The Sword in the Stone Appreciation Post
Okay, I love this film. Although it's not amongst Disney animation studio's most popular films it holds a dear spot in my heart. This film came out in 1963. It was the last film Walt Disney would be apart of before he died. The plot is simple and based off the founding of King Arthur, yet the most well developed character has got to be Merlin. I absolutely love the old man. He's adorable and his attitude as well as mannerisms are designed so well. His character acts as an old wizard would, at one point in the story he uses his beard as a feather duster. This simple action won me over to Merlin's character. Also his voice actor Karl Swenson did a great job giving life to the cartoon.
As for Arthur himself, he is very much like a twelve year old boy. He acts curious to the unknown world, but still follows his own dreams and desires. This at times puts him against his mentor Merlin. The two though make a great combination and adding Merlin's owl Archimedes to the mix made the interactions more interesting. Both Merlin and Archimedes have very different teaching styles that they try to instill upon poor Arthur. Backgrounds and animation are highly fluid and well done. All in all a great little gem of a film. It's watched more for the characters than the plot and sometimes that's just nice.
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