Wordiezett So much average

Beanbioca As Good As It Gets

Kidskycom It's funny watching the elements come together in this complicated scam. On one hand, the set-up isn't quite as complex as it seems, but there's an easy sense of fun in every exchange.

Freeman This film is so real. It treats its characters with so much care and sensitivity.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . into Sylvester, Fat Cat for this "Merrie Melodies" outing, SATAN'S WA!T!N'. While any religious fan of animated shorts already knows where all Fat Cats end up (remember the Camel & the Eye of a Needle), the "Nones" may want to know that it's just the opposite of the canine end-of-the-line destination revealed by the title of the feature cartoon ALL DOGS GO TO HEAVEN. Mischievously, the guys drawing SATAN'S WA!T!N' picture their title character as a giant bulldog. Though this modern parable is bound to hit too close to home for the mental peace of any One Per Center types, it could well provide an answer to something that's been nagging at the brains of 99 Per Centers for eons: WHY do so many Rich Folks expire with the millstones of millions (or, nowadays, billions) of ill-gotten gains still Noosed around their necks? Sylvester, Fat Cat provides an answer, as he squanders his first eight lives in Trivial Pursuits, knowing he still has many--some--one life left to live (with each life worth about six human years). Just as the vast majority of Human Fat Cats retreat into figurative bank vaults as the sands in their hour glasses trickle away much faster than they're willing to acknowledge (even to themselves), Fat Cat Sylvester seeks refuge in a LITERAL bank vault when he's down to his Last Life (but his Own Private Hidey-Ho is blown up immediately--along with himself--by human bank robbers!). Warner Bros. moral for Fat Cats here? It's always later than you think: Seize the Day, Give It Away!!

utgard14 Very entertaining Sylvester & Tweety short. The story has Sylvester once again trying to catch Tweety but this time he dies in the attempt. He goes to Hell, where he discovers Satan is a bulldog. Sylvester has to wait as each of his remaining eight lives (cats have nine, remember) show up in Hell. Back on Earth, Sylvester wakes up and continues his pursuit of Tweety, leading to many more deaths until he has one life left. What happens next is pretty funny. This is one of my favorite Sylvester shorts. It's inventive and clever with wonderful music and beautiful, crisp animation. Love the opening with Sylvester chasing Tweety along the power lines. All of the Hell stuff is colorful and creative. Mel Blanc is terrific as usual.

slymusic Directed by Friz Freleng, "Satan's Waiting'" is a good Tweety/Sylvester cartoon in which "Sly" uses up all nine of his lives from senseless accidents in trying to capture Tweety. The end result is nine Slys who just get to sit around in Hell.Only one scene in "Satan's Waiting'" that I consider a highlight: Tweety looks hilarious with his naked fanny, for which Sly "brings back his feathers"."Satan's Waiting'" is a cartoon that boasts some bright colors and a nice use of light & shadow, but I imagine that its depiction of Hell might be a little too much for a little kid to take.

Lee Eisenberg This time, we get to see what presumably befalls Sylvester every time that he fails to catch Tweety. After the slobbery cat plummets to his death and his ghost goes to Hell, the Devil (in the form of a bulldog) encourages the rest of his now eight lives to continue chasing Tweety. Guess what happens each time! "Satan's Waiting'" was certainly a much grimmer version of this series than I've usually seen (the perfect one for Halloween). I wonder whether or not religious fundamentalists lashed out at this cartoon for making light of the Devil. Then again, religious fundamentalists probably don't watch the Looney Tunes to begin with. The end reminded me a little bit of the "Twilight Zone" episode about the bookworm who gets all the necessary to read...with a twist.Worth seeing.