Fresh and Exciting

The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

An old-fashioned movie made with new-fashioned finesse.

"Corn Chips" is an American color cartoon from 1951, so this one had its 65th anniversary already last year and it clocks in at pretty much exactly seven minutes. If you take a look at who made this, you will find a few really talented guys who worked on many Disneyprojects, for example really prolifically on the Disneyland Television show too. As for the voice cast, let me just add two words: Clarence Nash. Enough said. This is another Donald cartoon and I am usually not too big on these having Donald go up against Chip'n Dale, but this one was fine and I liked the two even about as much as everybody's favorite duck, which is definitely a rarity for me. The reason may be that it is all more on the playful side here. Donald finds a trick to have the two little rascals do his snow shoveling work for him, but they get their revenge when they find out how delicious corn and popcorn are (thus the title). Too bad Donald wants the popcorn all for himself while comfortably reading a book in front of the fire. The battle ensues. Interestingly enough Chip and Dale seem to have no problem with heat at all. That was baffling. Anyway, at the end we get a nice little popcorn firework with a witty reference back to the snow shoveling parts. A very enjoyable little cartoon we have here. Entertaining from start to finish and there is no hesitation for me in giving this one a thumbs-up. Close to a must-see for lovers of old Disney cartoons and for me this is just one exhibit of why I believe Disney had the edge over WB during the Golden Age of Animation. See it.

Fun Donald Duck cartoon short with Donald clashing with Chip n' Dale. The title, which has nothing to do with Fritos I assure you, refers to the chipmunks' love of popcorn. You see, Donald tricks the boys into shoveling the snow from his sidewalk. They sneak into his house to get even and discover Donald's popcorn. Soon the chipmunks are stealing the popcorn with Donald in pursuit. A funny little cartoon with nice animation and lovely colors. The music is lively and exciting. It's nothing groundbreaking but good old-fashioned entertainment for young and old alike. Other studios put out some classic cartoons back in the day but there was always something special about Disney.

This is not a bad little cartoon that will get you enjoying a bowl of popcorn at night. Donald pops some popcorn on a winter's day after shoveling snow off his walkway, tricking Chip 'n' Dale into shoveling snow on his walkway instead of the snow on their tree branch. So, the chipmunks sneak into Donald's house and help themselves to some popcorn. What results is more of the same vs. battles, with the characters tricking and humiliating each other. It's quite funny at times and, as always, the animation is great.Donald gets the brunt of the bad luck in this one, again, but it's not as bad as some of the other cartoons.Grade B-

A Walt Disney DONALD DUCK Cartoon.The two tiny CORN CHIPS (Chip 'n' Dale) turn Donald's snowy front yard into a battlefield as they fight him for control of his popcorn.Here is another routine Duck versus Chipmunks film, but the antagonists are always a pleasure to watch. Clarence "Ducky" Nash supplies Donald's voice; the Chipmunks are often unintelligible.Walt Disney (1901-1966) was always intrigued by drawings. As a lad in Marceline, Missouri, he sketched farm animals on scraps of paper; later, as an ambulance driver in France during the First World War, he drew figures on the sides of his vehicle. Back in Kansas City, along with artist Ub Iwerks, Walt developed a primitive animation studio that provided animated commercials and tiny cartoons for the local movie theaters. Always the innovator, his ALICE IN CARTOONLAND series broke ground in placing a live figure in a cartoon universe. Business reversals sent Disney & Iwerks to Hollywood in 1923, where Walt's older brother Roy became his lifelong business manager & counselor. When a mildly successful series with Oswald The Lucky Rabbit was snatched away by the distributor, the character of Mickey Mouse sprung into Walt's imagination, ensuring Disney's immortality. The happy arrival of sound technology made Mickey's screen debut, STEAMBOAT WILLIE (1928), a tremendous audience success with its use of synchronized music. The SILLY SYMPHONIES soon appeared, and Walt's growing crew of marvelously talented animators were quickly conquering new territory with full color, illusions of depth and radical advancements in personality development, an arena in which Walt's genius was unbeatable. Mickey's feisty, naughty behavior had captured millions of fans, but he was soon to be joined by other animated companions: temperamental Donald Duck, intellectually-challenged Goofy and energetic Pluto. All this was in preparation for Walt's grandest dream - feature length animated films. Against a blizzard of doomsayers, Walt persevered and over the next decades delighted children of all ages with the adventures of Snow White, Pinocchio, Bambi, Peter Pan and Mr. Toad. Walt never forgot that his fortunes were all started by a mouse, or that simplicity of message and lots of hard work always pay off.