Review of 'Bunny'

Every now and then running Slashdot has its advantages. Like earlier this week when a tape arrived in my mailbox containing a copy of the new Blue Sky Studios CGI animated short Bunny. Hit the link below to read my summary of the 6 minute film.

Quick show of hands, how many of you like Wallace & Gromit? How many of you dig the look of Classic Stop Motion and Claymation? Probably most of you, right? Well thats the thing about Bunny that will blow you away. It looks like someone managed to make a claymation film, but do it perfectly.

Perfect animation- smooth and believable- the bunny has excellent mass, the movement is believable, and the emotions just leap out from every movement of her body. The set, the lighting, everything is completely believable. No telltale fingerprints, or subtle jerkiness. Sure, its cartoon, but it looks real. Its great. The fur on Bunny looks exactly like it should. The reflections are right, the liquid effects are right, and the huge bug flutters around with eratic motion that is perfectly wrong. It's a treat.

So does it have a plot? Sorta. Basically it involves an elderly bunny who is baking, and a bug that gets in her way. Don't worry about it to much, it'll make your head hurt, like any good artsy film should- crazy imagry, some obvious symbolism, and some subtle stuff. But its definitely an art film and not your traditional slapstick haha short. I won't spoil it for you. Just hold your jaw shut and watch.

I want to thank the one and only Dan Weeks for sending me the tape. Blue Sky has submitted the film for consideration for the Acadamy Awards this year, and I wish them the best. If anyone has any other cool CGI that they want reviewed, lemme know and I'll check it out. I love this stuff, and I'd really like to see whats up this year. The world has come a long way since Luxo. Makes me wanna go back and make a followup to my own lame stuff.

Update: 12/07 12:21 by CT : Brooks Jewell from Blue Sky contacted me to say that he is the Press Contact over there. Questions and be directed to him.