Score: 8
"I laughed, I cried, I sat rapt with attention..."
date: October 22, 2009
Emotionally captivating and spiritually enthralling. The blubber motion makes a screen unlike anything I've seen since Antonio Banderas starred in that one famous movie too long ago.
The epic struggle between good and evil has never been so well presented. The coke (symbolizing the devil) struggles within the grasp of a being so well poised to continue walking along a 2-dimensional path that it seems the true battle may well only exist within out own minds. Then the flash reminds us via the ever-so subtle passing background tree that we too are intrinsically frail and could never hope to rise above the mundaneness of a sun with a smiley face and it's tongue hanging out unless we have the power of the sidewalk to assist us in our journey.
I had to dock 2 points off the overall score due to the fact that the cola drink had a straw in it while obviously being a red can container, which would naturally not require a straw. Also, the tiny umbrella was frumpy. But on the whole I think you showed an extraordinary amount of potential. The music worked well to support the animation in general.
October 24, 2009
Author's Response:
it took like 5 years of the fine art of movie-studies at the university to get where i am today. his flash shows off everything i've learned, and a little more... i'm glad you could notice most of what i tried to communicate with this artwork. god bless you!