Pirates take a hula dancer as captive and it's up to her beloved to rescue her.Pirates take a hula dancer as captive and it's up to her beloved to rescue her.Pirates take a hula dancer as captive and it's up to her beloved to rescue her.
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Romantic wackiness
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.
1939, like all the other years for Terrytoons, saw a hit and miss batch, more so than the other years even. Of which 'A Wicky, Wacky Romance' is one of the middling ones ranking it in correlation with the rest of the Terrytoons and one of the middling 1939 cartoons. It is an unexceptional, nothing exactly special cartoon and has the same amount of problems as it has the amount of strengths. 'A Wicky, Wacky Romance' is also watchable, 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 is neat. The colour is vibrant.
Some very amusing moments, some imaginative and there is some zest and natural charm, and parts of it and the basic set up are nicely done. The villainous pirate crew have some fun and sinister personalities.
Occasionally though the visuals lack polish in drawing and some transitions. The conflict is bland as are the lead characters, again typical archetypes.
Likewise, the story is paper thin and formulaic with not an awful lot to it (like the cartoon in general), doing little new with a very familiar, recycled and melodramatic premise. Gags aren't enough, they are not always very organised (fairly scattershot), and there is not much especially memorable about some and some don't serve much point. The cartoon tends to veer towards being too cute and a lot of it is pretty predictable, particularly at the start which is dull. It picks up a little towards the end but still doesn't compel in content. Some choppiness too.
Overall, watchable if unexceptional. 5/10 Bethany Cox
1939, like all the other years for Terrytoons, saw a hit and miss batch, more so than the other years even. Of which 'A Wicky, Wacky Romance' is one of the middling ones ranking it in correlation with the rest of the Terrytoons and one of the middling 1939 cartoons. It is an unexceptional, nothing exactly special cartoon and has the same amount of problems as it has the amount of strengths. 'A Wicky, Wacky Romance' is also watchable, 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 is neat. The colour is vibrant.
Some very amusing moments, some imaginative and there is some zest and natural charm, and parts of it and the basic set up are nicely done. The villainous pirate crew have some fun and sinister personalities.
Occasionally though the visuals lack polish in drawing and some transitions. The conflict is bland as are the lead characters, again typical archetypes.
Likewise, the story is paper thin and formulaic with not an awful lot to it (like the cartoon in general), doing little new with a very familiar, recycled and melodramatic premise. Gags aren't enough, they are not always very organised (fairly scattershot), and there is not much especially memorable about some and some don't serve much point. The cartoon tends to veer towards being too cute and a lot of it is pretty predictable, particularly at the start which is dull. It picks up a little towards the end but still doesn't compel in content. Some choppiness too.
Overall, watchable if unexceptional. 5/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Aug 26, 2018
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- Runtime8 minutes
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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