Wednesday, February 13, 2013

2012 Oscar Nominated Shorts - Animation

Disappointing program this year. All but two of this year's nominees were disney-level material. I've been following the development (maturation?) of animation for decades now and have hoped to see it move to an adult art form. Animators elsewhere have been producing interesting, sometimes startling work. In the US kiddie-junk rules.

The two exceptions here were the entries from Britain and New Zealand. Both were intriguing...the Brit one was stop-motion, based on an original idea and touched the heart. NZ was intellectually stimulating and visually striking.

Disney has even succeeded in dragging Pixar down to its level. Their entry here was a faux-charming cartoon.

- sigh...N/R

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