Vashirdfel Simply A Masterpiece

Pluskylang Great Film overall

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Nayan Gough A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

TheLittleSongbird Chuck Jones and Looney Tunes always promise much, and Jumpin' Jupiter with its unique premise did so too. As a cartoon, it lives up to the promise it had. The ending is rather abrupt and didn't seem as though it had much of a pay-off. However, Jumpin' Jupiter is really beautifully-designed, the backgrounds and vibrant yet atmospheric colours are very Chuck Jones. Carl Stalling's music is also splendid, there's his distinctive jaunty and sumptuous orchestration and it is also very mysterious-sounding, great for something set in space. The writing is witty and clever, and while the gags are somewhat familiar they are still funny. It's the expressions of the characters though where most of the humour works so well with Sylvester's horror and Porky's increased annoyance. Porky and Sylvester work very well together, though their rapport was even stronger in Scaredy Cat, which I slightly preferred as a cartoon too. Sylvester is a character I've always preferred over Porky, and here he is very likable with material that plays to his strengths, it is very easy to feel sorry for him too. Porky varies with me, with characters like Daffy and Sylvester he works well but he can be a little bland on his own. He is fine here though and I do love how he calmly says "Sylvester, get off of me, or I shall kill you". The alien, which I recognised from Hare-Way to the Stars(I know that was made later, I just saw it before this), is a good foil. Mel Blanc continues to give bravura vocal characterisations. To conclude, really great and close to perfection if the ending was better rounded off. 9/10 Bethany Cox

Lee Eisenberg Watching the Chuck Jones short "Jumpin' Jupiter", I get the sense that it's sort of a midpoint between two different genres of Looney Tunes cartoons. It portrays Porky and Sylvester going camping out in the desert, when a spaceship flies in and the birdlike creature flying it decides to take them back to his planet. Sylvester sees the spaceship and the pilot and frequently runs into Porky's tent, but Porky is always oblivious to the danger that lurks around, and just thinks that Sylvester is just being stupid. And that's just the first half of the cartoon! It probably requires some explaining what I mean about the different genres of cartoons. The idea of Porky and Sylvester being out somewhere and Sylvester repeatedly saving Porky from danger while Porky has no idea what's going on: that was the premise of the earlier cartoons "Scaredy Cat" and "Claws for Alarm". The birdlike creature piloting the spaceship looks like the just-add-water martians whom Marvin sent after Bugs Bunny in "Hare-way to the Stars". And the zero-gravity scene looks a little bit like the flooded rabbit hole scene in "Water Water Every Hare".And of course, we shouldn't forget that this was during the Cold War, so there were lots of movies about alien invasions. Because those movies were so hokey is no doubt why the Looney Tunes cartoons "Haredevil Hare", "The Hasty Hare", "Duck Dodgers in the 24 1/2 Century", "Jumpin' Jupiter" and "Hare-way to the Stars" spoofed them. And if absolutely nothing else, those movies featured a lot of hot babes! Hubba, hubba...Anyway, this cartoon is a real classic. A lot of fun.Albuquerque. Maybe they can catch Bugs missing that left turn (or so they think).

heathblair I have very fond memories of this one, although I haven't seen it for a good 25 years. It's weird that of all the great WB cartoons, this one one hasn't seen a UK TV broadcast since about 1975! And I've been watching out for it!!Things to enjoy: Porky and Sylvester experiencing a spectacular alien abduction scenario that even Chris Carter would hesitate to portray; a terrific 'space-score' by Carl Stalling which includes a beautifully epic arrangement of Raymond Scott's 'Powerhouse' music; the disturbing sight of a terrified, dumb-struck Sylvester realizing that he and the pig have been whisked off to an alien planet while Porky remains totally and blissfully oblivious to the the fact.Great!Love to see it again.

Pope-8 Another great Chuck Jones short of the 1950s, and another in which Porky Pig and (here, his pet cat) Sylvester go on a trip and face disaster, unknown to Porky. A lot like his earlier 'Claws For Alarm' (1954), in which the twosome stay at a hotel inhabited by evil (satanic?) mice.