Saludos Amigos (and the next one we will watch, The Three Caballeros) was produced as part of the U.S. government's Good Neighbor Policy during WWII. They were made to create pro-American feelings (and combat Nazi sympathies) in Latin America. What we get reads kind of like a history lesson of Latin America.
Eli
Rating: 4/10
Reaction: This one doesn't hold my interest at all very much. It's quite boring. It's along the lines of an education video about South America, and frankly, I don't care to learn about South America (in the 40's). The animated sequences are fun, my favorite being the last one called Aquarela do Brazil which involves an artist hand-painting frames while Donald and some cigar-smoking parrot traipse about. It's beautiful to look at, but that's about it. Oh, the music is catchy too. But this is hardly one I would recommend watching if a friend said "What Disney film should we watch today!?" I would most-likely say, "Eh, not this one."
Regan
Rating: 6/10
Reaction: Okay, I know I said that Bambi was like a school nature video...well, Saludos Amigos really was intended to be an educational video. For what it was I suppose it's well done, with Goofy and Donald Duck standing in as a South American cowboy and as a tourist to South America, respectively. There's a lot of educational narration and footage of old-time South America. Not a particularly interesting experience, although I was delighted to see a picture of an orange-winged Amazon parrot who looked just like Gus!
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