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579,868 | 583,640 | 53,160 | 9 | Excellent cartoon with Daffy's best exit line ever | This cartoon parodies American television in the latter 1950s in general and several shows in particular ( like Art Linkletter's " People Are Funny " ) and provides opportunities for gags galore for Bugs and Daffy in the process . The cartoon pricipally plays on Daffy's greed to set everything in motion and takes off f... |
579,316 | 583,640 | 37,569 | 9 | Until fairly recently , Goofy has been all too overlooked . | Walt Disney and his animation staff gave the world a great many fascinating , entertaining and memorable characters over the years , but one of the best has also , paradoxically , been largely given short shrift by far too many people-Goofy , who was and is , in many ways , far more interesting than Donald Duck ever wa... |
579,376 | 583,640 | 43,274 | 9 | Lewis Carroll meets Disney , with remarkably good results . | One of the better marriages of a classic book ( actually , books-both Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking-glass were adapted in part ) to Disney adaptation . Just about everything clicks here-the animation is top-notch , the music is very good , the voice casting was inspired , in some cases . All in all , it's... |
579,010 | 583,640 | 53,131 | 9 | Good film , but overlong and with a surprisingly tepid performance by Peter Finch | The Nun's Story is a good film , well worth watching . But it's at least half-an-hour too long and at points Peter Finch seems almost bored with his role . Audrey Hepburn is very good and excellent work is done by most of the cast , particularly Dean Jagger and Edith Evans . The standout performance , however , is by C... |
579,838 | 583,640 | 30,046 | 9 | Somewhat fanciful , but engaging , Hollywood dramatization of history | Hollywood is known to take liberties with fact in its productions and certainly did so here . But for all that , this is a visually beautiful and very engaging short that won an Oscar ( deservedly ) . The short runs as filler on Turner Classic Movies on no set schedule along with tons of other shorts . Recommended . |
579,437 | 583,640 | 41,380 | 9 | Pepe Le Pew's only Oscar bid was a winner ! | This cartoon won an Oscar for Pepe Le Pew almost ten years before Bugs Bunny won for Knighty Knight Bugs . Pepe is one of my favorite characters and this is one of the better cartoons in the series , although not my personal favorite ( that's Touche and Go ) . Pepe discovers wht it's like to have the shoe on the other ... |
579,126 | 583,640 | 119,822 | 9 | You make me want to be a better man . | How Titanic beat both this and L . A . Confidential for Picture is unfathomable . There is more romance in the line I quoted from As Good As It Gets in the subject line than Titanic has in the whole of the movie . This film has more ( and better ) quality performances from its cast ( even the bit roles ) , a better scr... |
579,598 | 583,640 | 47,108 | 9 | Tex Avery's other Chilly Willy cartoon | This is one of the two Chilly Willy cartoons that Tex Avery directed , the other being Legend of Rockabye Point , where Chilly is basically an extra in his own cartoon . Chilly's front and center here , but the gags are courtesy of a trademark Avery dog . By all accounts , Tex saw nothing inherently funny in the pengui... |
579,372 | 583,640 | 37,657 | 9 | This is one of those rare occasions when Donald is a semi-sympathetic characters ( sort of ) . | I generally spend my time waiting for Donald to get his well deserved comeuppance in most of his cartoons . This one , nominated for an Oscar , is one of the few times Donald even comes close to being a sympathetic character . Oh , Donald is his usual considerate , affable self , alright , but at a point in the cartoon... |
579,782 | 583,640 | 152,194 | 9 | A very charming little cartoon ! | This is a short that features an incredibly odd and quirky character named Duton Lang . No description could adequately do Lang justice . I can't really do justice to the cartoon . Duton Lang is quite a character-but the same can also be said of the narrator as well . Quirky , far too neglected short . Worth tracking d... |
579,124 | 583,640 | 27,963 | 9 | An intensely visual cartoon , pay attention to the viewing stands particularly ! | This is possibly the second-most caricature laden short ( after Mother Goose Goes Hollywood ) that Disney ever did and they aren't just playing polo , either . Half the fun is spotting familiar faces ( cartoon characters and caricatures of celebrities ) , while the other half is watching the strangest polo match ever p... |
579,669 | 583,640 | 27,968 | 9 | Early Tex Avery , before he had his style fleshed out completely | This is an early Tex Avery short that is not done quite in the style that would mark his later efforts . An early Porky Pig adventure , Avery more or less cut his teeth as a director helping to develop Porky , as well as playing a major role in the development of Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck and Egghead / Elmer Fudd , befor... |
