Every year I look forward to the Oscars, and then the actual ceremony is underwhelming, pompous, and overlong. There will be multiple digressions so that all of Hollywood can pat itself on the back, and many deserving films will be shut out because they didn't bother to go on the Oscar campaign trail and bribe Academy voters. But if you keep your focus squarely on the nominated movies and avoid all the background noise, you'll discover some gems.
I already discussed Paperman, nominated for Best Animated Short Film, and that same category features Fresh Guacamole, which has the distinction of being the shortest movie ever nominated for an Oscar. It is a delicious movie, silly and imaginative, showcasing all the bizarre and wonderful things that stop-motion animation can do. It features a simple premise about someone making a bowl of guacamole out of a series of weird ingredients. The avocado is actually a grenade, the onion is a baseball, and a golf ball is juiced as a lime. And all these seemingly unappetizing ingredients are tossed together to make the most delicious bowl of guacamole you'll ever see.
Fresh Guacomole is not just a visual experience. It seems to involve all your senses, where you can almost feel the squishy red dice tomatoes or taste the buttery creaminess of that avocado grenade. It's a delightful little film and I would have never seen it if it had not been nominated for an Oscar. So this Sunday when the Oscars are stumbling into their fourth hour and getting progressively more tedious, just remember that occasionally they do nominate some great work that showcases the whimsy and creativity of filmmaking.
I already discussed Paperman, nominated for Best Animated Short Film, and that same category features Fresh Guacamole, which has the distinction of being the shortest movie ever nominated for an Oscar. It is a delicious movie, silly and imaginative, showcasing all the bizarre and wonderful things that stop-motion animation can do. It features a simple premise about someone making a bowl of guacamole out of a series of weird ingredients. The avocado is actually a grenade, the onion is a baseball, and a golf ball is juiced as a lime. And all these seemingly unappetizing ingredients are tossed together to make the most delicious bowl of guacamole you'll ever see.
Fresh Guacomole is not just a visual experience. It seems to involve all your senses, where you can almost feel the squishy red dice tomatoes or taste the buttery creaminess of that avocado grenade. It's a delightful little film and I would have never seen it if it had not been nominated for an Oscar. So this Sunday when the Oscars are stumbling into their fourth hour and getting progressively more tedious, just remember that occasionally they do nominate some great work that showcases the whimsy and creativity of filmmaking.
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