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Pinocchio (1940)
The puppet who wants to be a real boy
Pinocchio is an animated classic, in my opinion it is very charming, it is about a carpenter who makes a doll in such a way that he wishes with all his being that it become a real boy, too many adventures happen that each scene is unique from the songs to the animation, I love how Pinocchio is a very sweet and innocent doll who desperately seeks to be a real boy, and that Jiminy Cricket is his highest conscience that is there until the end, he is very charismatic and comical, I like that character a lot, he is one of my favourites. The villains are excellent each in their own style and also funny at times. The ending is very beautiful and nostalgic. The music and the soundtrack go according to the animation. The only bad thing is the bad habits in what develops like smoking cigarettes or drinking alcohol and much more. A true Disney classic.
Beach Picnic (1939)
A day on the beach
This is a very entertaining short film where we have Donald and Pluto doing their crazy things on the beach, at first it looks like the plot is more for the float, but as the minutes go by we see that new picturesque characters appear and it becomes more fun thing. Pluto gets the big applause as he takes on the little invaders and Donald trying to do the impossible to help him. What must be highlighted is in the Latin Spanish language it says a not so pleasant word. That for today's society it would be a bit strong, especially for children who would see it in any case. But in the end everything to the point and the plot well developed. 🐶🦆🐜
Ugly Duckling (1939)
The duckling that was a goose
It is a short film °75 of Silly Symphony the last of all. It begins with the family of ducks where they anxiously await the arrival of their little ducklings, but in reality one of them seems to be a goose, which the duck claims why this has happened, then the mother leaves and goes with his children to continue swimming, but unfortunately they do not love the so-called "ugly duckling", they reject him and he desperately seeks to be accepted but he does not find true love, until he finds his true family and they leave happy. The great moral is that it doesn't matter if you're different, someone will love you for who you are and how you are. I loved how all the animation is very beautiful.
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs (1937)
Snow White's Odyssey
Snow White and the 7 Dwarfs is a movie where we see her stepmother the evil queen ask the mirror who is the most beautiful in the kingdom, and without hesitation the mirror tells her that Snow White to which the queen feels jealous and sends her to kill with a woodcutter who, as a sign that he fulfilled his mandate, asks for Snow White's heart (so far the evil queen takes the credit because she is a very imposing character and really evil, she is very well built, by giving her a goal of wanting to finish with Snow White and being the most beautiful of all; Snow White on the other hand is a very sweet character and does not see evil in people despite being an employee, she starts singing with animals; the appearance of the beginning is like something ambiguous, I felt which was forced by making him appear out of nowhere, it's like "Where did he come from? What was he doing there?), then the woodcutter goes looking for Snow White and tries to kill him but he can't and asks him to run away because the queen wants to kill him , listening char eso Snow White flees with all her might until she hallucinate that everything around her wants to attack her (So far it seems crazy to me how Disney made that scene by giving it a macabre touch, like the desperation of the character itself) seeing that it was an illusion of her head comes across the house of the dwarfs, she knocks on the door and seeing no one decides to go in, she starts to clean with her singing animals (I love that scene how the soundtrack goes to the rhythm of the animation and that everything looks like a party at cleaning time), Snow White feels tired and decides to go to sleep, some time passes and the dwarfs at work begin to sing the iconic song. Seeing that it was lunch time they decide to leave, when they get home they find everything clean changed and with the food cooking, they decide to go investigate and send the funny tontin (my favorite character, so innocent and charismatic) they get scared and decide running when Snow White wakes up they see that she is a very beautiful woman, they talk to her and decide that she stays. The next day they tell her before leaving that she be careful with the queen that she can disguise herself as any object or person. Snow White is left alone; the queen prepares something evil and decides to go looking for her disguised as an old woman, she goes and meets her and gives her the poisoned apple, Snow White falls asleep, the dwarfs arrive and follow her until she falls off the cliff and dies, Snow White is put in a coffin and is adored by the dwarfs until her prince charming comes and wakes her up with a kiss, and they live happily ever after.
