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579,418 | 583,640 | 53,921 | 9 | Wile E . Coyote-a study in singlemindedness . | Wile E Coyote is a study in blind perserverance . He pursues one quarry with total fixation and even a failure rate of stunning perfection deters him not a whit . If the concepts of reincarnation and karma are at all valid , then you have to wonder just what horrible sin lies in a past life to cause Wile E . Coyote suc... |
578,860 | 583,640 | 61,663 | 9 | One of the better Speedy / Daffy pairings | One of the biggest problems with the Speedy versus Daffy cartoons is that they aren't really natural adversaries , so it's hard to sell Daffy as really a believable nemesis , unlike Sylvester ( a natural pairing , obviously ) , so the cartoons aren't terribly logical , even for cartoons . Add to that the fact that Daff... |
578,815 | 583,640 | 38,413 | 9 | Another successful combination of classical music and animation | This short , nominated for the Academy Award , is another in a long line of shorts that take music ( in this case , classical music ) and set animation to the music . Music and animation in concert ( sorry ) with one another . While all the studios did this , with varying degrees of success , Walter Lantz , with his Sw... |
579,364 | 583,640 | 114,388 | 9 | Excellent period piece , well adapted and with a witty script and fine performances . | This is a remarkable film that does a very good job of depicting a rigid and quite hidebound society that often made India's caste system look reasonable and moderate by comparison . One of the more enjoyable points for me was the fact that the " sense and sensibility " of the title had a most definite 19th Century fee... |
579,549 | 583,640 | 101,811 | 9 | A delightful and enchanting film about love and growth | The true measure of any fictional piece of work is whether or not the characters grow from their experiences and emerge from the experience altered in some significant way ( note that this change need not be positive or beneficial ) at the end . By that measure , Enchanted April is a resounding success . As a film in g... |
579,779 | 583,640 | 140,812 | 10 | If you get a chance to get this one , do so ! You'll be glad you did . | This short is part of the Warner Brothers contribution to the war effort , here trying to encourage the purchase of war bonds and stamps . The relative scarceness of this short today has less to do with the datedness of its connections to World War II than it does to Bugs's appearance in blackface parody of Al Jolson ,... |
578,980 | 583,640 | 36,905 | 10 | A lesson in the effective use of animation to achieve an end . | This cartoon is a very effective piece of propaganda and demonstrates the strength and effectiveness of animation as tools for generating propaganda . The initial project of UPA studios , it was undertaken because the outcome of the Presidential election was in doubt in 1944 and a great many people saw the continued pr... |
579,651 | 583,640 | 44,009 | 10 | Excellent underwater camera work | This won an Academy Award for Documeentary Feature and most definitely deserved to win . The whole project is well-executed and the underwater camerawork is particularly worthy of mention . Holds up very well after almost fifty years . Turner Classic Movies usually shows this a few times a year . Highly recommended . |
579,408 | 583,640 | 480,247 | 10 | Haunting story about man's inhumanity to man and the strength found to survive almost anything | How this short failed to win the Academy Award for Documentary Short , I'll never know . At times chillingly matter of fact about the historical truths and the statistics surrounding the genocide in Rwanda , ultimately you come away feeling some hope after hearing the stories of five women who have been given body blow... |
579,992 | 583,640 | 36,874 | 10 | A great score in a jazzy take on Goldilocks | This short is just wonderful , with a jazz soundtrack and with the three bears as a jazz combo that takes a break ( takes five ) because their instruments get too hot from their playing . This is another short that will probably never see broadcast or commercial release because it's politically incorrect . Which is tru... |
579,617 | 583,640 | 47,862 | 10 | A marvelous look at one of the most important turning points in American history | Shot on location at the battlesite , this short , which was nominated for two Academy Awards , uses visuals from what is now a national landmark and monument to tell the story of a critical moment in American history . Visually arresting and impressive , the cinematography is incredible for a short . The narration does... |
579,173 | 583,640 | 151,980 | 10 | VERY nice cartoon , with some great sight gags and an excellent musical bit ! | Though , for the most part , Terrytoons releases are limited , though fairly competent and enjoyable , the studio did do some very good work . This short is an example of the kind of thing that Paul Terry's studio could do far more often than a lot of people give them credit for ( including , I must admit , myself ) . ... |
