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Brilliant!

posted 16 years ago by kiwistudios
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I've been watching the Pixar shorts since they started out as part of Spike and Mike's Animation festivals and I have to say that "Presto" just became my new favorite.

It was as if Chuck Jones's character reactions and comic timing were put together with Tex Avery's slapstick screwballery. So much fun!

[–] scottcolvin 16 years ago

I totally agree!! I actually had more BELLY laughs during this short than in Wall-E (which was equally brillant.

Can't wait for this to come out on DVD.

[–] newsfop 16 years ago

My friends and I constantly joke about the abstract concept of rabbit provocation and what would happen. We were blown out of our seats by this conconction, because we felt we had been mindprobed in our sleep and then shown exactly what we always knew to be true.

[–] JoeyAbs 16 years ago

OP poster hit it right on the head about the Chuck Jones and Tex Avery influences..

This is my favorite Pixar Short...wow! Doug Sweetland should get his own feature

[–] forestkeeper 16 years ago

It reminded me so much of the old Chuck Jones and Tex Avery cartoons as well. Mainly, it reminded me of the Tex Avery cartoon "Magical Maestro", where a magician disguises himself as a symphony conductor to get back at an opera singer for not allowing him to be the opening act.

[–] 4ize 16 years ago

It takes an awfully good piece of animation to be compared to Chuck Jones and Tex Avery, but this one deserves it. Great slapstick. Too bad the feature following it didn't measure up.

[–] duyharry 16 years ago

yes, I agree with 4ize.
May be because this short film was too awesome that I didn't like Wall-E all that much.

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[–] zenac 16 years ago

I loved this short film - in fact I preferred it to Wall-e - was a joy to watch, the rabbit was so cute too, it was pure genius.

[–] krasnegar 16 years ago

The entirety of "Monsters Inc." is one long tribute to Chuck Jones - to the point of basing Sully's expressions in the sequence when he thinks Boo has gone into the trashmasher on one of Jones' classic shorts.

[–] PhoenixFire07 16 years ago

It was hilarious. I had tears from laughing so hard. At times I think I was the only one laughing in the theater, but it was just too funny. I agree. Brilliant.

[–] zozo_09 16 years ago

Amazing! I don't remember the last time I laughed so much. Just genious.

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[–] mythosrattus 14 years ago

Too true! I laughed so hard I had an asthma attack but it was TOTALLY worth it! It made me think of the old roadrunner & coyote cartoons I loved when I was a kid :D

[–] Furiousfury 11 years ago

This was excellent. Funniest thing I've seen in ages. I wish they'd make a full feature with these 2.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jpvcfv5FjfE&feature=related

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