579,489 | 583,640 | 22,158 | 9 | One of their best , it's got the best opening credits sequence of all time | Though I happen to like other Marx Bros . films better , this ranks right up there with their best ! The credits at the beginning are some of the best i've seen ! Typical Marx action , lots of slapstick and visual action mixed with Groucho's wisecracks , much of which I suspect was ad-libbed . Very funny and well worth... |
579,926 | 583,640 | 65,872 | 9 | Marvelous script and great performances by the leads make this an excellent film | I saw this movie when it first came out and I remember it vividly from over thirty years later . I recently saw it again , expecting the passage of time to have dimmed my fondness for it somewhat . It was just as wonderful as I remembered it , but I understood things at the age of 39 that I did not at ten . Melvyn Doug... |
579,144 | 583,640 | 28,010 | 9 | The screwball comedy of all time and one of the biggest head-scratchers in Academy Award history ! ! ! | This film is an absolute joy to watch ! With an exceptional cast , four of whom were nominated for Oscars ( one in each of the four categories , although I personally think Eugene Pallette should have been nominated instead of Mischa Auer for Supporting Actor ) , a delightfully witty script that was also nominated for ... |
578,830 | 583,640 | 94,047 | 9 | Would never be confused with Barney ! | This short is beautifully realized , with excellent animation and good production values . Sort of a fairy tale , but not a traditional one . Sort of Gary Larson meets the Brothers Grimm . I thought it was marvelous ! Well worth the trouble to track down . Recommended . |
579,923 | 583,640 | 55,223 | 9 | One of the musical cartoons that Warner Brothers usually did quite well and a very worthy effort | A nominee for an Oscar , this cartoon has excellent artwork , a great musical score and an entertaining premise to make it a most worthy effort indeed . A very cute cartoon that uses artwork to provide a counterpoint to the premise on occasion . The music alone would make it worth watching this one . Some of the jokes ... |
579,383 | 583,640 | 26,109 | 9 | This is Grampy's cartoon-Betty Boop is secondary | The Betty Boop series of shorts were wonderful Grampy is probably my favorite secondary character . Koko was probably the strongest supporting character in the series , but I like Grampy more . This is his cartoon , hands down . He did that more than once in the series . While not the best of the series , one of the be... |
579,201 | 583,640 | 35,529 | 9 | The evolution of Elmer Fudd | The major Warner Brothers characters , at least the early ones , evolved over time into the characters best known today . Bugs , Daffy , Porky and Tweety all started out looking quite different in the beginning . But perhaps the most involved and extensive changes were made by Elmer Fudd . He started out as Egghead , g... |
579,109 | 583,640 | 39,930 | 9 | The second of Tex Avery's " adaptations " of Uncle Tom's Cabin | Tex Avery paid an earlier visit to this territory , a mostly benign cartoon called " Uncle Tom's Bungalow " that is rarely seen due to some of the caricatures . This is a more full-blown Tex Avery cartoon-vintage Avery sight gags from start to finish . It also is seldom seen for fear of offending people . Somewhere alo... |
579,802 | 583,640 | 154,300 | 9 | One of a series of very short cartoons made as training films for the Army by Warner Brothers during WWII . | This is one of 28 short ( three to four minutes each , typically ) cartoons showing how NOT to be a good soldier and the potential consequences of doing or saying the wrong things . Targeted solely at servicemen , the language was far more graphic and animation more adult in nature on a few occasions . Censored is abou... |
579,167 | 583,640 | 146,461 | 9 | Although clearly influenced by Disney , also different enough to succeed on its own merit . | This short shows clear influences on the animators by the Disney short , The Band Concert . The styles of the two studios , however , were so markedly different that the two cartoons are both quite different and can both be enjoyed on their own merits . Excellent short well worth the time and effort to track down . Mos... |
579,189 | 583,640 | 148,246 | 9 | Oh , this is the story of Dangerous Dan , | I will be discussing some of the details of this short so there will be mild spoilers : This is one of my favorite Heckle and Jeckle shorts . One of the things which makes this cartoon special , at least for me , is the song that Heckle and Jeckle sing about the villain , Dangerous Dan , the first line of which opens t... |
579,121 | 583,640 | 24,285 | 9 | Spooky proof that the old cartoons were aimed at adults by adults . | This is a fascinating cartoon-sort of a cross between Skeleton Dance and the much later Brave Little Tailor . A dramatic , rather scary short in spots , with some incredible visuals throughout , but most particularly a long scene set in a tunnel . Disney did some exceptional work in the early 1930s and the quality is s... |
579,834 | 583,640 | 39,711 | 9 | Thoroughly charming and engaging cartoon | This is one of the most delightful cartoons Disney made in the 1940s , as well as being a very effective showcase for Pluto . Good use of music as well . Nominated for an Oscar in 1947 , this shows up every so often on Disney Channel's The Ink and Paint Club . Recommended . |
