This short was nominated for the Academy Award for Animated Short (and probably should have won). There will be spoilers ahead:
This short is a remarkable piece of work and probably the best short Disney has done in the last 30 years. This is a blend of old and new Disney animation styles and themes. An excellent addition to the Mickey Mouse canon. I have to talk about the short itself.
The plot is deceptively simple. Mickey and a bunch of the old time characters (like Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow) are going on a hayride. Mickey has a fascinating dispute with his pants and then climbs on the hay wagon, to be joined by Minnie Mouse.
Pegleg Pete comes up on the wagon and behaves like Pete, trying to kidnap Minnie. That's when things get interesting, as Pete uses Mickey and Horace as a bludgeon until he tears a hole in the fourth wall and color is born. Mickey and Horace wind up on the other side of the screen and things start getting nuts. Horace hits the snack bar and "borrows" someone's cellphone. Mickey turns Horace into a plane to try to get back at Pete with predictable results.
Then Mickey starts discovering nice little things to do with the screen and to Pete as a consequence, amusing Minnie and everyone else in the process. The short is totally crazy at this point. They don't just break the fourth wall, they obliterate it and fun is had by all (except Pete).
Archival audio is used to have the original voices for Mickey, Minnie and Pete appear in the short and it's very effectively handled. This short is an extra on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Frozen. The short is well worth watching. Most highly recommended.
This short is a remarkable piece of work and probably the best short Disney has done in the last 30 years. This is a blend of old and new Disney animation styles and themes. An excellent addition to the Mickey Mouse canon. I have to talk about the short itself.
The plot is deceptively simple. Mickey and a bunch of the old time characters (like Horace Horsecollar and Clarabelle Cow) are going on a hayride. Mickey has a fascinating dispute with his pants and then climbs on the hay wagon, to be joined by Minnie Mouse.
Pegleg Pete comes up on the wagon and behaves like Pete, trying to kidnap Minnie. That's when things get interesting, as Pete uses Mickey and Horace as a bludgeon until he tears a hole in the fourth wall and color is born. Mickey and Horace wind up on the other side of the screen and things start getting nuts. Horace hits the snack bar and "borrows" someone's cellphone. Mickey turns Horace into a plane to try to get back at Pete with predictable results.
Then Mickey starts discovering nice little things to do with the screen and to Pete as a consequence, amusing Minnie and everyone else in the process. The short is totally crazy at this point. They don't just break the fourth wall, they obliterate it and fun is had by all (except Pete).
Archival audio is used to have the original voices for Mickey, Minnie and Pete appear in the short and it's very effectively handled. This short is an extra on the DVD and Blu-ray releases of Frozen. The short is well worth watching. Most highly recommended.