
The humour is light and is not the constant laugh-a-minute type, but what there is is subtle and genuinely funny. 'Piper' to me is the most successful of the Pixar shorts since 'Presto' at all three. Pixar excels better than most companies in combining humour and pathos, not only achieving an ideal balance of the two executing both beautifully. Also splendid is the music score, which enhances every scene and action and sears powerfully in emotion without resorting to use of a repetitive song or something. One of the most visually detailed and real of all the recent Pixar short films. The animation is rich in gorgeous, vibrant colour and even richer in meticulous in detail, the titular character is both cute and impressively real. Not just that, but perhaps the best Pixar short film since 'Presto'(which accompanied 'WALL'E' back in 2008, and this reviewer has enjoyed to loved all the Pixar short films) and even better than the still very enjoyable 'Finding Dory'. And on top of everything else it's fitting to pair this with Finding Dory, which is all about taking on the odds against you to do what isn't expected - or, to put it another way, going past the limits of what is possible naturally.

Like many of Pixar's shorts it has a lot more depth than can be expected in a short running time, and the unique aspect to this is how the birds and ocean moves so closely as to how in life that it's only incredible that it wasn't done via digital-rendering on actual birds and clams and crabs and so on. It's an inspiring story that shows kids that if there's a little perseverance through the harsh waters that you can come out with something you didn't expect to get. But the tide might come and sweep the bird away or back into looking like a messed-up little thing.

Make your Oscar predictions now change them until Feb. They compete at the Oscars against “Blind Vaysha,” “Borrowed Time,” “Pear Cider and Cigarettes,” and “Pearl.” “I started trying to dig out that in the story, and be as honest as I could about that.”īarillaro is a Pixar veteran of almost 20 years, working on such classics as “A Bug’s Life” (1998), “Monsters, Inc.” (2001), “Finding Nemo” (2003), “The Incredibles” (2004), “Wall-E” (2008), and “Brave” (2012). He shares this nomination with Marc Sondheimer. “It started to become a story about my own kids, and my own fears as a parent,” he reveals. The film started as little more than a side-project for the animator, before evolving into something more personal.