578,881 | 583,640 | 45,550 | 9 | An example of Disney's neglect of a treasure trove . | This marvelous film , while occasionally being run in the wee hours on the Disney Channel , has been otherwise shoved to the back of the vault and for being woefully neglected , has suffered a much better fate than much of Disney's output in the 1940's and 1950's . Disney regularly put out one and two-reel shorts and d... |
579,742 | 583,640 | 47,437 | 9 | Wonderful film with a marvelous cast and an even better script | This film is an absolute delight from start to finish . Starring Audrey Hepburn sigh , who is perfect in the lead role of Sabrina , with excellent performances by William Holden and Humphrey Bogart as well and an absolute gem of a script to boot . Quite possibly the romantic comedy of all time ! Won the Oscar for the c... |
579,413 | 583,640 | 29,700 | 9 | Who cares about a strike with Popeye and Bluto around ? | This is much cheaper than attending a major league game and more entertaining to boot , although at times it bears little resemblance to anything drawn up by Abner Doubleday . Olive has the best scene , right at the end . Great fun and worth watching . Recommended . |
579,416 | 583,640 | 58,420 | 9 | Nothing can catch the fastest mouse in all Mexico ! | This is one of the better later shorts from the DePatie-Freleng years . Sylvester goes high tech in his attempts to catch Speedy with no more success than he had chasing Tweety for so many years . Sylvester's not a terribly skilled predator or so it appears here . Fun , entertaining short with mediocre musical score , ... |
579,785 | 583,640 | 150,462 | 9 | Excellent adaptation of the fairy tale with the vocal talent of the great Hans Conreid | This is a wonderful adaptation of the Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale , done with typical attention to detail by the UPA studio and featuring the voice of Hans Conreid . Given his rich and distinctive voice , it is hardly surprising that Conreid did quite a bit of voice work in animation , both narration and charact... |
579,756 | 583,640 | 41,201 | 9 | I actually feel sorry for Brodie on more than one occasion here ! | This short would be very difficult to discuss without talking about specific details , so there be spoilers here : This short has far more funny lines than it has visual gags ( though there is one beautiful bit with a little dog expressing its opinion of Steve Brodie in a very visual and hilarious manner ) , with even ... |
579,686 | 583,640 | 85,478 | 9 | A character-driven movie , with Julie Walters easily in the driver's seat | This film is primarily character-oriented , although the script is quite good . As such , the leads must perform well or the film will die . They pull it off admirably . While Michael Caine is marvelous in his role , the part is one he could do in his sleep . Rita is the linch-pin role and Julie Waters carries the film... |
579,527 | 583,640 | 57,339 | 9 | A very low-key and surprisingly effective animation from the National Film Board of Canada | This short , nominated for an Academy Award , at first blush , seems rather simplistic and a trifle trite and ordinary . Amusing but minor , which is atypical of the NFBC as a general rule . But it benefits from more than one viewing and its very low-key nature works in its favor . The sense of the ordinary that permea... |
579,532 | 583,640 | 148,314 | 9 | Delightful short in the Heckle and Jeckle series | This is a very good short in a series where the shorts tend to fit one of two basic categories-either Heckle and Jeckle are troublemakers and their adversaries are put-upon good guys , or Heckle and Jeckle are the good guys and their adversaries deserve the rough treatment they receive . This is an example of the latte... |
579,319 | 583,640 | 37,831 | 9 | Marvelous short . One of his best . | This short is wonderful ! Take a pilgrim that sounds a lot like Droopy , add a turkey who sounds like Jimmy Durante , add a bear wearing a sandwich sign , let Tex Avery stir it all together and you have a great cartoon . Sight gags everywhere , especially the bear ( typical Avery running gag ) but beware ye old edited ... |
579,687 | 583,640 | 37,828 | 9 | Excellent variation on Jack and the Beanstalk | George Pal did a series of shorts centeing on a character named Jasper . This one was nominated for an Academy Award and is a delightful re-telling of Jack and the Beanstalk . George Pal's shorts have all but vanished from public view , which is unfortunate , because they deserve to be seen . The disappearance of the J... |
579,475 | 583,640 | 154,347 | 9 | The very first appearance of Private Snafu , the unwitting best weapon-for the enemy . | The Private Snafu series was composed of training films made by various animators , directors and writers working for the Warner Brothers animation department ( I think MGM did a couple , but mostly it was the boys from Termite Terrace ) and they revolved around the worst soldier in the Army . The name Snafu is derived... |
