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In the Amazon jungle
In 1941 Tex Avery started a series of cartoons 'Speaking of Animals'. These cartoons may not be among the best cartoons there's ever been and those with Avery's involvement are not among the best he's ever done, but they are very interesting and entertaining on the most part with a unique visual style.
'Speaking of Animals in South America' is another very interesting and well done entry from the series, if not quite one of the best. As said before, story-wise it is slight, which is true for the series in general, but the series is not about the stories. It's about the visuals and humour, as well as the animals. 'Speaking of Animals in South America' succeeds in those areas and the colourful Amazon setting helps give it the necessary zest.
Once again, 'Speaking of Animals in South America' has ingenious use of Rotoscoping, with animation being re-shot and matted into the animal footage, and its combining of live action animals and animated mouths similarly looks incredible. It's this that is the shorts', and for the series in general, most striking and notable asset. The music is lush and lively, with a catchy musical number.
It's very amusing and also very cute, with lively pacing and having enough variety to stop things from being too heavy in repetition.
As they rightly should, the animals really take centre stage and they are entertaining and have the aw factor.
Overall, solid. 8/10 Bethany Cox
'Speaking of Animals in South America' is another very interesting and well done entry from the series, if not quite one of the best. As said before, story-wise it is slight, which is true for the series in general, but the series is not about the stories. It's about the visuals and humour, as well as the animals. 'Speaking of Animals in South America' succeeds in those areas and the colourful Amazon setting helps give it the necessary zest.
Once again, 'Speaking of Animals in South America' has ingenious use of Rotoscoping, with animation being re-shot and matted into the animal footage, and its combining of live action animals and animated mouths similarly looks incredible. It's this that is the shorts', and for the series in general, most striking and notable asset. The music is lush and lively, with a catchy musical number.
It's very amusing and also very cute, with lively pacing and having enough variety to stop things from being too heavy in repetition.
As they rightly should, the animals really take centre stage and they are entertaining and have the aw factor.
Overall, solid. 8/10 Bethany Cox
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- TheLittleSongbird
- Nov 2, 2017
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