As long as we're in Black History Month, I might as well keep the tangential theme going. Is this overlooked (and over-edited) Disney Film worth revisiting via Disney Plus? Let's see...
In a nice, fantasy Kingdom, an evil Horned King seeks an object of great power.
Look at the title of the Film and then guess what it is.
Taran must make the transition from Assistant Pigkeeper to Hero to stop this evil being.
It's a shame that there aren't more overt Heroes around, who may or may not have been cut from this Tale when it was condensed from 2 Books to one Cartoon.
He is rescued by a Princess, who joins him on his journey to find the Cauldron...to keep the King from finding it.
I don't want to backseat adventure here, but it seems like everyone is safer if NOBODY finds it, right?
Can they save the day if the Horned King can revive his Deathless Army?
More importantly, will we ever see the whole Film? Katzenberg made them cut 12 minutes (out of 92 minutes) and we only have some frames that may or may not be official.
Oh well, Disney can always just try to rebrand it in a few years (like they already did) instead...
A good story, that has some clearly-missing parts. As noted, the Film was cut after it was deemed 'too dark' at Screenings. Granted- it is quite dark. The problem comes down to some people in charge not wanting to let the Studio and its work grow with its audience. Instead, they wanted to just keep grabbing the younger generation every time. Granted- they are a massive empire, but could they have become more? I guess we'll never know. The actual Film is quite good on its own merits, to be fair. Even with the cuts, you have an unlikely Hero, some good companions and everyone gets a bit of an arc. Plus the 3 Witches from Macbeth got a new gig- it has been awhile. Wait- is it bad luck to write Macbeth in a Review?!?!? The dark Tone is nicely-balanced by how fun all of the Characters are. There are probably some issues if you happen to love the Books, since, as noted, alot of condensing happens. All in all though, it was nice to see the Film is full HD on the Streaming Service...even if there is no Blu-Ray of the Film. Weird, right? Oh well, I can always enjoy the lowest-fidelity option of all without Disney...
A good Film with some surprisingly-dark elements to it. It doesn't feel like a 'Disney Film' should and is more interesting for it.
Look at the title of the Film and then guess what it is.
It's a shame that there aren't more overt Heroes around, who may or may not have been cut from this Tale when it was condensed from 2 Books to one Cartoon.
I don't want to backseat adventure here, but it seems like everyone is safer if NOBODY finds it, right?
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