Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

HottWwjdIam There is just so much movie here. For some it may be too much. But in the same secretly sarcastic way most telemarketers say the phrase, the title of this one is particularly apt.

Hadrina The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

Phillipa Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

Edgar Allan Pooh . . . as Warner Bros. warns unsuspecting honest U.S. citizens and world travelers during PORKY PIG'S FEAT. The Broken Arms Hotel Manager presents Porky and Daffy Duck with an 8-line bill for $152.50 about 46 seconds into this story. Trouble is, the mostly bogus itemized charges actually add up to $172.50. Then the manager waves a second bill in the faces of his victims 5:39 into this animated short. It shows a charge of $500.62 ($25,031, adjusted for inflation) for 11 mostly different items, when the fraudulent sum should total $619.13. Warner is telling viewers to always look a "Gift Trump" in the mouth, since they'll usually find lots of rotten teeth. My Grandpa's saddest story was the time he took his University of Michigan Chess Team to a tournament in Southern Illinois. Reaching the Chicago area on the return trip at about 1 AM, the Skokie Motel 6 claimed they'd lost Gramp's "guaranteed" four-room reservation for the 15-person coed squad. Since the Sixers had two German Shepherd attack dogs in their lobby, Grand Pops couldn't argue about their perfidy. He was forced to pool everyone's remaining personal cash for a quartet of rooms at a swank mob motel on the other side of town called something like "Allgauers." At the next morning's check-out time, the Looney Tunes Allgougers Manager knocked on the window of the U-M Chess Team Van, claiming "complimentary" guest robes that Gramps had just personally inventoried as "the last one out" were "missing." Three days later the U-M Comptroller received a "damage claim" for $2,114.67 (about $34,770, adjusted for inflation) from Alliars. Gramps got fired so that he could not argue on behalf of a trio of U-M chess coeds who were held academically hostage until their dad's ponied up the $2,000-plus ransom demand. If Gramps had seen PORKY PIG'S FEAT prior to that trip, Bobby Fischer might be alive Today.

phantom_tollbooth Frank Tashlin's 'Porky Pig's Feat' is an exceptionally handsome black and white cartoon. Trapped in a hotel with a bill they can't pay, Porky Pig and Daffy Duck attempt to rid themselves of the fearsome manager and escape. It's a simple set up for a fast paced and very funny short. There are several things that make 'Porky Pig's Feat' notable besides its general excellence. The drawing and animation style have an unusually modern feel to them for 1943 and the camera angles and set-ups have a really cinematic feel to them. Witness Daffy's wild rush down the corridor and into the elevator or Porky and Daffy as they swing on a rope made of sheets from the hotel window. Perhaps the most notable element, however, is a last minute cameo from (a rather odd sounding) Bugs Bunny who makes his only appearance in black and white and his first appearance alongside Porky and Daffy. Although it was still early in Bugs' career, he had already outshone all the studio's previous stars in terms of popularity and this is reflected in Porky and Daffy's hero worship of him. It's slightly odd to hear Daffy proclaiming that Bugs is his hero in light of their more famous rivalry developed by Chuck Jones in later years. All these unusual elements help make 'Porky Pig's Feat' a classic but, crucially, it also has a great script and a wonderful energy that drives it forward until its great surprise ending. One of Tashlin's best films.

Julia Arsenault (ja_kitty_71) It is hilarious! It's one of my favorite black & white Porky Pig cartoons directed Frank Tashlin. My favorite scenes from the cartoon, is when Daffy Duck confronts with the manager in a hilarious fashion, and when Porky & Daffy throw the manager down a long spiral of stairs. Also when they tried sliding down a bed sheet out the window. Porky and Daffy do make a hilarious comedy duo like Laurel & Hardy, Abbot & Costello, and even Donald Duck & Goofy from Disney.I would like to point out that Bugs Bunny made a cameo appearance in his first black & white cartoon - this one. Also, the guy Daffy was playing dice sounds like Rochester, Jack Benny's manservant.

carryall Frank Tashlin is often mentioned as the Warners' most overlooked director, along with Arthur Davis. Possibly this is right, both did only a handful films for the studio. Tash made his cartoons in two stints, one between 1937 and 38, and the other between 1943 and 46.The second era consists his more popular films, with such memorable ones like "The Stupid Cupid", "Nasty Quacks", "Swooner Crooner" or "Unruly Hare". But his real masterpiece was without doubt "Porky Pig's Feat", a black-and-white classic featuring Daffy Duck and Porky Pig, as two hotel guests who try to escape without paying the bill to the ugly, nasty french clerk, after Daffy gambled his money.The message of this cartoon might be wrong (however I would try the same, if I had to pay for goodwill and sunshine ha-ha), but it's possibly one of the best slapstick comedies I have ever seen in any film. The gags are utterly brilliant, and despite the 43 B/W release, this cartoon feels like much more like a late-40 short with its detailed and mature humor. As said in an earlier review, the gags are not only great here, but very unpredictable as well, which makes the film even better.Interesting note that this was the only time when Bugs Bunny has appeared (as a cameo) in a B/W short, and also was the first occasion when Daffy and Bugs met.The title of the cartoon is rather misleading, since Porky is just here, but the real feats are made by Daffy Duck. I always preferred the early wacky personality of him (more correctly the 40s Daffy, which has some maturity as well), and he is at his very best in "Porky Pig's Feat". This cartoon is available on the Looney Tunes Golden Collection Vol.3, and heavily recommended to anyone at any age and any mood. Possibly this is one of the top10 overall Looney Tunes cartoons, but this might be my opinion only.10/10