Rankin Bass' Tom Sawyer

Let’s go south with Tom Sawyer! 

Mark Twain tells the story of Tom Sawyer. (Oh good, the actual writer that narrate. Wait, Charles Dickens in A Christmas Tree? Oh well, at least this follows through the story with the writer than telling a different stories. You’ve been warned.)

In Mississippi, Tom Sawyer (voiced by Billie Mae Richard) convince a bunch of kids to white wash the fence He has actual friends with Becky, a dog named Shag, and Huck Finn, as they have an adventure at Doogal Cave. (Butch Hartman wishes to bury one of the worst animated films to be redubbed with the Weinsteins.)

6 minutes later, Tom found Desperado Jones discovering gold. 2 ½ minutes later, Tom and Becky got out of the cave. The town thinks they’re dead, but of course they’re not. Tom and Huck got the gold from a dead Desperado to be in the rich life. Will they enjoy this new life, and do we care?

I can’t believe there’s something as boring as Swiss Family Robinson, if not, more boring as that. We spend half the episode in a dark, dull cave with absolutely nothing happening but walking. There have been many films that spends majority of better times in a cave such as Simpsons, Avatar, and even the Fraggle Rocks. The people in this film are just as interesting as the cave. At least Swiss Family Robinson got attention-grabbing with the only girl disguise as a native, before she blends in with the family.

Any of the famous scenes of the book of Tom Sawyer is very minor from painting the fence at the beginning to the raft at the end. Yes, the story has grown more controversial in this PC world, as they can’t show every other recognizable character such as N-Jim. It’s really strange that the animated MGM version even showed that character as the villain, and they’re animals. The Simpsons is probably closer to Tom Sawyer under seven minutes than 20 minutes! It’s probably best to show the friendship of Tom and Huck, but this version mostly shows it at the last third act.

As Billie Mae Richard can be remarkable, it’s the only time she voiced the main character in this series, other than A Christmas Tree. She can hold a film on her own, but I rather follow her as a reindeer than human, and an extent of a Care Bear.

Much like the cave and river in the story, it’s best to go through this film once, and never go there again, unless you can predict every natural moment to make it a better trip. Tom Sawyer is one to it a give it a pass. 

You don’t want to listen to semi-reality, you want to hear another fairy tale, said viewers mostly under 7 that don’t read my blog as much as any over the age of 8. The next one would be grim with poison and psychos with Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.