A message so simple even a seven year old would understand it, which she did - my granddaughter that is, after we finished watching the story. The moral is a simple one that registers even with youngsters, but somehow along the way it gets twisted, flaked and formed for those on an ideological mission to subvert the obvious, which is, you get out of life what you put into it.
I have no idea how much restoration might have gone into this 1934 Silly Symphony, but watching today it's simply glorious. The colors are outstanding and the animation first rate. If you turn your head when the grasshopper first speaks one might easily think it's Disney character Goofy talking, another voice created by the warm hearted Pinto Colvig.
Eighty plus years doesn't diminish the message of this classic Aesop fable, but besides that it's fun and amusing. It packs more punch than Spongebob Squarepants and you'll have a grand old time watching it. Especially if you have a seven year old companion by your side.
I have no idea how much restoration might have gone into this 1934 Silly Symphony, but watching today it's simply glorious. The colors are outstanding and the animation first rate. If you turn your head when the grasshopper first speaks one might easily think it's Disney character Goofy talking, another voice created by the warm hearted Pinto Colvig.
Eighty plus years doesn't diminish the message of this classic Aesop fable, but besides that it's fun and amusing. It packs more punch than Spongebob Squarepants and you'll have a grand old time watching it. Especially if you have a seven year old companion by your side.