579,231 | 583,640 | 262,257 | 10 | Odd but entrancing look at a most thorough streetsweeper | This short is beautifully drawn and animated . Depending on your point of view , the title character is either immaculate or insane . Personally , I think he just believes in doing his job extremely well . There's no dialogue here and none is needed . How this failed to be nominated for an Academy Award puzzles me . It... |
579,164 | 583,640 | 151,970 | 10 | Great mix of Jazz and animation in a re-telling of the Pied Piper fairy tale . | Walter Lantz used jazz music to score quite a few cartoons because the head of his music department liked jazz and knew some musicians personally . Jack Teagarden was one of the musicians who appeared on the soundtracks to at least two of the better musical shorts , the magnificent Sliphorn King of Polaroo and this one... |
579,207 | 583,640 | 41,785 | 10 | One of the best in the rabbit's career . | This is an excellent cartoon . While by their nature , cartoons are a visual medium and sight gags are a major part of most Warner Brothers shorts , Bugs Bunny is probably the most verbally oriented character they created and the best gags here are verbal in nature , rather than visual . This should be out on video and... |
579,075 | 583,640 | 85,548 | 10 | Yet another triumph from the National Film Board of Canada | This documentary , which won an Oscar for Documentary Short , shows a dance class in session with the students being shown how to dance flamenco . Interspersed between shots of the students practising steps and dancing , the instructors are interviewed . It's a fascinating view of a beautiful style of dance as well as ... |
579,435 | 583,640 | 36,968 | 10 | This is a filmed jam session with some of the best Jazz musicians around . Excellent ! | This short was nominated for an Academy Award and I wish it had won ! Basically a filmed jam session between some very talented musicians , including Lester Young and Joe Jones , the music is incredible ! Hollywood quite often embraced Jazz ( particularly animation , believe it or not ) but this is a rare look on film ... |
579,091 | 583,640 | 43,953 | 10 | The funniest of a very good triptych of cartoons | Rabbit Fire has some of the absolutely funniest lines and sight gags that have ever been seen on film . It is one of three cartoons done as more or les a series and is , in my opinion , the best of them . From Elmer's opening line to the hilarious final line , this is an unalloyed delight . There's also a beautiful gag... |
579,206 | 583,640 | 45,585 | 10 | One of the best of all time ! | This is a masterpiece , a veritable classic ! Bugs is cast in the perfect situation with the bull as a perfect foil . Sight gags galore , including a bit with a rifle that is absolutely priceless ! The ending is gloriously funny ! Catch the look on the bulls ' face in the last part of the closing bit , it's wonderful !... |
578,949 | 583,640 | 75,953 | 10 | Excellent combination of strengths ! | This short was deservedly nominated for an Academy Award and is an excellent effort . The Hubleys teamed up well with Gary Trudeau . They were able to take the comic strip characters and animate them while still making a cartoon that was recognizably a Hubley cartoon . This was the last thing John Hubley finished befor... |
579,733 | 583,640 | 118,540 | 10 | A thouroughly moving , tour de force and the best thing Spike Lee has done to date | This is an incredible documentary ! How it failed to win the Oscar puzzles me , although I must confess that I haven't seen the winner . Be that as it may , Spike Lee put together a moving ad compelling tribute to four innocents . The incident covered here , ironically , probably gave much needed impetus to the civil-r... |
579,040 | 583,640 | 75,847 | 10 | One of the best Claymation cartoons I've seen | This is an absolutely marvellous animated short , with the most unusual cast of characters that I've seen in quite some time . It's also about as apt an example of the old line by Robert Burns , " The best laid plans of mice and men . . . " . The short is quite bittersweet in its ending . Very much worth more than one ... |
579,544 | 583,640 | 21,884 | 10 | Simply put , one of the all-time classics ! | This film is an incredible piece of work and will stand the test of time-actually , it has already stood the test of time by this point , given that it is 70 years old . A remarkable film that , along with Dracula , succeeds not only as horror , but as cinema . If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery , then this... |
579,683 | 583,640 | 87,880 | 10 | This did not win the Oscar in 1984 , but I think it should have | Contrary to the summary of the other reviewer , this excellent short did NOT win the Oscar ( Charade , another excellent short that year , was the winner ) but I think it should have won . An exceptionally beautiful and fascinating animation , the colors are breath-taking and the detail is incredible ! A production of ... |
579,724 | 583,640 | 38,964 | 10 | My absolute favorite Tom and Jerry | Just to hear Tom slapping that bass and singing , " Is You Is , or Is You Ain't , My Baby ? " makes this one priceless ! All the action flows from that serenade . Jerry either needs his sleep or is making an editorial comment on Tom's musical talents when he frees the bulldog . There is also a very important object les... |
