![]() The ending is a nice surprise with a good moral. As hoped, the fun is ceaseless and while it is not exactly creative everything is very well timed and never dull. Every bit as good is the music score, which delivers on the energy, lusciousness and infectiousness, great for putting anybody in a good mood. However, the animation is outstanding, everything is beautifully and meticulously drawn and the whole cartoon is rich in visual detail and imagination. The weak link is the story, which is basically events strung together. This said, it has all the elements that make her pre-Code cartoons so worthwhile and does do so much, almost everything, right and little wrong. 'A Hunting We Will Go' is not one of the best Betty Boop cartoons by all means, but certainly not among the worst, her lesser efforts all being when the Production Code was enforced, things became tame and what made the early pre-Code cartoons so good was somewhat lost. This is more Bimbo and Ko-Ko's cartoon though and both are terrific fun, the chemistry with Betty is cute too. That charm, sensuality and adorable factor is not lost anywhere here, nor her comic timing. The character of Betty Boop, one of their most famous and prolific characters, may not be for all tastes and sadly not as popular now, but her sex appeal was quite daring for the time and to me there is an adorable sensual charm about her. ![]() Their visual style was often stunning and some of the most imaginative and ahead of its time in animation. Fleischer were responsible for some brilliant cartoons, some of them still among my favourites.
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