GetPapa
Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible
Livestonth
I am only giving this movie a 1 for the great cast, though I can't imagine what any of them were thinking. This movie was horrible
Bluebell Alcock
Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies
Vimacone
Sniffles was one of Chuck Jones' early characters. This was during his early years when he was attempting to emulate Disney. Sniffles appears in a handful of Jones' shorts from 1939- 41. One of Sniffles regular companions was a mute bookworm. This is his first appearance.Most of Jones' early shorts had sluggish or dramatic pacing, which Jones' colleagues at the time and even contemporary fans have criticized him for. This is the case for the first half of the short until all the characters break into song and dance, which saves the film from being forgettable.This also falls in the genre of book come to life cartoons, which was a staple of WB cartoons throughout the 1930's. The book (or product label) come to life shorts always featured a popular song. This one being a musical number "Mutiny In The Nursery" from the WB feature "Going Places (1938)". The musical sequence is very catchy and makes it one of the best Sniffles entries.
Edgar Allan Pooh
. . . maroon bow ties, and reading glasses? In SNIFFLES AND THE BOOKWORM, the latter title character scoots his way through a tunnel a couple dozen tomes wide, which he's evidently committed to memory by consuming them. Later, this Creepy Crawly Character is able to elicit the denizens of many volumes to form a jazz ensemble, until Frankenstein's Monster threatens to break up the party. Though Sniffles the Mouse manages to trip up Frank (at least temporarily), perhaps Warner Bros. is using this animated short to warn viewers that we're not out of the woods yet. Just as bookworms endanger entire libraries, Warner warns, film decay--based on the flammable nitrate medium of Sniffle's Day--was (and continues) to endanger the World's Film Heritage. As Steven Spielberg documented, Hugo's mentor had the master copies of his pioneering film shorts turned into World War One ammunition. Maybe the Book People from FAHRENHEIT 451 could preserve the static printed page, but who will come to the rescue of the three million films made before the Digital Age, Warner asks. The World is STILL yearning to see the complete 40-hour director's cut of GREED!
Michael_Elliott
Sniffles and the Bookworm (1939) ** (out of 4) A mouse falls asleep in a book store when he is visited by a bookworm, which turns a bunch of book characters into moving creatures. We get appearances from various stories all leading up to the showdown with Frankenstein's monster. All in all I found this animated short to be rather bland because none of the characters were all that interesting and that includes our lead, the mouse. I wasn't even overly impressed with Jones' animation because it too comes off bland and without too much life. The story itself is an interesting one but not much is done with it. There's a musical number that I didn't care too much for but the one interesting this is that the death of the monster here comes somewhat similar to that seen the same year in SON OF FRANKENSTEIN.
Lee Eisenberg
Chuck Jones's first star Sniffles was usually known as just plain cute. However, "Sniffles and the Bookworm" is different. This cartoon incorporates the "inanimate objects come to life" genre that twice portrayed books acting out their titles ("Have You Got Any Castles?" and "Book Revue"): Sniffles, a studious worm, and a group of classic novels have a hootenanny and inadvertently wake up Frankenstein's monster.So, for once, we do get to see a different side of this mouse. Of course, I probably speak for most Looney Tunes fans when I say that Chuck Jones got really good once he started directing Bugs, Daffy, and the rest of the really famous characters.All in all, worth seeing.
