Top 5 Pixar Shorts

 Feeling a lot of love for shorts recently and Pixar release a short film with every new theatrical release. I'm not too thrilled by the fact that a lot of the stuff they have lined up are sequels but we shall wait and see.

Anyways in celebration here are my 5 best Pixar shorts starting with:

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Luxo Jr. (1986)

The short film that gave Pixar it's trademark logo. What's great is you can see the early stages of the techniques that make Pixar great. Two lamps with more expressiveness and personality than some other animated characters. A forerunner of Wall-E? Interestingly this is actually the second ever Pixar short, they released The Adventures of Andre and Wally B. (1984) back before they were a separate company and took the name Pixar, when they were an affiliate of Lucas Arts.

La Luna (2012)

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Because it's adorable okay. But also because it shows how far the technology has come without abandoning any whimsy. And it is super adorable.

Boundin' (2003)

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Because bald sheep are funny. It's also one of the few Pixar shorts with dialogue, a wonderfully lyrical poem as narration.

Tin Toy (1988)

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Okay so the baby is probably the scariest thing you will ever see in your life but the main character is is fully of personality and the joke at the end is a great payoff.

For the Birds (2000)

It was a toss up between this and Geri's Game (1997) but I went for this one purely for the satisfaction the audience gets when those nasty little birds get their comeuppance for their treatment of the big bird. Plus the sight of the featherless birds plopping to the ground is hilarious.