578,858 | 583,640 | 28,123 | 9 | The trapper becomes the trapped ! | This is a very well done short which was directed by Frank Tashlin , who had the distinction of directing both animated shorts and live-action features . He did quite a bit , yet , to the general public , his name probably isn't as familiar as Chuck Jones's is , or perhaps Friz Freleng or Bob Clampett . His work was ve... |
579,338 | 583,640 | 25,321 | 9 | Iwerks near his best on his own . | Ub Iwerks was a technical genius , but often plots and story were afterthoughts . Exceptionally visual cartoons not needing much plotting work splendidly , while those needing strong characterization , story or plot fare less well as a rule . This one is an exception to that . Visually excellent and technically superb ... |
579,186 | 583,640 | 27,233 | 9 | Visually very impressive , particularly Olive cheering on the sidelines . | Fleischer Studios , particularly in the early years , did some extremely visually well-crafted cartoons . Most of the more unusual ones were Koko the Clown and Betty Boop shorts , but there were a number of Popeye shorts that are notable for great visual bits too . The most interesting ones here are Popeye giving new m... |
579,851 | 583,640 | 25,332 | 9 | Who would have thought that elves were so partial to doughnuts ? | This short , nominated for an Academy Award , is an adaptation of the fairy tale about the shoemaker and the elves . It's one of Lantz studios musical shorts and features a lot of the basic sight gags that have become so familiar if you've watched any of the adaptations of this particular story before . Good cartoon , ... |
579,134 | 583,640 | 34,127 | 9 | The best of the Barney Bear cartoons-it's hilarious ! | The Barney Bear cartoons were more silly than funny for the most part . The most interesting thing about them is the fact that the character was purportedly inspired by actor Wallace Beery , a big star in the 1930s and early 1940s . You can see similarities between the two . This is the best of the series and is wonder... |
579,896 | 583,640 | 117,542 | 9 | This one is unusual even for Richard Condie ! | Richard Condie has made a living from rather strange and eccentric ( to put it mildly ) shorts . This one , nominated for an Academy Award , is the strangest one I've seen to date . Sung as an aria , in Italian , I think , the subtitles are often hilarious and the short is excellent , if quite bizarre ! Look for it , b... |
579,721 | 583,640 | 64,064 | 9 | Probably more laughs per second than any other film ever ! | Seeing as this cartoon is very short ( I wouldn't be at all surprised if the opening title and closing credits run longer than the body of the cartoon itself ) , there are probably more laughs per second here than anything else ever done . The music is perfect , the credits are hilarious and if I write much more , this... |
579,332 | 583,640 | 37,956 | 9 | Formative Pepe Le Pew cartoon and another example of the Law of Unintended Consequences . | This short , a formative cartoon featuring Pepe Le Pew , concerns a cat who thinks he'll solve all his problems by pretending to be a skunk . Trouble is , he attracts the most unwelcome attention of an honest and for truly skunk ( our hero , Pepe , entering stage left ) being decidedly more attentive , shall we say , t... |
579,088 | 583,640 | 469,146 | 9 | Excellent animation style which suits the story being told very well . | This short , which was nominated for an Academy Award , is a form of stop-motion where the figures are primarily shot in silhouette to make them darker and to heighten the overall mood of terror and suspense . The technique is perfectly suited to the story being told , which has so many literary and cinematic influence... |
579,498 | 583,640 | 27,212 | 9 | One of Disney's better shorts from the 1930's | Although this short lost the Oscar to another Disney cartoon ( Three Orphan Kittens ) , it's actually got a lot more going for it than the winner . An adaptation of the old nursery rhyme ( very loose adaptation , as is typical of Disney ) , there's a lot going on here . Mae West isn't the only parody here . Hollywood w... |
579,429 | 583,640 | 45,033 | 9 | Imagine-Mister Magoo as baby-sitter ! | This short was nominated for an Oscar and is one of the better Magoo cartoons produced by UPA for theatrical release . A typical Magoo short , it places Magoo in a situation that makes his nearsightedness an issue and a series of comical circumstances arising from that shortcoming ensues . The Magoo cartoons have latel... |
579,441 | 583,640 | 69,281 | 9 | Really a two actor tour de force | This film is really all about Michael Caine and Sir Laurence Olivier . While the script is excellent and with fine direction , if the two leads aren't dead spot on , the film dies . Despite a tendency to ham it up a bit on occasion , Caine and Olivier are solid most of the film . The ending is a real shocker as well . ... |
579,282 | 583,640 | 34,077 | 9 | Not so much a remake of Sock-a-bye Baby as it is a variation on a theme . | The Fleischers , toward the end of the studio's existence , for whatever reason , chose to do one or two thematically similar shorts that copied ( somewhat ) earlier shorts in the Popeye series . Given that Famous Studios practically strip-mined the old Fleischers for ideas ( and usually just pointed up how poor their ... |
