An impressive short by Richard Williams (Director of the 1971 animated short version of "A Christmas Carol" and "The Thief and the Cobbler")
Visually speaking, "Prologue" is simply breathtaking, having some of the most gorgeous animation I have seen in the recent years, with an outstanding level of realism and intensity.
Even when some viewers could see this as an exercise of "style over substance", the style in question is so wonderfully done that it is more than enough to justify its viewing.
A short like this couldn't be done with CGI. It simply wouldn't be the same, and certainly, it wouldn't have the same artistic merit.
"Prologue" deserved a better reception, in my opinion. I guess the violent and overall dark tone of the plot (This isn't a lighthearted, "feel-good" short like the ones made by Disney or Pixar) in't exactly everyone's cup of tea, but I will never be able to understand why this only has a 6.3 score on IMDb while a completely unremarkable short like "Kiwi!" has 8.2.
Visually speaking, "Prologue" is simply breathtaking, having some of the most gorgeous animation I have seen in the recent years, with an outstanding level of realism and intensity.
Even when some viewers could see this as an exercise of "style over substance", the style in question is so wonderfully done that it is more than enough to justify its viewing.
A short like this couldn't be done with CGI. It simply wouldn't be the same, and certainly, it wouldn't have the same artistic merit.
"Prologue" deserved a better reception, in my opinion. I guess the violent and overall dark tone of the plot (This isn't a lighthearted, "feel-good" short like the ones made by Disney or Pixar) in't exactly everyone's cup of tea, but I will never be able to understand why this only has a 6.3 score on IMDb while a completely unremarkable short like "Kiwi!" has 8.2.