8 Animated Disney Films That Really Shouldn't Be Called Classics
3. Robin Hood
The main criticism Robin Hood tends to draw is that it reused animation from previous hits to make up for its lacking budget. While that's certainly worth mentioning, its neither a good or bad thing a little uncreative, sure, but the ideas still quite smart. Besides, Robin Hood, whose fans do tend to be those who experienced it in an impressionable stage of childhood, has plenty else working against it. After so many adaptations of all manner of stories that feel like the definitive version, Robin Hood came along as just one indistinct reimagining among many. The big cause of this is the character designs. Anthropomorphised animals are fun, but here theyre in a world of their own; we're not simply looking into a magical past or a community hidden amongst the human world. Its unjustified and makes the dark parts (hanging Friar Tuck) feel silly. Disney never made this mistake again, although Pixar did with Cars to a similar response. The project was originally going to be a version of Reynard the Fox, but after that was deemed not morally suitable it seems the idea of a fox was simply transferred across to the British myth. Now that's uncreative.