578,826 | 583,640 | 36,264 | 9 | I wonder if Uncle Walt knew what he was starting ? | When Disney did the first The Three Little Pigs , I wonder if he knew he was starting a cottage industry at the very least and The Animators Lifetime Employment Act at most . I suspect more different animators have taken a turn at the Pigs than any other characters in the history of animation . There have been military... |
579,098 | 583,640 | 71,484 | 9 | Proof that Thoreau was right ! | This cartoon , a product of the National Film Board of Canada , tells the story of a family living contentedly on their own until the outside world mistakenly believes they need " help " . Watching this cartoon , I remembered something Henry David Thoreau once said , " If I knew that a man were coming to my home with t... |
579,541 | 583,640 | 67,073 | 9 | Darwin made funny ! | This short , nominated for an Academy Award , is admittedly not incredible . You will not be awed by it nor will you be stirred or moved . That said , it is screamingly funny ! ! I found it delightful and a pleasure to watch ! Another excellent production of the National Film Board of Canada ! Most recommended . |
579,897 | 583,640 | 38,115 | 9 | The updated story of the Nativity-with a little Christmas Carol twist tossed in . | This short , which won an Academy Award , is a modern day variant on the Nativity , complete with a Scrooge , wonderfully done by J . Carroll Naish . This short was a marvelous vehicle for this veteran character actor and he shines in the spotlight . This short runs on Turner Classic Movies between films , with Christm... |
579,337 | 583,640 | 44,840 | 9 | The tale of the biter bit . | The whole premise of the Pepe Le Pew cartoons is based on a whopping bit of irony-a French skunk styling himself as " the great lover " ( think Charles Boyer squared ) but , for reasons obvious to everyone save himself , he finds it difficult to get a date on Saturday nights . Like a great many would-be Lotharios , whe... |
578,771 | 583,640 | 27,371 | 9 | Formative Porky cartoon-formative Avery too | This is an early Tex Avery , with Avery still feeling his way . The cartoon is actually more cute than menacing and Avery seems to have more fun with the villain than with our hero , the rather hefty Porky ( this was a formative cartoon , when they were still fiddling around with character design and Porky carried a go... |
579,543 | 583,640 | 71,636 | 9 | Very good and quite disturbing | This short , produced by the National Film Board of Canada , was nominated for an Academy Award . Once you've seen it , you'll see why . Not easily forgotten , although you may wish to . The choice of animation styles was made , I suspect , deliberately , in order to keep viewers off-balance . It's a perfect choice . A... |
578,900 | 583,640 | 20,752 | 9 | Mickey , we hardly knew ye ! | The early Mickey Mouse cartoons show a Mickey different from the solid , dependable mouse we've grown to know in his later years . Could it be that , in his formative years , Mickey was a scamp and a rapscallion ? Actually , Mickey displays the same irreverence the Marx Brothers display and The Chain Gang is a prime ex... |
579,862 | 583,640 | 29,546 | 9 | Music by Gershwin , dancing by Astaire and Rogers , with Edward Everett Horton and Eric Blore in tow | This film ( one of the better ones Astaire and Rogers did ) probably doesn't get quite the praise it merits because Top Hat and The Gay Divorcee are so widely praised ( rightly so ) . But this movie is equally well executed and any movie that has in it's score the songs , " Shall We Dance " , " Let's Call the Whole Thi... |
579,396 | 583,640 | 38,060 | 9 | The very best of the Screwy Squirrel cartoons and vintage Avery | This is the best of the Screwy Squirrel shorts . I am convinced that Tex Avery wanted to design the prototypical Avery character , did so , then revved it up about 180 RPM faster and Screwy was born ! Screwy's motto seems to be , " Let's not push the limits-destroy them instead ! " To say he is outside the rules is to ... |
579,581 | 583,640 | 38,260 | 9 | One of Danny Kaye's best films | Danny Kaye ( with a good deal of assistance from his wife Sylvia Fine , who wrote most of his musical numbers ) was one of the finest musical comedians ever and is in fine form here in one of his best vehicles . He plays twin brothers and is quite manic at times . The special effects deservedly won an Oscar and the mus... |
578,814 | 583,640 | 152,771 | 9 | Early Pete Smith Short | This short , nominated for an Academy Award , is a very early short narrated by Pete Smith . It is fairly representative of the style of short he would become noted for : broadly comic narration , good camera work and effects for a short subject and covering a somewhat offbeat topic in a comical , somewhat jocular mann... |
579,484 | 583,640 | 36,052 | 9 | Very funny , quite verbal short with possibly the lowest wattage bulb Bugs ever crossed carrots with ! | The giant in this one has got to be the dumbest adversary Bugs has ever faced . Even Beaky Buzzard is brighter . However , lost in all this is the fact that the giant is actually the aggrieved party here . Bugs is stealing from his garden in the beginning . Granted , Bugs is our hero and the giant isn't the shiniest pe... |
