Thanks for the memories!

A different way of telling a story

In truth, there is barely enough story here to make a film.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Pink Panther cartoons are always fun to watch, and Pink Panzer is one such example. The story is one that is rather simplistic and routine and also one where the latter half is a little more entertaining than the former. However, the animation is elegant and very nicely drawn, it is not among the best animation I've seen but the fact that it looks very good matters much more. The main theme tune is deservedly one of animation's most iconic, and still mains its infectious quality. The music that accompanies the action is also catchy. The gags are clever and funny, particularly in the last minute or so, while the narration has a lot of wit that is delivered with juicy relish. Pinky is still fun and cool if not perhaps in the best situation to properly play to his personality. And then there is Paul Frees who embodies the neighbour from hell character.All in all, very good and will not leave Pink Panther fans disappointed. 8/10 Bethany Cox

Normally, I hate it when they have some annoying narrator talking to the Pink Panther. Thankfully, it doesn't happen frequently. However, in this one, it's okay because it's Paul Frees, not a name you probably would not know but certainly a familiar voice. It seems like I heard Frees' voice many times from the '50s through the '70s. The gentleman is still alive- and-kicking, too, in his mid '80s as I write this.As another reviewer points out here, the "voice" is very devil-like in his message, stirring up neighbor against neighbor, whispering remarks in both the Panther's ear and his neighbor's, getting the two to square off against each other, all for selfish reasons.There's lots of truth to this cartoon. We may not hear audible voices, but you know these kind of bad thoughts enter our heads from time to time, and some of them probably are from Satan. It's best to know where they come from, and ignore them! The last minute of this cartoon is really hilarious as this neighborly feud escalates into literally an all-out war. The final message, delivered by the devil himself, will have you laughing right out loud.

LOL... I thought that Paul Frees did an absolutely spectacular and inimitable job of speaking in a sneaky seductive manner ("Then YOU cut it off...") to create steadily building resentment and get both neighbors more and more incensed with each other... it sounded EXACTLY the way I'd have expected the little orange "devil" to speak who was constantly needling both neighbors and whom we finally see at the end of the movie ("You know... it might be a good idea to return that lawn mower YOU borrowed... hahahahahahahahahaha!!!")... it sounded to me as if Mr. Frees was actually enjoying his role here as the "devil's advocate"... it appeared that he was actually having FUN doing it.

In this cartoon the Pink Panther is relaxing in his hammock in the back yard. His neighbor mows his own lawn with Pinky's lawnmower. Pinky is rather unfazed by this until a voice-over narrator reminds him and provokes him into taking back what's his. He also does this to the neighbor to prepare him for Pinky's retaliation. And so the two of them resort to bigger and badder techniques over the war of the lawnmower (and hedge-clippers) until two armies (with humorously interwoven live-action stock footage) are facing off over the garden. Pinky is in a tank, this is where the Panzer of the title comes from.It's a simple cartoon but funny. As Pinky always is.