Post by twothousandonemark on Feb 9, 2019 21:19:31 GMT
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Fun & fancy free, 80 Days offers a Disney'fied travelogue of sorts around the world. The whole thing feels like a giant picture book on film, with touches of the fantastical like ballooning over England & France, elephant ride through India, & riverboat steaming across the Atlantic.
Sure it's not pc these days, but it's not very malicious either - it was 1956 afterall. If you went back in a time machine to 1956 today, you'd be exhausted by its racism & unable to fix it all. The movie has a very It's a Small World vibe to it, & yeah, that ride is probably just as outdated.
One of those Oscar winners that seems forever out of reach (Region 1 dvds online go for around $100). Also an Oscar win that seems to have helped more than undercut a film's legacy. I enjoy it every few years, it's one of the more innocent blockbusters ever.
Fun & fancy free, 80 Days offers a Disney'fied travelogue of sorts around the world. The whole thing feels like a giant picture book on film, with touches of the fantastical like ballooning over England & France, elephant ride through India, & riverboat steaming across the Atlantic.
Sure it's not pc these days, but it's not very malicious either - it was 1956 afterall. If you went back in a time machine to 1956 today, you'd be exhausted by its racism & unable to fix it all. The movie has a very It's a Small World vibe to it, & yeah, that ride is probably just as outdated.
One of those Oscar winners that seems forever out of reach (Region 1 dvds online go for around $100). Also an Oscar win that seems to have helped more than undercut a film's legacy. I enjoy it every few years, it's one of the more innocent blockbusters ever.
