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SYNOPSIS:
Experience these masterpieces of storytelling from the creative
minds that brought you Toy Story, Monsters Inc, Finding Nemo
and many more. With revolutionary animation, unforgettable
music and characters you love, these dazzling short films
have changed the face of animation and entertainment and are
sure to delight people of all ages for years to come.
MOVIE REVIEW:
Even
if you have watched more than half of the animated shorts
on this DVD, you will still want to purchase a copy and let
it stand proudly on your shelf next to other Pixar titles
like the recent Ratatouille, the underwater adventure Finding
Nemo and the fabulous Toy Story series.
Included
in this disc are 13 short films produced by the Oscar-winning
computer animation production company, ranging from 1984’s
"The Adventures of Andre and Wally B." to 2007’s
“Lifted”. 13 years ago, an animation experiment
about an annoying bee was produced. 13 years later, through
a short film about an alien trainee trying to abduct a helpless
man, it’s definitely eye-opening to see how technology
has advanced.
If
you have been a fan of Pixar movies, you’d probably
have seen most of the shorts found on this DVD. “Geri’s
Game”, a fuzzy short about an old man playing chess
with himself was attached to A Bug’s Life (1998). “Knick
Knack”, a hilarious short about snowman stuck in a snow
globe was attached to Finding Nemo (2003). And if you own
the DVDs of Monster’s Inc. (2001) and Cars (2006), you’d
have seen “Mike’s New Car” and “Mater
and the Ghostlight”.
But
you’d still want to own this palette of brilliant short
films, not because it’d be troublesome to sieve out
the individual shorts from the individual movie discs, not
because it comes with a classy packaging that will make your
friends envy, not because there are probably better compilations
to come in near future – it’d be because you’d
want to watch the 13 films back to back at one go within 53
minutes.
The
simple yet effective storylines are a joy to revisit on screen
too. Be it the traumatizing point of view of a baby from a
toy in “Tin Toy”, the pains a big bird has to
go through to be part of a group of smaller birds in “For
the Birds”, or the humiliation of a sheared sheep in
“Boundin’”, there is something for the whole
family.
Play
it at your next party – you’d have definitely
get everyone’s eyes glued to your television screen.
And with that, will probably come chuckles and happy laughter
too. It’s probably a few years down the road before
Pixar comes out with Volume 2 of the collection.
SPECIAL FEATURES :
The Code 3 DVD comes with “Audio Commentaries”
on every short film. That’s a truly informative feature
to have, if you ask us. Hear how John Lasseter conceptualized
"The Adventures of Andre and Wally B." 13 years
ago and how each clip’s director converses engagingly
with its respective animator or composer. There is also a
23-minute featurette “The Pixar Shorts: A Short
History”, where you hear about Pixar’s
corporate philosophy and how technology has evolved over the
years to enable the company to produce increasingly impressive
works. Interestingly, you’d also get to see four “Sesame
Street” clips where Pixar’s signature
table lamps teach you opposite words like “light”
and “heavy”.
AUDIO/VISUAL:
The animation looks crisp and clear on the DVD’s visual
transfer, and there are audio options of English, Mandarin
and Korean in Dolby Digital 5.1.
MOVIE RATING:
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RATING :
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by John Li
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