579,309 | 583,640 | 106,961 | 10 | Monty Python meets Orson Welles over the body of Franz Kafka with spectacular results ! | Franz Kafka is probably still spinning over this one almost ten years after the fact . There are echos of suspense in this one , but mostly it resembles Python at its full-bore , full throttle best . In fact , if I'm not mistaken , the costumer here also did costumes for The Python series . Too many moments to pick any... |
578,913 | 583,640 | 68,156 | 10 | I've read the play , heard the original Broadway recording and seen the movie and loved them all ! | This is one film I can never see too often ! I love the film , particularly Howard De Silva as Ben Franklin ( another actor-Ray Everhart , I believe , was in the cast on stage , but was replaced ) and he very nearly steals the film from William Daniels . My one quibble with casting is Martha . Blythe Danner is quite go... |
579,271 | 583,640 | 43,857 | 10 | Greater damage is done trying to do good in life ( and cartoons ) ! | I believe it was Thoreau who said , " If I knew that a man were coming to my home with the fixed intention of doing me good , I would flee for my very life . " Tom develops amnesia and Jerry and Mammy try to " help " him recover his memory . While Jerry's efforts are not entirely altruistic ( Tom's rather irritating be... |
579,645 | 583,640 | 97,674 | 10 | Stone wall may not make a prison , but a snowglobe works fairly well here ! | This has got to be one of the most delightful animated shorts I have ever seen in my life ! It was once said that a man's reach should exceed his grasp . Watching this , I wondered if that includes snowmen ! The ending of this was magnificent ! I didn't know whether to laugh or cry ! Pixar did a grand job here . While ... |
578,819 | 583,640 | 37,090 | 10 | Tom's " how to " book must have been written by a mouse ! | This cartoon won an Oscar in 1944 and it's easy to see why . Tom tries to use a book's advice on how to catch a mouse . Which works out very well for Jerry , but not for Tom ! I suspect that the book was written by a mouse-maybe even Jerry himself . Tom certainly comes out the worse for wear here . I almost feel sorry ... |
579,092 | 583,640 | 23,969 | 10 | Possibly the funniest film of all time ! | I am tempted to just put in the summary and go on about my business , because anything I might say about this gem of a movie will do it precious little justice . But if this isn't the funniest movie ever made , it's in the top three ! The mirror sequence , the running gag with the motorcycle and the side-car , Groucho'... |
578,998 | 583,640 | 45,709 | 10 | Termite Terrace at its best ! | This is one of the top five cartoons Warner Brothers did , which is saying something . When Warner's really hit one out of the park , they could match anyone , Disney included . As usual , poor Daffy is upstaged by Porky , who steals every short they're in together . Porky's only competition is Marvin the Martian . Por... |
579,639 | 583,640 | 63,050 | 10 | Phenomenal performaces make this a memorable and haunting film ! | I will not forget this movie for the rest of my life ! Although the direction is excellent with a very good script and good production values , the performances are the standout aspect of this remarkable film . Alan Arkin and Sondra Locke make the film work and were both nominated for Oscars for their work here . Their... |
578,817 | 583,640 | 99,317 | 10 | Delightful concept ! | This short won the Oscar for Animated Short , beating another Aardman Studios short , A Grand Day Out . The concept behind its creation is an old one , used by John and Faith Hubley : record conversation and come up with fitting animation . In this case , someone went around interviewing residents of a housing developm... |
578,923 | 583,640 | 61,390 | 10 | Excellent cartoon about being who ( or what ) you are , whatever others believe you are | Every time I see this cartoon , I remember what Anatole France once reportedly said : " If a thousand people say a foolish thing , it is still a foolish thing . " This cartoon is about a bear and the nightmare his life becomes when others persist in believing a foolish thing and manage to briefly convince him that it's... |
579,255 | 583,640 | 47,672 | 10 | An Oscar winner and one of the best Magoo shorts they did | This short won the Oscar and probably deserved to . It's an excellent effort and one of the shining moments of the Mister Magoo series of theaterically released shorts . It is hilarious and quite mad and chaotic , even for a Magoo cartoon . Most recommended . |
579,016 | 583,640 | 38,998 | 10 | Given the torture this guy goes through trying to cures his hiccoughs , I think I'd keep them , myself ! | This is another of the Pete Smith Specialities , which was co-written and directed by Dave O'Brien , who plays the poor fool with the hiccoughs . He tries various " remedies " to " cure " himself ( some of which Torquemada and the Spanish Inquisition might have applauded ) to no avail . It's all great fun , for everyon... |
