Synopsis
Six people. Living in one building but following different paths. Each gets through the day in their own way – and with their own voice.
2020 ‘Já-Fólkið’ Directed by Gísli Darri Halldórsson
Six people. Living in one building but following different paths. Each gets through the day in their own way – and with their own voice.
i love how i watched this with subtitles and it was all just "oui oui oui oui oui oui
Yes-People is a short that I don’t know what to make of. It’s not necessarily bad but I just didn’t get much from it. The animation is kind of weird and I didn’t love it. It’s funny in parts but that’s about it. It has some interesting themes I guess but at the same time not really. I didn’t fully understand it I don’t think or maybe I did. If it had better animation and they did more with it, these ideas and characters could’ve been better flushed out. I just don’t know how this was nominated for best animated short. I guess it’s kind of unique? It’s fine. I don’t hate it or love it. It just exists
*Oscar nominated short film*
I have absolutely no idea why this was nominated. Boring computer animation with simple pointless character dynamics that you'd see on a sitcom. Not really saying anything and barely justifying it's existence.
Animated Oscar Nominated short films ranked best to worst:
1. Opera
2. If Anything Happens to You I Love You
3. Genius Loci
4. Burrow
5. Yes, People.
No, Yes People. Just no.
The effort in trying to build a story out of the different meaning of "yes" people utter in a day is there, but the characters are not interesting enough to warrant a deeper look. This would've been a nice concept for a full length film (or even a 30min short film) but for a 9-minuter Yes People looked purposeless and unpolished.
There's a scene in the Wire where two detectives investigate a crime scene and all they say is 'fuck'. It's very well done, a masterpiece of screenwriting.
Yes-People is less effective. Admittedly though, maybe some of the humour is lost in translation.
I guess it was kind of funny but also....pointless? I don't know how it got nominated, and I didn't love the animation style.