The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad (1949)

Rating: 70%


We are now entering the second to last package Disney film to cover. So here's Disney review # 34: The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad.


Plot: The movie contains two stories that are based on popular literature.

The Wind in the Willows: Mr. Toad is a rich toad who lives in Toad Hall (yeah I know that's three times I just said toad but what can you do) and is known to recklessly have all sorts of fun and adventure, causing damage everywhere he goes. His friends try to knock some sense into him, but things seem to get out of hand when he's caught for supposedly stealing a motorcar.

The Legend of Sleepy Hallow: Ichabod Crane is a schoolmaster at the small town of Sleepy Hallow. Despite his odd behavior and appearance, he falls in love with the local town beauty, Katrina Van Tassel and becomes a rival for her affections against the town bully Brom Bones. But one night on Halloween, Brom tells the story of the headless horseman which leads Ichabod to become frightened and possibly run into the headless horseman himself.


These are good stories. Wind and the Willows was a fun tale with talking animals and cherry music. While Sleepy Hallow was a slightly happy but mostly suspenseful story that makes me half curious and half scarred to know what the Tim Burton version of the story is like. The only thing with Sleepy Hallow is the ending, which I won't say what kind of ending it is, but it's just that I didn't fancy it a whole lot. Though what i thought was the most interesting thing was that the narrator for Sleepy Hallow was none other than Bing Crosby. (yeah I know. what do you know about that.)


Characters:
Mr. Toad: He was a fairly fun character. Crazy, but fun.
Ratty and Moley: I particularly liked this film when it came to seeing these guys. It's mostly because I'm primarily familiar with these characters from their part in Mickey's Christmas Carol. So it's good to know where they originated from if not from that particular video.
Ichabod Crane: I kinda liked Ichabod. Mostly because of how he's totally into food (as messed up as it is that he stays skinny after being such an eater) and how he was doing just fine in winning Katrina's heart.


Music: I liked the music. I think the best was "Nowhere in Particular."

And that's my review for The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad. It's a fairly nice film through and through for some decent Disney fun.