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Guys, after all of the nightmares and the debates over what is the what, it is Friday after all, and we deserve a wonderful treat, don’t we? Treat! Treat! Wonderful treat! After the jump, I have posted a short animated film called Out of Sight by Ya-ting Yu, Yeh Ya-hsuan, and Chung Ling from the National Taiwan University of Arts. (Not to be confused with the short animated film Out of Sight by Steven Soderbergh starring George Clooney and Jennifer Lopez, which is also actually really good and way better than an action-comedy-thriller needs to be and I would like to rewatch it again because it has been a long time.) It is very cute! It is kind of like a Hayao Miyazaki movie, and those movies are great. (Although to be honest, I didn’t love Ponyo. The ending was too facile!) Just to stave off any garbage comments at the pass, yes, this was uploaded to the Internet in 2010, and yes, it already has well over a million views, and if those are your qualifications for whether or not something is worth (not worth) watching or talking about, then I suggest you find another website, my friend. Or at least hush. The world can’t all be iPad 2′s and Latest Bloopers. Sometimes it takes time for the good stuff to get to us. Doesn’t make it any less enjoyable.
See? Good. We earned it! (Via TheUniblog.)
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Out Of Sight was based on an Elmore Leonard novel. He has got to have more books made into movies than any other author, and they almost always are a lot better than they should be. Except for Be Cool. But we’ll pretend that never happened.
True story: I just put the bookmark in my copy of Elmore Leonard’s 1996 classic, Out of Sight (later adapted into film by Soderberg) to check Videogum. #coincidencegum (or #TwilightZonegum)
True story: I had no idea that bookmarks are a thing that people actually use. I thought it was one of those things like egg slicers, everybody has them, but nobody actually uses them. Or maybe I just do not make enough salads.
Where do you live that everyone you know has egg slicers? I barely have spoons and drink wine out of coffee mugs.
I drink my wine out of soda cans. It’s great–no one judges you for drinking it all day and your hands are free to gesture wildly while talking.
Frank? Is that you?
I have no idea why I did not see that one coming. Well played, sir.
I guess you’re a “page folder”, huh? You make me sick*
*you don’t actually make me sick
I am PROUD to be a page folder. At least I don’t go the route of my weird aunt, who tears off a piece of toilet paper and sticks it in the book as a bookmark. Who does that?!
I picture you aunt as maybe a faceburrito or a facechalupa. Am I close?
She used to be a facetostada, but she was in a pretty rough car accident, so now she’s a facenachos.
Does no one else try to remember the page number they were on? I do that every time even though it causes me to reread or unread (is this even possible?) parts of every book I read. I will do it no other way. Mainly because I am a combination of stubborn and lazy.
just finish the chapter you’re on.
*lights and sirens go off as new idea no one has ever thought of ever is announced*
You know what else was adapted from an Elmore Leonard story? Justified. Now if only there was a site that people wanted to see more TV recaps on run by a blogger who loves the show…
I’m sorry did you say Game of Thrones recaps? I couldn’t quite tell, but it sounded like Game of Thrones recaps. Game of..? Hmm? Thrones? Recaps? Right, yes. Do that please.
Anything involving a dog going missing makes me get such a sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. (True story, I was in agony during Anchorman when Baxter gets punted of the bridge that I didn’t laugh at all between the time we goes missing until the time he comes back. I had to go back and rewatch the movie gain with the knowledge that he was safe. Also, Wendy and Lucy just about killed me.)
Point is, my office got very dusty at the end of this lil video.
Wendy and Lucy = one of the saddest things I’ve ever watched in my life. I don’t think I could ever watch it again.
Thanks for reminding of that movie–I’ll be locked in the closet sobbing if anyone needs me.
Oh noooo, Wendy and Lucy. I watched it with a friend who got it because the cover said it was ‘uplifting’ or something otherwise completely misleading. I spent the entire movie trying to pretend I wasn’t crying, being like I HAVE ALL THE THINGS IN MY EYES. Also, my dog had died earlier that year. So much fun.
Thank god I’m not the only one who gets ridiculously upset over things that are just fiction and also are not supposed to be upsetting. Don’t know why, but infidelity does it to me every time. I’ve never even had anybody cheat on me (to my knowledge), but watching anything where adultery is meant to be funny or light-hearted, it just makes me very uncomfortable and not want to continue watching whatever I am watching.
I feel that way about any movie or news story about a child getting lost or kidnapped. It makes me sick to think about it.
I still cry at the Fox & the Hound. And to think it is Mickey Rooney and Kurt Russell behind those voices – who knew The Wrestler and Captain Ron were such softies!
Mickey Rooney was always trying to wrestle with Judy Garland. While Mickey Rourke and Kim Basinger were always looking for an empty barn so they could put on a show.
I am both completely charmed by this and outraged by the actions of a fake animated criminal. Bad show, fake animated criminal! Your fake animated mother would be ashamed!
“Bad show” made me think of “bad form” which then made me think of Hook and so you get this
I couldn’t help but notice that this film’s birthday is coming up this summer and, on that day, I plan on taking it out to the driveway where a shiny, new bicycle will be waiting for it–because it’s been so good.
This is almost as adorable as the video. I want to knit you all sweaters, but it is June, so a sweater would probably not be appreciated.
This is nice. I appreciate you guys taking the site in this direction from time to time.
It’s not like they have a choice, really. Just ask any Traflamadorian.
I too love Out Of Sight, also known as the movie in which Jennifer Lopez used up all of her acting ability.
Someone hasn’t seen Maid In Manhattan.
That person is not me. I saw that movie in theaters for some reason
This Video = Jon Hamm
The Last Video = Ben Affleck
See what I did there? Yeah, you see.
Very sweet! Kelly, when you get your dog you need to name him Gogo. He’ll save your purse some day.
Awww, it’s a testament to how cute this short is that a little blind (?) girl repeatedly runs face-first into stuff and it ends up coming off as endearing, not terrible.
That dog was a badass. Coco is good irl and in cartoon dog form
I really enjoyed this!
Not that I need other people to validate my opinions, but I guess I need other people to validate my opinions, because it’s nice to know that other people like Out of Sight. However, I’m pretty sure that the Jennifer Lopez in the movie is a replicant that Jlo Mk II destroyed as a threat to her “musical” empire.
oh yeah, good one.
it got me
I like the smell of bread preceding their existence.