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5 out of 8 people found the following comment useful :-
Impressive for its time (and now!) with good animation that is used well to bring out character and not just be an effect, 9. September 2004
Author: bob the moo von Birmingham, UK

A standard desk lamp watches a small ball roll across the table beside him, closely followed by a small desk lamp chasing it and pushing it all over the place – much to the bemusement of the elder lamp. With such youthful enthusiasm, will even the puncturing of the ball be enough to calm him down?

On the Toy Story 2 DVD, this short appears as part of their policy of providing shorts on their dvds. It is doesn't compare to the main film in terms of animation or humour but it is still impressive – even more so when you remember that this was made in 1986. Content wise it is not hilarious but it is amusing and you can see the same style and sense of humour that still carries on today in Pixar films generally.

The animation is very good and, although lacking the flow and detail of modern films, it is hard not to be impressed when you think back to the poor effects that we were getting in mainstream films back them – hell, the work in this short from 18 years ago is as good if not better than I've had to suffer in some recent films! The simple characters are well drawn but animated in a manner that gives them character and makes it easy to be involved and amused by the film – they look like lamps but their movement is where the characters lie.

Overall an amusing little short that is made more interesting when viewed along side Pixar's recent films and used to se where the style and humour have developed from. Also a quality enough little film to be worth seeing on its own.

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Comments on Jr., 15. März 2000

Author: (dannykparker) von Lincoln, England

This animation is one of the most beautiful pieces of cinema I have ever had the pleasure of viewing. It's a wonderfully comic short film that make your heart melt. How on earth can an animation bring a lamp to life enough for people to feel for it? An amazing piece of film that should be enjoyed by everyone

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Good Start, 2. Juli 2002

Author: Daniel Yates von Montreal, Canada

I find it amazing that a film which is a minute and a half long, with one fixed camera position, can have such a strong story and characters. And these characters don't even talk! It's all about the animation. I can almost see the delight on Luxo Junior's face (although he doesn't have a face) as he leaps after that giant ball at the end of the film. Likewise, I love Luxo Senior's surprised double take as he sees the ball come bouncing towards him, and then his exasperated head shake as his son passes him by. It was a good idea for Lasseter to start out with mechanical objects. He could start slow and work his way to working more with facial expression.

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Definitely one of Pixar's greatest short animated films., 6. April 2002

Author: Michael DeZubiria (miked32@hotmail.com) von Luoyang, China

Because I am so loathe to put one over the other, I just want to say that Geri's Game, For The Birds, and Luxo Jr. are the three greatest short animated films that have come from Pixar so far. What you have here is an extremely well made film that creates live characters without the use of dialogue or facial expressions or even bodies, and all this tremendously realistic animation was done in the 80s, before computers themselves had had much of an impact on the movies, especially as compared to today!

Luxo Jr. is an absolutely ingenius creation of animation, Pixar managed to come straight out and begin their career with a flawless animation film. There is, however, also the notable exception of any humans in the film, which should be mentioned here because that is the thing that Pixar's films have had the greatest difficulty with. The baby in Tin Toy was absolutely monstrous and hideous, and even in the full length Toy Story, the human faces were never made to look quite right. The emphasis, however, was placed on the toys in the film, which was one of the many reasons that it was such a great film.

In Luxo Jr., Pixar seems to be making a simple statement about what they can do with computer animation, and they have been tremendously successful. This film is absolutely flawless as far as characterization, simplicity, amusement, and, probably most of all, the amazingly realistic sound effects that served to help bring the hopping lamps to life. This is some of the simplest stuff that can be brought to the screen and still have meaning (simple, that is, as far as content, not creation), but Pixar has managed to make this three minute film a truly memorable cinematic experience.

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A Fine Animated Film. Good Job, John!, 5. Januar 2003
Author: (robocoptng986127@aol.com) von U.S.A

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This short begins with a tall desk lamp watching a smaller one chase a ball. But when hopping on top of the ball, it deflates. The smaller lamp hops away sadly, but then returns with a beach ball, leaving the tall lamp to shake its head.

This was Pixar's very first animation! They've gone on to do big feature movies like Toy Story, A Bugs' Life and Monsters, Inc! Pixar did another short in 1988 called Tin Toy, which I didn't was very good, but Luxo Jr. is quite interesting and although computer technology wasn't what it is today in 1986, they did a darn good job! This 2 minute cartoon probably took several months to do. To be able to do something like this is a real talent! The Luxo Jr. lamps could often be seen in shorts on Sesame Street. In conclusion, I recommend Luxo Jr! The short that started the vast computer animation empire of Pixar! That's Luxo Jr. in the Pixar sign! See for yourself how he got his claim to fame!

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A Milestone For Computer Animation, 15. April 2001

Author: Ron Oliver (revilorest@juno.com) von Forest Ranch, CA

An indulgent & bemused parent - who just happens to be a desk lamp - watches its child, LUXO JR., romp with a plastic ball.

