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Outfoxing the fox
The Terrytoons are oddly interesting, mainly for anybody wanting to see (generally) older cartoons made by lesser known and lower-budget studios. They are a mixed bag in quality, with some better than others, often with outstanding music and with some mild amusement and charm and variable in animation, characterisation and content.
1941, like all the other years for Terrytoons, saw a hit and miss batch though a little more consistent actually than the previous years. Of which 'Bringing Home the Bacon' is one of the better ones ranking it in correlation with the rest of the Terrytoons and one of the better 1941 cartoons. It is a quite good cartoon on its own as well. 'Bringing Home the Bacon' is also worth the look, completest sake is the main reason to see it but it's not the only reason.
Best asset is the music, which predictably is incredible. It is so beautifully and cleverly orchestrated and arranged, is great fun to listen to and full of lively energy, doing so well with enhancing the action. The ambitious, elaborate detail in the backgrounds is still great to see, as is the comparatively improved fluidity of drawing and movement, and some synchronisation in movement and sound is neat.
A number of well timed and amusing moments, touches, and there is lots of zest and natural charm. Many parts of it and the basic set up are nicely done, the start is a little slow but it quickly picks up. The characters are great fun with the fox stealing the show. The ending is cute without going overboard on that.
Outside of the backgrounds and more fluidity than seen previously however, a few of the transitions are not always polished.
The start is a little on the slow and too cute side too for my liking.
Drawbacks that are not big or frequent enough to significantly bring down a quite good cartoon, by Terrytoons standards and overall. 7/10 Bethany Cox
1941, like all the other years for Terrytoons, saw a hit and miss batch though a little more consistent actually than the previous years. Of which 'Bringing Home the Bacon' is one of the better ones ranking it in correlation with the rest of the Terrytoons and one of the better 1941 cartoons. It is a quite good cartoon on its own as well. 'Bringing Home the Bacon' is also worth the look, completest sake is the main reason to see it but it's not the only reason.
Best asset is the music, which predictably is incredible. It is so beautifully and cleverly orchestrated and arranged, is great fun to listen to and full of lively energy, doing so well with enhancing the action. The ambitious, elaborate detail in the backgrounds is still great to see, as is the comparatively improved fluidity of drawing and movement, and some synchronisation in movement and sound is neat.
A number of well timed and amusing moments, touches, and there is lots of zest and natural charm. Many parts of it and the basic set up are nicely done, the start is a little slow but it quickly picks up. The characters are great fun with the fox stealing the show. The ending is cute without going overboard on that.
Outside of the backgrounds and more fluidity than seen previously however, a few of the transitions are not always polished.
The start is a little on the slow and too cute side too for my liking.
Drawbacks that are not big or frequent enough to significantly bring down a quite good cartoon, by Terrytoons standards and overall. 7/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Oct 17, 2018
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