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an ambitious but ultimately ineffective debut endeavor.

It is interesting even when nothing much happens, which is for most of its 3-hour running time. Read full review

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

" . . . long enough!" Sylvester Cat remarks to his prey, Tweety Bird, in this animated short learning experience from Warner Bros. America today is overrun by self-styled vegan "whistleblowers" who steal jobs away from genuine migrant workers in order to illegally post unauthorized factory farming videos on the Internet. These taken-out-of-context snippets then cause millions of impressionable U.S. Youth to get short-changed out of affordable protein vital to their growth as they're misled into boycotting Chicken McNuggets. These job-cutting Vegan Guerillas are able to succeed in their Domestic Terrorist Attacks because not enough of Today's Kids have seen DOG POUNDED and similar instructive Looney Tunes (which served to help young Baby Boomers "to wake up and smell the coffee" of Modern Times). In DOG POUNDED, the bulldogs are virtually gobbling Sylvester, who's nibbling on Tweety: it's the Circle of Life, without all that sappy singing. Modern American media doesn't dare to stand up for Good Ol' Dog-Eat-Dog-Or-Cat Capitalism this way. How many McNuggets did you see characters eat during this year's INSIDE OUT or HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA 2? (If you missed these flicks, the answer is: "None.") McDonalds will be forced to double the price of McNuggets shortly, as they're caving in to the outrageous demands for "free range" chicken offerings. Tweety Bird would be the first to say, "Dat's Just Pwain Wrong!"

A starving Sylvester is desperate to get at Tweety in his nest atop a tree. The problem is the tree is in the middle of the city dog pound, which is currently packed full of vicious bulldogs. So Sylvester must channel his inner Wile E. Coyote and come up with various wacky ways to get past the sea of dogs that stand between him and dinner.A hilarious short directed by Friz Freleng. Only Tweety is mentioned in the title card, which I found odd, especially since Sylvester is really the star of this with Tweety only popping up every so often to make a corny wisecrack. Excellent voice work from Mel Blanc. Fun, lively music. Crisp, colorful animation. Some wonderful gags in this one, including the dog catcher bit which will have you feeling so bad for poor Sylvester. Really I felt for him throughout this short and, since Tweety was being such a jerk here, I wouldn't have minded Sylvester winning this time. It's a great short with lots of laughs and a wonderful cameo at the end from Pepé Le Pew.

As anyone may know from reading my previous reviews I am a big Looney Tunes fan. I also like Sylvester and Tweety(Sylvester more admittedly), so watching Dog Pounded seemed like a match made in heaven. Overall, I thought it was a lot of fun.I do have to agree about Tweety's final line, even as a child I never found it funny and if anything now it makes me groan. Apart from that, the animation is good and colourful, the music is quirky and lively, the mininal dialogue is decent enough and the sight gags especially with the dogs are very clever. Sylvester handles the gags well, while Tweety is watchable and the dogs great foils. Mel Blanc's voice work is top notch too. Overall, definitely worth a look. 9/10 Bethany Cox

This is a series of set pieces called blackouts, all revolving on Sylvester's increasingly outlandish, generally painfully futile, attempts to get to a supremely well-guarded Tweety. I doubt Fort Knox is much safer than Tweety is from Sylvester in this one. Animals in cartoons are certainly an inventive and quite resourceful lot! Mostly sight gags with a couple of funny lines. The closing gag snatches defeat from the jaws of victory with a cameo from a prominent member of the principal stable of characters who is definitely more than Sylvester can handle. The final line from Tweety is a groaner, but this is a wonderful short. Well worth watching. Most recommended