I started watching this movie with no expectations, but it was a surprise to me. Plot was a bit confusing and they could have made it even more interesting. Storyline was good and acting was incredible. Reason for deduction of stars:
* 1 star deduction for its elongated story
* 1 start deduction for making a interesting storyline boring at some part of movie
* 1 star deduction for making the movie confusing
* 1 star deduction for its bad graphics
* 1 star deduction for spoiling a very good concept
4 Reviews
a world
Kirpianuscus15 November 2017
...escaping from the frame of our perspectives. or definitions. or expectations. a remarkable film. for remind. for reflect. as confession about an empty universe, webs of fears, mix of reality and imaginary challenges. and this does it a must see. not for understand. not exactly for the admirable artistic virtues. but as a kind of stop of time. for reflect, for see around yourself, for feel a form of darkness out of descriptions. and it is enough.
What?
I_Ailurophile17 April 2021
Am I missing something? I feel like I'm missing something.
I don't enjoy holding films in poor regard. Folks behind any production work very hard, and maybe the movie just isn't for me. But I find this altogether mysterious.
I can't say I like the visual style, though I can look past it if the content is worthwhile otherwise. But the best I can say is that the basic concept, of a person in their apartment, holds some promise. In my mind, it all falls apart from there - but what is the "it" that is falling apart? What is 'In the tall grass' trying to convey?
I've watched a fair number of full-length features that toyed with unconventional narratives, and enjoyed them; I've watched a fair number of short films with minimal to no plot, where the content is largely open to interpretation, and at least found them interesting if I didn't quite enjoy them. This, however, is pedestrian. It gives us an 8-minute sequence of images that have no plot, and no meaning I can discern. The video's description waxes poetic about the artistic intent behind the short, but I read it and think to myself, "This paragraph is surely talking about an entirely different film, right?"
The result is what seems like what could have been a proof of concept for a longer, bolder feature, or with these graphics, maybe a survival horror videogame. Some grass, a swing, a box, a creepy kid, changes in surroundings - these are things one can work with. They do not inherently constitute a worthy picture - not if there is no connection, no active events for them to have a part in. If I recounted, in great detail, the entirety of these 8 minutes, I still would not admit to spoilers, because I don't think there's anything to be spoiled.
I trust that the folks behind 'In the tall grass' have grown in their careers and found success elsewhere. I think they're probably all very skilled people with great ideas. But you couldn't tell from this.
I don't enjoy holding films in poor regard. Folks behind any production work very hard, and maybe the movie just isn't for me. But I find this altogether mysterious.
I can't say I like the visual style, though I can look past it if the content is worthwhile otherwise. But the best I can say is that the basic concept, of a person in their apartment, holds some promise. In my mind, it all falls apart from there - but what is the "it" that is falling apart? What is 'In the tall grass' trying to convey?
I've watched a fair number of full-length features that toyed with unconventional narratives, and enjoyed them; I've watched a fair number of short films with minimal to no plot, where the content is largely open to interpretation, and at least found them interesting if I didn't quite enjoy them. This, however, is pedestrian. It gives us an 8-minute sequence of images that have no plot, and no meaning I can discern. The video's description waxes poetic about the artistic intent behind the short, but I read it and think to myself, "This paragraph is surely talking about an entirely different film, right?"
The result is what seems like what could have been a proof of concept for a longer, bolder feature, or with these graphics, maybe a survival horror videogame. Some grass, a swing, a box, a creepy kid, changes in surroundings - these are things one can work with. They do not inherently constitute a worthy picture - not if there is no connection, no active events for them to have a part in. If I recounted, in great detail, the entirety of these 8 minutes, I still would not admit to spoilers, because I don't think there's anything to be spoiled.
I trust that the folks behind 'In the tall grass' have grown in their careers and found success elsewhere. I think they're probably all very skilled people with great ideas. But you couldn't tell from this.
An eerie, underrated short
Rectangular_businessman10 October 2023
Warning: Spoilers
The reviews are not very positive, and I can see why.
Not only the animation is kinda "ugly" looking, but also the plot is frankly confusing and hard to get at first glance.
Personally, I liked the visual style used here, despite its apparent "ugliness". Frankly, the gritty look from this short (Which predates stuff like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem) fits the plot much better than a polished aesthetic.
As for the story, there was a vague (but very dark) implication, which seems to be confirmed by the plot summary claiming the main character was "mentally deviated" and how "He either win this battle or will be condemned forever".
What the final scene seems to imply is that the main character lost the battle against his inner darkness. (Notice how he holds in his hand one of the shoes wore by the little girl living next door)
The man has killed the little girl.
The "tall grass" mentioned by the title is the place where this horrific crime has been committed.
Without showing anything, the feel of horror from this short is entirely implicit, but effectively haunting.
This is not a tale of any kind of supernatural horror, but about the demons from the human mind. It's about the evils an apparently "ordinary" person is able to do.
Not only the animation is kinda "ugly" looking, but also the plot is frankly confusing and hard to get at first glance.
Personally, I liked the visual style used here, despite its apparent "ugliness". Frankly, the gritty look from this short (Which predates stuff like Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem) fits the plot much better than a polished aesthetic.
As for the story, there was a vague (but very dark) implication, which seems to be confirmed by the plot summary claiming the main character was "mentally deviated" and how "He either win this battle or will be condemned forever".
What the final scene seems to imply is that the main character lost the battle against his inner darkness. (Notice how he holds in his hand one of the shoes wore by the little girl living next door)
The man has killed the little girl.
The "tall grass" mentioned by the title is the place where this horrific crime has been committed.
Without showing anything, the feel of horror from this short is entirely implicit, but effectively haunting.
This is not a tale of any kind of supernatural horror, but about the demons from the human mind. It's about the evils an apparently "ordinary" person is able to do.
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