"As everyone knows," the narrator begins, "goldfish must have water... and cats hate water." And so it goes."As everyone knows," the narrator begins, "goldfish must have water... and cats hate water." And so it goes."As everyone knows," the narrator begins, "goldfish must have water... and cats hate water." And so it goes.
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Battling over water
Chuck Jones was a legendary animator and animation director, to me one of the best there was. His best cartoons are masterpieces, with much of his best work being in the 50s, and his misfires (yes he did do a handful) were still better than a lot of animation directors at their worst (even his worst Tom and Jerry cartoons were nowhere near as bad as Gene Deitch's). 'Fin n Catty' sounded cute and amusing, but also rather formulaic and risked one character being much stronger than the other.
'Fin n Catty' was pretty much what was expected. This is meant in a good way and doesn't in any way change my lifelong love for animation (not that there was any risk of that happening). It is not one of Jones' best cartoons and isn't a classic by all means, but it is still very well animated, scored and entertaining and the narration never bothered me. Even if one character is stronger than the other and there is little special about the story, again pretty much what was expected.
The story is slight and formulaic, so it is easy to see where it is all going.
Did also find the goldfish on the bland side and the personality isn't as interesting.
Great things are many though and the best aspects are outstanding. Those being the animation and the music. The animation is great, the background art is very richly detailed and eye catching. The colour is very vibrant and beautifully varied. Every bit as good is the music, Carl Stalling was an amazing composer whose scores added so much to every cartoon he scored for and 'Fin n Catty' is no exception, the perfect sense of mood, the clever and lush instrumentation and energetic character are all here.
Robert C Bruce's narration was in no way an issue. Narration in general varies greatly in execution for me in film, television and cartoons, and it comes over very well here. The narration is sonorously delivered by Bruce, the best of this type of narration in cartoons at the time, and the kind that entertains and educates. Reminding me fondly of the Goofy How to series, which will be great if that series does anything for you (have always been fond of it). The gags are plenty and while not hilarious or inventive they amuse hugely at least and don't get repetitive.
It is a very cute but never over sweet cartoon, while the conflict is amusing and has nice tension. While finding the goldfish slightly bland, the cat is very funny and compelling in personality.
Concluding, very nicely done. 8/10.
'Fin n Catty' was pretty much what was expected. This is meant in a good way and doesn't in any way change my lifelong love for animation (not that there was any risk of that happening). It is not one of Jones' best cartoons and isn't a classic by all means, but it is still very well animated, scored and entertaining and the narration never bothered me. Even if one character is stronger than the other and there is little special about the story, again pretty much what was expected.
The story is slight and formulaic, so it is easy to see where it is all going.
Did also find the goldfish on the bland side and the personality isn't as interesting.
Great things are many though and the best aspects are outstanding. Those being the animation and the music. The animation is great, the background art is very richly detailed and eye catching. The colour is very vibrant and beautifully varied. Every bit as good is the music, Carl Stalling was an amazing composer whose scores added so much to every cartoon he scored for and 'Fin n Catty' is no exception, the perfect sense of mood, the clever and lush instrumentation and energetic character are all here.
Robert C Bruce's narration was in no way an issue. Narration in general varies greatly in execution for me in film, television and cartoons, and it comes over very well here. The narration is sonorously delivered by Bruce, the best of this type of narration in cartoons at the time, and the kind that entertains and educates. Reminding me fondly of the Goofy How to series, which will be great if that series does anything for you (have always been fond of it). The gags are plenty and while not hilarious or inventive they amuse hugely at least and don't get repetitive.
It is a very cute but never over sweet cartoon, while the conflict is amusing and has nice tension. While finding the goldfish slightly bland, the cat is very funny and compelling in personality.
Concluding, very nicely done. 8/10.
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- TheLittleSongbird
- May 23, 2022
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