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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.
1935, like all the other years for Terrytoons, saw a hit and miss batch, more so than the other years even. Of which 'Moans and Groans' is one of the better ones ranking it in correlation with the rest of the Terrytoons and one of the best 1935 cartoons. There are flaws but also a lot of strengths, and a few things done better than what was seen before. 'Moans and Groans' is well worth watching as an above average watch with more to it than completest sake.
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 and some synchronisation is neat. The drawing is more fluid generally.
A fair share of amusing moments, with more gags than there can be usually found, and there is a lot of zest and natural charm. Also a suitably strange and absurdist quality that was fun and endearing to watch. Farmer Al Falfa is amusing and quite relatable here too.
Outside of the backgrounds, the animation is sometimes primitive at best with a fair bit of crudeness, over-simplicity and choppiness while also with a little more fluidity than usual.
Likewise, the story, while refreshingly wild for Terrytoons at this point, is thin and formulaic, once again executing an already fairly tired premise with nothing new. A few of the gags are stale and with a sense that there was room for even more absurdity.
All in all, pretty good. 7/10 Bethany Cox
1935, like all the other years for Terrytoons, saw a hit and miss batch, more so than the other years even. Of which 'Moans and Groans' is one of the better ones ranking it in correlation with the rest of the Terrytoons and one of the best 1935 cartoons. There are flaws but also a lot of strengths, and a few things done better than what was seen before. 'Moans and Groans' is well worth watching as an above average watch with more to it than completest sake.
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 and some synchronisation is neat. The drawing is more fluid generally.
A fair share of amusing moments, with more gags than there can be usually found, and there is a lot of zest and natural charm. Also a suitably strange and absurdist quality that was fun and endearing to watch. Farmer Al Falfa is amusing and quite relatable here too.
Outside of the backgrounds, the animation is sometimes primitive at best with a fair bit of crudeness, over-simplicity and choppiness while also with a little more fluidity than usual.
Likewise, the story, while refreshingly wild for Terrytoons at this point, is thin and formulaic, once again executing an already fairly tired premise with nothing new. A few of the gags are stale and with a sense that there was room for even more absurdity.
All in all, pretty good. 7/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- May 15, 2018
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