Funny Doesn't Need to Be Difficult

Today’s collection of films really brightened my day. I haven’t laughed that hard at a film in quite a while. The Hell’s Kitchen and Pfffirate were my favorite ones. I completely agree with Professor Leeper that the stylized, simplified look was very effective. Something about the shallow set and simple characters just made it hilarious. I especially enjoyed the squeaky, rubbery animation of Pfffirate. It just added to the humor of the film. I found it interesting that it was slightly edgy at the beginning. Originally, I thought that this would be a children’s film; however, that was thrown out the window with the mermaid scene.

The Hell’s Kitchen on the other hand was perfected via comic timing. I also found it very effective that much of the destructive action was happening off screen. This made the revelation of the burning cars in the slow camera zoom out even funnier. However, I will say that I did not like the ridiculously long song and minimal animation at the end of the film. I honestly think that the film would have been so much better if it had just ended after tilting up and seeing the buildings. Regardless, the films were all hilarious, and I thoroughly enjoyed watching them.