The Little Mermaid:
So I really thought I saw this all as a kid but when watching it today and I don’t think I have. So yeah I watched this for Father’s Day and it was like the 5th alternative. I wanted to rewatch The Pursuit of Happyness but that didn’t work out so we settled with downloading this for the car ride today. And I liked it a good bit. My favorite parts were the side characters. They are…

So I saw this on the TCM expiring list and it was a short featuring Orson Welles so why not. I think this is my first old live action “short” that I have seen. It very much feels like a student film in many ways but mostly through its filmmaking. One thing that really bugged me was the sound mixing. Usually don’t have a problem with it in any film but this was on a low budget and they didn’t…

I want to get my thoughts out on this before I see the film. As I grow older I want more mature stories that I can relate to and enjoy. The past few Pixar films have done a great job at this and is part of the reason they are amongst some of my favorites the studio has put out. I respect Pixar for giving rookie directors full creative control but I wish Pixar would have kept that mature streak.…