Conclusion: A spectacular movie from start to finish, I really don't get bored of watching it, and how can I not forget the dwarfs who give the film a bit of humor, every time I saw the dwarfs I felt like I was transported to cartoons like Looney Tunes or Tom and Jerry, it has a little bit of everything. The queen as a spectacular villain despite the fact that she appears in few scenes, she still receives praise as a villain. I love animation and music, I admired how Disney, despite being his first film, did it too well. Excellent.
The Old Mill (1937)
The scary mill
The old mill is the 68th of Silly Simphony, in this short film we see that it is a normal day where there are animals living in the mill, we see that life at night and during the day are different, suddenly it starts to rain and there are strong winds so strong that they move the blades of the mill causing the animals to be frightened and an odyssey begins that for the animals is eternal. Some time passes and everything returns to normal, the animals return to their habitats and it is as if nothing had happened.
In conclusion: All this is unexpected, even though there is only sound and movement of the animals, it seems more terrifying than something entertaining, for Halloween it is very good to see it, but I feel that there is something dark in all that. Animation and tolerable soundtrack.
Toby Tortoise Returns (1936)
The tortoise wins again
The return of the tortoise Toby is the 61st of Silly Symphony, it is about a fight this time in a boxing ring where the hare and the tortoise will face each other again where at the beginning the hare as always has the advantage and is confident again that he is going to beat the tortoise, but again things go wrong because he does everything possible so that the tortoise loses but since there is no evil in the tortoise then he beats him again and sends him to the hospital with the help of the fireworks that the hare itself places in its shell.
Moral: The same as the previous version of him that we should not trust appearances because we can get a big surprise in life.
Conclusion: I felt this short film too repetitive to the other one that was better, the plot is very predictable I know it is a short film but really seeing the same thing is already a bit boring, I thought I was going to see more conflicts or that I was going to leave us another moral time but the only thing that changed I think is that they added a love interest to the turtle so that he can motivate himself and win. After all the tortoise had to win.
The Tortoise and the Hare (1935)
Slow but safe
It is the 49th short film of Silly Symphony, it is about a hare and a tortoise that are preparing for a race both are going to compete and decide to prepare for it, the hare is very smug and begins to make fun of him saying that he would never win because she is too slow, but the tortoise humbly tells her to always do things with caution and patience. The race begins and the hare has the advantage and falls asleep for a moment in a tree, he sees the tortoise go by and they make fun of him and he runs back, the poor tortoise stays behind, then the hare arrives at a school of girls where he brags about his speed and starts talking and playing to be able to impress them but the tortoise doesn't stop, he continues to the end, seeing how the tortoise almost reaches the finish line the hare gets his act together and starts running but It's too late, the tortoise wins the race.
Moral: Never brag about your skills whatever it is, there will always be someone else who has theirs and who will achieve many things, sometimes always walking cautiously and slowly is good, not always the fastest wins a race, but the most cunning .
The hare trusted too much and his ego was so much that they beat him, the tortoise on the other hand was very humble and always preferred to walk slowly but surely.
Undoubtedly a short film to analyze and reflect on life, I liked it a lot. Simply beautiful music and animation.
The Pied Piper (1933)
The Hero Pied Piper
The Pied Piper of Hamelin is the 39th short film by Silly Symphony, where it is about a town or a castle where it is infested with rats everywhere, so much is the overwhelm of the villagers that they come to complain to the king and demands that he do something about the rats, so the king tired of the rats offers to give a reward to whoever gets rid of them, then miraculously a flute player enters and hears what he says the king offers his service, then he begins to play his enchanted flute causing the rats to follow him to a huge giant cheese and disappear. The Pied Piper returns and asks for his reward, but the King refuses to pay it back. The Pied Piper tells him to take the children, which he does. He takes them to a place of entertainment since the children in town were slaves of his parents. When he arrives he feels a total relief and they play forever.
The Pied Piper is one of my characters that I always think I did the right thing by taking the children because they were being exploited.
