This weekend our local movie theater showed all five Academy Award nominated animated short films. DH and I decided to go out and see them. Unfortunately we missed the first one, but I'll walk you through the last four.
I Met the Walrus
- A digital flash animation of an interview a 15 year old boy did with John Lennon. The animation is refreshing, but a bit on the distracting side. This was my favorite out of the four we saw.
Madame Tutli-Putli
- Stop motion animation about a woman's transformation from passive to active. It was good, but nothing ground breaking.
Même les Pigeons vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven)
- This is the one we missed.
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
- I have NO idea how this even got a nomination. The story was insulting, and the animation wasn't that good. If this comes on a DVD set just skip it. You aren't missing anything.
Peter & the Wolf (the winner)
- This will end up being shown in English classes for years to come. It is the classic tale with the classic music, but not with the classic ending. It was a really good example of how stop motion animation can be beautiful and realistic at the same time. As Americans our only examples of stop motion are Rudolph and The Nightmare Before Christmas (for those huge Tim Burton fans there's also Vincent and The Corpse Bride). Those two films don't even really show what stop motion can do. This film does, and that's why it won.
EDIT: Yes. I see too many movies.
I Met the Walrus
- A digital flash animation of an interview a 15 year old boy did with John Lennon. The animation is refreshing, but a bit on the distracting side. This was my favorite out of the four we saw.
Madame Tutli-Putli
- Stop motion animation about a woman's transformation from passive to active. It was good, but nothing ground breaking.
Même les Pigeons vont au Paradis (Even Pigeons Go To Heaven)
- This is the one we missed.
My Love (Moya Lyubov)
- I have NO idea how this even got a nomination. The story was insulting, and the animation wasn't that good. If this comes on a DVD set just skip it. You aren't missing anything.
Peter & the Wolf (the winner)
- This will end up being shown in English classes for years to come. It is the classic tale with the classic music, but not with the classic ending. It was a really good example of how stop motion animation can be beautiful and realistic at the same time. As Americans our only examples of stop motion are Rudolph and The Nightmare Before Christmas (for those huge Tim Burton fans there's also Vincent and The Corpse Bride). Those two films don't even really show what stop motion can do. This film does, and that's why it won.
EDIT: Yes. I see too many movies.