mihai_chindris
Creativity is the core key to stand out in today's world. Pixar knows that. Ideas are flourishing from it and they come into existence like bold and strong animations that take your breath away. I think this movie just tries to say to us that we should find our true friends and never leave them, cause they're our "day & night"
Stompgal_87
I remember seeing this short at the cinema when I saw 'Toy Story 3 (Pixar's best film so far) with one of the support workers (who found the characters cute) from my former care home and it is one of the best Pixar shorts I have ever seen.The character designs were reminiscent of earlier Disney animations and I liked how the 3D animations represented the characters' actions such as a small waterfall to signify Day relieving himself, Night's annoyance of the pool being shut when he stands in front of it and both characters coming together as one when Day's sun sets and Night's sun rises. I also liked the changes of music to match the different actions and how the characters started to get along about halfway through.Overall, this is a visual treat that is every bit as entertaining as the film it preceded. 10/10.
dottyjyoung
I've been a huge fan of Teddy Newton since I saw his amazing collages on the "Incredibles" special features. I'm a mixed-media/collage artist myself, and I wanted to hang his art on my wall with spotlights and background music. :) He's incredibly talented, and I'm thrilled that he got to direct a short.The concept and the characters were absolutely precious. However, do we HAVE to have another movie/cartoon/kids show about the virtues of tolerance and understanding? I can't keep PBS Kids on the TV without my kids being spoon-fed "tolerance" in 100 different ways. It's apparently one of the highest virtues possible, other than caring for the environment. /sarc.Plus, a lesson on the evils of preconceived notions just feels like cheesy story-telling. I remember on the commentary for "One Man Band," the directors said (in essence), "We thought about having the two work together at the end, but we found out that working together just isn't very *funny.*" If story is built on conflict, and yet your story tries to teach us that conflict could be avoided with just a little more understanding, it stops being a story! It starts being a sermon. (Side note: The reason why I hate Christian movies is because they're 99% sermons, and sacrifice story on the altar of persuasion. I really hope Pixar doesn't take that route in the secular world.) I hope Teddy Newton directs again soon. I love his work. I just don't like being preached at.
boblipton
While other animation studios these days concentrate on features, Pixar likes to remember that it is a cartoon factory and continues to precede each theatrical feature with a short subject. DAY AND NIGHT, the latest, was released along with Pixar's TOY STORY THREE.While Pixar's features -- and those of its competitors' -- become ever more sophisticated in their uses of computer animation to facilitate their stories, their short subjects have been becoming more cartoony. Their last short, PRESTO, recalled Tex Avery. This one suggests the sort of loose animation style favored by UPA, as one cloudy mass containing daylight scenes bumps into another cloudy mass containing night time scenes. The clouds' outlines are vague, populated by the highly detailed visions one expects of Pixar; but while the interiors show their natures, it is the vague outlines that carry the story -- and their characters.Fpr a student of animation, it is a typical Pixar delight. Thanks for keeping the short movie cartoon alive, guys.
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