579,519 | 583,640 | 56,464 | 10 | Absolutely wonderful in style , tone and execution | This short , nominated for an Academy Award , is precisely what its title indicates-an instruction on how to defend oneself if one is a coward . As a President Emeritus of The Coward's Guild ( I was President three times running-literally ) , I cannot advocate physical defense as the wisest personal reaction ( I prefer... |
579,395 | 583,640 | 33,260 | 10 | Tex Avery gave us the Bugs Bunny we all know and most of us love ! | While Tex didn't do the first Bugs cartoon , he did the first one with many of the characteristics of Bugs that make him Bugs , including the catch-phrase , " What's up , Doc " . So it's fitting and proper that , while Chuck Jones did more with the wabbit , Tex Avery did the first Bugs to get a date at the Academy Awar... |
579,049 | 583,640 | 248,808 | 10 | Tex Avery would be proud ! | This is one of the funniest shorts I've ever seen ! Lots of things popped into my head while watching this : it's an example of instant karmic payback , for one , an equally solid example of the law of unintended consequences as well . This has got to have one of the top five closing sight gags of all time ! Tex Avery ... |
579,776 | 583,640 | 37,180 | 10 | Tashlin at the top of his form ! | Frank Tashlin is not one of the first names that come to mind when discussing Warner Brothers cartoons . with Tex Avery , Chuck Jones , Bob Clampett and Friz Freleng being more well-known . That's not a surprise at all . But it's a bit sad to think that the general public doesn't know more of him , particularly his wor... |
578,897 | 583,640 | 189,121 | 10 | Fascinating look at a closed book-China in the late 1960s-early 1970s up through 1989 . | This documentary , comprised of archival newsreels , still photos , artwork by the director / narrator and other material , is a largely autobiographical look back at life for one man in The People's Republic of China . By extension , it looks back at China , because his life is enmeshed ( as we all are , to one degree... |
579,819 | 583,640 | 48,074 | 10 | I absolutely love this cartoon ! | I make no claim that this is a great cartoon or that there is anything special or noteworthy about it in any technical sense . I LOVE IT ! ! ! ! It's the first Tex Avery I can remember and therefore remains much beloved . SO SUE ME ! ! ! Recommended . |
579,727 | 583,640 | 32,272 | 10 | I love this cartoon ! ! ! | I absolutely love this cartoon ! I've only seen it two or three times , but I love 1 ) cartoons 2 ) Edgar Allen Poe's " The Raven " and 3 ) books . I keep hoping that they'll run it again on Cartoon Network . I couldn't remember the exact title . I knew it started with " The Bookworm . . , " and now I know . This reall... |
578,796 | 583,640 | 41,592 | 10 | One of the first appearances of the little mouse , called Nibbles here | This cartoon , an Oscar winner ( with good reason , as it's marvelous ) features one of the early appearances of the little mouse named Nibbles primarily ( although sometimes called Tuffy ) , he is rather cute and endearing . But I'd hate to pay his grocery bills ! Nibbles became a very frequent and popular character a... |
579,684 | 583,640 | 21,749 | 10 | The best film of 1931 | This is one of the best film of all time and yet it is arguably only the third best film Charlie Chaplin made , after Modern Times and The Gold Rush . Some of his most memorable bits are in here , most of them revolving around his comic ( and sad ) attempts to help a blind flower seller , played by Virginia Cherrill . ... |
579,054 | 583,640 | 30,357 | 10 | Atypical Popeye , with no fisticuffs ad showing the essential natures of the three principal characters . | This Popeye , set on New Year's Eve , doesn't feature a brawl over Olive , or over anything else , for that matter . Popeye . a good-natured sort , decides it's not right that Olive's grandma be left at home while they go out , so he invites her along . Bluto escorts Olive and they both find it amusing that Popeye aske... |
579,342 | 583,640 | 41,598 | 10 | Typical Bugs any very funny | This is an exceptional Bugs Bunny cartoon and is very funny . One of the better bits is when Bugs enters the concert hall dressed as Leopold Stowkowski and the crowd continually whispers , " Leopold " . This cartoon has some nice operatic bits as well as Bugs singing " What Do They Do On a Rainy Night in Rio ? " Now wh... |
579,811 | 583,640 | 28,467 | 10 | This is not your grandfather's Longfellow | Take one poem by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow , add Porky Pig and put them in the Tex Avery blender , set on " maniac " and this cartoon is what resulted . Tex Avery style of gags abound . Pay attention to backgrounds and the extras . Some very good stuff to be seen here . Well worth your time . |
579,777 | 583,640 | 17,871 | 10 | Before cartoons had sound or color , but they still did brilliant work-like this short ! | This short is one of the best of all time and is proof ( just like most of Charlie Chaplin's work ) that sound and color are not requirements for quality work . In fact , this cartoon uses ( and may have started ) some of the gags and devices that became standard in animation in later years , like caricatures of celebr... |
