Thursday, April 22, 2021

Make Mine Music (1946)

IMDb plot summary: Animation done to contemporary popular music.
Directed by Robert Cormack, Clyde Geronimi, and 3 others. Starring Nelson Eddy, Dinah Shore, Benny Goodman, and The Andrews Sisters.

There are definitely some gems here -- Peter and the Wolf is a nostalgic favorite of mine, and I love the playfulness between the animators and the animated characters on All the Cats Join In -- but there are a lot of segments that are less interesting. There are a handful that are just slow and dreary without a lot of variety to them, and they feel more like music videos than anything else. I admit I have a strong bias for storycentric film and can't quite get into something that's mostly just pretty visuals set to music, so if that is something you don't struggle to connect with, this might be a much more engaging series of shorts for you. I do appreciate the varied styles of animation, from quiet and pastoral to loud and cartoony. It's certainly a good showcase of Disney animator talent. It just often leaves me bored.

How it entered my Flickchart:
Make Mine Music < The Beach
Make Mine Music < Adam's Rib
Make Mine Music > House on Haunted Hill (1959)
Make Mine Music > Shampoo
Make Mine Music > Without a Clue
Make Mine Music < Gypsy (1993)
Make Mine Music < Swiss Family Robinson
Make Mine Music > Quitting
Make Mine Music > The Color of Pomegranates
Make Mine Music > The Rainmaker
Make Mine Music > The Peanut Butter Falcon
Make Mine Music < Sorry, Wrong Number
Final spot: #2588 out of 3344, or 23%.

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