{"id":7590,"date":"2018-02-12T15:06:22","date_gmt":"2018-02-12T21:06:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/?p=7590"},"modified":"2018-08-20T16:11:03","modified_gmt":"2018-08-20T21:11:03","slug":"academy-award-animated-shorts-2018","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/academy-award-animated-shorts-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"Worst to best, the 2018 Oscar-nominated animated shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s February, which means we\u2019re in the thick of Oscar season \u2014 which means we\u2019re in the thick of entertainment sites and publications bickering over who got snubbed and which major-category actors and films deserve this or that. They are, at the very least, definitely arguing over the snubs.<\/p>\n<p>Right now, we\u2019re concerned with this year\u2019s Academy Award for Best Animated Short Film, a category featuring films that run fewer than 40 minutes. We\u2019ve watched each of the nominees and ranked them from worst to best. All five are currently screening together\u00a0at Madison\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/sundance-amc-madison-alternative-names\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AMC Movie Hole<\/a>\u00a0(along with\u00a0three other shorts\u00a0for a\u00a0grand total of 83 minutes).\u00a0Many of them are quite good; Kobe Bryant\u2019s is not.<\/p>\n<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7592\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7592\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7592 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DearBasketball.jpg\" alt=\"Dear Basketball\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DearBasketball.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DearBasketball-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DearBasketball-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/DearBasketball-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7592\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Believe Entertainment Group<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Dear Basketball<\/h2>\n<p><em>6 minutes, United States<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Dear Basketball<\/em> is an animated version of Bryant\u2019s 2015 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theplayerstribune.com\/dear-basketball\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">retirement poem<\/a> of the same name. The short looks lifeless and sounds like copy from a commercial, which, for Bryant, isn\u2019t surprising: The longtime Los Angeles Laker has been <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/magazine\/2014\/03\/31\/the-fourth-quarter\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">carefully<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/bleacherreport.com\/articles\/2749744-kobe-bryant-explains-his-jersey-numbers-ahead-of-lakers-retirement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">rebranding<\/a> his image since 2003, when he was accused of sexually assaulting a 19-year-old woman in Colorado. What is surprising? That this was nominated for an Oscar.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7593\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7593\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7593 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RevoltingRhymes.jpg\" alt=\"Revolting Rhymes\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RevoltingRhymes.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RevoltingRhymes-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RevoltingRhymes-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/RevoltingRhymes-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7593\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Magic Light Pictures<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Revolting Rhymes<\/h2>\n<p><em>29 minutes, United Kingdom<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This take on Roald Dahl\u2019s late-career collection originally aired on the BBC as a two-part special. The short, which centers on a vengeful wolf narrating an amalgamation of fairy tales, had me rolling my eyes and applauding its wit in equal measure. Stubbornly, you\u2019re left hanging at the most suspenseful moment because the second segment isn\u2019t among the nominees. Both parts of <em>Revolting Rhymes<\/em> are, however, currently streaming <a href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/title\/80234290\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">on Netflix<\/a>.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7594\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7594\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7594 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Lou2.jpg\" alt=\"Lou\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Lou2.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Lou2-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Lou2-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/Lou2-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7594\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pixar Animation Studios<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Lou<\/h2>\n<p><em>7 minutes, United States<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Lou<\/em> is Pixar\u2019s Oscar pick. Like most films that the animation behemoth spits out, the short is clever, touching and moralistic. In this one, a pile of lost-and-found scrap teaches a boy that being a bully is just no good. But while enjoyable, <em>Lou<\/em> doesn\u2019t quite reach the heights we know Pixar can hit.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7595\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7595\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7595 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GardenParty.jpg\" alt=\"Garden Party\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GardenParty.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GardenParty-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GardenParty-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/GardenParty-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7595\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">MoPA &#8211; L&#8217;\u00c9cole de la 3D<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Garden Party<\/h2>\n<p><em>7 minutes, France<\/em><\/p>\n<p>There isn\u2019t much plot to take in here, even for a short: Frogs have a field day in an abandoned mansion. But <em>Garden Party<\/em> radically shifts in tone as it progresses, morphing into something much grimmer than it initially appeared to be.<span class=\"\" style=\"display:block;clear:both;height: 0px;padding-top: 20px;border-top-width:0px;border-bottom-width:0px;\"><\/span>\n<figure id=\"attachment_7596\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-7596\" style=\"width: 1920px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-7596 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NegativeSpace.jpg\" alt=\"Negative Space\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NegativeSpace.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NegativeSpace-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NegativeSpace-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.thebozho.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/02\/NegativeSpace-1024x576.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-7596\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">IKKI Films<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2>Negative Space<\/h2>\n<p><em>5 minutes, France<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Negative Space<\/em> is a stop-motion piece about a son packing suitcases just the way his dad likes them. Its narration reads like a poem, and its score sounds like <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=dp_uq5mHOD8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stars of the Lid<\/a>. It looks effortless, though you know it was hell to assemble. And it strays from stepping in a pile of emotional sap just when you think it might end that way. It\u2019s the best short of the bunch.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s February, which means we\u2019re in the thick of Oscar season \u2014 which means we\u2019re in the thick of entertainment sites and publications bickering over who got snubbed and which [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":7591,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5155],"tags":[5369,382,19,5370,377,3341,5373,5371,5372,5374],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v18.3 (Yoast SEO v18.5.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Worst to best, the 2018 Oscar-nominated animated shorts | The Bozho<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We&#039;ve watched all five of this year&#039;s Academy Award nominees for Best Animated Short Film. 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