578,780 | 583,640 | 141,110 | 10 | Magoo possesses an indomitable spirit that will not permit him to be defeated ( Here there be spoilers ) ! | I rarely divulge details that might spoil a viewers ' enjoyment of a particular film , but with this one , I would find it virtually impossible to fairly discuss its virtues without going into detail . You have thus been warned . Mr . Magoo has mistaken a walrus for a human friend and various sight gags are shown in ty... |
579,438 | 583,640 | 45,937 | 10 | One of the best Tom and Jerry cartoons ever done ! | This cartoon quite rightly won an Oscar and is probably one of the top two or three best that they did . With narration by Hans Conreid ( one of the best voices for narration work and particularly for animation work ) , this also features Strauss's music to advantage and is just a delight to watch . Somewat static anim... |
579,853 | 583,640 | 93,488 | 10 | Words do not adequately do this justice , but I will try . | Where do I begin with this comment ? I could echo other commenters and describe the plot , which in no way will detract from the films ' impact on a first-time viewer . Or I could talk about the absolutely breathtaking animation , the beautiful backgrounds and incredible detail that make this one of the most visually a... |
579,035 | 583,640 | 72,380 | 10 | One of the best shorts done by John and Faith Hubley | John and Faith Hubley were among the more successful independent animation studios both artistically and commercially . While some of their work is less successful , it's all worth watch and invariably at least interesting . This short , nominated for an Academy Award ( which , were it not for the absolutely brilliant ... |
579,998 | 583,640 | 48,012 | 10 | Ralph and Sam are at it again . | Another day , another dollar . Ralph and Sam are hard at work in their jobs as predator and protector . I hope Ralph has a good insurance plan ! This is one of the better ones in an all to brief series of shorts directed by Chuck Jones . The characters are fascinating and the sight gags are great . The few bits of dial... |
578,790 | 583,640 | 43,685 | 10 | Possibly Tom's worst nightmare ! | This short , nominated for an Oscar , features Tom almost at his worst . In an act of self-preservation , Jerry cals upon his cousin ( the very well-named Muscles ) for his help . At times , I almost feel sorry for Tom ( almost ) . Tom more or less gets what he deserves here and , were he not a cartoon , would very lik... |
579,036 | 583,640 | 72,410 | 10 | Disney again does an excellent job of adapting Pooh | Disney has been criticized ( often justifiably ) for the sometimes very loose adaptations of other works to animation . But they generally have done quite well by the Winnie-the-Pooh adaptations . This short , nominated for an Academy Award in the excellent year of 1974 , is a first-class adaptation of the denizens of ... |
578,874 | 583,640 | 32,856 | 10 | One of many cartoons that was to use Of Mice and Men as an influence of sorts | Tex Avery was fond of using Of Mice and Men , or at least the characters of Lenny and George , as the starting pont for his characters in his cartoons . The title of this one is a play on Steinbeck's title and Willoughby is basically Lenny . The prize bit in a very good short is Willoughby's first encounter with a very... |
579,004 | 583,640 | 54,698 | 10 | What some think of as Audrey Hepburn's best film , it is certainly her signature role | Many think that this is Audrey Hepburn's best film ( I think it was Charade ) or that this is her best performance ( I think that was in Wait Until Dark ) . What this was for Hepburn is the most single memorable role of her career-her signature role . I cannot picture anyone else as Holly Golightly , no matter how hard... |
579,654 | 583,640 | 59,122 | 10 | Exceptional effort to maximize the limits inherent in limited animation quite successfully | This short won an Academy Award and justly so . While others have said the scripted narration is not terribly good , I disagree . There are one or two excessively florid points , but Robert Morley's marvellous reading covers those and overall , the scripted narration is good . The animation succeeds in part because of ... |
579,090 | 583,640 | 103,272 | 10 | Simply hilarious but also tender and joyous | Having never been all that enthralled with Bloom County , I watched this with some doubt-for all of about two minutes and then I was hooked . What I saw was at one and the same time funny and heart-wrenching . There are a few running gags ( watch the carolers particularly ) and there is a very effective use of visual i... |
579,658 | 583,640 | 72,431 | 10 | An incredibly funny and affectionate send-up of the horror film in general and Frankenstein films in particular | There really isn't much I can say that doubtless someone else hasn't said . Brooks used the same location and sets that were used for the lab scenes in the original 1931 James Whale version . Anyone who doesn't laugh at either the scene with Gene Hackman as a blind hermit or the scene where Marty Feldman and Gene Wilde... |
579,125 | 583,640 | 30,448 | 10 | Anything can happen in a cartoon ! | Disney in the late 1930s did animated shorts like no one else did them . Warner Brothers was after the visual gag and creating continuing characters , while MGM was interested in making visually pretty cartoons and mostly one-shots , with few recurring characters . For Walt Disney , shorts served a couple of primary pu... |
