We started off the week with a surprise party for a friend's 21st birthday.
Onto the weekend! The winter storm alert is on, but it's taken some planning to organize something for ~20 people. Also, shouldn't we be used to the weather by now? Haha.
Came across this on Vimeo; thought it was cute and sad. I think the animation works really well here. I was talking (aka butting heads) with a friend about animation, and whether or not it possesses the ability to demand respect from viewers. Perhaps I just like to play devil's advocate, but I feel that animation is underrated, and it is indeed something to be respected and recognized at as much a high level as regular films. Just because we have come to instinctively associate animation with children's tv shows does not mean that animation has to stay there. There's more I would say, but I've hashed it out already with that friend earlier today, haha. A little beat, now.
In any case, I haven't watched this completely, but I hope and intend to soon: Waltz with Bashir. It's an animated documentary, and it really seems stunning in the animation's ability to convey the emotions and tensions that permeate the storyline.
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