Isadore Sparber (1906–1958)

2023 movie #52. 1939. The 2nd ever full-length animated movie and the first to use rotoscoping (for Gulliver). Some pretty clever animated scenes and an OK movie, except I didn't care for the music (which won Oscar nominations for original song and original score).

A cute telling of the Lilliput story, and I like the music. A short movie that the grandkids enjoyed despite its age.
I think one of the featured comic characters (Gabby, the night watchman) was a well-known cartoon personality of the day.

A mad scientist intends to destroy Metropolis with a giant ray gun.

In a perfect world, every super hero movie would aspire to be as awesome as this.

Concept: B
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: C
Music: B

Enjoyment: A plus

GPA: 2.9/4

(Nov. 2013)

Superman vs. an army of robot thieves.

Only two cartoons into the series, and already it's too repetitive. It doesn't do anything that the first one didn't do, and it doesn't do it quite as well. Still awesome, though. If I'd seen this one first, I probably would have loved it.

Concept: C
Story: D
Characters: C
Dialog: C
Pacing: B
Cinematography: A
Special effects/design: A
Acting: C
Music: B

Enjoyment: B

GPA: 2.6/4