579,957 | 583,640 | 97,372 | 10 | Twenty years after the first manned moon landing , there came the best documentary about Apollo , and by extension , the space program that I've ever seen ! | Nothing I can say could possibly do this documentary justice , but I'm going to try anyway . One of the greatest ( in more than one sense ) and most profound of human endeavors that has ever been undertaken is the effort at spaceflight . The most notable achievement is the landing and return of humans to the Moon . Thi... |
579,007 | 583,640 | 41,488 | 10 | Hilarious fun from a master of the animated short | This is a very good cartoon from Tex Avery , a master of the art form known as the animated short . Avery typically came up with a premise , often an innocuous one and then proceeded to do the most outlandish and ridiculous sight gags imaginable fired rapidly at the audience starting from the basic idea . Usually , the... |
579,542 | 583,640 | 70,296 | 10 | Excellent combination of music and animation | This short was nominated for an Academy Award and was most deserving of the honor . Narrated by Roberta Flack , who also sings the folk song about John Henry , this is a particularly effective use of the animation style used here-minimal animation and very basic drawings . Emphasis here is on the story and Flack is mar... |
579,902 | 583,640 | 23,803 | 10 | Wonderful jazzy score is just one highlight here out of many ! | As a general rule , when I comment on things , I try to avoid saying too much specific about plot , scenes , et cetera , while trying to give anyone reading my comment a basic idea of the feel of the film or short so they can decide if it might be their cup of tea , so to speak . Occasionally , I run into something I w... |
579,826 | 583,640 | 382,734 | 10 | As one of " the others " , I found this short quite funny and moving . | To be quite frank , I expected Destino to win the Oscar and was surprised and a bit disappointed on hearing that another short had won instead . Until I finally saw Harvie Krumpet the other day . Here there be mild Spoilers . Harvie Krumpet is both funny and frightening , sometimes at the same time . A modern-day versi... |
578,868 | 583,640 | 23,801 | 10 | Betty Boop's impression of Barney Oldfield | This short spoofs the very popular sport of auto racing . At the time this short was made , Barney Oldfield , an auto racer , was one of the more notable and famous celebrities of the day . This is auto racing , Fleischer style . Bizarre gags and excellent animation highlight this one and it's charming to watch . Fans ... |
579,692 | 583,640 | 30,215 | 10 | One of the best in a long line of " books ( or magazines ) come to life " shorts by Waner Brothers | There's a great deal to say about this short and some detail is necessary , so spoilers are ahead . This short is an excellent example of a type of cartoon that Warner Brothers did very effectively : Characters from books and / or magazines coming to life or being used as part of a sight gag . Generally set in a bookst... |
579,321 | 583,640 | 41,721 | 10 | One of Tex Avery's better Droopy shorts | This is one of Tex Avery's Droopy cartoons and it is excellent . Droopy is okay , but the show is stolen by a fox with a very mannered nature , Ronald Colman sounding voice and speech pattern and entirely too clever for a bunch of incredibly over-matched hunting dogs ! Given that my sympathies in such matters as hunts ... |
579,250 | 583,640 | 47,959 | 10 | Typical Tex Avery insanity | This short , nominated for an Oscar , is pretty typical of Avery , with one small difference-where he typically started with a rather mundane normal situation and then twisted it in insane ways , here he starts with an absurdity ( the infusion of dog plasma into a man and vice versa ) and THEN twists it in insane ways ... |
579,891 | 583,640 | 68,373 | 10 | An excellent adaptation of the Dickens classic | This short , which won an Academy Award , is the best animated adaptation that I've yet seen and is better than a couple of the live-action versions . Everything is top-notch-animation , voice-casting ( particularly Sim reprising his performance as Scrooge ) , production values . The adaptation is quite true to the ton... |
579,643 | 583,640 | 91,455 | 10 | Very innovative ( and cute ) CGI short | This is a very impressive example computer animation . It is also an extremely cute cartoon ( bordering on precious at times ) and was nominated for the Academy Award . Fairly early effort by Pixar and quite good even some 15 years later . Well worth searching for . I believe it's included in front of one of the Pixar ... |
578,776 | 583,640 | 37,251 | 10 | One of Tex Avery's attempts at developing a continuing character . | Tex Avery preferred doing one-shot cartoons as opposed to using a regular character or characters . He was more interested in the gags than anything else . Studios , of course , want something recognizable to the audience , to developing continuing interest and thus sell more tickets . So Avery , because MGM wanted him... |
