The T. H. White book is adapted.
There's a lot of quite amusing things in this. They include Merlin being kind of rambling. Getting into arguments with Archimedes. Referencing things that wouldn't come about for hundreds of years as if he is not the only person of his time who has any idea what they are. The various moving, shrinking and growing objects he uses his magic on which certainly make chores significantly easier - this definitely helped inspire that element of the Ant-Man movies.
This was of course far from the first time that a feature film depicted the supernatural. But on account of the freedom that not being live-action offers it features more of it in a shorter amount of time than ever before. The messages that one should not overlook those who have little power or trust too much in those who are physically strong and confident that brains outweigh brawn are great and extremely important to impart upon the young. On the other hand the squirrel sequence gets quite misogynistic, suggesting that only girls and women not also males get irrational when in love and that they are the ones who don't respect consent and we are the ones who suffer when it's violated when the opposite is frequently the case. It's also very mean spirited to present a conventionally unattractive female as being worthy of ridicule in particular if it expresses romantic interest, not to mention how it underlines that Madam Mim is not beautiful. The wizard duel probably should have taken up more of the running time; it could have helped make it less episodic on the whole.
It delivers all the things that were expected from Disney at the time. It's funny, engaging and exciting. The animation is great with strong use of colour and light. Every living thing moves in a way that feels natural unless that's the gag. 7/10.
There's a lot of quite amusing things in this. They include Merlin being kind of rambling. Getting into arguments with Archimedes. Referencing things that wouldn't come about for hundreds of years as if he is not the only person of his time who has any idea what they are. The various moving, shrinking and growing objects he uses his magic on which certainly make chores significantly easier - this definitely helped inspire that element of the Ant-Man movies.
This was of course far from the first time that a feature film depicted the supernatural. But on account of the freedom that not being live-action offers it features more of it in a shorter amount of time than ever before. The messages that one should not overlook those who have little power or trust too much in those who are physically strong and confident that brains outweigh brawn are great and extremely important to impart upon the young. On the other hand the squirrel sequence gets quite misogynistic, suggesting that only girls and women not also males get irrational when in love and that they are the ones who don't respect consent and we are the ones who suffer when it's violated when the opposite is frequently the case. It's also very mean spirited to present a conventionally unattractive female as being worthy of ridicule in particular if it expresses romantic interest, not to mention how it underlines that Madam Mim is not beautiful. The wizard duel probably should have taken up more of the running time; it could have helped make it less episodic on the whole.
It delivers all the things that were expected from Disney at the time. It's funny, engaging and exciting. The animation is great with strong use of colour and light. Every living thing moves in a way that feels natural unless that's the gag. 7/10.