Following the duo's Impeccable Start in the 1940 Big Oscar Nominee "Puss Gets The Boot," Hanna and Barbera decided to make one more cartoon of the Cat and Mouse Duo despite the fact that one of the Producers, Fred Quimby Himself, had displeased with the Duo due to finding it "Generic", Bill and Joe did not care about the Criticism and decided to continue the Duo's career with a sequel to "Puss Gets the boot".
I loved Puss Gets the Boot, it was a spectacular start and at the same time a great Competitor for the 1941 Oscar, Bill and Joe apply the same formula of the aforementioned cartoon, but with a couple of new ideas that fit nicely , here we see the duo, now called "Tom and Jerry" who now with a proprietary design make mischief in the Kitchen at Midnight but Mammy doesn't like the idea so she orders Tom to catch the Mouse!, The Cartoon counts with an even slower rhythm than "Puss Gets The Boot" both last 9 minutes and this last one started with the duo already fighting, here during the first 2 minutes we see a slow but memorable scene of Tom tormenting Jerry in the Dark, Obviously Tom's plans go awry and he ends up kicked out of the house, just like in Puss Gets The Boot.
The Cartoon shows us the MGM Animation in its purest form, the Backgrounds are exquisite, the Kitchen is so well drawn that it easily looks like a Photograph, Tom and Jerry have a Renewed Design and more similar to what they would have in the future, Mammy has not changed and retains the same look as its first appearance, the Animation for its time is Incredible, even to the Disney Grade at the time, there are obviously fluid movements and great attention to detail.
Scott Bradley's music is not far behind, it has a typical style of the 30s like in Puss Gets the Boot, it is not as lively and energetic as his music that he would do in later years, but it is really relaxing and calm to keep you entertained while you watch the cartoon.
This was a great Second Appearance of the Duo, it abandons the Disney style Elements of Puss Gets The Boot and shows us the greatness of MGM at that time, there are memorable moments and it is a complete Classic of the duo, the Relaxed Music keeps you entertained and The Animation is so juicy in details that you would doubt if the objects are drawings, Of course, there are great moments and it is much better than the previous cartoon.
In itself, The Midnight Snack is a complete Classic and a great Adventure of the Duo, I like the Animation as well as the Music, they are Excellent as well as the execution of the Cartoon, there are great moments and although a slow development, it manages not to bore you and it has a quite acceptable ending although not the best, but it is still better than its predecessor and slowly forges what would be Tom and Jerry in the Future.
For everything I said above, this Cartoon gets a deserved 10.
I loved Puss Gets the Boot, it was a spectacular start and at the same time a great Competitor for the 1941 Oscar, Bill and Joe apply the same formula of the aforementioned cartoon, but with a couple of new ideas that fit nicely , here we see the duo, now called "Tom and Jerry" who now with a proprietary design make mischief in the Kitchen at Midnight but Mammy doesn't like the idea so she orders Tom to catch the Mouse!, The Cartoon counts with an even slower rhythm than "Puss Gets The Boot" both last 9 minutes and this last one started with the duo already fighting, here during the first 2 minutes we see a slow but memorable scene of Tom tormenting Jerry in the Dark, Obviously Tom's plans go awry and he ends up kicked out of the house, just like in Puss Gets The Boot.
The Cartoon shows us the MGM Animation in its purest form, the Backgrounds are exquisite, the Kitchen is so well drawn that it easily looks like a Photograph, Tom and Jerry have a Renewed Design and more similar to what they would have in the future, Mammy has not changed and retains the same look as its first appearance, the Animation for its time is Incredible, even to the Disney Grade at the time, there are obviously fluid movements and great attention to detail.
Scott Bradley's music is not far behind, it has a typical style of the 30s like in Puss Gets the Boot, it is not as lively and energetic as his music that he would do in later years, but it is really relaxing and calm to keep you entertained while you watch the cartoon.
This was a great Second Appearance of the Duo, it abandons the Disney style Elements of Puss Gets The Boot and shows us the greatness of MGM at that time, there are memorable moments and it is a complete Classic of the duo, the Relaxed Music keeps you entertained and The Animation is so juicy in details that you would doubt if the objects are drawings, Of course, there are great moments and it is much better than the previous cartoon.
In itself, The Midnight Snack is a complete Classic and a great Adventure of the Duo, I like the Animation as well as the Music, they are Excellent as well as the execution of the Cartoon, there are great moments and although a slow development, it manages not to bore you and it has a quite acceptable ending although not the best, but it is still better than its predecessor and slowly forges what would be Tom and Jerry in the Future.
For everything I said above, this Cartoon gets a deserved 10.