Three shorts, all on You Tube. All dealing with kids in some fashion or another. Not my intent to do a theme today. Interesting nonetheless.
This Dark Thought
A young astronomer has a bad night while babysitting her infant sister.
Looking for words, here.
This animated short is well done. It has no dialogue, yet it tells a cohesive story.
Too much baby crying, which is petty considering the nature of the tale.
It didn’t really work for me (1.0), but I have a hard time saying it was bad. Low good (1.5), I think.
Your mileage might vary.
2.5 out of 4
There’s a Man in the Woods
A teacher has to deal with a bratty kid.
I watched this one last year, I think. Can’t for the life of me remember what I thought of it then.
Here, though, is another animated short, with art a lot less polished that our previous subject. Serviceable enough for the story and never really bad. Just not my style.
Outside of that? No complaints. Told as a poem, it builds and builds right up to the end, like a good Horror piece should. We’ll give it a low great (2.0), not that that matters. I liked it (1.5). Might watch it again next year. Or sooner.
3.5 out of 4
Homesick
A young boy waits at home for his mother.
As with This Dark Thought, this is not a bad little flick. The main character in it, a little boy, does his part quite well. It’s well shot, you get the feel for what’s going on.
It’s just I didn’t care. Like at all. And it sort of peters to a stop. You think there should be more, and there just isn’t.
Of the three, this is the big loser of the night. Meh (1) is sort of harsh, but one brief jump scare ain’t cutting it this time. Maybe I’m just not the audience for this (1).
2 out of 4
