Fubar (2011) User Reviews

Cats & Dogs: War Zone

[Rectangular_businessman · 7/10 · 23 March 2024]

Cats & Dogs meet The Hurt Locker and Lord of War.

I must confess that there were a couple of moments from this motion comic short that were a bit hard for me to take seriously despite its gritty tone, mostly because due how adorable the characters looked, sometimes making silly cute faces amidst very intense moments.

It almost felt like someone tried to make a dramatic movie inspired by lolcats. Sure, sometimes the juxtaposition between cute characters and dramatic plot can be pulled off effectively (Take for example the movie Unicorn Wars) Here instead, it feel a bit distracting at moments.

That said, I don't think it was as bad as the other reviewer claims. From a technical standpoint, the animation looks fine. And considering how limited most motion-comics tend to be (See Stephen King's N.) there is a genuine effort made here to create an alternate world with an intense, thrilling atmosphere. The effects were good too.

I sincerely would love to see an expanded story on this same setting, which has a lot of potential to explore in its darkly satirical take of the horrors of war and business industry behind it, an aspect constantly overlooked by most Hollywood movies, more focused to create a "good vs. Evil" narrative.

A bit flawed, but worth-watching anyway. A pretty decent effort which deserves more recognition.

Cats & Dogs meet The Hurt Locker and Lord of War.

[Rectangular_businessman · 7/10 · 23 March 2024]

I must confess that there were a couple of moments from this motion comic short that were a bit hard for me to take seriously despite its gritty tone, mostly because due how adorable the characters looked, sometimes making silly cute faces amidst very intense moments.

It almost felt like someone tried to make a dramatic movie inspired by lolcats. Sure, sometimes the juxtaposition between cute characters and dramatic plot can be pulled off effectively (Take for example the movie Unicorn Wars) Here instead, it feel a bit distracting at moments.

That said, I don't think it was as bad as the other reviewer claims. From a technical standpoint, the animation looks fine. And considering how limited most motion-comics tend to be (See Stephen King's N.) there is a genuine effort made here to create an alternate world with an intense, thrilling atmosphere. The effects were good too.

I sincerely would love to see an expanded story on this same setting, which has a lot of potential to explore in its darkly satirical take of the horrors of war and business industry behind it, an aspect constantly overlooked by most Hollywood movies, more focused to create a "good vs. Evil" narrative.

A bit flawed, but worth-watching anyway. A pretty decent effort which deserves more recognition.

Sounds good but isn't

[bob the moo · 15 February 2014]

Cat v Dog, it is a classic struggle but here in an alternate reality the war between the two groups is global, with causalities on either side. As the politicians gather to try and broken some form of peace, a rouge group seek to ensure that it will only end with victory, not appeasement. This short film is based on the joke that this is a Hollywood style action movie but with cats and dogs in the overly dramatic lead roles; it is a nice idea in principle but it is one that never takes off here. The animation is quite odd. It is mostly still images where the camera moves across them and some animated or filmed images are used too. It feels very cheaply done and you never doubt that it is limited rather than the ultimate aim.

The central hook should be the images of the animals but these are not particularly well done. This leaves the "shut down everything" style dramatics to be the strength and this is amusing but unfortunately the voice acting is poor and it clunks along, robbing the film of its Hollywood status by virtue of how far it falls short of it in this regard. With ineffective animation, poor acting and a general lack of functionality, this film disappoints; it may well get some internet points and buzz for the "cats v dogs in Hollywood war movie" description, but the high point is how it sounds because after this it is all downhill.