Talk:Disney Dark Age/@comment-30591854-20180712171546

I cannot judge Winnie the Pooh, as I never saw the movie itself. The rescuers and the Fox and the Hound, are the same deal for me. The Aristocats was a good movie though. Robin Hood was very enjoyable, although it could be better on some parts. Basil, the Great Mouse Detective and Oliver & Company were very very good movies.

The Black Cauldron was a nice attempt to do a kind of 'child-friendly horror'. Dutch child novel writers, most notable Paul van Loon, has proven with his "Griezelbus" series the formula itself works. And the movie does even have some nice plot twists, most notably the "boobytrap" in the bargain that get Taran the Black Cauldron, was a stroke of a master writer. I have the feeling the movie is just rushed. The arrogant attitude from Eilonwy towards Taran could have worked better if there was more time to allow the two to grow closer to each other, and make it harder on those two to deny their true feelings. Calling the Black Cauldron "bad" wouldn't do the movie justice, but it could be better if it wasn't rushed, and maybe also if not loads of the book it was based on was omited (not that I read the book, but it was easy to tell a lot has been left out), the movie would have been better (maybe even one of the best), and I think that explains its poor performance money-wise.