578,946 | 583,640 | 32,953 | 10 | The first Tom and Jerry cartoon | This short , nominated for an Oscar it should have won in 1940 , is the first Tom and Jerry , for all that the cat's name is " Jasper " . The Tom and Jerry cartoons generally break down into one of four eras : the early ones , when Rudolf Ising was involved , then the ones that Hanna and Barbera did with Fred Quimby pr... |
579,606 | 583,640 | 39,189 | 10 | The best Daffy Duck solo cartoon ever made | This is the best cartoon they made were Daffy wasn't playing opposite Bugs or Porky Pig . His foils are a dog named Leopold and his master , a parody of Peter Lorre . The best lines in the whole cartoon are spoken by the " mad scientist " and they're some of the funniest I can recall . The cartoon really gets going dur... |
578,789 | 583,640 | 43,581 | 10 | Minimal animation , even for UPA , but delightful characters and script | This short , which won an Oscar , spawned two sequels and a TV cartoon show , has minimal animation but adelightful script ( by Theodore Geisel aka Dr . Seuss ) and aneven more memorable and enchanting main character . UPA pioneered a style of animation that even influenced Disney during the mid-1950s and produced some... |
578,953 | 583,640 | 97,509 | 10 | Thoughtful , funny and compelling animated short | This short was nominated for an Academy Award and , but for the fact that Balance was eligible in the same year , it probably would have won . It did win a BAFTA for Animated Short . I guess if I were to try and sum up an 18 minute short in one word , it would be perspective . It largely depends on how you look at some... |
579,876 | 583,640 | 54,590 | 10 | The dialogue in a Pepe Le Pew is essential to the success of the cartoon ! | Given that this is Bastille Day , a comment on a Pepe Le Pew is appropriate , don't you think ? In this one Pepe is Pepe , of course , and the lines ( mainly delivered by Pepe ) are wonderful . While good scripts were important in most of the series that Warner Brothers did , visual gags tend to overshadow dialogue muc... |
579,234 | 583,640 | 206,319 | 10 | Excellent combination of animation and music . | This short is beautifully executed , but hard to describe . I cannot really figure out what , if any , relation the title has to the animation . I can say that it's an extremely good blending of movement to music , although the visuals can sometimes have a jarring effect on the viewer , mostly in the color combinations... |
579,029 | 583,640 | 206,312 | 10 | Thoroughly and delightfully bizarre | This short , which won a well deserved Academy Award , has got to be one of the most delightfully twisted cartoons I have seen in my life ! Through a series of twists and turns so odd that it seems like a combination of Kafka and Hitchcock , we follow three people-a husband , his wife and the mailman-through a most eve... |
579,006 | 583,640 | 266,425 | 10 | A remarkable and fascinating film with excellent performances from a largely unknown cast | This is a very well-done and memorable film that chills you to the bone as you listen a group of men sometimes happily discuss genocide ! There are excellent performances from a cast with few well-known , familiar names , but Stanley Tucci as Eichmann and Kenneth Branagh as Heydrich particularly shine . Given the histo... |
579,941 | 583,640 | 50,194 | 10 | An Oscar winner and one of the best Sylvester and Tweety cartoons | This is a delightful cartoon and one of the most effective and entertaining Sylvester and Tweety cartoons Warner Brothers did . The B . A . meeting is inspired parody and Sylvester's attempts to kick the " bird habit " are exceptionally funny . Tweety's closing line is the perfect capper to a wonderful ending . Won a w... |
578,979 | 583,640 | 162,458 | 10 | One of my personal favorites , it was a BAFTA nominee . | This is one of my favorite Magoo cartoons and takes place on a train . In a case of mistaken identity , Magoo is thought to be a spy in a drop ( note of puzzlement here , though : Magoo's behavior has an explanation , as he's near-sighted . But for the other characters , the only explanation for much of what they do is... |
579,168 | 583,640 | 153,850 | 10 | Meet some children with quite vivid imaginations ! | This excellent and very creative short is somewhat hard to find , but it is one of the better efforts done by UPA , which is no small compliment . The minimalist nature of UPA's style of animation lends itself extremely well to this tale of children playing cowboys one fine day and the imagination these children show i... |
579,706 | 583,640 | 105,335 | 10 | Warning ! : Not a cartoon for children or the squeamish ! | This short , nominated for an Academy Award , is basically a Kabuki play done using puppet animation . This one makes Romeo and Juliet look like Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm ! It is a very violent cartoon ( I'm not talking cartoon violence here , either ) and is not for everyone . Excellent animation and well worth watch... |
579,738 | 583,640 | 39,251 | 10 | An excellent mix of classical music and animation-and a good Tom and Jerry cartoon as well ! | Cartoon studios have been blending animation with music probably since the start of animation . Particularly classical and also jazz . Every major studio has done at least a few cartoons where the animation is done to the beat of the music . This is one of the best of the MGM efforts . One of the few times when my symp... |
