Dumbo is a 64 minute film, very short compared to other movies. But Dumbo is better made and more entertaining than a lot of films today!
After a long wait, the day is finally here for Mrs Jumbo, a circus elephant, who has been waiting for her baby for a long while. But when the Stork delivers her baby, she is surprised to find he has enormous ears, almost the size of 3 elephants ears put together! Her baby is nicknamed 'Dumbo' by the size of his ears, and is ridiculed among the rest of the elephants. After a large fiasco, his mother is locked away and he is forced to fend for himself with a herd who won't accept him and treat him as an equal. But Dumbo, with his only friend, Timothy Mouse, emerge successful, and make his mother proud.
I love the songs, especially "Baby Mine", which is emotional, and if you can't cry during "Baby Mine", you are heartless! Even "Look Out For Mr Stork" was catchy and sweet. "Pink Elephants On Parade" is also very entertaining, and depicts Dumbo's drunken hallucinations, though the video was more fun than the song itself. It reminded me of the Heffalumps And Woozles song from Winnie The Pooh slightly, they are similar.
For a film made in the 40s, the animation of Dumbo is fabulous. Everything was perfected, from the trains to the giraffes. And Dumbo was just too cute. The floppy ears, the ADORABLE and innocent smile, the child-eyes that melt hearts. There is nothing not to like about him.
One of Disney's classics!
After a long wait, the day is finally here for Mrs Jumbo, a circus elephant, who has been waiting for her baby for a long while. But when the Stork delivers her baby, she is surprised to find he has enormous ears, almost the size of 3 elephants ears put together! Her baby is nicknamed 'Dumbo' by the size of his ears, and is ridiculed among the rest of the elephants. After a large fiasco, his mother is locked away and he is forced to fend for himself with a herd who won't accept him and treat him as an equal. But Dumbo, with his only friend, Timothy Mouse, emerge successful, and make his mother proud.
I love the songs, especially "Baby Mine", which is emotional, and if you can't cry during "Baby Mine", you are heartless! Even "Look Out For Mr Stork" was catchy and sweet. "Pink Elephants On Parade" is also very entertaining, and depicts Dumbo's drunken hallucinations, though the video was more fun than the song itself. It reminded me of the Heffalumps And Woozles song from Winnie The Pooh slightly, they are similar.
For a film made in the 40s, the animation of Dumbo is fabulous. Everything was perfected, from the trains to the giraffes. And Dumbo was just too cute. The floppy ears, the ADORABLE and innocent smile, the child-eyes that melt hearts. There is nothing not to like about him.
One of Disney's classics!