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The second in the Animation Show's theatrical anthology series of the world's greatest animated short films; featuring Don Hertzfeldt's "The Meaning of Life" and Bill Plympton's "Guard Dog". full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Mike Judge and Don Hertzfeldt Present: The Animation Show 2005 (USA) (poster title)The Animation Show 2 (USA)
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It pains me to write a mediocre review of this animation collection, but compared to the first year's collection, this batch doesn't measure up.
The first Animation Show collection had a good balance between technically-interesting animation and shorts that were down-right entertaining. It was so good I saw it three times in the theater, was on the waiting list for the first round of the DVD release, and have since shown it in my home theater to friends numerous times. Naturally, I was very eager to see the 2005 collection.
This year's show favored shorts that were remarkable for the technical superiority of the animation techniques, unfortunately at the expense of including many shorts with actual entertainment value. Are these shorts works of art? Undoubtedly, but I have a feeling they won't achieve anywhere near the cult-status of many of the shorts in the first collection.
The only exception to my observation was Bill Plympton's "Guard Dog." Despite not being a fan of Bill Plympton, I found this short to be pretty good and worthy of a few chuckles, even if it was predictable.