ReaderKenka Let's be realistic.

GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

Neive Bellamy Excellent and certainly provocative... If nothing else, the film is a real conversation starter.

Brenda The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Flirty Birdy" is a Hanna Barbera cartoon from 1945, the last year of WWII, so this one is already over 70 years old and of course it stars the world's most famous cat and mouse duo. And even if it is not one of the Oscar-nominated ones, it is still among the more known Tom and Jerry cartoons today. Like in so many others, they add one major character to the story for a breeze of fresh wind and this time it is no dog, no stray cat and also none of Jerry's friends or relatives. It is a bird, a hungry hawk willing to devour Jerry at least as much as Tom does. And Tom learns quickly that his lack in physical attributes renders him clearly inferior here, not just because he cannot fly. So he needs to find a way to trick Jerry out of the hawk's dinner plans. And he goes for the most simple bird costume out there, probably intended for comedy reasons. And believe it or not, the bird really falls for that "female bird" (Tom in costume) while Jerry sees through it right away. Oh well. I personally think this is one of the weaker T&J cartoons sadly. I found it underwhelming and while it was full with action and events, it was never remotely funny sadly. Bird may be the word, but he clearly doesn't cut the cake here. And how com Tom always catches Jerry so easily when he is about to lose him afterward (frequently to a competitor), but then again on other occasions has no chance to get him at all. Other than the animation which is as good as always, there is nothing recommendable to this cartoon. My suggestion is to skip it.

Tweekums This short opens, like so many 'Tom and Jerry' stories do, with Tom trying to lure Jerry into a trap; this time he succeeds in catching him in a sandwich and is just about to bite into him when an eagle swoops down and snatches the sandwich away. Jerry is no safer than he was though as the eagle is equally keen to devour him. Tom wants his snack back though and while he and the eagle are fighting Jerry escapes. After a while Tom comes up with a cunning plan; he disguises himself as a female bird! This plan works far to well though; the eagle is so enamoured of Tom that he forgets about eating Jerry and the now free Jerry does all he can to unite the eagle and Tom.This was a fairly entertaining short; the eagle made a welcome addition to the cast; seeing him fight with Tom made a welcome change from seeing Tom and Jerry fighting with each other. The idea of having one character fall in love with another the moment they don a vaguely feminine disguise isn't exactly new but it provided some decent laughs and it was nice that the joke ran for most of the cartoon rather than being a brief gag that only lasted a few seconds; the fact that his disguise was rather poor only served to make the joke funnier. I was left wondering one thing at the end though... where did the eggs that Tom was sitting on at the end come from?!

ccthemovieman-1 Foiled by a falcon? Well, it's some kind of bird, anyway. Tom is a half-second away from having a Jerry-sandwich, his jaws ready to clamp down on his mouse-burger when suddenly a big bird swoops down and takes the sandwich away. He, too, wants to eat Jerry. Both Tom and the big bird have bibs on and like Jerry with a little salt!The two then fight over the sandwich, going through and inside tree stumps and limbs, around houses and just the neighborhood in general. Jerry, a confident mouse apparently, isn't fazed. Even when the bird adds mustard to him, Jerry takes the spreader and scratches himself gleefully with it! However cocky he appears, however, he always seems to disappear at the right moment.This was another solid Tom and Jerry cartoon with Jerry evoking more laughs than normal. Tom is pretty funny when he dons his female disguise and starts flirting with the birdie to distract his attention. The eyelash sight gag was very clever. Also in here is the standard eyeball-popping out of head scenes. I wonder how many times that was done in cartoons? It's always effective, despite the gag being used thousands of times. Here, the big bird's eyes pop out so far, they land on his beak like old granny glasses.

Shawn Watson Tom has caught Jerry and is about to make a sandwich out of him when a buzzard swoops down out of the sky and snatches the sandwich from his hands, just as he is about to take a bite. Not taking kindly to such acts of heinous theft, Tom goes after his sandwich, but the buzzard isn't going to give it up so easily.Cue many gags and schemes in which Tom tries to get Jerry back. Not to rescue him of course. Tom finds that the best scheme is to dress up as a weird-looking female buzzard. Of course the bird falls in love at first sight and makes it harder for Tom to escape than he ever imagined.Not the best T&J cartoon but loads of funny visual gags.