This tiny film, produced in 1986, showed the computer animation world what results were possible, even on a small scale, when imagination is unloosed at the keyboard. The personality given to the two character objects is remarkable, especially considering the extremely short running time.

Little Luxo would go on to become the corporate symbol for Pixar, who are ranked near the top of the tree in their field of expertise.

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A surprisingly timeless little charmer, 28. Mai 2004

Author: soymilk von East Anglia, UK

I really like the short film 'Luxo Jr', even though, with retrospect, there isn't exactly a great deal to it. Just a couple of desk lamps playing with a ball - wow. No, but seriously - wow! Could you really believe that this was Pixar's first real venture into the 3D animation department? The mighty empire that now boasts such well-known and beloved biggies as 'Monsters Inc' and 'Finding Nemo' once started life with something as humble and basic as 'Luxo Jr', a short which, nearly 20 years onward, remains something that the company can be proud of. One of the most delightful things about 'Luxo Jr' would be that it really hasn't dated in the least - the computer generated imagery still seems very fresh, crisp and smoothly on target even today. Added to which, the couplet of lamps themselves, in spite of their physical forms, have an unexpectedly winning appeal to them, each brought to life with such vividness that it's remarkable just how much charm and character can be applied to a pair of every day inanimate objects. Obviously they don't display quite the same kind of heartfelt emotion as later Pixar creations like Buzz Lightyear and Woody, but considering that they don't even have a face, you have to admit that they still manage to be remarkably expressive. We don't need anything in the way of dialogue or facial expressions to understand exactly what's going through the mind of either lamp at any point in the film - the production team make great use of whatever features they have to convey the appropriate 'bodily gestures'. It's a particularly nice touch that the bigger lamp in this piece acts like a parental figure to the smaller.

It's as simple as a 3D animated short can possibly be, but for that much I'm glad - if they'd attempted anything too elaborate at this point, it would probably be looking a little more aged by now, as with John Lassester's previous (Lucas Films) short, 'the Adventures of Andre and Wally B'. 'Luxo Jr' is perfectly contented with its simplicity, and knows that its two central characters have enough of that cute and quirky appeal to carry the entire two minutes on their own. It's an original idea that works wonders, and even with all the competition it now faces from successive Pixar projects and their GCI rivals, it still remains an all-time favourite of mine.

And little Luxo Jr definitely deserves his place on the Pixar title logo at that.

Grade: A

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Very innovative (and cute) CGI short, 21. März 2002

Author: Robert Reynolds (minniemato@hotmail.com) von Tucson AZ

This is a very impressive example computer animation. It is also an extremely cute cartoon (bordering on precious at times) and was nominated for the Academy Award. Fairly early effort by Pixar and quite good even some 15 years later. Well worth searching for. I believe it's included in front of one of the Pixar features on the VHS and DVD releases. Most recommended.

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Transcends computer animation., 6. November 1999

Author: Robert Morgan von Robert Morgan

At the time of Luxo Jr., there was a lot of experimentation going on using computer animation- most of the resulting shorts seemed to be concerned with showing off the new zooming/tracking/etc technologies. (Who, interested in early computer animation, hasn't seen a plethora of shorts that involve zooming around a bunch of dolphins?)

Unlike other contemporary shorts, Pixar shorts attempted to tell a story rather than concentrate on life-like movements of animals (like the aforementioned dolphins or ostriches.) Because of the limitations of computer animation, Pixar chose to animate typically inanimate things; toys and figurines. With the aforementioned limitations, this provided Pixar with the background needed. Toys/other inanimate objects infused with life, attempting to interact with a living world.

Luxo, Jr. concerns a big (mother?) lamp learning to deal with a baby lamp, who is itself unaware of its limitations in this world. The short itself doesn't even last 60 seconds, but it creates understanding within the viewing audience for the large lamp, and an understanding that the small lamp is a child. This is an amazing feat for any cartoon, let alone one that was considered an experimental technology at the time of its release.

Pixar has release shorts since then, as well as full-length movies ("Toy Story" and "A Bug's Life"); it is still an amazing thing, though, to study Luxo, Jr., and the results thereof.

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Groundbreaking and unfairly snubbed by the Oscars, 11. Februar 2008

Author: planktonrules von Bradenton, Florida

The plot is simple. It's about a little table lamp and its limited adventures--playing with a ball, hopping about, etc. None of it seems that amazing yet the film is still captivating and clever.

By today's standards, LUXO JR. is just an okay computer generated animated short. However, back in 1986, it was Earth-shaking, as no one had ever realized that computers could generate such beautiful graphics and breath life into, of all things, a desk lamp! When the film was released, computer geeks marveled at its complexity and it spurred on the CGI revolution we are in the midst of now. In light of this, it is amazing to me that this film was only nominated for the Oscar for Best Animated Short Film--losing to a mediocre film (A Greek TRAGEDY). I assume that those on the committee simply didn't know what to think of LUXO JR.--as the graphics and style was so revolutionary.

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