Another quite short one of these, around the ten minute mark. It adapts a short story by writer Michael Swanwick.
You do get a shock at the quality of the cg animation from the first shot. But then you realise that's because it's live action.
Two people, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Topher Grace, have just moved into an apartment. There's an old fridge there. And there's a civilisation in the ice compartment. Time there runs differently to here, so they watch the civilisation develop at quite a speed.
That's about it.
There is a point to this one, which every other reviewer seems to have missed. It's all about the transient nature of civilisation. Especially on a cosmic scale. But the two actors get the tone just right, as their characters watch it all unfold. Be like Mary Elizabeth Winstead's character when watching this. Just smile and go with it. And you'll have a fun ten mins.
You do get a shock at the quality of the cg animation from the first shot. But then you realise that's because it's live action.
Two people, played by Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Topher Grace, have just moved into an apartment. There's an old fridge there. And there's a civilisation in the ice compartment. Time there runs differently to here, so they watch the civilisation develop at quite a speed.
That's about it.
There is a point to this one, which every other reviewer seems to have missed. It's all about the transient nature of civilisation. Especially on a cosmic scale. But the two actors get the tone just right, as their characters watch it all unfold. Be like Mary Elizabeth Winstead's character when watching this. Just smile and go with it. And you'll have a fun ten mins.