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Short Film Reviews 10/15: Part 3

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  1. Short Film Reviews 10/15: Part 3
  2. Lifted (6/10): A parallel of aliens abducting people to driving tests. The aliens look ugly af imo and the humor is absurdly predictable, but it's somewhat wholesome and it's well animated, as usual with Pixar shorts.
  3. Presto (7/10): Slapstick comedy that reminds me of Looney Tunes between a hungry rabbit and a magician. I found it funny tho it would've been better with more setup instead of constant bombardment of physical humor.
  4. The Maker (8/10): Imagine Tim Burton making a short film with puppet bunnies commenting on how life is finite and the cyclical nature of it, and add fantastic music.
  5. Bimbo's Initiation (8/10): Surreal 1930s cartoon with cults and a brief appearance of Mickey Mouse (to insult Disney believe it or not). For the 1930s, it's really well done, especially with backgrounds. It ends so soon and I wish it was longer.
  6. Broken Down Film (7/10): Nice Western cartoon style despite being made in Japan in 1985. It's really a meta film utilizing the aging and breaking to create slapstick comedy, which I appreciate despite the weak humor.
  7. Daicon IV (9/10): An amazing fan love letter to nerd culture from the people who would eventually become Gainax, with amazing music to boot. The animation is top notch, and there are so many references that it's like a pop culture melting pot with Superman, Batman, Star Wars, etc. I wish I could've been at the convention that aired this, I bet it would've been a fucking blast.
  8. Day & Night (8/10): A Pixar short that uses the day/night cycle as characters to draw parallels to discrimination, in a creative way of using framing and directing in a short. I found it absurdly wholesome and cute, even if the theme was absurdly blatant (a goddamn radio literally yells the theme). Would've been higher if it wasn't creepy to depict what essentially looked like two old guys watching a girl sunbathe.
  9. Don't Hug Me I'm Scared 5 (7/10): DHMIS takes on the food fad and diets, with the context of the previous short and doubling down on the creepy elements to some effect (too slow paced imo). The production value, as always, is great, and the first half does the tightrope of creepy and cutesy the best with the goddamn tap dancing and "are you hungry?" bit. Think it immediately pitfalls until the bird reveal, which also still unnerves me today.
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