Very well executed

Excellent, a Must See

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

This is a must-see and one of the best documentaries - and films - of this year.

. . . Warner Bros. affirms in its animated short, CANNED FEUD. I've seen mice during waking hours in the midst of family gatherings in my city-based grandpa's living room, my farm aunt's dining room, and my mom's suburban kitchen. Mice were INSIDE another grandma's refrigerator, but at least they had the excuse that SHE was a sloppy housekeeper (unlike the first three families). Warner's Sylvester always seems to be based in a household plagued with mice, and CANNED FEUD is no exception. CANNED FEUD features a CURRENT or ACTIVE mouse infestation, since Sylvester interacts with at least one living mouse. Obviously, the first three rodent invasions I recalled just above were in the same category as Sylvester's in CANNED FEUD. What's particularly aggravating is a situation where you find mouse droppings and half-eaten "food" (which can be almost ANYTHING for a mouse)--as in my sloppy grandma's fridge--WITHOUT seeing a mouse moving around. Unless you're an expert on rodent scat (and how many of us are?), you don't know if these droppings were left by a mouse still extent, or one who passed away Seven Generations earlier. Perhaps Sylvester has the best policy: Always have loads of dynamite at your fingertips!

Sylvester the cat is stranded at home for two weeks with no milk but plenty of canned food. All he needs is a can opener, but a sly, mischievous little mouse - who was never even provoked - always keeps the utensil just out of poor Sylvester's reach. And that, my friends, is the basic story line for "Canned Feud," a terrific Warner Bros. cartoon directed by Friz Freleng.Here are my favorite highlights from this cartoon (DO NOT read any further if you have not yet seen it). Sylvester is hilarious as he reacts in horror and runs around the house tripping over tables when he finds out that his owners left him with no milk for two weeks. He is also funny when he excitedly and hurriedly asks the mouse to give him the can opener. Among Sylvester's numerous failed attempts to capture the mouse and retrieve the can opener, two of them stand out: First, Sylvester hoists a grand piano up in the air with a rope, intending to slam the instrument on top of the mouse, but, of course, Sylvester ends up slamming himself through the floor instead. And second, Sylvester tries to vacuum the mouse but ends up vacuuming himself, after which the mouse adds some burning coals to the vacuum bag."Canned Feud" is a very enjoyable cartoon to watch. Even when Sylvester doesn't have Tweety, Speedy Gonzales, or Hippity Hopper as his usual foils, it seems like just about ANYONE can whip his carcass!

Watching Friz Freling's Canned Feud, I found myself feeling very sorry for Sylvester for not getting the can opener, to open tuna, from a mean little mouse since no reason is established for his animosity. Still, its pretty funny seeing the cat trying to do nasty things back to the rodent and failing each time. And the twist at the end shows how exhausted Sylvester can get with each obstacle. So, with that in mind, I'll just say that despite the cat being more sympathetic this time around, that doesn't lessen the laughs I got from all his troubles with the mouse, the can opener, and the way things turned out in the end. Frustration can be so hilarious when one calamity builds upon another. So, on that note, I highly recommend Canned Feud.

This is a very amusing and entertaining short, though I'm at a loss to understand some of the comments here regarding the behavior of the mouse toward Sylvester. They seem to be missing the point to the cartoon. There may be spoilers ahead, so consider this a spoiler warning: The cartoon begins with Sylvester realizing, belatedly, that he's been left inside when his pet humans have gone on a trip. The point of the cartoon is set up extremely well-the whole purpose here is to have Sylvester panic at the thought of being left alone, trapped inside and left to his own devices. The gags are extremely well executed and this is a hilarious cartoon.Sylvester (like most of the Looney Tunes characters) works best with a foil-the short wouldn't be half as funny if Sylvester was by himself, slowly losing his marbles. Enter the mouse, along with an obvious motivation for Sylvester to contend with the mouse within the context of the short. This isn't just the standard "cat chases mouse" plot. The mouse possesses something Sylvester desperately needs-a can opener.The point of the cartoon-Sylvester placed in a situation where he completely falls apart-is completely blown if Sylvester resolves his principle dilemma easily. It's also weakened without some tangible source of aggravation. Thus the mouse's refusal to give Sylvester the can opener. If Sylvester gets the can opener and resolves his difficulty, the tension is gone and the short has nowhere to go. If the mouse is kind-hearted, there goes the plot of the short.It would make very little sense to have the mouse play nice and give Sylvester the can opener anyway. Cats and mice are, at best, adversarial in nature and, at worst, natural enemies, which makes sense, much as Tweety and Sylvester have an adversarial relationship. Tweety does things to Sylvester as bad or worse than what happens to Sylvester here and Tweety is the hero in their shorts. While it may perhaps have been wiser to establish that there was no love lost between the two early on in the cartoon, that's beside the point. The focus here is completely on Sylvester.Though I can't prove it, it's my opinion that it was intended to make Sylvester a sympathetic character here-that's why Tweety isn't here. The mouse is in no way, shape or form a sympathetic character and makes Sylvester a sympathetic character, which is not something which happens as a general rule. The short is more enjoyable because of that comparatively rare change in sympathies.Excellent cartoon which can be found on the first Looney Tunes Golden Collection and is well worth watching. Recommended.