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The Wind Rises

Starts out on such a whimsical, fantasy-rich level, of course I was disappointed as I realized the whole thing could not end well.

While I respect the artist's annual assertions of having just made his last film, I do hope that when he does finally bow out, it's on a note so cute as to make Hello Kitty's teeth hurt.

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Oscar Nominated Short Films 2014: Animation

A bunch of sh!t, and also a Mickey Mouse cartoon.  

Actually, I liked two of them--three, if you count the ostrich & giraffe "hosts" (they would be my second-favorite). 


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The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation

I was eager to see whether there was a film more amazing and award-worthy than "Paperman."

There really wasn't.

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Zero Dark Thirty

It's not a documentary, and it's certainly not art, so what is it?

I guess if I wanted any insight into what was being attempted here (if not torture porn), I should have sat through the whole thing--but that would have just been asking too much.




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The Oscar-Nominated Short Films 2012: Animation

Some years, I can’t decide which feature I love the most, and which is the most worthy of the Academy Award.




This year, what I can’t figure out why the category even exists if this is the best they’ve got.






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The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Live Action

A collection of all five Academy-Award nominated short films, each one pretty interesting & fun to watch.

I wonder if the Academy members actually watch all of these things they're voting on (I actually don't wonder, I highly doubt it).

The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2011: Animated

All five nominated 'toons in one place--plus severable honorable mentions--and of course, the only one most of us have seen is the one from Pixar.

Each one is interesting in its own way; I found the mod-retro style of "Let's Pollute" to be very funny.