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Wednesday, 10 April 2013

Day 100: The Fox and the Hound



Tod and Copper are an unlikely pair; one is a fox and the other is a hunting dog. But when they’re young they only care about being friends and not the trouble they’ll have later. Sadly they can’t just be friends forever because people must hunt, for some reason.

Disney really knows how to break your heart. First off with the gunshot that kills Tod’s Mother and then later when the old lady leaves Tod in the woods. This is my favourite Disney film and I’ve seen it a million times but I always never really like Copper. I understand that he’s been trained to hunt and he doesn’t have much of a choice about it but he just turns on Tod so easily. You were best friends! That has to count for something. Tod comes to the rescue though when Copper is about to be killed by a bear because he’s a babe.

Tod:  Copper, you’re my very best friend.
Copper:  And you’re mine too, Tod.
Tod:  And we’ll always be friends forever, won’t we?
Copper:  Yeah, forever.

LIES.

10/10

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Day 92: Breakfast At Tiffany's



Immediately upon moving into his new apartment, Paul (George Peppard) meets Holly Golightly (Audrey Hepburn) and is instantly taken with her. He spends time with her and seems to understand who she is, eventually loving her for it. Although I’m sure he probably loved her right away, really.

Holly seems a bit fascinating, I’m not at all surprised that Paul loves her. I think it’s great that she does what she wants when she wants to do it. Obviously it’s hard for her and she doesn’t let anyone get close to her but I think that’s good, in a way. It means that eventually when she does let someone in then they’ll be the best because she won’t just let it be any old person. And that’s what happened here. Paul doesn’t seem like a rat or a super-rat, like all the other men she comes across. He genuinely cares for her and wants the best for her. Definitely pleased they got together at the end. In the rain! How wonderful.

For some reason I wasn’t expecting to like this film (I seem to say that a lot) but it was great. As terrible as it may sound, I’ve never actually seen a film with Audrey Hepburn in it before but she was wonderful.

9/10