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Message: [QUOTE="dbmill, post: 3240772, member: 2504"] The Tim Burton remake of Dumbo that came out earlier this year got rather unenthusiastic reviews. While I had no desire to see this Disney retread, it got me thinking about classic Disney movies. Many years ago I recall seeing the various early Disney classic animated feature films such as Snow White, Pinnochio, and Fantasia, but I had never seen the original Dumbo. I mentioned this to my wife, and she said she had never seen it before as well. Well, it is available on the Netflix DVD plan, so we watched it last night. It certainly deserves its reputation as a classic piece of animation made by the Disney crew at the height of their prowess. While the whole movie is certainly well made, for me two sequences stand out. First would be the surrealistic pink elephant sequence, which to me almost seems to be a left over bit from some of the crazy stuff you find in Fantasia. Something like this must have made Salvador Dali proud. It is a pretty wild sequence that more or less comes from left field, but works very well. The other sequence is when Dumbo encounters the crows late in the film. I've heard that the crows come in for some criticism due to racial stereotype grounds, but to me this is the best part of the movie. The jive talk patter and action of the crows remind me of what goes on in two great movies from the early 1940's, Cabin in the Sky, and Stormy Weather, both of which were musicals with all black casts. Both Cabin and Stormy Weather have more than their share of racial stereotyping, but are also amazing pieces of entertainment (both are among my favorite movie musicals). I think the crow sequence falls under the same tradition, with the crows at first mocking Dumbo and Timothy the Mouse, but eventually coming to sympathize with Dumbo's situation, and on to becoming their allies. [/QUOTE]

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