![]() ![]() We get our troupe back including Jose, Donald and Panchito. This feels like an extra from The Three Cabelleros. That caught me off guard because nothing in the piece really spoke to religion and there it was. The only thing I didn’t like in this piece is that all of the sudden the tree is the cross which seemed to come out of nowhere. It’s just a piece about the majesty of a tree and an oddly shaped one at that. The story of a tree told with a surrealist touch. It’s sweet and clips along so I didn’t mind it. Then his size saves the day- another Rudolph story. Basically the little tug boat is treated poorly. This is very similar to the Pedro story from Saludos Amigos. The kind of short you could play in Sunday School. It does drag in a few sections but overall I enjoyed it. I had never heard of pickling apples but I guess it’s a real thing. I also thought it was funny whenever they talk about an apple feast they say ‘apple pickles’ first. Johnny is inspired to spread happiness around the world in the form of apple trees where ever he goes. This isn’t breaking huge new ground but it is very sincere and sweet and I liked it. With the clouds merging with the apple trees it is beautiful. The artistry in Johnny Appleseed reminds me a lot of Grandma Moses folk art. In a world where Christianity is basically abhorred by the media and kept out of anything mainstream it is nice to hear a little shout out on a Disney film. You see a Dali influence in this one for sure. But unfortunately the ice becomes cracked and quickly the fair maiden is taken down stream towards a waterfall (don’t ask how a rushing river can be completely frozen over that close to a waterfall…)Įventually all is saved and we are back to our Christmas song which I liked.Ī very strong segment about a bee confronting the music of the Flight of the Bumble Bee. Then we see a couple in a sleigh and then on the ice. The entry is a little bit strange with masksĬhristmas song with images that look like a Currier and Ives print We learn it is about young love. The project is introduced and narrated by Buddy Clark who sounds a lot like Bing Crosby. In the meantime we get Melody Time and Ichabod and Mr Toad. The war was over by that point and Disney was hard at work on their triumphant return to fairy tale stories in 1950 with Cinderella. Like MMM it is stories put to modern music like Fantasia had been classical music. This does not feel like the scrap heap projects that MMM did. Melody Time is the last of the package films with more than 2 stories and it might as well have been called Make Mine Music 2 but it is not as odd as it’s predecessor and the quality of animation and writing is significantly better. After 4 bumpy rides on the package film track I am delighted to tell you my friends that the last 2, which I watched today, are delightful. ![]()
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