I rented The Rescuers for Sean last week. The art was just beautiful—again, that xerographic 60's/70's Disney pencilled line sizzling with energy. I liked the dead simple plot but the ending was forced. I realized that when you have a macguffin, you have to have both sides going after the macguffin for reasons that make sense. In The Rescuers, a girl is held captive to hunt for a spectacular diamond. When she does find the diamond, the screenwriter forces conflict by having the villainness hide the diamond in the girl's prized teddy bear. So of course they both fight for the bear. Geez, what a contrivance.
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