Movie #881 2014 Oscar-Nominated Animated Shorts were just okay this year. Only a couple we really liked. Here is my breakdown and what I would rate them out of 5 stars.........
"Feral" -- 3 stars. It was beautifully done, had a very different look, but wasn't a clear narration when he gets back to civilization and the ending...
"Get A Horse!" -- 5 stars. This was the short film before the equally wonderful "Frozen" --- the Disney crew took an earlier black and white and played technically with it --- I esp. liked the "Play" atmosphere of this --- Mickey falls out of the screen (like Woody Allen's "Purple Rose of Cairo") and has to get back in to save Minnie from the clutches of Bluto. At one point there is a big chase scene in and out and in and out of b/w and color. I think this should have won the academy award, but it didn't. It won several foreign awards, though, which is ironic because we gave the Oscar to the French film. hah!
"Mr. Hublot" --- 5 stars. This one reminded me of "Wall-eye" with no dialogue, and it followed this OCD guy who feels sorry for this "creature" he sees in the street and takes him in, but the "creature" keeps getting bigger and bigger and bigger and throws his OCD into a tither --- cute ending, and really well done! I thought it ranked equally with "Get A Horse" with the Disney one being just a tad more "fun" with the play aspect.
"Possessions" --- 4 stars. This was a bit better than okay because it was so creative looking, and it was a delight to watch. Because he has such fun with the objects, he becomes one with the objects -- nice theme.
"Room on the Broom" --- 3.5 stars . Cute characters, charming story, but went on way too long.
ANIMATED SHORT FILM NOMINEES Estimated Running Time- 110 minutes "Feral" (Directors Daniel Sousa and Dan Golden, USA/Non-dialogue). Synopsis: A wild boy who has grown up in the woods is found by a hunter and returned to civilization. "Get a Horse!" (Directors: Lauren MacMullan and Dorothy McKim, USA/English). Synopsis: Mickey Mouse and his friends are enjoying a wagon ride until Peg-Leg Pete shows up with plans to ruin their day. "Mr. Hublot" (Directors: Laurent Witz and Alexandre Espigares, Luxembourg/France/Non-dialogue). Synopsis: The eccentric, isolated Mr. Hublot finds his carefully ordered world disrupted by the arrival of Robot Pet. "Possessions" (Director: Shuhei Morita, Japan/Non-dialogue). Synopsis: A man seeking shelter from a storm in a dilapidated shrine encounters a series of household objects inhabited by goblin spirits. "Room on the Broom" (Directors: Max Lang and Jan Lachauer, voices by Simon Pegg, Gillian Anderson, Rob Brydon in UK/English). Synopsis: A genial witch and her cat are joined on their broom by several friends as they set off on an adventure.
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