The Betty Boop cartoons are mostly a lot of fun to watch and good for historical value. Of which 'The Old Man of the Mountain' is one of the best.
Fleischer were responsible for some brilliant cartoons, some of them still among my favourites. Their visual style was often stunning and some of the most imaginative and ahead of its time in animation. The character of Betty Boop, one of their most famous and prolific characters, may not be for all tastes and sadly not as popular now, but her sex appeal was quite daring for the time and to me there is an adorable sensual charm about her. The charm, sensuality and adorability factors are here and she's fun to watch.
Here the black and white animation is extremely good, smooth, meticulously detailed and well drawn with the black and white not looking too primitive. A lot of it is actually very imaginative as well and some of the visuals some of the most surreal of the earlier Betty Boop cartoons. The best element of 'The Old Man of the Mountain' is the music, which is rousing, catchy and unquestionably accessible to anybody who loves or is familiar with the composition style, not just adding so much to the cartoon but actually IS the cartoon.
While light on story, 'The Old Man of the Mountain' is never less than enormously entertaining, with some very inventively timed, very ahead of the time pre-code material and very funny humour. Betty is a lot of fun to watch as aforementioned, and the voice work is fine.
Overall, a great cartoon and one of Betty Boop's best. 10/10 Bethany Cox
Fleischer were responsible for some brilliant cartoons, some of them still among my favourites. Their visual style was often stunning and some of the most imaginative and ahead of its time in animation. The character of Betty Boop, one of their most famous and prolific characters, may not be for all tastes and sadly not as popular now, but her sex appeal was quite daring for the time and to me there is an adorable sensual charm about her. The charm, sensuality and adorability factors are here and she's fun to watch.
Here the black and white animation is extremely good, smooth, meticulously detailed and well drawn with the black and white not looking too primitive. A lot of it is actually very imaginative as well and some of the visuals some of the most surreal of the earlier Betty Boop cartoons. The best element of 'The Old Man of the Mountain' is the music, which is rousing, catchy and unquestionably accessible to anybody who loves or is familiar with the composition style, not just adding so much to the cartoon but actually IS the cartoon.
While light on story, 'The Old Man of the Mountain' is never less than enormously entertaining, with some very inventively timed, very ahead of the time pre-code material and very funny humour. Betty is a lot of fun to watch as aforementioned, and the voice work is fine.
Overall, a great cartoon and one of Betty Boop's best. 10/10 Bethany Cox