The king is ambitious and selfish who only thinks of himself and his ambitions cost him dearly.
In conclusion: A short film that teaches a lot to this generation that sees it, not to abuse the characters that offer some help, because in the end everything is paid for in a certain way. The music and the spectacular animation always in rhythm with everything. The flautist gets the credit.
Flowers and Trees (1932)
The Enchanted Forest
Trees and Flowers is a 29th Silly Symphony short film, it is about spring coming to the forest and everyone blooms, and they celebrate it through dances and celebrations accompanied by the symphony and good music, but not everything is joy there is always a water parties that want to ruin everything and it's about the weed of the forest that will never bloom because its time has passed, while the enamored trees dance and court each other, the bad tree tries to steal his girlfriend, but starts a fight without equal until The winning tree is from the forest, so the bad tree is not far behind, I try to burn the entire forest until there is nothing left, but unfortunately it does not turn out as expected because it backfired and then it dies and withers. The forest returns to do the same as always and in the end the trees get married.
Moral: There will always be someone who wants to ruin your happiness, but in the end it will always be returned because evil never triumphs.
Conclusion: A short film that teaches the value of fighting for what we love without giving up. The music and animation are spectacular. The villain looks fearsome and well done, I liked that evil touch.
Santa's Workshop (1932)
Santa's Factory
Santa's Workshop is a 33rd Silly Symphony throwback of the 75 that are; in these small scenes where we see how Santa's elves are working, cleaning the reindeer for Christmas and especially getting ready for December 25. Then they go to Santa Claus's house where an elf helps him to see which children receive or not gifts, with an unparalleled rhyme each of the children is read, it made me laugh like a child almost asks for a Noah's Ark, but in the end they give the poor man soap. In the factory all the toys are made with great fun and unparalleled music, each toy that is created is unique. As Santa Claus gives the thumbs up, the toys begin to come to life and head to the beat of the music for Santa's sack, then he heads to his sleigh to deliver the children.
Santa Claus is a very charismatic character and has that gift of laughter that infects more than one, true to style, his clothing is unique and very colorful.
The goblins are very funny, I liked the goblin that reads the list of the bad and good children.
In conclusion: A unique and unparalleled short film, where they combine music, animation and Christmas style. It is recommended to see with the family. I think I didn't see anything wrong with this short film, I liked it a lot.
Steamboat Willie (1928)
The music boat
Mickey Mouse and Willie's Boat is one of the short films whose animation is in sync with its musical band. Mickey is very itchy that apparently he likes music, when he eats when he drives the boat he whistles the iconic music of the introductions of current Disney movies, until Pete (Pedro) arrives and apparently he doesn't like music and sends him to pick up the animals, but on the way out he meets a slightly mocking parrot and Mickey pours water on it; in that part it's funny because he really deserved it, then they arrive at the port and pick up a skinny cow and the ingenious Mickey feeds him with hay, but behind them Minnie comes running and tells him to wait until they raise her with a hook and when they arrive, the big party is set up with folk music and they begin to use the animals as instruments; In my opinion, I see it too exaggerated as in a certain way there is mistreatment of animals, but well everything is to impress Minnie, the symphony is relatively spectacular as the soundtrack is synchronized with the music of each musical instrument or in this case animals. In the end Pete (Pedro) discovers them and punishes Mickey and sends him to peel potatoes in the basement.
Mickey Mouse is a very charismatic, cheerful and likeable character who only cares and under the circumstances just wants to impress Minnie.
Minnie Mouse is a very flirtatious character with all her clothing and accessories, in one scene I think I saw some harassment or something was hinted at on her skirt that you can see her panties, like I don't like that very much. But she apparently likes music a lot because she was carrying some sheet music until a goat ate it.
Pete is a very grumpy character, since he appeared I didn't really like his way of being, an egocentric and tyrant.
In conclusion: Incredible animation for its time where it was developed, insightful music and the plot goes together with everything, especially with the soundtrack and the animal instruments. Only to highlight with the animal abuse that I do not like very much.