Back in mid-80s, my parents recorded this of off TV on VHS (yes, I'm old) and because we didn't have many children's movies recorded (and only three channels), me and my sisters ended up watching this quite a few times. I did remember this fondly, but when I was curious as to whether this would hold up when I tried to find it to show to my nieces. Couldn't find it when they were children, but when I finally did get my hands on it, I can now say that it does indeed hold up, although I can't really tell whether I ike it because of those childhood memories or because it's actually good. I would like to believe its the latter.
It is quite weird. The world is quite absurdly centered on the king, who has.a fragile ego and is quite quick-tempered. Everyone else is completely disposable (and he disposes of quite a few of them throughout the movie). It is absurd in other ways as well. It is a police state, but the police generally don't wield anything more dangerous than umbrellas. I do remember wondering how this world even functions or how the king ever managed to gain such power, but we can also see examples of the latter in the real world, so the older me sees that as almost a warning on what might be happening in the world right now.
Here, a.young chimney sweep in a painting falls in love with a shepherd in another painting. Things get complicated when a painting of the king also falls in love with the girl and claims his right as the king on the girl. The young pair escape with the help of the mockingbird.
The production was quite fragmented and at times you can see the seems in the animation, but its not that bad. I don't know if this is also the reason for the.uneven pacing of the story, but the kid in me doesn't really care about that either.
It is quite weird. The world is quite absurdly centered on the king, who has.a fragile ego and is quite quick-tempered. Everyone else is completely disposable (and he disposes of quite a few of them throughout the movie). It is absurd in other ways as well. It is a police state, but the police generally don't wield anything more dangerous than umbrellas. I do remember wondering how this world even functions or how the king ever managed to gain such power, but we can also see examples of the latter in the real world, so the older me sees that as almost a warning on what might be happening in the world right now.
Here, a.young chimney sweep in a painting falls in love with a shepherd in another painting. Things get complicated when a painting of the king also falls in love with the girl and claims his right as the king on the girl. The young pair escape with the help of the mockingbird.
The production was quite fragmented and at times you can see the seems in the animation, but its not that bad. I don't know if this is also the reason for the.uneven pacing of the story, but the kid in me doesn't really care about that either.