Roland and Rattfink are movie stars, appearing in many movies.Roland and Rattfink are movie stars, appearing in many movies.Roland and Rattfink are movie stars, appearing in many movies.
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Roland and Rattfink at the movies
While not a fan of the Roland and Rattfink series running from 1968 to 1971 strictly speaking, a middling theatrical series from DePatie-Freleng Enterprises (not one of their best or worst), their seventeen cartoons are a long way from being unwatchable. The general standard being interesting enough and decent if uneven and never particularly reaching greatness, most having similar strengths but the same faults are present too.
'Say Cheese Please' is neither among the best or worst Roland and Rattfink cartoons. Would personally put it somewhere around high middle, where enough of the series' general good points are evident but that is also the case with the series' serial flaws. 'Say Cheese Please' had one of the Roland and Rattfink series' best concepts and there was a lot of potential to have a lot of fun with it. Watching it, it does do that but it had room to have even more so if some of the material was fresher.
Am going to start with 'Say Cheese Please's' good points this time. The music never feels like it has too much of a heavy hand, it never felt repetitive and its light-hearted tone suited the lively energy of the cartoon more than ideally. This component is a very important one to talk about for me when reviewing, being a musician (semi-professional classical/opera singer), so that's why it's brought up constantly in my reviews. The gags are seldom hilarious, but although it is very low on the creativity factor they are amusing as are the reactions. It is always fun when any cartoon portrays the film industry and film in general in a way that is either nostalgic or satirical etc, it's portrayed with some nostalgia and wit here.
It is clear that the writers had fun with Rattfink too, it is a different side to him (the previous cartoons didn't see him this demanding) but not in a way that's inconsistent. 'Say Cheese Please' still has him being the brunt of the violence, the source of the comic relief and still being unscrupulous and snide. The producer, who looks a little like Rattfink but in a suit, was an amusing character. Lennie Weinrib relishes Rattfink and his dialogue.
He isn't as strong as Roland, who even for a matinee idol character (a sort of character he sounded perfect for) was rather bland. The animation is uneven with limitations showing, nice vibrant colours but quite sketchy in the drawing and the backgrounds are elaborate sometimes but quite sparse in others.
Didn't care for the ending, which is cheesy and may not go down well with some. Other Roland and Rattfink cartoons have much funnier endings that stick in the memory more.
Overall, could have been better but decent. 6/10
'Say Cheese Please' is neither among the best or worst Roland and Rattfink cartoons. Would personally put it somewhere around high middle, where enough of the series' general good points are evident but that is also the case with the series' serial flaws. 'Say Cheese Please' had one of the Roland and Rattfink series' best concepts and there was a lot of potential to have a lot of fun with it. Watching it, it does do that but it had room to have even more so if some of the material was fresher.
Am going to start with 'Say Cheese Please's' good points this time. The music never feels like it has too much of a heavy hand, it never felt repetitive and its light-hearted tone suited the lively energy of the cartoon more than ideally. This component is a very important one to talk about for me when reviewing, being a musician (semi-professional classical/opera singer), so that's why it's brought up constantly in my reviews. The gags are seldom hilarious, but although it is very low on the creativity factor they are amusing as are the reactions. It is always fun when any cartoon portrays the film industry and film in general in a way that is either nostalgic or satirical etc, it's portrayed with some nostalgia and wit here.
It is clear that the writers had fun with Rattfink too, it is a different side to him (the previous cartoons didn't see him this demanding) but not in a way that's inconsistent. 'Say Cheese Please' still has him being the brunt of the violence, the source of the comic relief and still being unscrupulous and snide. The producer, who looks a little like Rattfink but in a suit, was an amusing character. Lennie Weinrib relishes Rattfink and his dialogue.
He isn't as strong as Roland, who even for a matinee idol character (a sort of character he sounded perfect for) was rather bland. The animation is uneven with limitations showing, nice vibrant colours but quite sketchy in the drawing and the backgrounds are elaborate sometimes but quite sparse in others.
Didn't care for the ending, which is cheesy and may not go down well with some. Other Roland and Rattfink cartoons have much funnier endings that stick in the memory more.
Overall, could have been better but decent. 6/10
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- Sep 30, 2020
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