While it was an inconsistent series, the Kartunes series from Famous Studios was still worth watching, even if for most of the cartoons it was one time watch level rather than repeat viewings. Some of the cartoons were not great, with the first half generally being better than the second in most of them. But the weakest ones still managed to not be misfires (unlike the better known Screen Song cartoons), more watchable but uneven, and the best surprisingly very good, like for example the first 'Vegetable Vaudeville'.
'Dizzy Dinosaurs' wasn't great. Actually on the whole found it rather bland and proof that the older pre-1960 period for animation did not execute cartoons with heavy emphasis on cavemen well on the whole. There are good prehistoric animations with the characters being dinosaurs though, and cavemen and dinosaurs sounded like a good mix. A good mix executed rather blandly. 'Dizzy Dinosaurs' may not quite one of the worst Kartunes cartoons, but it is a long way from being one of the best. Somewhere around low middle.
There are good things here in 'Dizzy Dinosaurs'. It is beautifully animated. The colours are vibrant and there is meticulous attention to detail in the backgrounds. If there was one aspect that was consistently good in Famous Studios' 1940s and 1950s output, it was the music scoring. And it is outstanding here. The orchestration has a lot of energy and there are some truly luscious sounds throughout.
Furthermore, there are some amusing gags in the first half, corny but amusing. The characters are lively and have personality.
Having said all of that, 'Dizzy Dinosaurs' is still not great. The second half is not as good as the first, it's made up of the singalong and while the song itself is a lot of fun, despite being heavily anachronistic, the singalong material wise felt too cutesy and was in serious need of variety.
It is also in this half where there are some serious pacing issues as a result, with the pace being quite tedious. Actually did find the pace on the dull side throughout, but the singalong was where it was at its most obvious. As to be expected, the plot is non existent and a series of gags of the blackout kind and it is generally very predictable. Some of the gags are too unimaginative and tired.
All in all, average and bland. 5/10.
'Dizzy Dinosaurs' wasn't great. Actually on the whole found it rather bland and proof that the older pre-1960 period for animation did not execute cartoons with heavy emphasis on cavemen well on the whole. There are good prehistoric animations with the characters being dinosaurs though, and cavemen and dinosaurs sounded like a good mix. A good mix executed rather blandly. 'Dizzy Dinosaurs' may not quite one of the worst Kartunes cartoons, but it is a long way from being one of the best. Somewhere around low middle.
There are good things here in 'Dizzy Dinosaurs'. It is beautifully animated. The colours are vibrant and there is meticulous attention to detail in the backgrounds. If there was one aspect that was consistently good in Famous Studios' 1940s and 1950s output, it was the music scoring. And it is outstanding here. The orchestration has a lot of energy and there are some truly luscious sounds throughout.
Furthermore, there are some amusing gags in the first half, corny but amusing. The characters are lively and have personality.
Having said all of that, 'Dizzy Dinosaurs' is still not great. The second half is not as good as the first, it's made up of the singalong and while the song itself is a lot of fun, despite being heavily anachronistic, the singalong material wise felt too cutesy and was in serious need of variety.
It is also in this half where there are some serious pacing issues as a result, with the pace being quite tedious. Actually did find the pace on the dull side throughout, but the singalong was where it was at its most obvious. As to be expected, the plot is non existent and a series of gags of the blackout kind and it is generally very predictable. Some of the gags are too unimaginative and tired.
All in all, average and bland. 5/10.
