Too much of everything

the audience applauded

Don't listen to the negative reviews

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Despite having heard of the movie for years,I have somehow never got round to taking a look at Mickey Mouse's (sound) debut.With a poll on IMDbs Classic Film board for the best titles of 1928,I decided that it was time to finally get on the steamboat.The plot:Driving the steamboat with a belief that he is the real captain of the ship, Mickey Mouse annoys the real captain Pete,who boots Mickey off the bridge and sends him below deck. Falling down the stairs,the ships parrot laughs at Mickey. Wanting to put the parrot in its place,Mickey throws a bucket over the bird.View on the film:Closely working with composers Wilfred Jackson & Bert Lewis,writers/directors Ub Iwerks and Walt Disney (who also does the voices) brilliantly make the score part of the story,with Mickey and Minnie use of animals as musical instruments allowing for some very funny slap-stick comedy.Drawing in a broad manner,Disney and Iwerks give the characters just enough detail so that the viewer can pick up Mickey's increasing swagger,as Mickey sets off into movie history.

This is the first sound Mickey Mouse short. There will be spoilers ahead:This short is well known as the short which made Mickey Mouse famous. In point of fact, both Plane Crazy and The Gallopin' Gaucho are listed as having earlier release dates by The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts. This was the first one released as a sound cartoon. That likely explains why many think it was the first.This is, in many ways, a standard animated short of the late 1920s. The sound and the animation quality distinguish it from Terrtytoons, but the gags would feel quite at home in any Terrytoon of the period. The gags largely involve various animals.A cow (Clarabelle in her larval state) is loaded on the steamboat after being filled out with hay. This is the kindest thing done to an animal during the short Most of the others become musical instruments, even the cow! Mickey is the primary source for these acts. The gags are actually done with effectiveness for the most part. A rather obnoxious parrot gets his comeuppance on two occasions and deserved worse.This short has been released a number of times on DVD and is well worth seeking out. Most recommended.

SPOILERS As you may know, I have been commenting on a lot of silent short films in the past months. Now, I have no idea why I am commenting on Steamboat Willie, I guess I was just desperate to comment on anything, so I watched this, and now I am commenting on it. This, or course, is one of the very first cartoons, and I believe it is not the first cartoon with sound. Here is the plot. Mickey Mouse is driving a steamboat when Pete throws him off and he drives it. When they stop for cargo Minnie Mouse tried to get on but failed miserably. Mickey gets her up by a crane. Then a goat eats her sheet of paper with Turkey in the Straw on it. They use the goat to make the song. When I say that I mean that they used the goat as a Victrola. Mickey plays the animals on the steamboat for instruments to the song. Then an angry Pete throws Mickey in a potato room and Mickey is forced to peel potatoes for the rest of the day.Overall, this is yet another groundbreaking silent short film. I mean, this is the third Mickey Mouse cartoon. Yes, the third. Also, this is not the first cartoon with sound. I believe there were two more before this one. Either way, this film is really, really groundbreaking. Mikcey was also more violent than he is mow. I mean, he throws a potato at a bird and may have brutally slaughtered it. 9/10Recommended Films: Plane Crazy.

The first ever fully synchronized sound cartoon, Walt Disney's Mickey Mouse makes his screen debut in the exceptionally entertaining cartoon short subject "Steamboat Willie". Mickey is a worker on a steamboat under the supervision of captain Peg Leg Pete(or Pete as he would later be called). Mickey boards his long time companion Minnie Mouse aboard the train as they frolic about, while Mickey attempts to impress Minnie. This short was wildly fun and positively entertaining. Animators Ubbe Iwerks, Rudolph Ising, and Hugh Harman assisted Walt on the creation of the short."Steamboat Willie" essentially marks the beginning of the success of the Walt Disney Company.