Post by Briar Rose's Dark Knight on Aug 29, 2015 16:16:46 GMT -5
Walt Disney Animation Studios recently released a collection of many of their recent animated shorts on blu-ray, DVD, and digital formats. The cover art prominently features Anna and Elsa from Frozen Fever, but also included on the disc are the Academy Award winning shorts Paperman and Feast.
While most of the shorts have made their way to the home market in one way or another, some of them are new to the home market. As a fan of animation I cannot recommend picking this up enough. I think many people often mistakenly think that animation is a children's only medium. They believe that animation either cannot or should not attempt to be artistic, but instead aim only for entertainment with short, humorous stories aimed exclusively at the little ones.
Yet these people often forget that Disney probably still exists today because Walt Disney and his team believed that animation is an art form. For every zany, madcap short with silliness from Goofy, there's the heartfelt emotion of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or the wrenching heartbreak of Dumbo. This release follows that pattern. Frozen Fever is on this set and is probably causing many people to buy it sight unseen, but I don't believe that's a bad thing. It also features the modern Goofy classic "How To Hook Up Your Home Theater" and the fun Mickey Mouse short "Get A Horse."
But more importantly, the set also features shorts that showcase animation as an art form working to tell a story. Some of these stories are bittersweet such as John Henry. Others are sad yet sweet such as The Little Matchgirl. Lorenzo is fun, albeit with a bit of a dark twist.
Digital copies all come with the 1995 Mickey Mouse short Runaway Brain, which is not included on the discs. Note that if you buy the combo pack, it comes with a digit copy.
At the very least, the set is well worth watching just because it shows you what animation can do.
While most of the shorts have made their way to the home market in one way or another, some of them are new to the home market. As a fan of animation I cannot recommend picking this up enough. I think many people often mistakenly think that animation is a children's only medium. They believe that animation either cannot or should not attempt to be artistic, but instead aim only for entertainment with short, humorous stories aimed exclusively at the little ones.
Yet these people often forget that Disney probably still exists today because Walt Disney and his team believed that animation is an art form. For every zany, madcap short with silliness from Goofy, there's the heartfelt emotion of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs or the wrenching heartbreak of Dumbo. This release follows that pattern. Frozen Fever is on this set and is probably causing many people to buy it sight unseen, but I don't believe that's a bad thing. It also features the modern Goofy classic "How To Hook Up Your Home Theater" and the fun Mickey Mouse short "Get A Horse."
But more importantly, the set also features shorts that showcase animation as an art form working to tell a story. Some of these stories are bittersweet such as John Henry. Others are sad yet sweet such as The Little Matchgirl. Lorenzo is fun, albeit with a bit of a dark twist.
Digital copies all come with the 1995 Mickey Mouse short Runaway Brain, which is not included on the discs. Note that if you buy the combo pack, it comes with a digit copy.
At the very least, the set is well worth watching just because it shows you what animation can do.
