probably the best short film i've ever seen.

i watched it 5 times today. i just showed it to my girlfriend. she's dead now.

This has got to be one of the saddest yet most fascinating movies I’ve seen! World of Tomorrow encapsulated so many different emotions, futuristic as well as controversial concepts and gorgeous animation that it even beat Inside Out as my favorite animated flick of the year. While the latter deals with our memories in a heartwarming way, Don Hertzfeldt has a much bleaker approach as we see people getting more and more detached from their humanity and unable to fully revisit their own memories in the future. Still, there's also a fair share of insightful dialogue that will make us reflect on how we've been living our lives to this day. Even though it’s a short film, I must say this managed to be more engaging, philosophical, wildly imaginative and touching than several full-length science fiction flicks that have been released in recent years.

It takes a special film to make me cry.

I cried at World of Tomorrow because Don Hertzfeldt so perfectly realized innocence and pain.

From what I know, this film was just an experiment in technique. He has more coming forth. Accounting his prolific output, and it's critical and fan loving acceptance; he's going to be a force to be reckoned with.

But I already knew that.

Don Hertzfeldt puts more in seventeen minutes than most filmmakers in decade-spanning careers.

I won’t rate shorts.
But this here is a five-star short.

"That is the thing about the present, Emily Prime. You only appreciate it when it is the past"

I had heard this recommended from various people. Knowing who made it, I had no idea what I was to expect.

"Was it interesting?" It's portrayal of the future is a almost Futurama level strange. It definitely gives a unique perspective.

2 out of 3.

"Was it memorable?" Anything by Don Hertzfeldt is memorable in some way. The sound, the amazing artwork, the voice acting. I would ask for more, but would have probably overstayed it's welcome.

2.5 out of 3.

"Was it entertaining?" Like most of Hertzfeldt, you are along for a ride. The bitter-sweet feel of the whole thing made it more poignant than most of this type of short.

2 out of 3.

Starting with 1 (because that's what my previous clone always did) 1 + 2 + 2.5 + 2 = 7.5

Giving this an 8 seems well deserved. There is so little to complain about it. Hope there is more like it in the future.

No sé cómo sentirme al respecto.

Profound as hell

I wish I had the time to watch more crap or at the very least some more films that don't occupy spaces in my top 50 so my Letterboxd page doesn't make me look like a total doofus handing out perfect 5s willy-nilly.

Unfortunately, I don't have that time. Time is too precious to waste even when we do have it to ourselves. In 16 minutes Hertzfeldt is able to illustrate this profoundly and create an entire world, a vision of the future most filmmakers couldn't even dream of creating in 6-12x that amount of time. Then again, I never expected to get anything else from the man who created one of my favorite films.

If I could live in a world run by Don Hertzfeldt, I would. It's probably be a more productive and lively world than the one we have today.

an unbelievable film really. i like love it and hate it, it made me feel great but also like shit. its brilliant just watch it.

"it's such a beautiful day" is very good but this is transcendent.

With Chris. Excellent insights, humor and philosophical undercurrents crammed into 16 mins.

Sad, hilarious, Hertzfeldt firing on all cylinders.