Lately I’ve been using my new Netflix account to catch up on all of the old Disney animated features that I’ve never seen. I missed most of the package pictures from the WWII era, as well as a few others.
Ever heard of that Disney classic Make Mine Music? How about Mr. Toad? Melody Time?
Well. It turns out there’s a REASON most these movies are obscure.
But at least I was able to get through those. Lately I’ve been trying to get through The Sword in the Stone and it’s just sooo crushingly boring and unfunny and filled with bad music that I just can’t watch it all. Even the Black Cauldron was better than this (actually it wasn’t bad . . more on that later).
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And it’s really too bad, because the book The Sword + the Stone is based on is just plain wonderful.
There must be something wrong with me. I didn’t enjoy The Once and Future King. Perhaps I should try it again.
Try just the Sword in the Stone. I read the books before they were made into one. The joust between Sir Pellinore and the Wart’s guardian (? I think… It’s been years since I last read it. I’ll have to pull it out.) had me gasping for breath between the guffaws.
White also wrote another ‘children’s’ book called Mistress Masham’s Repose about a girl who discovers the descendants of the Lilliputians who were brought back to England by the ship’s captain. Truly delightful.