I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

The film may be flawed, but its message is not.

There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Apparently, Mickey and his comrades are members of the Confederacy, but they don't seem to be fighting the union. The enemy is a herd of cats that seem to be like Nazi's. Although the time period is a bit off. Anyway, the two forces come together and the mice seem to have the upper hand, even though the cats are enormous. Of course, they are also stupid.

The Barnyard Battle (1929) *** 1/2 (out of 4) A war is about to break out so Mickey Mouse goes down to enlist. Once he gets approved he finds himself on the front lines going up against a large cat. THE BARNYARD BATTLE is one of the best of the early Mickey shorts as it contains some great animation, a wonderful score and plenty of funny action. The action mostly takes places on the battlefield where the animation really gets the shine because of all the stuff going on from mice running around to cannonballs flying. Another highlight happens towards the end when Mickey must get creative to knock off some of the bad guys (a trick used in an earlier Walt Disney film). If you're a fan of Mickey Mouse or animation from this era then THE BARNYARD BATTLE is certainly a classic and a must-see. The film runs a very quick seven minutes and there's really not a dry moment to be found.

This is an early Disney cartoon featuring Mickey Mouse. There will be spoilers ahead:There's a basic plot here of a battle between mice and cat armies, but it's just there as a framing device for visual gags. This is one of Ub Iwerks' best Mickey Mouse shorts. It's my opinion that Iwerks did a better job directing the Silly Symphonies than he did with Mickey Mouse cartoons, but he had his moments with Mickey as well.The visual moments here are many and Iwerks did some good to great animation here. The "physical" Mickey goes through when he goes through recruiting is priceless. The fact that the battle "flag" of the mouse army is a pair of bloomers is also a nice touch.There are interesting gags involving a cannon, Mickey firing a machine gun and the keys to a piano, but there are two somewhat longer bits which are the best parts of the short. Mickey has a standoff of sorts with Pete involving a pop gun and the slow burn by Pete coupled with Mickey mounting sense of discomfort and fear is beautifully done. Then there's the climax to the battle (to "The Anvil Chorus") is predictable but fun. Excellent cartoon.This short is available on the Mickey Mouse In Black and White, Volume Two Disney Treasures DVD set and is well worth tracking down. Recommended.

In this short, Mickey Mouse plays a soldier whose farm is being attacked by an army of cats led by Pete (who else?). I believe that this short is supposed to take place during WWI, which ended 11 years before it came out. In fact this cartoon was at one time banned in Germany because the Germans thought that the helmets the cats wore were insulting to German national dignity. One thing that was interesting was that all the soldiers looked like Mickey. This usually happens in the Goofy shorts (where all the characters seem to look like Goofy).