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Can totally understand why anybody wouldn't care for the Mighty Mouse cartoons, don't care for a fair share of them myself personally. It is a very formulaic series, that got increasingly repetitive even early on, and too many of the cartoons are too cute and lacking in tension and laughs (even when the adversaries are nearly always the most interesting characters). Mighty Mouse himself is watchable but pretty one-dimensional and is not always used well.
1950 was not as prolific year for the Mighty Mouse than the previous or later years. Only four in a year with Heckle and Jeckle dominating, Roquefort being introduced, a few Gandy cartoons, Dingbat in his last three appearances, a small handful of non-recurring character cartoons and a brief return from Dinky Duck. 'Anti-Cats' is the first of Mighty Mouse's appearances and is one of the better ones and somewhere around the middle as far as the 1950 Terrytoons cartoons go.
'Anti-Cats' has a good deal of good. Best asset as ever is the music, which is its usual lush and characterful self. Also excelling in enhancing everything going on between the cats and mice. The animation is equally great in quality, especially the backgrounds and landscapes, though the colours are also very attractive and never drab or garish.
While nothing is completely hilarious, there is hardly a shortage of gags and they amuse if more in the second half, some of them are remarkably creative by the series' standards. There is also a genuine sense of threat without being too dark or sinister. The adversaries often are the best and most interesting characters in the Mighty Mouse cartoons, and that is definitely the case with the cat here. The story may be slight and predictable, but it engages and charms at least. Mighty Mouse is much better used than a lot of his previous cartoons, feeling more of a lead rather than glorified supporting character, and found myself admiring his courage and willingness to help.
However, there are few surprises here and the events are very formulaic and easy to figure out, the second half being fairly more of the same and familiar.
It does start off a little slow and would have liked much more compelling personalities for the mice, who are very bland.
Summing up though, not bad at all. 6/10.
1950 was not as prolific year for the Mighty Mouse than the previous or later years. Only four in a year with Heckle and Jeckle dominating, Roquefort being introduced, a few Gandy cartoons, Dingbat in his last three appearances, a small handful of non-recurring character cartoons and a brief return from Dinky Duck. 'Anti-Cats' is the first of Mighty Mouse's appearances and is one of the better ones and somewhere around the middle as far as the 1950 Terrytoons cartoons go.
'Anti-Cats' has a good deal of good. Best asset as ever is the music, which is its usual lush and characterful self. Also excelling in enhancing everything going on between the cats and mice. The animation is equally great in quality, especially the backgrounds and landscapes, though the colours are also very attractive and never drab or garish.
While nothing is completely hilarious, there is hardly a shortage of gags and they amuse if more in the second half, some of them are remarkably creative by the series' standards. There is also a genuine sense of threat without being too dark or sinister. The adversaries often are the best and most interesting characters in the Mighty Mouse cartoons, and that is definitely the case with the cat here. The story may be slight and predictable, but it engages and charms at least. Mighty Mouse is much better used than a lot of his previous cartoons, feeling more of a lead rather than glorified supporting character, and found myself admiring his courage and willingness to help.
However, there are few surprises here and the events are very formulaic and easy to figure out, the second half being fairly more of the same and familiar.
It does start off a little slow and would have liked much more compelling personalities for the mice, who are very bland.
Summing up though, not bad at all. 6/10.
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Apr 15, 2022
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