I have to say that even if this 6-minute animated movie from 2 years ago was fun to watch, it feels a bit like style over substance. I remember there was huge buzz about a new Mickey Mouse cartoon being made and it was shown in theaters before "Frozen" I believe, but all in all I would not say that the hype was justified. It starts off like these very very old Mickey Mouse cartoons that I was never the greatest fan of. My favorites where the ones that already had color and preferably also had Goofy or Donald in them. But obviously, they wanted to bring in the contrast between new and old, so they had to go the black-and-white path. I don't really blame them. The way in which both world collide repeatedly because of a hole in the screen was done very nicely. And the ending is pretty good as well when everything turns into color. However, most of the action in this short film was not as memorable as the scenes I just mentioned. I think I am fine with this getting an Academy Award nomination and not winning. Seems pretty much on-spot although I remember that it was the front runner. After all, it won the Annie, still in the absence of "Mr. Hublot". I have not seen the actual winner yet, but I will soon and then lets see if I deem that one superior. In any case, I am not too big on the title here either. Seems a bit random to me and I think they could have done better in that area. With "they", I mean mostly director and writer Lauren MacMullan. I am fairly certain she will direct a full feature animated movie at some point and let's be fair: She did a pretty decent job here and I suggest you to get a copy of "Get a Horse!"

When I first heard there would be a new Mickey cartoon, I was extremely hyped up and what really got me into it was the fact that it would feature Uncle Walt's archival recordings as Mickey Mouse, and it would mix hand-drawn animation with CGI. When I finally saw it, I was very pleased with the outcome. The comedy is genuine with the imaginative slapstick we loved in the classic Mickey shorts, no gross-out gags whatsoever. It even includes a few pop culture visual jokes like the Apple ringtone and Horace's Captain America T- shirt(usually, it would ruin animated adaptations of the beloved classics *AHEM* The Lorax, but here it worked cleverly). The visuals are also groundbreaking, it is fantastic what they do with combining two different animation mediums. Overall, Get A Horse! was an adorable, hilarious, and faithful short that celebrates the history of the mouse we all know and love in so many inventive ways possible.

Get a Horse! (2013) *** (out of 4) This winning short from Disney was originally released and played before the FROZEN feature. The story is quite simple and Mickey and Minnie are trying to battle Peg-Leg Pete who eventually throws Mickey off the "movie" and into the movie crowd. Once in the crowd Mickey has to use some imagination to try and rescue Minnie who is still in the movie. GET A HORSE! was rather remarkable to see on the big screen because it starts off in B&W just like the original Mickey Mouse shorts and I thought this was a great way to show younger kids a bit of the past. Once the characters start falling from the movie, Mickey then turns to color and he even makes the screen wider to fit today's movies. For the most part I thought this 6-minute short contained a lot of wonderful imagination and especially once the characters were off the screen and seeing how they could defeat the villain. There were a lot of great laughs throughout the picture and especially with some of the harmless violence that was in so many of the original cartoons.

I have just come from a showing of Disney's FROZEN, for which this was a preceding short. However, from my viewpoint, I just saw this with a typical Disney Princess movie added on, because this is a fine little movie while FROZEN is just another Princess movie.Mickey, Minnie and the rest of the crew from 1928 go on a hay ride, where they meet Pegleg Pete... and Pete, fighting for Minnie, throws Mickey through the movie screen, where he is the modern Mickey, with red pants and three dimensions. The inevitable donnybrook extends through both media and even beyond, with references to intermediate Mickeys, until the point of the movie, the subtext, in between the situations and gags, became clear to me: Mickey remains Mickey, whether in the 1928 silent version, before he learned to whistle, or the modern, three-dimensional, full color version.With all the commercial issues of modern Disney movies, with all the brand extensions and can-we-make-sequels and how can we milk this idea for another ten million dollars, there comes a point at which some creative individual says "I have an idea". At that stage it's not commercial, it's not a multi-media franchise, it's just an idea. If it's a good idea, then the money men, essentially non-creative individuals (I should know. That's what I do for a living) will make enough money on it to pay the people with ideas and give them the chance to have more ideas. And the best idea they can have is "Let's do something the audience will enjoy." I enjoyed this one very, very much. I think you will too. Even if, or perhaps especially if you don't worry about subtext.