I'll level with you: this is the last of the Disney "package films," and as such I watched it with more of a "let's get this over with" mindset than like I wanted to watch an actual movie. That's the same mindset I'm bringing to this write-up. You've been warned.
Previous relationship with the movie: I've been on Mr. Toad's Wild Ride.
So I watched it: It was decent I guess. I mean none of the Disney movies yet have been
horrible or anything it's just that I'm sick of the package films and I want to get onto the actual classics. This movie is made up of two long-ish segments, the one about Ichabod and the one about Mr. Toad. The Mr. Toad one is first, so I'll talk about it first.Mr. Toad was a pretty good segment. Mr. Toad is a rude toad who just wants to slack off and have fun, and the rest of the town gets on his case about it and tells him to grow up. I can relate to that. Mr. Toad sees a motorcar and he just goes NUTS, he has to have it. Cut to later, he's been blamed for stealing a car! You don't even get to see the incident, it's like the Hangover of that generation. What happens next, I'll never tell!
Then the Ichabod Crane segment. It was pretty good too mostly. Ichabod Crane is an ugly nerd who somehow gets chicks. Boo, I hate ugly nerds (I am self-loathing). Ichabod and the town bully try to win over the town hottie, Katrina Van Tassel. The town bully tries to pull a trick on Ichabod by telling him the story of the Headless Horseman. Then the Headless Horseman actually comes after Ichabod! Weird. What happens next, I'll never tell.
Overall, this was a good movie. As good as these package films got. I'm glad to be done with them, though.
Best part of the movie: When the Headless Horseman throws his head at Ichabod and disintegrates him (whoops, spoilers).
Up next: Actual classic, Cinderella.
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