{"id":3016,"date":"2007-04-19T12:48:05","date_gmt":"2007-04-19T19:48:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3016"},"modified":"2021-01-18T02:00:08","modified_gmt":"2021-01-18T09:00:08","slug":"gullivers-travels-1939","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=3016","title":{"rendered":"Gulliver&#8217;s Travels (1939)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>&#8220;There&#8217;s a giant on the beach!&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Poster.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Poster-196x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"196\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-30835\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Poster-196x300.jpg 196w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Poster-83x128.jpg 83w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Poster.jpg 419w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 196px) 100vw, 196px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Synopsis:<\/strong><br \/>\nWhen a sailor named Gulliver washes ashore on the island of Lilliput, he finds himself in the midst of a rivalry between the King of Lilliput and the King of Blefiscu.\n<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<p>\n<strong>Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Animated Features<\/li>\n<li>Giants<\/li>\n<li>Musicals<\/li>\n<li>Rivalry<<\/li>\n<li>Royalty and Nobility<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Review: <\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Gulliver&#8217;s Travels<\/em> holds historical distinction as the first feature length animated film made by a studio other than Disney. Unfortunately, the heads of Fleischer Studios (responsible for Popeye and Betty Boop) were pressured into trying to repeat the success of Disney&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=15970\"><em>Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs<\/em> (1937)<\/a>, and this film comes across as a mostly pale imitation. The narrative is irredeemably weak, the songs are instantly forgettable, and &#8212; as in the Fleischer Brothers&#8217; second and last animated feature, <a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/?p=2998\"><em>Hoppity Goes to Town<\/em> (1941)<\/a> &#8212; there isn&#8217;t a strong central protagonist: none of the Lilliputians are particularly appealing, and Gulliver himself doesn&#8217;t even speak until nearly halfway through the movie. On the other hand, there <em>are<\/em> a few redeeming elements in the film, including the unusual rotoscoping process used to animate Gulliver himself, and the sequence in which the Lilliputians collectively work to haul Gulliver off the beach. Ultimately, while <em>Gulliver&#8217;s Travels<\/em> falls short of status as a true classic, it remains must-see viewing simply for its place in animated cinematic history. <\/p>\n<p><strong>Redeeming Qualities and Moments: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The Lilliputians using remarkable teamwork to tow Gulliver off of the beach<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Gulliver.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Gulliver.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Gulliver.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Gulliver-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Gulliver-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Gulliver-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<li>Interesting early use of rotoscope animation<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Roto.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Roto.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-64151\" srcset=\"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Roto.jpg 640w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Roto-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Roto-128x96.jpg 128w, https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2007\/04\/Gullivers-Travels-Roto-360x270.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Must See? <\/strong><br \/>\nYes, simply for its historical status.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Categories<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Historically Relevant<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Links: <\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/imdb.com\/title\/tt0031397\/\">IMDb entry<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/1939\/12\/21\/archives\/the-screen-in-review-max-fleischers-picturebook-cartoon-of.html\">NY Times Original Review<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moriareviews.com\/fantasy\/gullivers-travels-1939.htm\">Moria Review<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;There&#8217;s a giant on the beach!&#8221; Synopsis: When a sailor named Gulliver washes ashore on the island of Lilliput, he finds himself in the midst of a rivalry between the King of Lilliput and the King of Blefiscu. Genres, Themes, Actors, and Directors: Animated Features Giants Musicals Rivalry<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3016","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3016","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3016"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3016\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64153,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3016\/revisions\/64153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3016"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3016"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/filmfanatic.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3016"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}