101 Dalmatians

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Hagrid W Mar 13, 2019 One Hundred and One Dalmatians is a Disney film directed by Wolfgang Reitherman, Clyde Geronimi and Hamilton Luske. Really good voice acting especially Rod Taylor as Pongo and Betty Lou Gerson as Cruella de vil. Very good characters especially Cruella de vil and Jasper and Horace. Good cinematography with some cool shots. Really good animation especially with the characters. Very good setting with the London to the country. Great style with the animation to the colour scheme. Very good sound design especially for the time. Very good and quotable dialogue. Good editing. Very good music though therea not much. Very good and fun story. Very good comedy for a Disney movie. Very good atmosphere especially when Cruellaa around. The film is also really enjoyable. Over all I give it a 9/10 See more

Rey Feb 15, 2019 This could possibly be one of the greatest Disney film book adaptions when I think about it. Especially since the author of the book wanted Disney to make a film off of it, and the film works as well as the book does. 101 Dalmatians to me introduced the 60s style of Disney animation that made it define the entire decade, especially after Sleeping Beauty that was released 2 years prior. The one most notable thing I'd say about the film is that every animator assigned to each character in my opinion fits perfectly. Having Marc Davis animated Cruella De Vil was spot on, and it makes sense as he's done a lot of Disney women. The drawings on Cruella and her personality really shines, her movements and gestures are so distinct and funny that it basically makes her the strongest part of the film. I do love the fact that she's a very skinny woman, but her large fur coat almost make seem as though she's more muscular and larger than how she really is...a toothpick. It was smart to assign Milt Kahl and Ollie Johnston to Pongo and Perdita. I love the scene where Pongo and Perdita are under the table or piece of furniture and are both scared of Cruella. The emotion is very understandable, and Ollie Johnston did a effort-filled, well-done job drawing the dogs crouching under it. The direction and angle of that one bit is structured very well. Milt's original Pongo sketch did make him seem too much of a different species of dog besides dalmatian as he did draw him with a large snout. I do think Bill Peet's sketches matched better with the style of the film. Speaking of which, the animation introduced Xerography into the animated film industry. While not being the first to use it, it was a very smart more to use it after Sleeping Beauty caused bankruptcy. I know Walt didn't like it and bashed dear Ken Anderson for it, but if I was there, I would have PRAISED Ken because the film saved the studio and added a different art style that truly matches the setting and tone of the film. It really compliments the drawings of the human characters, and I appreciate Ken for coming up with the idea. Whenever Disney can try a different art style is when the animation irresistably captures me. Walt's reason for hating it is kind of unreasonable to me, saying how it takes away the charm and original magic of his past, soft-colored, ink-painted films. It certainly doesn't take away the charm, it enhances it in its own unique way, and the film has a lot of original charm to it. The Disney magic is there, and it's there through the change in animation style that captivated audiences when they first saw it. He was more focused on Television and Disneyland at the time, and it's shameful that Walt blew up at Ken for something that's not even an issue, and that it was Ken that practically saved the Disney studio from filing for bankruptcy again and the need to lay off more animators and painters. An underrated Disney animator is John Lounsbery, and he's been known for animating older Disney human men(Tony from Lady and the Tramp, for example). He did some of the animation on Jasper and Horace. While they're not the funniest, John gives them memorable personality through how they act through the animation. That's what the right animator does for a character: each animator has their own spin on a character, and when assigned to the right character it adds the right magic to it. John also did Colonel, and it's the kind of dog animation I always wanted to do myself. Something about the dogs with the shaggy mouths and their snouts covered by the fur always captivated me on how they moved their bodies. Frank Thomas did the scene where Pongo is walking with Roger in the beginning. He really nailed the way the characters walked. Milt also did some animation Roger, which looks so good and realistic I wonder if that was completely rotoscoped. There aren't a lot of problems I have with the film besides the fact that it's not very complex in the story, even though I think the story very good. I'd also say that the climax could have been more suspenseful and, dare I say, even longer. The few songs in the film are very catchy and are very smoothly put into the film. I also praise Bill Peet for doing all of the storyboard sketches and script alone. That must have been a lot of hard work, and I have a mad amount of respect for the man for putting in all that wonderful effort into the story and characters. While not a fan that strives the highest and can be a little to cutesy at times, the film is cute, charming, has a wonderfully different animation style, a couple of great songs, and a great and unforgettably fun villain that is one of the reasons I still have it on VHS to this day. 3.5/4 See more

Feb 2, 2019 The best animated movie ever made! With the best movie character ever portrayed: Betty Lou Gerson as the voice of Cruella De Vil! See more

Draco S Jan 9, 2019 Disney, Puppies, and Cruella de Vi. Enough said.

Harry S Aug 28, 2018 Just re watched again twice this week. Amazing for the innovation used at the time with Xerox and 3D animation before computers existed! It may be a simple plot but one of Disney's greatest villain's and her henchmen gave them dogs a run for their lives. See more

Hermione R May 23, 2018 One of Walt Disney's best classics. This movie marked my childhood (and maybe it's because of him that I now like dogs). A fantastic movie with funny and scary scenes. With a fantastic and addictive story. I highly recommend it. See more

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