Wow, I re-watched this short film on YouTube, and I fell in love with it again. I was watching the guy trying to get the girl’s attention, and by the end, I thought “Man, I wish that could happen to me!”
I’ll be getting it on Blu-Ray with Wreck-It Ralph exactly one month from today. I can’t wait, I’m so excited!
Fun fact: My mom didn’t know this would play before Wreck-It Ralph, and halfway through the short she asked me “Who directed this one?” since she’s becoming familiarized who has directed which movies and shorts. That’s when you know it’s good. Congrats, John Kahrs!
^The only way someone could possibly dislike Paperman is if they had something against paper. Or animation. Or love. Yeesh… I wouldn’t want to be that guy…
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It was sweet, magical and heartwarming. It was an amazing and emotional ride, and accompanied Wreck-It Ralph’s different type of perfection well. It’s one of my favorite shorts of all time, if not one of my favorite pieces of animation! I honestly can’t think of a single negative about it.
a) It presents stalking positively (which is a stupid complaint, the guy clearly isn’t stalking her, he’s just trying to get her attention)
b) There’s not much to the characters (again, is a bit silly considering the film is like 6 minutes long)
And I’ve only seen these complaints from the kind of people who like to moan a lot.
I really liked the short. I like the style, and I think that the technology used in it might be well-utlised in future Disney films, especially when trying to mix traditional animation with CGI without making it too noticable. I hope Disney carry on making shorts like this, and maybe start to experiment a bit with different styles and stories.
^Yeah, I don’t consider it stalking either. What, was he waiting in her rose bushes while she slept? Did he obsessivly follow her everyday? No.
Actually when I saw this short in theatres, there was two small boys in front of me. And when the short ended said “Whuhh that was so stupid do the movie!”
And I said (only loud enough for my friend to hear me). “It’s explicative art” And when had a good little laugh.
I hate it when I go to see Pixar movies in the cinema and I hear a little murmer of confusion spread through the audience when the short begins. I can’t believes that after 13 films people still get surprised by them. Now all the Disney movies have that too I guess. I especially don’t get people who get annoyed that there’s a short at all. I mean, I can understand being anxious to see the movie, but an extra short film just makes the experience more enjoyable.
That short was good.
Relatable, well done, and cute.
I like it a lot.
Ive kinda been trying to recreate the 2D drawing effect of the short too in my 3D endeavors.
Heehee, shoulda said it louder. Although seeing they’re little boys, they’re probably still in the “girls have cooties” stage.
I make it a point to be to theatres early, not just to catch any shorts, but see the trailers as well! I like how most animated films have shorts in front of them now, like the Wil. E coyote short Fur Of Flying before Legend Of The Guardians and The Longest Daycare before Ice Age 4.
As I said in an earlier post, Paperman is such a touching and feel-good tale of love and destiny. It is also probably the only short I’ve seen so far to make me almost cry (the music at the climax is just tear-inducing). I am so happy that it won the Oscar, although even if it didn’t, it’s not gonna change my high opinion of it anyway. :')
At least we enjoyed it!