Even if we meet, we should not know

Palma 2022-04-21 09:03:02

It's very strange, it's very uncomfortable to be exact. There is a kind of dog next door who wears open crotch pants to play urine and mud with you and sings "The sun shines in the sky, I'm going to blow up the school". It looks like it's him, but you're sure it's not him.

The Tom and Jerry series has no dialogue animations. What impressed me the most is the cooperation between the picture and the sound, more precisely, the cooperation with the music, besides the endless battle of wits and courage between the cats and the mouse. Although it is also the sound effect of music, compared to the early "Mickey Mouse music", the music of cat and mouse is obviously more "smart", especially in the episode of the piano concert, music and action, whether it is the trajectory or texture, are in sync. Under the magic of integration, it is as natural as flowing clouds and water, appropriate and creative, interesting and full of artistic sense.

In the movie, the sound effects of this kind of music almost disappeared, replaced by very modern music, but completely out of touch with the specific actions of the picture, losing the original features and highlights.

In addition, Tom and Jerry are no longer the protagonists. Their chaos is put into a story where the protagonist is a girl who runs a train with a mouth full of chaos in the Centennial Hotel. The cat-and-mouse fight is no longer funny and humorous. , has become a time bomb of instability in the story, and the touching cat-and-mouse reconciliation has become a necessary condition for the protagonist to complete his work.

Also, in the original animation, there were almost no human figures. In most cases, the lower camera angle looked at Tom Jerry, and the human only appeared with legs. In the movie, there are a lot of shots looking down at cats and mice, as well as the barriers between the animated characters and the real character environments that are difficult to not perceive, which are very uncomfortable.

Although Tom Jerry wrote himself in the final cast list, it was very unfamiliar. I just want to see the original version of the cat and mouse animation again.

View more about Tom and Jerry reviews

Extended Reading

Tom and Jerry quotes

  • [first lines]

    Real Estate Rat: Oh, we've been at this all day, buddy, I get it. Those other spots didn't float your boat, but wait until you see this next place. It screams mouse house. Wait, can I say that? Is that copyrighted? Heh. There we go.

    [pulls a switch, but the elevator doesn't work]

    Real Estate Rat: Whoops. Sorry about that. The elevator's being, uh, repaired.

  • Terence: Okay. I need you to understand the sensitivity of this matter.

    Kayla: Yes

    Terence: If a picture of this mouse is tweeted up to insta-book-face or the ticky-tock,we will be ruined.