Pfffirate

This was a delightful little film.  Every object was some kind of blow-up balloon or float, even including the clouds and the water.  The whole look was very pleasing and quite complex and professional.  The fact that only three animators worked on it is simply amazing.  We talked about the water being a blown-up balloon-like surface and how this look is definitely better than say, life-like water would be.  In fact, this reminded me of a part I didn't care for in The Lego Movie (just one teensy part!).  And that is when their submarine dives underwater, the water is made to look real (liquid-like).  Before this scene, you see the top of the water is of course made of Lego.  Which was a brilliant idea.  It's just too bad they couldn't find a way to make the underwater part made of Lego as well.   Anyways, back to Pfffirate: I really loved the story here.  It was funny, and it was based on just one thing causing conflict throughout (as seems typical of most CG animation), and a hilarious kind of battle ensues.  Something CG animated shorts do so well is that they can take a simple scenario and create a whole story out of it, without the need for any dialogue.  This film is no exception.