Love animation, it was a big part of my life as a child, particularly Disney, Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry, and still love it whether it's film, television or cartoons.
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best cartoons ever made by anybody. 'One Ham's Family' is one of the earlier cartoons from Avery's finest period (1940s at MGM), and has all the Avery trademarks. It is a very well made, very funny, very wild and very clever and inventive cartoon, even if other Avery cartoons did all that even better and took more risks. Which is the sole reason why 'One Ham's Family' comes so close to being one of my favourites from Avery but doesn't quite make it.
It is no surprise that, as with a vast majority of Avery's cartoons regardless of the period, the animation is excellent. Very rich in colour, the backgrounds have meticulously good detail and the character designs are distinctively Avery in style and are fluid in movement. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is typically lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed, even enhancing the action.
Can't fault Avery, whose unmistakable and unlike-any-other style is all over, nor the dynamic voice acting and the very engaging characters, especially the hilarious wolf (a classic Avery character). The pig is fun enough and the nastiness is not that over-the-top.
Overall, yet another winner from Avery. 9/10 Bethany Cox
Also have much admiration for Tex Avery, an animation genius whose best cartoons are animated masterpieces and some of the best cartoons ever made by anybody. 'One Ham's Family' is one of the earlier cartoons from Avery's finest period (1940s at MGM), and has all the Avery trademarks. It is a very well made, very funny, very wild and very clever and inventive cartoon, even if other Avery cartoons did all that even better and took more risks. Which is the sole reason why 'One Ham's Family' comes so close to being one of my favourites from Avery but doesn't quite make it.
It is no surprise that, as with a vast majority of Avery's cartoons regardless of the period, the animation is excellent. Very rich in colour, the backgrounds have meticulously good detail and the character designs are distinctively Avery in style and are fluid in movement. The music, courtesy of Scott Bradley, is typically lushly and cleverly orchestrated, with lively and energetic rhythms and fits very well indeed, even enhancing the action.
Can't fault Avery, whose unmistakable and unlike-any-other style is all over, nor the dynamic voice acting and the very engaging characters, especially the hilarious wolf (a classic Avery character). The pig is fun enough and the nastiness is not that over-the-top.
Overall, yet another winner from Avery. 9/10 Bethany Cox