Review of Noah's Ark

The title "Noah's Ark" from this animated short film we have here tells you of course already what it is about, namely the biblical tale of Noah and his family being safe from an apocalyptic flood on a ship and they are joined by all kinds of animals, 2 of each species. This short film here is from 1959, which means it is almost 60 years old, and runs for 21 minutes. So it is the final days/years of the Golden Age of Animation and everybody was clearly looking for new approaches. Several of the other reviewers said that this does not look like Disney at all and they could not be more correct. But it is Disney and to me it looked very European, like some of the Soviet animation from that period. But the fact that it looks different doesn't mean at all it is bad. The writer, director and the voice cast, including the singers, all did a pretty good job here and honestly it really won't take you even five minutes to get used to the looks of this little film. Besides, it's decent story-wise too. With random fun focus on some occasions like the plot about the womanizer hippo (by the way, where were the other animals' men), they also never forgot what the key story is about and so you get the basics like the bird near the end. And there is as much love to detail as in many other more known Disney productions. One example would be the cleaning birds or whatever their ornithological name may be sitting on these crocodiles when the enter the ark. So yes, overall this is a good watch. Open yourself to new things and you won't be bothered by the looks of this Oscar-nominated film at all. I personally think I'd even have preferred it to win over the Hubley short that triumphed back then. I recommend this version of Noah's Ark. Thumbs up!