. . . to grow into a Monster Too Big to Assail during this brief cartoon, GULLIVER MICKEY. To Hitler-mustached Evil Genius Walt Disney (aka, the Real Life Voice of Mickey Mouse), business rivals, law enforcement, John Q. Public, and U.S. Congress People were ALL Lilliputians, to be treated like the nonentities he thought that they were. Der Fuhrer Disney would settle for nothing less than a Disneyland--and then, Horrors!--a Disney World! Realizing that his name would outlive both himself and Existing Copyrights as set forth by the Magna Carta, Adolf--Er, Walt--cooked up a Perpetual Motion Congressional Bribery Machine, so that a feckless parade of American senators, presidents, and alleged "People's" representatives would Declare a Thousand-Year Disney Reich unassailable by Mortal Man. GULLIVER MICKEY simply chortles sadistically as Americans give it all they've got to wrest control of THEIR stolen birthright from this Godzilla Mouse Monster. Hundreds of cannonballs bounce off Mickey harmlessly as he grabs more defenseless Little People than Harvey Weinstein could in 10 lifetimes. Getting suckers to PAY to watch Cultural Rapist GULLIVER MICKEY while screwing actual Gulliver creator Jonathan Swift's Estate out of their last uneaten baby is what Arch-Demon Disney called a "Two-Fer."
... View More"Gulliver Mickey" is a 1934 black-and-white short film by Walt Disney. The world's most famous mouse was already 5 years old back then and almost as big of a star as he is over 80 years later. The title already tells that this is a parody of the famous Jonathan Swift tale. And this is also why I found the story fairly interesting with Mickey being in the country of small people. Unfortunately the humor was not on par this time. It's basically 9 minutes of jokes on how Mickey is so much taller than everybody else and how he constantly has cannonballs fired at him, which are the size of peas. In the end another giant, actually a spider, shows up and he looks exactly like Mickey's usual antagonist in these short films. The two fight and then the action switches back to the orphanage where Mickey tells the story of Gulliver Mickey as we also see already at the beginning of this film. In my opinion, one of the weaker early Mickey Mouse sad films as the comedy just did not really click with me in this one. Not recommended.
... View MoreThis is a black and white Mickey Mouse cartoon produced by Disney studio. There will be spoilers ahead:Once again, Mickey inserts himself into a fictional tale in order to entertain orphan mice, as in Giantland. This one works quite a bit better than Giantland was, mostly because the plot makes sense.There are, as is typical for a Disney short, some very nice visuals and some funny gags. Mickey winds up falling asleep, only to wake up tied down and with tiny people climbing around on him. He easily frees himself and has no problems defending himself against attacks which, to him, are more playing than fighting, though the smaller people view it differently.There's a great sequence in the water with sailing ships firing on Mickey and Mickey still playing. Various other things happen until a spider bearing a resemblance to Pegleg Pete shows up. The spider is a threat to the tiny village and Mickey starts fighting the spider. They go a few rounds until a dissolve into Mickey punching a pillow in front of the orphans. The ending is cute, so I won't spoil it here.This short is available on the Disney Treasures Mickey Mouse in Black and White, Volume One and both the short and the set are well worth finding. Most recommended.
... View MoreDisney was always a big part of my childhood, and a vast majority of those that I loved then have held up now. Gulliver Mickey is no exception. The story may not hold that many surprises, however I loved the set-up with the idea to have Mickey narrating the story to give it a story-book feel and the ending was nice. The gags are not exactly laugh-a-minute or hilarious, but they are still very cute and amusing, the most inspired one being with day literally breaking. The animation is absolutely great, and the music is typically characterful and energetic. Mickey has been more interesting before, always have loved his heroic side, but I love his compassion here. The mice are sweet and even the orphans, who I can find brats in other cartoons they are in, have some likability. And I did like that the spider looked very like Pegleg Pete, with the face that is.Overall, not among the best Disney shorts but still a very good one. 9/10 Bethany Cox
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