Today, our second day at Sundance, I had the chance to go pick out any movie that was showing today (aand still had available tickets) and go see it. I opted to go see one of the shorts programs, because I love short movies and had no clue what i would be seeing. I really like short films, because they offer a lot of freedom to the filmmakers, because they can be much more abstract and experimental and aren’t quite as tied to plot as full length films. The shorts program that was playing was the fourth one, and I must say that it was very good. All of the films were definitely worth watching and were all very diverse in their subject matter.

The first short that played was The Attack of the Robots from Nebula-5, which was about a teenage boy who swears that robots came and warned him of an impending robot attack, which only he can stop by convincing the world that at 4:50 they must be in a designated place, so as to be spared. The humor was very offbeat and elicited many laughs from the crowd. It was shot incredibly well, all in black and white, often revealing a lot of the hilarity in this situation, as well as some sadness. Though it was a little shorter than expected, it was still very good. (more…)