Horst in Translation ([email protected]) This 10-minute animated short film is a tale of revenge. A trio of small furry forest animals led by a sadistic squirrel keep bullying a huge harmony-loving rabbit. They keep throwing apples at him and kill the butterflies that he so much loves to watch. How mean. Halfway into the film, Big Buck has enough. He starts taking them out, one by one. This is probably not a short film for very young audiences as characters get killed on-screen. The best thing about it is probably the animation. The story isn't bad either, but it's a bit generic and not too memorable in my opinion. Also, quite brave of these small animals to constantly harass somebody five times their size. Or maybe I should say foolish. This is a Dutch production, but don't worry. There is no dialogue in here, so you don't need to be able to speak the language. It's the only work by writer and director Sacha Goedegebure so far, but I can see some talent here and hope he gets to make another film at some point. I recommend "Big Buck Bunny".

jprhedd Beautiful animation, decent music and put together beautifully but absolutely R rated for violence. This is a short toon of horrific violence and although initially I thought it would be nice for a child I rapidly changed my mind. Bullying is unacceptable in any form. I thought the lesson here was anti bullying but as things progressed I understood that the message was being delivered with a sledge hammer. Mayhem and murder are hardly a good way to combat bullying no matter what the size difference is. If you are interested in a cartoon for a child you might want to reconsider. Wish my parents had done that when I was a child and I was shown Animal Farm for the first time.

Good-Will I appreciate the work that went into this because the animation is truly excellent.It's just a massive shame that the animators spent so much time on such a facile plot.The freeware used is obviously great, but if seven people are going to spend seven months of their lives putting a short film together then I would have thought the starting point would be a good story.After ten minutes of this rubbish it was swiftly deleted from my hard drive.Nice try, but unfortunately no banana.Cheers, Will

theovosse OK, this movie is a bit different: it's licensed under "Creative Commons 3.0", so you are free to distribute it and to adapt/remix it. Nice, and it does have merit, as the visual and auditive part have been done with great attention to detail. Some people call it better than some of DreamWork's productions, I would call it on par. But still, that's a heck of a qualification for a labor of love and released for free.The down-side is that the movie is just uninteresting. It is just not funny, nor moving, nor interesting enough. Its plot is weak and predictable, and although the movie is 3D, the characters are truly flat. The only thing it has in abundance is cynicism. I'm not going to spoil the plot, but if you've seen one or two animation blockbusters, you've seen this one.