Creature Comforts

Rating:
Summary: GREAT STUFF....BAD DVD!!!!
Review: Any fan of Nick Park and Aardman studio would expect so much from a dvd like this which unfortunately disappoints badly in all respects.

Beware!!!!! The dvd consists ONLY four short films from aardman. Other than the ever popular, groundbreaking short claymation "creature comforts" which also won Nick Park his very first academy award, there's "wat's pig", academy award nominated "adam" and "not without my handbag". The running time of the disc is barely half an hour. Forget about any extras on the disc, the sound and picture quality is just not of a dvd.

There's much much more about three time academy award winner Nick Park and Aardman studio than just these four shorts! Those who have a multiregion dvd player or watch dvds from different region on their pc, have a brilliant option of buying a dvd named "AARDMAN CLASSICS" from region 2 (also available from AMAZON.CO.UK). It has an astounding 31 (yes!!!!) short films by Aardman, including the four mentioned earlier. It also includes a behind the scenes commentary and directors and animators biographies. It is a real complete collection of award winning short films from aardman studio on one dvd.

Inspite of the four great films it consists, "creature comforts" dvd is just not worth your money. Getting "wallace and gromit" or "chicken run" on dvd would be a much better idea.

Rating:
Summary: Mixed Bag
Review: This collection of pre-"Chicken Run" and "Wallace and Gromit" cartoons by Nick Park and Peter Lord (for Aardman Animation) is something of a mixed bag. There are two genuine masterpieces, a complete misfire, and a slightly mediocre one.
"Creature Comforts" is the best short here. It's a wonderful mockumentary where animals in the zoo are interviewed about how much they like their atmosphere. "Not Without My Handbag" is the second best, a brilliant weird short about a woman who's come back from hell to retrieve her handbag. "Adam" is the third best. It's a short about the first man on Earth (an anatomically correct Adam). While some of Adam's bits of business are amusing, it's not as interesting a piece as it should be. Last and least is "Wat's Pig", a very dull story about seperated twins (one of them has the title pig. That pig is the short's main asset.)
The DVD has plenty of wear and tear and the colours look a little muted. The picture is, however, pretty sharp. "Creature Comforts" is letterboxed (1.85:1). There are no extras, but that's not surprising.