I don't have all the words right now but this film is a work of art.

It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

. . . to its alleged target audience of new recruits when it first came out in 1943. As anyone who has seen THE BRIDGE ON THE RIVER KWAI, A BRIDGE TOO FAR, or THE BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY well knows, there were no Featherbedders among the American heroes who won World War Two. Hell had no FURY worse than that for the grunt too lazy to mop his predecessor's face of his tank's interior. Most of the brave souls fighting for U.S. Freedom in WWII had had little if any exposure to television, so how could they be blamed for not imagining a day when a TV game show host would gain access to nuclear bomb codes capable of blowing up Planet Earth into a new Asteroid Belt? Even if they paid rapt attention to this boring and patronizing animated short, they'd be incapable of guessing that they were fighting and dying so that History's King of Goldbrickers could claim a few decades later that he was their beloved Gen. Patton reincarnated, despite the fact that he'd weaseled out of his own Vietnam Duty quicker than "this" through a goose! Just as Pvt. Snafu's corrupting Goldbrick idol turns out to be hanged Japanese War Criminal Tojo himself, President-Elect Trump's Alter Ego has been exposed this summer as that notorious Russian, Vladimir "Mad Dog" Putin. The G.I.s of the 1940s thought Germans were pretty dumb for electing Adolph Hitler as their President in the 1930s. Millions of people--including millions of Germans--died, due to that colossal goof. Many more soon will perish because of our even dumber American voters.

Very funny entry in the Private Snafu cartoon series made for the U.S. army during WW2. This one is about laziness and shirking your duties, which could certainly be a dangerous thing for a soldier to do during wartime. Lazy Snafu is encouraged by "Goldie the Goldbrick" to skip drill by pretending to be sick. Goldie is an amusing "fairy" that has to be seen to be believed. He sings a great song that would no doubt turn the most responsible among us into slackers. The short's directed by Frank Tashlin with voicework from the great Mel Blanc. The black & white animation is nice. Look at Snafu's nurse -- insert cartoon whistles here! The short ends with a twist that will be offensive to some today but it's important to keep these things in the proper historical context.

The Goldbrick (1943) ** 1/2 (out of 4)It's raining and cold outside when the alarm is given for Private Snafu to wake up and go train. He really doesn't feel like working today so he decides to play sick to get out of having to do anything. We then learn why he shouldn't have done this. This is another good entry in the War Department's training series, which was made to show soldiers why certain things shouldn't be done. This one here certainly isn't bad but then again it really doesn't stand out either. The animation is certainly the highlight as it's done extremely well. Mel Blanc also does a very good job with the vocal work. Unlike some of the other films in the series, this one here doesn't feature any of the "adult" moments showing why this was aimed at soldiers and not the general paying public.

Snafu is tired of not getting any rest.That's when Goldie the GoldBrick(who's fatter than Technical Fairy First Class) comes along.He gives out tips on how to skip his duties and rest more.Snafu takes every one of these tips.But when he goes out into battle that can be a problem when he's all pooped out. And Goldie the Goldbrick isn't as trustworthy as he seems.This is another fine Private Snafu Cartoon with plenty of Dr. Suess like rhythms.It's a good lesson in not being a Goldbrick yourself when you're in the war.