only started embracing my furry-ness for the last few months, but even in that short time I learned that "Robin Hood" is legendary in the fandom. I'm a sucker for animation in general and talking animal movies in particular, so it was a natural choice. I finally watched it this weekend and wow - did not disappoint.
Absolutely love the character designs and variety of critters. Robin and Maid Marian are cute as can be, of course, but also love Skippy and the church mice. Superb voice acting, especially Roger Miller as Alan-a-Dale and Pat Buttram's Sheriff of Nottingham. And that musical interlude with Robin and Marian? Cripes, thought I was gonna start crying like a baby. So friggin beautiful.
There's something really special about the pacing and atmosphere in Disney movies from this era. It's not constant noise and stimulation like today's movies, even the good ones. There's a lot of quiet moments. They allow scenes to move at a leisurely pace and fully develop. Sometimes characters will be moving around a lot, but all the viewer hears is the score. I love that. It gives these movies such a warmth and coziness. It reminded me a lot of 101 Dalmatians, a movie I grew up with that's still close to my heart.
Aside from "steal from the rich, give to the poor" catchphrase, I don't really know anything about the Robin Hood legend. So it was pretty cool getting a little intro in anthro form.
And I have to say, it's really fun seeing some slapstick humor, innuendo, and insults that probably wouldn't fly in today's hyper-P.C. world (the guard whistling at an incognito Little John's ass made me burst out laughing). And I say that as a dyed-in-the-wool progressive. I think most people would admit we've gone a little too far trying to offend no one ever. Some people (looking at you, my fellow millennials) need to learn the difference between good-natured jokes and thing that are actually offensive.
And a movie with a vain, narcissistic, power-hungry, infantile ruler as its villain...well, I think you can see why that's relevant in 2018. Sadly.
All in all, a wonderful film that was really fun to watch. Even better, it sparked my artistic side, so I'll probably be posting some RH-inspired art in the near future.
Absolutely love the character designs and variety of critters. Robin and Maid Marian are cute as can be, of course, but also love Skippy and the church mice. Superb voice acting, especially Roger Miller as Alan-a-Dale and Pat Buttram's Sheriff of Nottingham. And that musical interlude with Robin and Marian? Cripes, thought I was gonna start crying like a baby. So friggin beautiful.
There's something really special about the pacing and atmosphere in Disney movies from this era. It's not constant noise and stimulation like today's movies, even the good ones. There's a lot of quiet moments. They allow scenes to move at a leisurely pace and fully develop. Sometimes characters will be moving around a lot, but all the viewer hears is the score. I love that. It gives these movies such a warmth and coziness. It reminded me a lot of 101 Dalmatians, a movie I grew up with that's still close to my heart.
Aside from "steal from the rich, give to the poor" catchphrase, I don't really know anything about the Robin Hood legend. So it was pretty cool getting a little intro in anthro form.
And I have to say, it's really fun seeing some slapstick humor, innuendo, and insults that probably wouldn't fly in today's hyper-P.C. world (the guard whistling at an incognito Little John's ass made me burst out laughing). And I say that as a dyed-in-the-wool progressive. I think most people would admit we've gone a little too far trying to offend no one ever. Some people (looking at you, my fellow millennials) need to learn the difference between good-natured jokes and thing that are actually offensive.
And a movie with a vain, narcissistic, power-hungry, infantile ruler as its villain...well, I think you can see why that's relevant in 2018. Sadly.
All in all, a wonderful film that was really fun to watch. Even better, it sparked my artistic side, so I'll probably be posting some RH-inspired art in the near future.
Mahingan
~mahingan
Always been a fave of mine!
