Along with giving the world some of the best animated movies ever made, the fine folks at Pixar Entertainment have delighted fans with the addition of a separate short film as a prelude to the feature presentation. This excellent collection gives them a chance to stand on their own, which is both good and bad. The good comes when the creative teams at Pixar think outside the box to create a beautiful work of art, like they do with La Luna, the story of a young boy learning the family business, in this case catching falling stars to light the moon at night, or Presto, the tale of the rabbit getting his revenge on the magician who pulls him out of a hat every night. The bad comes when the films feel like little more than outtakes from or commercials for hit movies with established characters. Watching Toy Story’s Ken and Barbie go on their honeymoon in Hawaiian Vacation is amusing, but it doesn’t have the depth of story – or of art – that the more original pieces have. Still, even at its most complacent Pixar films are miles beyond the competition.
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