Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.
'Westward Whoa' shows that, as to be expected, that Porky is a likable character and he is and also amusing, cute and interesting, though he is more a cameo supporting role. Beans, in another of his dozen cartoons of his short-lived Looney Tunes career (here his penultimate cartoon and his last pairing with Porky), is more the lead here and has a decently engaging enough personality to make things interesting.
Ham and Ex are sweet and likable and just about escape the trap of being annoying, even if their antics are not hilarious. The Indians are fun and liven things up when they appear.
The story in 'Westward Whoa' is slight and much of the first half is set up, and fairly formulaic set up at that. There is not enough humour here agreed and what gags there are are amusing but more in a mild wry smile sort of way, nothing really hilarious here.
Once the Indians are introduced, the pace livens up, there's more glimpses of a story and there's more action and humour, even if nothing exceptional still.
Animation is characteristically great, especially later on, crisp, detailed and fluid throughout. The music is not Carl Stalling or Scott Bradley and does lack variety at times, but it is still lush and characterful and adds a good deal to the action if not quite enhancing it.
Voice acting is very good, particularly from Billy Bletcher. Joe Dougherty's Porky voice still doesn't do much for me though, not as natural as Mel Blanc's and the stutter has always sounded overdone to me.
In conclusion, above average but not great. 6/10 Bethany Cox