[SURREAL REQUEST HOLE] [SHORTS REVIEW] AH, HE'S SICK! (2018)

 

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Title: AH, HE'S SICK!

Genre: Surrealism / Comedy / Fantasy

Company: Yugo Limbo

Directed by: Yugo Limbo

Year: 2018

MPAA Rating / TV Rating: N/A

Buy on:  N/A

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*This short was requested by Nova Softlock Circus.  If you would like to suggest a weird movie / TV show / short for me to review, then please leave your suggestions on the Surreal Request Hole page. *

The short starts off with a young girl seeing that her father is sick, as he is vomiting up little green men and has boogers coming out of his nose.  After getting help from her computer, the young girl goes on a journey to visit the doctor, who could help cure her father of his illness.

So, I must admit that I never even heard of this short before and I didn't even know that this short had existed.  But when I got a request to watch this movie, I just knew that I had to check this short out and man, was I so glad to finally check out this short!  "AH, HE'S SICK!" is probably one of the weirdest shorts that I have ever seen (and that's really saying something, as you can see on this blog).  Everything is so chaotic with this short and I just loved how overly weird this short film was!  Also, this is the first student film that I have ever reviewed, and it was an honor to have review this student film for my Surreal Movies and TV Blog site!  There are so many weird moments throughout this short, such as various images of fishes popping up all over this short and the fact that the young girl's father is plagued with vomiting up little green men due to an illness.  I also loved the fact that the animation is extremely unique, as there is a mixture of hand drawn animation and cut out animation and they all combine to create such a surreal yet creative experience for me!

My main issue with this short is that it can be very confusing to follow.  There are so many random moments happening throughout this short that it was a bit hard for me to completely understand what was going on and I had to watch this short several times to fully understand what I was watching.

Overall, "AH, HE'S SICK!" is a truly surreal experience for me and I absolutely enjoyed all of the weird moments throughout this film!  I'm definitely looking forward to checking out more of Yugo Limbo's works in the near future!

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[SHORTS REVIEW] Runaway (2009)

 

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Title: Runaway

Country: Canada

Genre: Romance / Comedy

Company: The National Film Board of Canada

Directed by: Cordell Barker

Year: 2009

MPAA Rating / TV Rating: N/A

Buy on:  N/A

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The short starts off with the captain driving the train, while a bunch of rich and poor passengers are on the train, having parties.  But then suddenly, a cow ends up walking on the tracks and the train ends up bumping into the cow.  This causes the train to derail and go out of control on the tracks.  With the captain being preoccupied with a rich young lady, the fireman is forced to deal with the out-of-control train to prevent it from crashing.

So, over the years, I have been looking at Cordell Barker's works and one of the works that I took interest in was "Runaway."  "Runaway" was quite an interesting short film as it's not only about a train going out of control due to hitting a cow, but it also seems to have a theme about the rich vs the poor.  In the film, the rich passengers seemed to be treated much better than the poor passengers and when the train started going out of control, the rich passengers tried to save themselves, while leaving the poor passengers to their fates.  Of course, that plot of the story is nowhere near as important as the plot line of the train going out of control and the Fireman trying to stop the train from crashing.  I always found the plot line of the train going out of control to be very entertaining because it was hilarious seeing the train hit the cow and suddenly go out of control.  Also, the many ways that the Fireman tried to prevent the train from crashing was pretty hilarious to watch.  I also really enjoyed the animation of this film.  While nowhere as fluid as "The Cat Came Back," the animation does a great job at conveying the insanity of the situation in this short film.

The only problem that I had with this short was that I felt that most of the characters were very flat, with the Captain being the only character who had some personality.  I do love the fact that the Captain is constantly laughing throughout the short as it made him look like a madman and he brings some insanity to this short.  But the other characters don't really bring much to the story, other than the Fireman and the Rich Lady having a romance with each other.

Overall, "Runaway" is a very interesting animated short. Even though most of the characters, with the exception of the Captain, were pretty flat, the insanity of the train going out of control and the Fireman trying to prevent the train from crashing was really entertaining to watch and I would definitely recommend this short film!

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[TV SHOW REVIEW] The Bremen Town Musicians (1993)

 

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Title: The Bremen Town Musicians

Starring: Bob Hoskins

Genre: Comedy / Fantasy / Germany / Animals / Fairy Tale

Company: Rabbit Ears Productions

Directed by: John McCally

Year: 1993

MPAA Rating / TV Rating: N/A

Buy on:  Amazon

The story starts off with a donkey who has become so old that he can't do anymore work on the farm.  Because of this, the farmer decided to kill the donkey and when the donkey finds this out, he decided to run away from the farm and go out to the town of Bremen to start a musical band. Along the way, the donkey meets up with a dog, a cat and a rooster, who are all also running away from home and they all decided to form a band together.  But along the way, the four friends ended up coming to a den of robbers and they decided to try to sing to them in order to not be killed by them.

So, I've been familiar with the fairy tale "The Bremen Town Musicians" for years now and I was surprised that Rabbit Ears Productions actually made their own version of this classic fairy tale.  I really enjoyed the late Bob Hoskins' narration for this story.  To be honest, when I was younger, I only knew Bob Hoskins through "Who Framed Roger Rabbit" and there, he was able to pull off a fantastic American accent.  It was only when I watched "The Bremen Town Musicians" that I realized that Bob Hoskins is actually British.  Anyway, Bob Hoskins did a fantastic job at sounding so energetic with the characters, especially with the cocky rooster.  Another thing that I liked about this story was the music by Eugene Friesen. The music was very well done and I loved how kooky yet catchy the music sounds.  I also really enjoyed the story as it's rare to read a story about a bunch of animals trying to form a band together.

My only issue with this story was the artwork.  While I enjoyed David Johnson's artwork in other Rabbit Ears stories like "Thumbelina" and "The Boy Who Drew Cats," I felt that the artwork here was a bit too out of place with this story.  The artwork looked a bit too weird, what with the characters having cartoonish mismatched eyes on realistic bodies and that always made me feel a bit disturbed when watching this story.

Overall, even though the artwork clashes heavily with the story, this was such an enjoyable story to watch and anyone who is a huge fan of the Brothers Grimm classic fairy tale "The Bremen Town Musicians" will definitely enjoy this one!

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