André and Wally B.

1984

Animation / Comedy / Family

1
IMDb Rating 5.3/10 10 6658 6.7K

computer animation short film cartoon bee

Director

Alvy Ray Smith Photo
Alvy Ray Smith

Top cast

Richard Williams Photo
Richard Williams as Andre Wally B
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17.49 MB
1280*720
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
12 hr 2 min
Seeds 1
32.32 MB
1920*1080
English 2.0
NR
23.976 fps
12 hr 2 min
Seeds 26

Movie Reviews

Reviewed by southdavid 6 / 10

Andre the Giant

This was the next short on Disney plus that I hadn't already reviewed. Certainly, one of the most significant on the app, it's desperately short and desperately dull - but it's all about it's history.A humanoid character, Andre awakens in a forest and discovers that a bumblebee is in his eyeline. He convinces the Bee, Wally, to look the other way and then makes a run for it. Wally though has other ideas.I mean, it's not fun. It's over in a couple of minutes and has very little in the way of anything really to entertain you, particularly in comparison to what computer animation is capable of today. But you have to divorce yourself from the present and consider the historical significance of the short. Directed by Alvy Ray Smith and animated by John Lasseter. They would produce the short under the name "The Graphics Group" which at the time was a small sub-division of Lucasfilm. Soon though these same people would form Pixar and become a company in their own right believing firmly in the principles of computer-generated animation and going on to create several beloved masterpieces.You are effectively trying to review a tech demo, rather than something designed to be genuinely entertaining. You quite simply don't get to "Toy Story 3" without these small, crude looking steps taken decades earlier. It's hard though to recommend you watching it, beyond those interested in cinematic history.
Reviewed by Pjtaylor-96-138044 5 / 10

Important but dull.

'André And Wally B. (1984)' is a pioneering 3D animation from the people who would go onto become Pixar. It represents a myriad of firsts for the technique and is generally considered to be the first 3D animation with a plot. Needless to say, it's an important movie. However, it isn't really entertaining. The environments all looks surprisingly good but the characters can't match it. Their actual animation is stiff and dull, too. The plot itself is so basic that it's difficult to call it a story, really. Still, these elements can be forgiven if one views the piece in its proper context. It's basically just an experiment. I know that it's brilliant for what it is but it simply doesn't hold up. 5/10
Reviewed by TheMovieDiorama 4 / 10

The Adventures of André and Wally B. acts as conceptual art rather than entertainment.

It was proof that motion blur techniques and complex 3D objects could be used against a partially rendered background. This was the birth of the greatest animation studio currently working today. The seed that enabled The Graphics Group to form, what is now known as, Pixar. Therefore automatically assigning this animation short as an important part of animation history. A refreshing new method into filmmaking, especially back in 1984. Colourful 3D shapes conjoined together to create models. Unfortunately though, its conceptual proof does not make for an engaging story...or anything engaging for that matter. A man/creature/thing gets chased by a bee. Simple. Totalling at less than two minutes long, it contains no characterisation, interactivity or memorability. Nearly a third of the short itself is introductory and closing credits, consequently leaving approximately one minute to establish some sort of entertainment. Too bad it fell flat. The primary focus for innovation meant that its actual purpose as entertainment was lost. However I appreciate the technical prowess and astute innovation, acting as a stepping stone for the pinnacle company of animation that we know and love today.
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