578,847 | 583,640 | 49,069 | 9 | One of the rare shorts with Donald versus Chip an ' Dale that worked for me | Normally , Donald and Chip an ' Dale in a short together is like nails across a chalkboard for me . They just don't mesh well as far as I'm concerned . But this one works for me . It's funny and a plausible conflict between them exists here for a change . Entertaining and engaging . Well worth watching , this runs on T... |
579,140 | 583,640 | 46,908 | 9 | The first of four encounters ( five if you're a stickler ) between Bugs and Taz | This is the first of four ( or five , if you include a cartoon done in 1979 as part of a special half-hour Christmas cartoon ) battles between Bugs and the Tasmanian Devil and in many ways it's the best of them . While Taz is really a one-note character in these and was only in five cartoons between 1954 and 1964 , the... |
578,870 | 583,640 | 29,426 | 9 | Tex Avery's importance to Warner Brothers ( and animation ) is evident | This cartoon was the start for Daffy Duck . So Tex Avery played a significant part in the development of Bugs Bunny , Daffy Duck , Porky Pig and developed the character ( Egghead ) who grew into Elmer Fudd . This is a good short to watch to see how Avery and Clampett worked together . Not a seminal cartoon , save for D... |
579,155 | 583,640 | 62,353 | 9 | Excellent cartoon from the National Film Board of Canada | This short , nominated for an Academy Award , is a very funny and very pointed satire that really deserves to be more widely seen than it has been . Produced under the auspices of the NFBC , it scores points in quite a few areas , lampooning aspects of modern culture . Produced in 1967 , the points it makes are just as... |
579,634 | 583,640 | 106,387 | 9 | A much better film than it's generally thought to be | This film , though by no means a masterpiece , is quite a bit better than most seem to think . The cast is excellent , particularly Depp , Quinn and Platt . Masterson is quite good , although at times , her character is treated as an afterthought . I suspect that part of the reason this is less well thought of than it ... |
579,928 | 583,640 | 46,917 | 9 | One of the best Droopy's and a somewhat atypical Tex Avery cartoon | This short by Avery is somewhat different from his normal approach of firing as many sight gags at the audience as possible as rapidly as possible . There is actually something of a story here and the jokes principally flow from the premise of a dog who loves Dixieland jazz . There are some beautiful scenes hee and the... |
579,612 | 583,640 | 35,981 | 9 | Worth watching for the music and Eric Blore | This short won the Oscar for 2-reelers and its understandable . The concept is a trifle cute but the music is worth the price of admission and Eric Blore ( familiar to anyone who's watched just about any Astaire and Rogers film ) does a marvelous job here . Entertaining , if lightweight and well-executed for the most p... |
579,150 | 583,640 | 64,284 | 9 | The most unusual short I've seen yet from the National Film Board of Canada ( possible spoiler ) | This short is difficult to discuss with a possible spoiler , so I give you fair warning and thus proceed . Nominated for an Academy Award , this short is most aptly titled . It consists of several people walking . This is one of the oddest productions I have yet seen produced by the NFBC , which is quite a statement in... |
579,479 | 583,640 | 46,922 | 9 | Sylvester , Tweety up a tree , surrounded by a do pound full of bulldogs-it isn't pretty for Sylvester ! | This is a series of set pieces called blackouts , all revolving on Sylvester's increasingly outlandish , generally painfully futile , attempts to get to a supremely well-guarded Tweety . I doubt Fort Knox is much safer than Tweety is from Sylvester in this one . Animals in cartoons are certainly an inventive and quite ... |
579,603 | 583,640 | 49,131 | 9 | Amusing takeoff on Holmes and Watson | This cartoon , while not as funny as Boobs in the Woods , most certainly has its moments . Pay attention to the drink orders in the pub and watch Porky in his scenes . Daffy is even more of a twit here than normal , but that's part of his charm . The cartoon is an affectionate takeoff on the Sherlock Holmes stories wit... |
578,803 | 583,640 | 53,714 | 9 | After seeing this , a few points need to be made | This documentary ( and it is a documentary , not a docudrama ) won an Academy Award for Documentary Feature and deserved to win . There are a number of things in this documentary which could be most unsettling to the faint-hearted , so not only is this a spoiler warning , but some of what I cover may be disturbing , so... |
579,629 | 583,640 | 96,258 | 9 | Sick , twisted and hilarious short ! | This has got to be one of the sickest cartoons I've seen in my life ! It's also hilariously funny . Our " hero " is repulsive to an extreme and at times I was cheering for the thing referred to in the title . But this is a very well-done piece of animation . Just bring your sense of humour . Those easily offended by th... |
