Opal

Wow, just, wow. This short is absolutely beautiful, emotional, and shocking. This is the kind of thing that people will look back on in 20 years and realize how beautiful and perfect it is. One of the most important things in a movie is to be able to watch it, and then want to watch again. There are not very many things that I wanted to rewatch more than Opal. I rewatched it like 4 times after I first saw it, and I wanted even more. I found videos about it, heard other people's opinions, and just wanted to see even more. The amount of details in this you will never be able to watch it enough to catch all of the details in the short. Jack Stauber is a genius, and this just proves it.

I just got HBO Max and discovered that they have a bunch of Adult Swim programs, which I haven't had the joy of watching for close to a decade. I came across Jack Stauber's Opal, and it is a true gem! The Claymation, music, and overall ambiance makes this one of the creepiest, yet most beautiful shorts I have ever seen! Whenever I watch a film with stop motion animation or any other type of unusual media, I assess its effectiveness according to how well it does at tricking my brain into thinking I am growing delirious from fever (This goes back to the stuff I would watch as a sickly child). Wallace and Gromit, Gumby, The Year Without a Santa Claus, and Fraggle Rock all give me this delirious, yet comforting, feeling. Opal is the first film I have seen in the last decade that has given me such an eerie and nostalgic feeling. It is as if Gumby and his friends ate an entire sheet of acid, and we get to ride along to witness their experience. This film is truly an amazing work of art.

A really fascinating little flick. Must rewatch at least twice to consume properly. The story subverts expectations and grips you till the last moment. Message is up to interpretation but I have my own idea. A lot of boring works but anyways great short.

OPAL is a story about Opal, a little girl living with her happy family (Some people may say too happy) and how her curiosity could get her in trouble..

This short was like.. the most terrifying, sad, and beautiful acid trip I've ever had, I'm honestly amazed at how much Jack Stauber got to do in this film despite its short 12 minutes runtime.

With amazing visuals, Great and impressive claymation animation, and seriously catchy musical sequences like seriously, the grandpa didn't need to go this hard on the beat, and it's very rewatchble too, and that's really cool because this is one of those shorts that gets better and better everytime you watch it, I can't recommend this enough, Jack Stauber my friend.. You're a genius!

This short film is perhaps one of the greatest works of 2020, and maybe the last ten years. The genius storytelling, the intertwining stories and characters, the underlying messages - I can't fit it all into one review, but "Opal" is stunning.