I liked ‘The Skeleton Dance’ more.
That’s what this is to me ‘The Skeleton Dance 2.0’ and it’s
not as good. I like the twist of Mickey
going into a haunted house and instead of the spooks wanting to terrorize him
they want him to play the organ so they can dance. That’s neat.
I like some of the animation like the way the rain barrel morphs into
four skeletons when Mickey falls into it, that looks really good, but the rest
is boring. Most of the dances are loops
and duplications; one section is borrowed entirely from the other short and
some of the actions are similar like the skeletons playing on their backs and
it’s just not interesting to me this time around.
Also Walt’s voice for Mickey isn’t as distinct as it will
become so the personality of the character is lacking as a viable contrast to
the spooks. The asshole/rogue trait is
also not present here, makes sense given this is horror themed, but if you’re
going to a plot over again, but just add Mickey to it some contrast would be
nice to have this stand on its own from what’s come before.
So in future I’m giving this short a pass.
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