578,952 | 583,640 | 131,409 | 9 | Excellent and very funny short | This short won the Academy Award for Animated Short and probably deserved to win . The detail is impressive , but secondary . The plot is marvelous and the character of Geri is well developed . If you've seen Toy Story 2 , Geri makes a " cameo " appearance as the toy repairman . All in all , a remarkable piece of work ... |
578,910 | 583,640 | 27,397 | 9 | Wherein the honorable oversigned discusses a favorite short and also his philosophy on comments . | This Popeye is one of my favorite shorts and my pick for one of the better ones in the series . My favorite character , one J . Wellington Wimpy , is prominently featured ( with an amusing twist on his own well-known catch-phrase ) and Bluto is smarmy , rude and surly , even for Bluto . A little something for almost ev... |
579,053 | 583,640 | 27,401 | 9 | Brotherly love , as only Popeye could teach it , in all his glory . | Somehow , I doubt that Gandhi would recognize the conclusion of this short as a good example of brotherly love ! A very funny cartoon , well executed and true to the character's nature . Olive is in her typically " fine " voice , as is Popeye , in the singing of the title song . Very good cartoon , if a tad obvious in ... |
579,921 | 583,640 | 42,569 | 9 | Tom and Jerry conduct an orchestra with typical hi-jinks . | Tom is conducting an orchestra when Jerry , complete with tuxedo and baton , comes out and wants to do some conducting also . Typical Tom and Jerry chaos erupts periodically amidst the classical music wafting around them . The blend of music and mayhem is inspiring ! An excellent cartoon , for the most part . Cartoon N... |
579,456 | 583,640 | 42,573 | 9 | The first of two where Bugs is bothered by a construction worker | This is the first of two cartoons where a thoroughly obnoxious and unlikable construction worker tramples on our stalwart hero , with generally hilarious results ( though the construction worker was probably less than happy about it all ) . The second of the two , No Parking Hare , is slightly better , but both are mar... |
578,915 | 583,640 | 29,370 | 9 | One of a handful of Popeye shorts where Olive's affections are not a point of contention to fight over . | This is a comparatively rare short , in that Popeye and Bluto aren't fighting over the " honor " of having Olive Oyl for a girlfriend ( a battle which never ceases to amaze me-Olive is a vain , shrewish , flighty and not terribly intelligent woman . But then Popeye and Bluto aren't prizes either . C'est le vie . ) but ... |
579,453 | 583,640 | 42,583 | 9 | A very funny short-particularly the ending-slight spoiler . | This short is a very good example of the 1950s Bugs Bunny cartoon-a mix of sight gags and verbal jokes . Bugs is still having problems with primates . Here , they're a bit farther down the evolutionary ladder than , say , Elmer or Yosemite Sam . The best line in the short is at the end . Trivia note : slight spoiler he... |
579,910 | 583,640 | 22,604 | 9 | Koko and Bimbo just can't win here at all ! | This short had to be done pre-code , because it wouldn't have been worth doing if you have to change much to make it " decent " . Koko and Bimbo both try to impress Betty , but they make an unfortunate error and try to give her what she says she wants-a dangerous move to make with most women . This is the place where a... |
578,969 | 583,640 | 22,715 | 9 | Very good Bosko short featuring a little monster named Wilber ! | This is one of the better Bosko shorts , with some very good sight gags and a slight wisp of a plot . There will be a discussion of some details below , so this is a spoiler warning : Bosko is working in his store and virtually all of his movements are in time to music . He actually dances through much of the short . T... |
578,973 | 583,640 | 22,714 | 9 | Funny short with some cute bits surrounding the attempts to hide for a surprise party | This is a very entertaining Bosko short , centering on a surprise party for Honey . I want to talk about some of the gags below , so this will serve as a spoiler warning : Bosko shows up at Honey's house , where a surprise party is being planned . Honey is dressing upstairs ( delicately moving behind a screen-with a mi... |
579,970 | 583,640 | 22,711 | 9 | Very good Bosko short , with a fair number of really good gags involving animals . | This is one of my favorite Bosko shorts . It has some nice animation , a lot of nice visual gags and the timing is fairly good here . I want to discuss some of the bits in this one , so there will be some slight spoilers in my comments below : As the title suggests , the first part of this short takes place at a lumber... |
579,917 | 583,640 | 80,928 | 9 | Very good movie with some excellent performances and good scriptwriting ( great ending ! ) | Let me start out first with a bit of a disclaimer : I am disabled , so I was either going to love this movie or hate it , depending on how real things seemed to me . So my comments have to be seen in that light . Here goes : This is a very good film , with a good cast , some excellent performances and I love the script... |
579,492 | 583,640 | 187,859 | 9 | Well-done , fascinating documentary about following your heart and a dream . | This documentary follows Paul Pena , a blind blues musician ( and the songwriter behind Jet Airliner , a hit for the Steve Miller Band ) and a group of friends to a place called Tuva for a competition in " throatsinging " , which Pena had come across and decided to learn . The documentary is a fascinating look at Tuva ... |
