In previous posts, I wrote why I started reviewing cartoons: for the creative fun, the review genre practice, and the challenge of writing animated cartoon reviews. I showed that an animated cartoon is a ‘film’, a ‘movie’, or a ‘film with pictures’ that creates the illusion of characters moving. And I proved that a ‘review’ is a ‘study’ or ‘an examination’ made by someone to express an opinion. When I express an opinion, I weigh my words because ‘words should be weighted not counted’ and I start from the assumption that if I like an animated cartoon, it does not mean that everybody should or will; and the vice-versa: if I do not like an animated cartoon, it does not mean that anybody should or will ever will. The same applies to movies, books, people, and everything else. Why do I always try to weigh my words when writing a review? Because animated cartoons, movies, books, songs, etc. are pieces of art and behind them, there is lots of sensitivity. Besides, it is so easy to count the words of a review instead of weighing them just sitting on a couch while an entire team spent time and money to do their best – everything viewers see is the best an artist or a team of artists could do within a time framework and within a budget. ‘Words Should be Weighted not Counted’ - PROVERB Therefore, because there is no formula to evaluate a cartoon, I thought that the best way was to do it with heart. But how long should a cartoon review be? There are no standards, but I try to stick to 100 words—and that is for a logical reason. If a movie usually has 120 minutes and its reviews are somewhere between 300 and 500 words, an animated cartoon that is over ten times shorter should have a review of what? 30 to 50 words? When I post my review on Google or on Rotten Tomatoes, I try to be as short, but still as clear as possible. Here, on my Writing Blog, I am also practicing my English, therefore… 100 words for an 8-minutes cartoon movie seems a fair word count.
Weighting and counting words, I reached the 1936 Oscar cartoons. 1. THREE ORPHAN KITTENS Producer: WALT DISNEY The Three Orphan Kittens is an 8-minute animated cartoon. It tells the story of three kittens thrown over the fence in somebody’s yard during winter. The kittens found a way into the house and enjoyed their time in the kitchen and in the toys room discovering the world around them by playing. Their play and their discovery were entertaining. The kittens got caught and saved at the last minute from being thrown back into the yard by a child who had herself a creative way of playing with kittens. The end is adorably fun! 2. THE CALICO DRAGON Producer: HARMAN-ISING The Calico Dragon is an animated cartoon that reminded me of the previously reviewed Holiday Land (1935). The difference is that here the protagonist is a baby girl who goes to bed (in the latter, the protagonist was a baby boy who just wanted to sleep a bit longer before going to school). This 8-minute animated cartoon is the story of a baby girl who before going to bed read her toys a story – the story of a dragon. And the rest of the cartoon was a dream. In this dream, the toys to which she read the story went on an adventure to save the princess from the dragon. 3. WHO KILLED COCK ROBIN? Producer: WALT DISNEY The animated cartoon Who Killed Cock Robin? is the story of a bird, a cock called Robin, who sang love songs to another bird it loved. The setting of the story is outdoors, in a forest. Suddenly, Robin got stabbed by an arrow. And from this point, Disney’s imagination and creativity took its flight, showing that only the sky was the limit. The ambulance came—you should see the ambulance! This forest had also a police patrol—you should see the police! The police made some arrests at the ‘Old Crow Bar’ in which some birds had too much to drink. And then the trial started with an owl as a judge, with defense and accusation lawyers and a choir. This animated cartoon is like a mini-musical movie. The answer came at the end of the animated movie and it was a surprising end. It is a sensationally entertaining animated cartoon! OTHER LINKS: The Academy Awards (Oscars) 1936, https://www.oscars.org/oscars/ceremonies/1936 The Animated Cartoons Review Series: 1935 Oscar Cartoons. How to Review? (3) https://lauralai.weebly.com/review/animated-cartoons-review-series-1935-oscar-cartoons-how-to-review The Animated Cartoons Review Series: 1934 Oscar Cartoons. What Is A Cartoon? (2) https://lauralai.weebly.com/review/animated-cartoons-review-series-1934-oscar-cartoons The Animated Cartoons Review Series: 1933 Oscar Cartoons. Why Cartoons? (1) https://lauralai.weebly.com/review/animated-cartoons-review-series-1933-oscar-cartoons
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