Disney Through the Ages #14:
Letterboxd Popularity: 38/63
Letterboxd Rank: 36/63
A couple superlatives here to start with: flight over London as one of the best scenes so far, and Michael as one of the cutest characters. Captain Hook also strikes a great balance between menacing and comedically useless and is the first archetypical Disney villains really since the Evil Queen, but we'll see if he stays up there by the end of this journey.
Peter Pan and one more…
Disney Through the Ages #13:
Letterboxd Popularity: 21/63
Letterboxd Rank: 13/63
Disney did a great job of making Wonderland look and feel abstract, but ultimately it's tough to spend an entire movie in a world that makes no sense, intentional or not. While fantastical elements have the potential to amaze, the changing rules that evolve with each scene make it hard to keep up.
If you're into fever dream cinema, Alice in Wonderland will impress, even as an adult, however this revisit just didn't click for me.
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Definitive ranking of the names Rupert gets called:
1. Mr. Puffer. Hilarious lack of effort, chef’s kiss
2. Mr. Pumpnick. Beautiful, not a single syllable is right
3. Mr. Pumpkin. Low hanging fruit, but still a decent laugh
4. Mr. Romance. Well-timed sarcastic contribution from Rita
5. Mr. Potkin. Meh, not very convincing
6. Mr. King. Rupert’s self-proclaimed alias, basically just an honourable mention
7. Mr. Pipkin. Bad, you probably heard his name correctly and you’re just being a dick if you use this one
Imagine devoting the next 50 years of your life to personally loathing everyone in your hometown because you got roasted in front of your second grade crush when you were 8
