101 Dalmatians
This is a film that is unabashedly aimed at the young at heart. You might think that that statement should be obvious with all Disney films, but alas, it is not. The plot seems to be taken straight out of a fairy tale, an evil witch wants to hurt children and must be stopped at all costs, causing a great quest. The puppies are cute, Cruella is one of the evilest witches put on screen by Disney animators, which is surprising as she appears to have no magical powers at all. Although the way her smoke stays in the air with a green kind of evil hue is wonderfully animated. Disney also does a wonderful job of animating the way that Roger smokes his pipe with disdain. The background of the film is also animated in a delightful way. There's so much baroque detail in the scenes of London that it harkens back to the detail of Pinocchio. That's surprising because the previous animated Disney film, Sleeping Beauty while gorgeously animated, had been a box office disappointment, so the company was trying to cut corners with its animation. But they hadn't descended into boring animation quite yet, and this is a real treat for the eye.
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