People are voting emotionally.
... View MoreJust intense enough to provide a much-needed diversion, just lightweight enough to make you forget about it soon after it’s over. It’s not exactly “good,” per se, but it does what it sets out to do in terms of putting us on edge, which makes it … successful?
... View MoreThere are moments that feel comical, some horrific, and some downright inspiring but the tonal shifts hardly matter as the end results come to a film that's perfect for this time.
... View MoreIt is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.
... View More. . . the "Fly a Cat Game" by this vintage Warner Bros. Looney Tune. With its imperative title--GO FLY A KIT--and a narrator as authoritative as any of a Disney Nature Documentary, KIT's virtually hypnotic demand to send a cat flying--the younger the better--is said to be responsible for more than 75% of such flings, a study by CMU Feline Flight Researchers recently revealed. The eagle-reared protagonist of this story (commonly misidentified as Pussyfoot by second-rate Looney Tune authorities) is able to navigate the sky using the Humingbird Principle (that is, a little tail swishing combined with a lot of Faith). Though the flashback part of this cartoon makes it clear that the Flying Kit's Aerodynamic Abilities are Nurture--NOT Nature--this tale's conclusion proves that they can be taught to the Next Generation. It's this Final Fact which probably is most responsible for inspiring the World's Youth to experiment over the past half dozen decades with their own private Feline Frisbees. On the one hand, this has caused the parents of large families no end of relief that this episode is about a Flying Kitten--NOT a Human Baby Flightmaster. However, this small mercy still leaves the planet's cat lovers aghast.
... View MoreAdorable story, told through flashback, about a kitten raised by an eagle who grows up with the ability to fly. One day while flying around he spots a female cat being chased by a bulldog and rescues her. The two fall in love and, well, just watch and see. It's charming in every way. Not the funniest Looney Tunes short but it is smart and endearing. One of the many classics from the great Chuck Jones and Michael Maltese. The animation is excellent with well-drawn characters, backgrounds, and action. The colors are bright and lush. Milt Franklyn's evocative, lively score is among his best work. It's a real gem for fans of Chuck Jones; a heartwarmer if there ever was one.
... View MoreMost of this cartoon is told in flashback. It's a goofy premise (hey, it's a cartoon) about a cat who was raised by a big momma bald eagle. He uses his tail as a propeller and learns how to fly. Like all birds, one day it's time to fly the coop and go out in the world on his own.Soon after he saves a female cat from a big Spike-like bulldog, the kind is always shown in cartoons, it seems. He wins her heart with his flying ability and gives the big dog a "shave" from above as well as a few other things to the big - and humorous - canine.There is some really nice artwork in here with excellent colors.The two best-known voices in cartoon history - Mel Blance and Daws Butler - are listed on the IMDb title page but it doesn't say who the narrator is, and he did 99 percent of the talking here.
... View MoreAlong side Max Fleischer, former Disney animator David Hand and Japan's Hayao Miyazaki, Chuck Jones is one of favorite animators, and this short is one of my favorite shorts from the late '50s. I thought it was a sweet story about a flying kitten who was raised by an old woman eagle with a maternal instinct, and when he leaves the nest and sets forth into the world, he falls in love with a cute little girl kitten after saving her from a very mean bulldog.I just love the backgrounds with their vivid colors. My favorite scenes are when our hero (The Flying Kitten) wants to join a chorus of blackbirds (tweet,tweet,tweet,meow). But when they see him they are so frighten that they bump right into each other even when they fly away. And also when our canine nemesis try to pounce on our hero; but our hero is too quick for him, during the struggle he use his propeller-like tail to get away and the dog found himself biting his own LEG!All in all, I love every bit of it. It has got tenderness, the love he shares with his adopted-mother and his sweetie and sorrow, when he says goodbye when he leaves: first home and when he flies south every Fall (being part-bird). But every spring, he comes back and his girl would wait at the airport for him, just like the myth of Persephone and the origin of the seasons.
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