Wednesday, July 30, 2008

Fifty Percent Grey (2001)



When people think about computer animation, familiar titles like Shrek, Toy Story or Finding Nemo come to mind. In an industry dominated by Pixar and Dreamworks, it's not very common to find animated shorts in a similar style, involving a soldier repeatedly blowing his brains out. It was interesting, to say the least.

Ruairi Robinson's portrayal of the afterlife is a big satire that does not really offer any sort of difference between Heaven, Purgatory, or Hell. Yes yes, I can see the message here. But it plays out more into what the viewer should view the afterlife as, and not what the CGI soldier thinks.

Still, I do see some progress in Robinson's career. He's done another short, live action, that I was pretty impressive as far as cinematography goes. But that's another entry for another time.

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