Carlitopolis (2006)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Luis Nieto

Writer:

Luis Nieto (writer)

Genre:

Short | Comedy

Awards:

1 win

Cast

Carlito	...	Carlito
Luis Nieto	...	Professor Nieto

Runtime:

France:4 min

Country:

France

Language:

French

Color:

Color

Company:

Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (ENSAD)

I, Too, Expected A Bit More At The End

I have to agree with the other reviewers here that the ending was a disappointment, I was expecting something a little more dramatic, or humorous. Instead, I just wound up shrugging my shoulders and asking, a la Peggy Lee, "Is that all there is?" This is another sick humored entry in "The Animation Show" series, this one being available on the "Volume Three" DVD. Almost all of these are what you call "dark" humor. Most are quite clever. This is different in that it's half "real life" and half computer animated. The man is real; the mouse is not. Thank goodness for the latter, that he's not real although what happens to the little "Carlito" is fairly funny.

I'm sorry to see so many of these too-serious short films in this collection. The first two volumes were a lot more fun to watch, even though most of them featured dark humor. There is a difference between dark humor and/or wonderful creativity and simply a mean-spirited animated effort. The latter takes the enjoyment out of appreciating what good - such as original visuals - the author has offered us. This isn't as strong in that area as some of the others, but the lack of entertainment with a negative view of people and the world certainly is there. What happened to old-fashioned Bugs Bunny-type humor or animated shorts?