Brave Little Tailor

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Title: "Brave Little Tailor"
Year: 1938
Length: 9 minutes
Director: Bill Roberts
Starring: Walt Disney
Music: Albert Hay Malotte
Oscars: nominated for Best Animated Short
I saw it: on video (The Sword in the Stone bonus feature), a couple days ago
Synopsis: a tailor finds himself appointed Royal Giant Killer

My reaction
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Special effects/design: Although, some continuity issues really bother me.
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Subjective Rating: 5/10 (Indifferent, ). I guess I can see the appeal; Mickey's a pretty cute little guy. Doesn't do anything for me, though.
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A Knight for a Day

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Title: "A Knight for a Day"
Year: 1946
Length: 7 minutes
Director: Jack Hannah
Writer: Bill Peet
Music: Oliver Wallace
I saw it: on video (The Sword in the Stone bonus feature), a couple days ago
Synopsis: a jousting match, narrated by a sportscaster

My reaction
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Special effects/design: Are they all Goofy, or are they just all dogs? I can't tell.
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Subjective Rating: 3/10 (Bad, ). I don't get it.
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The Sword in the Stone

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Title: The Sword in the Stone
Year: 1963
Length: 79 minutes
Director: Wolfgang Reitherman
Writer: Bill Peet, based on the book by T.H. White
Starring: Sebastian Cabot, Karl Swenson, Rickie Sorensen, Junius Matthews
Music: George Bruns (score); Richard M. Sherman & Robert B. Sherman (songs)
Oscars: nomination for Best Score (Adapted)
I saw it: on video many times, most recently yesterday (have on DVD)
Synopsis: a wizard educates a seemingly unimportant boy



My reaction
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Special effects/design: I've got to take a point off for the shameless reuse of footage.
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Subjective Rating: 9/10 (One of my favorites,  [edit: 5/4]). Completely delightful from start to finish. I think this might be my second favorite Disney movie (after Winnie-the-Pooh).
Objective Rating (Average): [edit: 3.5/4 (Very good)]

Doctor Who #63: The Mutants

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Title: Doctor Who: “The Mutants”
Year: 1972
Network: BBC
Episodes: 6, at 25 minutes each; the fourth story (of five) from season nine
Creators: Sydney Newman, C.E. Webber, Donald Wilson
Director: Christopher Barry
Writers: Bob Baker, Dave Martin
Starring: Jon Pertwee, Katy Manning
Music: Ron Grainer (theme); Tristram Cary
I saw it: on video (rented from Netflix), over the past few days
Synopsis: a planet's inhabitants are exploited by imperial humans

My reaction
Concept:
Story: Might have been okay, but the ending ensures a solid "terrible."
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Acting: Most are fine, but at least one of them literally could not be worse.
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Subjective Rating: 4/10 (Eh, ). Slow and unoriginal. The Doctor is passive. There's a lot of hanging out in mines. What is it with mining in classic Doctor Who? They were crazy about mines.
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