The Black Cauldron (1985)
A young boy and a bunch of misfit friends embark on a quest to find a dark magic item of ultimate power before a diaboical tyrant can. (imdb)
Genres: Drama, Family/Kids, Adventure, Animation
Country: USA
Directed By: Richard Rich, Ted Berman
Written By: Lloyd Alexander, David Jonas
Starring: John Hurt, Nigel Hawthorne, John Byner, Freddie Jones, Arthur Malet, Grant Bardsley, Susan Sheridan
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The Black Cauldron belongs to 19 collections
1. Features under 91 minutes (public: moderated by epiphany - 51 stars)
2. Official Disney Animated Canon (public: moderated by Filligan - 31 stars)
3. Based on a Book (public: moderated by iconogassed - 18 stars)
4. Sword and Sorcery (public: moderated by jeff_h - 12 stars)
5. Disney Feature (public: moderated by Quicky - 8 stars)
6. Based On Novel (public: moderated by tathiel - 7 stars)
7. Animated Disney Movies (public: moderated by horatio5 - 6 stars)
8. Disney+ (public: moderated by saudade - 4 stars)
9. Development Hell (public: moderated by Ag0stoMesmer)
10. Nostalgia Critic - Disneycember (public: moderated by Phantom Nook)
11. Dark Disney (public: moderated by BeeDub)
12. Walt Disney Animated Classics (private: epaseila - 8 stars)
13. Coheed's Celluloid Pit (private: Coheed - 1 star)
14. Animated Features (private: smuhu - 1 star)
15. My DVD Collection (private: balseiros)
16. Disney Animation (private)
17. Disney Animation (private: LazyNinja)
18. Rated (private)
19. Animasyon Mucizeleri (private: Giskard)
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Alas, the film which Disney pretty much swept under the rug isn’t very good. It’s refreshingly dark, and John Hurt cuts a dash as the Horned King, but the sidekick characters are tedious (even by Disney princess standards, Eilonwy is annoyingly perky, and Gurgi set my teeth on edge). And the plot is as generic as a fantasy quest gets - the kind of yarn where the safest place to hide the magic pig is a place called The Forbidden Forest.
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CCLZA | 60 32% |
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Some fine animation, and a rather dark violent tone, is no match for a bunch of lousy characters working slowly through an uneven script.
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This enjoyable fantasy adventure is much darker and scarier than usual for Disney.
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Not enjoyable for adults. I doubt it will be for children though.
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psych0naut (The Socialist Standard) | 40 12% |
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It’s probably an f bomb or a disgusting beheading away from being a true classic. The Horned King looks so awesome for Disney and he is shackled by Disney. Hi I’m about to present my thesis on R rated Disney children’s movies:
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| Nov 19, 2019 |  |
WWallce4prez | 45 11% |
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The story of Disney shunning The Black Cauldron is far more interesting than the movie itself. Some of the darker imagery ok but most of the brief running time drags. Gurgi has to be one of the more annoying characters to grace Disney screens.
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| Nov 15, 2019 | flintpaper | 70 38% |
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Evengodsfearedking-lockedinblackcauldron-soughtcuzcansummonarmy+fablelol+hornedkingwantit+pigpowercanfinditlol+golemlol+sorushedlol+princesswithfairyhelpsescape+magicsword+bard+golemback+3witchesforit-hastotradesword+havetoclimbinwillingly/nevercomeoutalive+makearmy+golemjumpsin+kingsuckedinlol+witchestrytotakeitbacklollikeplanned-oneoffersswordbuthewantsgoleminstead+golemmakesthemkisslol june 2019 83. jan 2021 85 cuz fable lol and ye dips and kinda falls off
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Trash, there is a reason this one is not very well known
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| Sep 18, 2018 | mwestcott | 68 37% |
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The Black Cauldron is admirable for attempting to break the Disney tradition. A fine example of early expectation subversion for the brand. However it diverges from the novels and comes to an end a little to quickly. John Hurt is fantastic and visuals are wondrous. So take the good with the bad.
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The most underrated Disney film. The inventiveness of its animation can be compared to the very finest from Disney.
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Strips the fantastic Chronicles of Prydain books of their charm, pathos, and wit to create a somber, awkward, lifeless, and generally unpleasant fantasy movie. The dialogue is stilted, the pacing uneven, the characters two-dimensional, and the animation average at best. Ambitious, perhaps, but still a misfire.
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Lock this one in the vault forever.
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A terribly forgettable entry in the Disney canon, and the face of the studio's "Dark Age" for good reason. Save for a notably dark villain and visuals for the time, there's little else here worth revisiting.
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| May 10, 2015 | jrmoviemania | 50 17% |
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| May 10, 2015 | boothmillard | 60 46% |
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Ytadel | 5 56% |
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(2014-15 Disneython #19:) Disney does high fantasy. It's better than Ralph Bakshi's laughable Lord of the Rings, but still not that great. The biggest problem is that defeating the Horned King ultimately looks easy as hell, and unlike other epic fantasy villains (or, hell, even Disney's own Jafar) I'm not remotely convinced that this guy is a threat to the world. The movie has the aesthetics and themes of high fantasy but lacks the scale.
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