This animated ‘new’ fairy tale is from the book by Kate DiCamillo and is beautiful to experience. The Renaissance art influences are wonderful to simply bask in as you watch. I won’t dwell too much on historical inaccuracies like some since, after all, it is a fairy tale. I thought the plot elements involving the serving girl Miggery Sow (Tracey Ullman) were weak and didn’t especially add to the flow but that isn’t nearly enough to keep me from enjoying and buying this DVD.
I have placed Kate’s book on hold at the library as I want to see the source for this interesting story. I’m especially interested in seeing how she treats with Despereaux since he seems ultra brave and incapable of cowering at the beginning (like Reepicheep in the Chronicles of Narnia) but seems to change quite a bit when confronted with the nasty cat in the Rat Dungeon.
Still, very worthwhile.
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Meet the Robinsons
I liked the idea behind Disney’s Meet the Robinsons ever since the first trailer I saw for it. Strangely enough, all the kids were doing their own thing and so Karen and I watched this kid’s animation alone.
We enjoyed it very much. The story moves along quickly with a lot to keep interest from flagging. There were some sappy moments (especially the reuse of the “keep moving forward” part of Disney’s quote I’ve put at the end) but this is a much better film than I expect from the modern Walt Disney syndicate. Some elements are easy to predict but there were some surprises for me and that was fun!
Recommended.
We keep moving forward, opening new doors, and doing new things, because we’re curious and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.
Walt Disney
