[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] Pop (1996)

 

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Title: Pop

Country: United Kingdom

Genre: Surrealism / Comedy

Company: Aardman Animations

Directed by: Sam Fell

Year: 1996

MPAA Rating / TV Rating: N/A

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The short starts off with a man who is waiting for a soda pop to come out of the machine, while his pet goldfish is getting irritated with being stuck inside a bowl.  But then, the soda finally comes out of the machine and the man is ready to drink the soda, until the soda starts shaking uncontrollably and it flies out of the man's hands and once it reaches the man, the results are explosive!

So recently, I started checking out some of Aardman Animation's older shorts that they made throughout the 1980s and 1990s and one of the shorts that I stumbled upon was "Pop." After I started watching this short, I was quite surprised by how bizarre this particular short was and I was even more surprised that this short came from Aardman Animations, of all animation studios!  When I think of Aardman Animations, I think mostly of "Wallace and Gromit" and "Shaun the Sheep," which are Aardman Animations' most popular animated series.  But I never knew that Aardman Animations had created several shorts in the past and now, I'm more interested in checking them all out!  "Pop" was a very interesting little, short film that was definitely one of the weirdest things that I have ever seen (which is really saying something as I've seen loads of weird shorts over the years).  What made this film so interesting to watch is that it manages to turn its simple premise about a man just wanting to drink a soda pop on its head in the weirdest way possible and I absolutely loved that about this film!  Another thing that I loved about this film were the bizarre designs of the characters.  Now sometimes, a character's design can be a make it or break it scenario for me, depending on how disturbing looking the designs are.  While the designs in this short are definitely creepy at times, I loved how weird the man and goldfish's faces were in this short and I especially loved the bizarre backgrounds in this short as they really made this short stand out from any other short that I have seen!

I don't really have that many issues with this short, but sometimes the designs of the characters can come off as being a bit creepy, especially with the man's eyes being heavily mismatched in some scenes.

Overall, "Pop" is a very intriguing and bizarre short that fans of Aardman Animations will definitely be interested in.  If you are interested in checking out more of Aardman Animations' shorts, then I would definitely give "Pop" a watch!

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• Slow Bob in the Lower Dimensions

• Quasi at the Quackadero

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[SHORTS REVIEW] Unedited Footage of a Bear (2014)

 

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Title: Unedited Footage of a Bear

Genre: Horror / Surrealism / Fantasy / Drama

Company: Adult Swim

Directed by: Alan Resnick   

Year: 2014

MPAA Rating / TV Rating: TV MA

Buy on:  N/A

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The short starts off with some cameramen filming a bear out in the wild.  But then suddenly, the short switches to a commercial called "Claridryl" and the commercial shows a woman named Donna taking the prescription drug and saying that her life has been better ever since she took Claridryl.  But then, the short starts to become a bit dark as Donna starts to see an evil version of herself out in the streets and her evil self tries to attack the real Donna.  Once Evil Donna leaves the real Donna in the streets, things take a dark turn once Evil Donna takes over Donna's life.

So, after I watched TOO MANY COOKS, I wanted to check out more of Adult Swim's Informercial series and man, was "Unedited Footage of a Bear" a wild ride!  Unlike "Too Many Cooks," "Unedited Footage of a Bear" doesn't have that much humor in the story, as the story is about a woman dealing with the side effects of the Claridryl drug and how it has a negative impact on her life.  What I really loved about this short was how the story switched from being about a bear to being about a woman dealing with a drug addiction.  This sudden switch in the story really made this short so interesting to watch and I was actually shocked by how dark this short got once Donna's hallucinations got worse as the short goes on.  This was also one of the weirdest shorts I've seen, besides "Too Many Cooks," as we, the audience, can't really tell what's real and what's not real as Donna starts hallucinating everything going on and we can't tell if the actions that she has committed throughout this short was really Evil Donna's doing or her own doing.  I also loved the fact that this short shows the realistic side effects of drug addiction (albeit in a weird way) as it's rare to see a short that parodies commercials tackle such a tough subject in such a creepy and effective way.

My main issue with this short was that it was pretty confusing.  I understand that this short is probably looking into Donna's madness as she becomes addicted to Claridryl.  But at times, I can't tell what's really going on with the story.  Like, is Evil Donna real or is she a figment of Donna's imagination and Donna was the one who was committing the horrible acts throughout this short?

Overall, "Unedited Footage of a Bear" is one of the most intriguing and dark shorts ever created by Adult Swim.  I would recommend this short film if you were a fan of "Too Many Cooks" and you want to watch another Adult Swim informercial that has a dark twist to the story.

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