The greatest movie ever!

Brilliant and touching

Blending excellent reporting and strong storytelling, this is a disturbing film truly stranger than fiction

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

Watching this in the early 80's as a child I loved this short. And now in 2018 watching it again, I assumed it was at least made in the late 50's. Because of the quality and craftsmanship. Shocked and even more impressed now that I now it was created in the late 30's. Still holds up and should be on the shelf of any Disney or animation fan.

This is yet another of my favourite animated shorts of the early Disney canon, as everything in it is just so great! I love how it has one of those really memorable theme tunes that takes the viewer right back to how they felt when they first watched it years ago as a kid, least it always does for me. I can't believe this lost out to "Ferdinand the Bull", which although is a good animation in its own right, just generally comes nowhere near the kind of legendary status that this short has achieved. This should have won every possible award that it deserved, as it actually feels like it would've made for a pretty good movie of its own. There are a couple of really noticeable precursors to that evergreen masterpiece "Pinocchio" which would be landing two years later, such as the hilariously weird moment when the baby with the croaky voice exclaims "Jiminy Cricket!", the inside of the giant's mouth is similar to that of Monstro the Whale's, when Mickey gets briefly sent down his gullet it looks similar to when Jiminy gets shot down the pool table, and when Mickey gets shoved out of the castle to face his herculean task was very similar to the scene in the classic where the giant gates of nightmarish Pleasure Island are sealed shut. The rich details of the medieval-looking backgrounds were all beautifully done. The thrilling action of the sequences brilliantly matches the quality of the artwork, the two taking centre stage and both coming out winners. The immense animation involved with the thunderous footsteps of the giant as he approaches is epic and very suspenseful - I actually fear the brave little Mickey may get squashed like a bug as he gets swept away! The unnamed giant that's featured may be even dumber than Willie from "Mickey and the Beanstalk", not even seeming to be able to speak in complete sentences! Although he doesn't have half the charm or charisma of Willie, this guy on the plus side is a *real* giant, and the thing that I love the most about this fantastic feat of a short is really the smaller things, the fascinating little details and situations that arise from the size and scale of the giant:the way he tears the well out of the ground for a swig, the way he rolls a cigar out of the bale of hay and then uses the cottage's oven like a lighter! I also loved the miniature pumpkins, so cute! And Mickey in comparison is about what a real mouse would be to an average-sized human. The way he conquers his mountainous foe is very fun and imaginative. The ending is too cute, me and my brothers always used to get a big laugh out of the flamboyant way the king yells out "whoopee!" while riding the carousel with his ice cream! At least they made a productive use out of the giant.. Now surely sooner or later he's gonna have to wake up! This is the last appearance of Mickey with the black button eyes and white face. After this he would be given the, for me less appealing pink facial skin and eyes with pupils. The end of a little era... Love it, one of the all-time Mickey classics - that's for darn sure!!!

This is one of the best (and well-known) Mickey cartoons of all time. And it's also another cartoon where Mickey goes against a giant like in the 1933 short "Giantland" and "Mickey and The Beanstalk" for the 1947 film "Fun and Fancy Free". Also this cartoon is a favorite of mine. The short is based on the fairy-tale by The Grimm Brothers with Mickey as the tailor who killed seven flies "with one blow!" Of course, everyone mistook the flies for seven giants and they thought Mickey is a giant-killer. The short was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Subject; but the award went to the short "Ferdinand The Bull." I love the main title theme music. Also I love the scene where everyone spreads the story of Mickey killing seven giants. And the rumor then reaches the ears of the king and his daughter Princess Minnie.

This time Mickey is starring all on his own, with no back-up. And for a change he's actually got a good story instead of the usual 'disaster' plots. In this cartoon, he plays a tailor who, through a series of misunderstandings, is sent on a mission by the king to take out a giant who is about to pound on their village. Princess Minnie is his reward so obviously he's going to oblige no matter how impossible that mission may be.Shock horror, there are actually some laughs and Mickey manages to hold our attention instead of making us drift away. The gimmicks and imagination are very good and the ending in which the villagers use the sleeping giant as a power source is very clever.Definitely one of the best Mickey shorts.