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The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
This was a nice, easy watch and short too! I'd never heard of The Great Mouse Detective before watching it. Which isn't surprising as back in 1986 when this first came out I had other things on my mind than watching Disney films
I suppose a lot of younger people had this on VHS and watched it tell the tape broke. I missed that VHS era by a decade or so...and when I was a kid we were lucky that the TV was a color set!
My favorite scene was the mouse trap death defying scene. That sorta reminded me of a James Bond film. I liked the way Basil mouse quickly calculated the trajectory of the ball and then he set off the trap at just the right moment for the trap wire to hit the ball instead of their heads. Though I'm not sure how they avoided the axe and crossbow from getting them, oh well that doesn't really matter
You know what really surprised me was the amount of smoking the characters did. Even back in the 1950s a Disney film wouldn't have had that much smoking going on. I think that's because of the era it was made, mid 80s. In the mid 80s the popularity of smoking went way up after it had been in a long decline. Had this been made in 1976 or 1996 the amount of smoking would've been far less. Now, don't think I'm pissed or something, cause that would be a wrong assumption. I just find it fascinating how films reflect the social norms of the times in which they were made.
A lesser known Disney animated film with a decidedly British/Sherlock Holmes feel to it.
The Great Mouse Detective (1986)
This was a nice, easy watch and short too! I'd never heard of The Great Mouse Detective before watching it. Which isn't surprising as back in 1986 when this first came out I had other things on my mind than watching Disney films
I suppose a lot of younger people had this on VHS and watched it tell the tape broke. I missed that VHS era by a decade or so...and when I was a kid we were lucky that the TV was a color set!My favorite scene was the mouse trap death defying scene. That sorta reminded me of a James Bond film. I liked the way Basil mouse quickly calculated the trajectory of the ball and then he set off the trap at just the right moment for the trap wire to hit the ball instead of their heads. Though I'm not sure how they avoided the axe and crossbow from getting them, oh well that doesn't really matter
You know what really surprised me was the amount of smoking the characters did. Even back in the 1950s a Disney film wouldn't have had that much smoking going on. I think that's because of the era it was made, mid 80s. In the mid 80s the popularity of smoking went way up after it had been in a long decline. Had this been made in 1976 or 1996 the amount of smoking would've been far less. Now, don't think I'm pissed or something, cause that would be a wrong assumption. I just find it fascinating how films reflect the social norms of the times in which they were made.
A lesser known Disney animated film with a decidedly British/Sherlock Holmes feel to it.