578,811 | 583,640 | 108,598 | 10 | The short that proves one shouldn't let one's spare room to unfamiliar penguins without excellent references ! | This marvelous short won the Academy Award and is the best of the series , though all so far have been delightful ! The praise heaped on Wallace and Gromit has been vast and well-deserved , so my additions are gilding the lily , but I'll still say something . The Wrong Trousers is funny , sad , insightful and just plai... |
579,028 | 583,640 | 188,913 | 10 | If you have a chance to get this one , by all means , do so-it's exceptional ! | George Santayana , call your answering service . This is a perfect example of what he was talking about with history repeating , if on a smaller , more localized , scale . Watch this carefully and you'll see what I'm talking about . This lost to Bunny for Animated Short , which I'm certain Bunny won because it is a mor... |
578,821 | 583,640 | 53,090 | 10 | Another remarkable production for Disney to be justifiably proud and that should be in print . | This is one of Disney's finest efforts . It shows just how incredibly diverse and compelling this planet we inhabit truly is and the camera work is atounding ! Of course , as is the Mouse's nature , it is not in print . The best one can manage is that it runs from time to time on the Disney Channel during " Vault Disne... |
579,586 | 583,640 | 30,128 | 10 | Disney does justice to an excellent work of children's literature | Disney has had a reputation ( in large part , justifiably so ) for taking literary works and making them overly cute , thereby not doing justice to the source ( i . e . , Bambi ) , but here do a wonderful job of bringing Ferdinand off the printed page and into glorious , moving color ! This is one of the best shorts Di... |
578,775 | 583,640 | 41,301 | 10 | That poor dog ! | This is one of the better Tex Averys , as well as one of the more violent ones ( please recognize that " cartoon violence " and real violence are NOT the same thing , though ) , most of it directed at Speedy , the unfortunate dog . While I do understand the rabbit's actions and have not one problem recognizing a desire... |
579,344 | 583,640 | 51,189 | 10 | The classic Bugs Bunny cartoon | This is probably the best opera parody I have ever seen . The only other cartoon I've seen that comes close is " Rabbit of Seville " and the lyrics are funnier here ( although the sight gags are better in " Seville " ) and besides , Bugs and Elme do an aria together . What else do you want ? This is also where Elmer si... |
579,256 | 583,640 | 56,923 | 10 | Wonderful teaming of Hepburn and Grant in an exceptionally charming film | This film is a combination thriller / romantic comedy and has a great cast , an excellent script and some lovely locations . Grant and Hepburn make a fine couple and work well together on-screen . The supporting performances are wonderful , particularly James Coburn in a quite menacing turn in a very early role . This ... |
579,972 | 583,640 | 67,731 | 10 | Excellent ( and quite faithful ) adaptation of an Oscar Wilde children's story . | Oscar Wilde has always fascinated me . A controversial figure , he is arguably the most successfully literary figure , certainly in terms of range , in the English language . He wrote verse , prose , plays with equal skill and success and wrote short stories and novels with the same facility . His work has often been a... |
579,229 | 583,640 | 35,774 | 10 | Daffy joins the military as a commando | This is a marvelous little bit of propaganda using Daffy to help lampoon the enemy , in this case the Nazis . I think my favorite bit is Daffy singing as he parachutes down , although the ending is a close second . Something I find myself wondering when I see this cartoon ( which probably means I have way too much time... |
579,382 | 583,640 | 24,404 | 10 | Music was a big part of cartoons in general and Betty Boop in particular . | Animation and music have gone hand in glove since the sound era and probably beforehand . While Warner Brothers and MGM featured music prominently , Lantz and Fliescher went a step or two further , by creating series built around music ( mostly jazz ) and the Betty Boop shorts featured music frequently . This short is ... |
579,773 | 583,640 | 43,481 | 10 | Tex Avery strikes again ! | Tex Avery's most successful original continuing character was Droopy . Though Avery was involved in the development of many of Warner Brothers principal characters , most of the time he preferred doing one-shots , not wanting to be tied into a regular character continuously . Under pressure at MGM to develop a continui... |
579,341 | 583,640 | 152,477 | 10 | An Overlooked Treasure | This cartoon seems to have vanished from the radar screens , along with most of the Walter Lantz material , which is a shame . The basic premise is that a trombone player named Jackson falls overboard and washes up on the island of Polaroo . The trombone solos are played by Jack Teagarden , a great jazz trombonist and ... |
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