Classical music mayhem with Woody Woodpecker and Andy Panda

Was very fond of Woody Woodpecker and his cartoons as a child. Still get much enjoyment out of them now as a young adult, even if there are more interesting in personality cartoon characters and better overall cartoons.

That is in no way knocking Woody, because many of his cartoons are a lot of fun to watch and more and also still like him a lot as a character. While with a very familiar concept in animation, and it has been done with more hilarity and imagination elsewhere (especially Looney Tunes and Tom and Jerry), 'Musical Moments from Chopin' is a great blending still of animation and classical music.

Andy Panda is slightly bland, even in his cartoons where he was more a lead and Woody was support Woody made more of an impression on him, and Woody does work better with stronger in personality characters like Wally Walrus and even Buzz Buzzard. He still works well with Woody though.

While there are more interesting characters, Woody is an amusing character and never too obnoxious even when intentionally annoying.

As ever, the animation is great. The characters are well drawn, but even better are the rich colours, meticulously detailed backgrounds and smooth backgrounds.

Music is some of the best of a Woody Woodpecker cartoon, and some of the best utilised too. It's wonderful music, of course it would be as it is Chopin who wrote some of the best music for piano there is, and the use of it has much ingenuity.

The whole cartoon goes at a snappy pace, especially in the second half, and there are some very well-timed and extremely funny gags, with a riotously wild climax.

Overall, great. 9/10 Bethany Cox

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