An angry snow man chases after furry little South Pole creatures.An angry snow man chases after furry little South Pole creatures.An angry snow man chases after furry little South Pole creatures.
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- GoofsWhen the snow man sits down at the church organ, the stovepipe on his head disappears. It reappears in the next scene.
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Well-made but uncompelling
Certainly not a bad cartoon at all, just one that didn't do an awful lot for me. Well-made and good-looking, but uncompelling, a bit muddled and lacking in substance.
The Snow Man's best components are the animation and music. The animation is very crisp, beautifully shaded in black and white (I prefer the cartoon in colour though) and atmospheric with lovely backgrounds. Some parts like when the snowman is introduced are also very inventively animated, especially with how the snowman comes to life. The music, as ever with the consistently great Carl Stalling, is also brilliant, the energy it has the entire time is non-stop, the way it's orchestrated is lush, rich and haunting, and a suspenseful but characterful atmosphere is created. There are some nice and inventive sight gags, namely the snowman's Jimmy Durante impression, the animals are sweetly endearing, the Eskimo is likable and the snowman makes for an unsettling but also fun(mostly the former though, as a kid he was nightmare-inducing) impression, his introduction being the highlight.
One can forgive that the story is as thin as ice and practically non-existent (most cartoons were at this time), but if the cartoon was paced well and if there was some more charm that might have been forgivable. Unfortunately for me, the cartoon did drag in the bland and overly-cutesy first three minutes(before picking up significantly once the snowman is introduced) ,and while there is a bit of humour it takes too long to happen and the charm and heart is missing. Instead the cartoon feels a little too creepy and mean-spirited, and the juxtaposition from cute to creepy while unexpected also seemed a little clumsy and felt like a moment of the cartoon not knowing what to do with itself.
To conclude, well-made and animated but wasn't for personal tastes very engaging. Frosty the Snowman it certainly isn't. 6/10 Bethany Cox
The Snow Man's best components are the animation and music. The animation is very crisp, beautifully shaded in black and white (I prefer the cartoon in colour though) and atmospheric with lovely backgrounds. Some parts like when the snowman is introduced are also very inventively animated, especially with how the snowman comes to life. The music, as ever with the consistently great Carl Stalling, is also brilliant, the energy it has the entire time is non-stop, the way it's orchestrated is lush, rich and haunting, and a suspenseful but characterful atmosphere is created. There are some nice and inventive sight gags, namely the snowman's Jimmy Durante impression, the animals are sweetly endearing, the Eskimo is likable and the snowman makes for an unsettling but also fun(mostly the former though, as a kid he was nightmare-inducing) impression, his introduction being the highlight.
One can forgive that the story is as thin as ice and practically non-existent (most cartoons were at this time), but if the cartoon was paced well and if there was some more charm that might have been forgivable. Unfortunately for me, the cartoon did drag in the bland and overly-cutesy first three minutes(before picking up significantly once the snowman is introduced) ,and while there is a bit of humour it takes too long to happen and the charm and heart is missing. Instead the cartoon feels a little too creepy and mean-spirited, and the juxtaposition from cute to creepy while unexpected also seemed a little clumsy and felt like a moment of the cartoon not knowing what to do with itself.
To conclude, well-made and animated but wasn't for personal tastes very engaging. Frosty the Snowman it certainly isn't. 6/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Jun 12, 2015
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- Runtime7 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.37 : 1
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