Podhoretz has never had any business being a film reviewer. He’s completely incompetent at this job. And it’s not just because I, too, enjoyed this movie. He’s a bum of a movie critic. He’s just lucky hat he rode into journalism on the tailcoats of his father, Norman.
Having been to the Disney Studios (a relative worked there), I can tell you that is WAS heaven on earth. Every corridor is lined with the original art work of Disney and his genius artists. The grounds are gorgeous - and the canteen!
The 60s were a wonderful time for Disney entertainment. How dare he make fun of the Flubber movies! It was those movies that made Paul Lynde’s career (before he went off the rails, he was an hilarious actor). Disney brought British actors like Patrick McGoohan, Peter McEnery, Hayley Mills and Susan Hampshire to the American public in the 1960s.
He made Julie Andrews a star when another studio passed her over in favor of the wonderful but miscast Audrey Hepburn.
Mary Poppins, Pollyanna, the Flubber movies, The Jungle Book, 100 and 1 Dalmations! All created in the 60s.
This guy should be fired.
My favorite? Twenty thousand leagues under the Sea, then the Story of Davy Crockett.
Disney made some good ones! Then he died and the studio never, in my mind, ever made a good one since. Too many duds line Super Dad.