tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post7488498767694711193..comments2024-03-08T18:49:51.289-05:00Comments on Classic Film and TV Café: Disney Takes on a Children's Classic and a Spooky Washington Irving TaleRick29http://www.blogger.com/profile/08358116647815569722noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5344878851139332715.post-79957430126113798402022-10-20T19:07:50.016-04:002022-10-20T19:07:50.016-04:00I read The Wind in the Willows in grade school. I...I read The Wind in the Willows in grade school. It was almost certainly the longest thing I'd read up to that point, and since the copy I was given (which I still have somewhere) wasn't illustrated, it also happened to be the first book I ever read that didn't have pictures. Though I don't remember this, according to my dad, as soon as I finished the book, I went back to the beginning and read it a second time, which should give a pretty solid indication as to how much I liked it. The stop motion Cosgrove Hall adaptation is much more in line with the spirit of the novel than what Disney did. However, as a cartoon afficionado, I also had a fairly serious fondness for the Disney version, even though it's likely I would have enjoyed it even more if they'd managed to retain more elements from Kenneth Grahame's story.rocketdavehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00574717380856957685noreply@blogger.com