The Fox and the Hound (1981)ĭisney entered the decade of excess with a simple story about friendship between rivals in The Fox and the Hound (1981).
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Overall, this movie is one of the most endearing for young audiences within the Dark Age, and it’s message of finding family in the most inopportune of places and circumstances resonates to this day. Madame Medusa is in many ways, a rip-off of Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians, but she has her unique and zany moments in what was truly a disappointing decade for Disney villains. This animated opus was set in the modern era, and even went so far as to include symbols and metaphors exploring politics, adoption, and even child abduction. The Rescuers was Disney’s confirmation that it was moving with the times. As three separate shorts, each brief movie has the classic charm and warm hues we have come to expect from Pooh and his friends, but there is something complete and refreshing when viewing all three films together within the framing story. Much like the Disney animated films of the World War II Era, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh is a “package film” in how it is really 3 short films wrapped around a live action framing device. The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh (1977)
Even though the movie is subpar, it still has a loyal and devoted fanbase, but I will save my Dark Age fan rant for The Black Cauldron. Of all the Dark Age films, this one is quite possibly the one that deserves it’s reputation: the animation, voice acting, music, tone, and storytelling are all like an animated acid trip indicative of the era. The 1970s were a transitional decade in American culture, and Robin Hood is an example of a downward transition in once beloved cultural institutions, such as Disney animation. If The Aristocats was an example of rough 2D animation, then Robin Hood was certainly the film to continue this trend with the House of Mouse. But despite all of this, recent assessments of the movie have pointed out the film’s unique characterizations and the film’s gritty, urban setting as progressive steps forward for the animation division outside of toddler fare. The film was approved by Walt Disney himself in 1962, therefore, it has his influence in some ways, but the final product lacked any of his imprint, and this was bound to be noticeable. The Aristocats, in all honesty, is certainly not along the lines of a Pinocchio (1940) or the film that preceded it in the Disney animated canon, The Jungle Book (1967), but if you can overlook the garish animation quality, it’s really a decent film. So let’s take a look at each of these films to discover how indifference and reputation has led these Disney entries to be underrated and forgotten. But with this in mind, the Dark Age has developed a large cult following over the years, including high praise from yours truly. Of the 8 films comprising the Dark Age, the animation had a sketched, almost surreal-looking vibe in some instances, and the films themselves proved to be less whimsical and more serious. With a stronger focus on other ventures such as the launch of Walt Disney World in 1971, the animation division fell by the wayside, and animators began to option and create more obscure stories to turn into movies. This 18-year period was chaotic to say the least as the company struggled to find it’s footing after Walt’s death. The Dark Age, also known as the Bronze Age, spans the years 1970-1988, the immediate period following Walt Disney’s death in 1966 and ending with the release of Oliver & Company (1988), which preceded The Little Mermaid (1989) and the start of the Disney Renaissance. All things considered, not everyone likes Disney’s Dark Age animated films.
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