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The story follows the love story of two volcanoes, Uku and Lele. It features a song, "Lava", which is written by Murphy and performed by Kuana Torres Kahele and Napua Greig, who voice the two volcanoes.
Lava
2014 Directed by James Ford Murphy
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ВулкоПісня, 熔岩, Pixar - Lava, みなみのしまのラブソング
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Watched this on an iPhone while inhaling two rubbery 75¢ hot dogs without condiments in an Ikea parking lot.
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I bet Ringo Starr loves the shit out of this. He probably sat there watching the movie and nudging his friends in the side with the biggest grin on his face. "Ahhh, they LAVA each other", he says at the close of the short film.
When he arrives home later that night he begins to compose a rock opera on the love of Volcanoes because he is so touched by the great act of love between these two mountains.
Paul McCartney gets a phone call at 1 AM from an exceedingly excited Ringo Starr, and he sits there politely listening to his friend recount the story of the movie he just saw and offers to listen to the first few ideas for songs he has for his album of Lava love songs.
Hours later, Paul and Ringo end their conversation. Paul flicks off his bedside lamp and utters into the darkness one phrase.
"Jesus fucking christ"
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Those two volcanoes banged and gave birth to Te Fiti. This was all a prequel to Moana
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It's a good thing the lady volcano has boobs and long hair otherwise we might not know she's a lady.
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Easily one of the weirdest shorts I've ever seen. I've been debating for the past few days on whether I even liked it or not, and although it is quite annoying in stretches, I found the film as a whole to be sweet and calming in the best way.
Several compositions in Lava are absolutely stunning, and with the combination of the miraculous animation, the finished product looks gorgeous. Although I don't want that song stuck in my head, I can't wait to watch this again just for some of the most haunting imagery in a Pixar short.
Also, the majority of my audience was crying by the end of this. Trust me, I swear Pixar just put this short in front of Inside Out as a way of preparing you for the emotional devastation of the main feature.
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This short was bad enough already, with its tacky animation and insipid songwriting, and then Mt. Dolezal or w/e burst from the sea in all her white-girl-dreads glory and I nearly said "Fuck you" in a theater full of toddlers.
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An anthropomorphic volcano musical love story in honor of the Hawaiian Islands.
🎵I have a dream
I hope it will come true
That you're here with me
And I am here with you
I wish that the earth, sea, and the sky up above
Will send me someone to lava. 🎵This Pixar short must be brutal on hopeless romantics, seeing all this beautiful tropical romance from all the animals to even the geological formations hooking up.
(Quick Hits)
- Anyone else find the wordplay between love and lava slightly annoying
- It was fun to spot a couple of unexpected hearts appear
- I love how the short is structured around a Hawaiian fable styled song
- So your…
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"I have a dream, I hope will come true, that you'll grow old with me and I'll grow old with you...I lava you."
This Pixar short that was presented before Inside Out was directed by James Ford Murphy and it feels more like a music video clip than an actual short because the story was told entirely through the lyrics of a song. Performed by Kuana Torres Kahele and Napua Greig the lyrics tell the story of a lonely volcano in the middle of the sea that dreamt of finding his other half. As time passed his lava turned into stone and was slowly eroding under the sea, but that hopeful song wasn't unheard, because under the sea was another…