579,995 | 583,640 | 31,429 | 9 | Entertaining , enjoyable one-shot cartoon | This short is a one-shot , that is to say that the characters and situation were not continuing as part of a series , but principally just the one cartoon . It's a thoroughly engaging and entertaining short with excellent use of music ( more or less automatic for Warner Brothers animation for most of their existence ) ... |
578,914 | 583,640 | 1,527 | 9 | Easily one of the most . . . unusual shorts I've ever encountered and well worth seeing | This short is a puzzlement . Words fail me here , as this is almost indescribable , Technically exceptional after more than 90 years ( the visuals are remarkable and even occasionally amazing ) , this is not something you watch if you like things that are mundane or " normal'-because it most certainly is not either . T... |
579,927 | 583,640 | 96,454 | 9 | Most excellent comic turn on the Sherlock Holmes saga . The game's afoot ! | This is one of Michael Caine's funniest performances and he and Ben Kingsley worked quite well together . The supporting cast is top-notch as well . Jeffry Jones as LeStrade is very good and Peter Cook has a fine supporting turn . As for the premise-that Holmes was a front for Watson , given the fact that Sir Arthur Co... |
579,908 | 583,640 | 22,668 | 9 | Betty Boop in a grass skirt and doing a hula dance | This is a great cartoon featuring Betty in all her glory . There is a phrase , " Anything can happen in a cartoon " and that describes the early Fleischers in general and the Betty Boop series in particular . These cartoons are animated insanity in some cases and are quite engaging for the viewer , because anything ( w... |
579,981 | 583,640 | 79,079 | 9 | This short starts out in a humorous vein , turns bittersweet and then has a tender , touching ending | I recently saw this film on the DVD released by Rembrandt Films , The Best of Zagreb Film-Nudity Required . I want to talk about the short in some detail , so there will be a spoiler or two-consider yourself warned : I wasn't quite sure what to expect from this , so I went in expecting nothing at all , to be honest . A... |
579,931 | 583,640 | 33,951 | 9 | Cute , charming and humorous take on the 1890s | This short is a delightful look at the 1890s-a time not so far removed chronologically from 1941-and the use of Mickey and Minnie as a courting couple is a perfect fit for the whole concept . Enjoyable now , back then , large segments of the audience back then probably could recall the timeframe from personal experienc... |
579,859 | 583,640 | 150,961 | 9 | Smile when you say that , pardner ! | In the unlikely event that someone out there doesn't realize this already , this is a very strange parody of High Noon . One of the better Woody Woodpeckers . the nemesis here is Buzz Buzzard , who gave me nightmares as a child . That may be why I rarely like cartoons involving Buzz . This is , happily , an exception .... |
578,818 | 583,640 | 104,361 | 9 | Great short with interesting concepts | This short was nominated for the Academy Award . It introduces us to Wallace and Gromit . Interestingly , the stars are less appealing than one of the supporting characters : the little whatever-it-is they run into on their jaunt to the moon for cheese . This little critter apparently wants to be Jean-Claude Killy when... |
579,411 | 583,640 | 33,956 | 9 | Lots of visual gags in this one . | This short has a different villain , a different voice for Olive Oyl and is toward the latter stages of the Fleischers ' run doing cartoons for Paramount . The gags are more visual than verbal here as Popeye once again must save Olive from a fate worse than death . Great animation and well worth watching . Recommended ... |
579,184 | 583,640 | 33,978 | 9 | Watching this , you really feel sorry for Popeye . | This short revolves around a winning sweepstake ticket bought by Olive . Popeye winds up chasing all over town to retrieve it , with hilarious results . The scene where Popeye is pretending to read a newspaper while trying to figure out just how to get the ticket off a very statuesque young lady without getting slapped... |
579,493 | 583,640 | 27,536 | 9 | cute early Tex Avery cartoon | Although it may be hard for anyone who's seen much of his output , Tex Avery did turn out a few cute cartoons . This was one , but you needn't fear . A Tex Avery cartoon is still a Tex Avery cartoon . One word of advice : don't get ol ' Dan Cupid riled at you . He has a mean streak and sures knows how to get even ! Ent... |
579,767 | 583,640 | 114,308 | 9 | Sort of a cross between Frankenstein , King Kong and Indiana Jones and loaded with " inside " jokes ! | This short was nominated for an Academy Award when it came out and I can see why . It's hilarious , exciting and the pace is frenetic and unrelenting . There are also quite a few gags pointed at heavy-duty Disney and / or movie fans , starting with the opening shot of Mickey playing a video game . Look at what he's pla... |
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