Timber

The idea here sounds great. A bunch of logs sit out in a stripped forest. Much like the survivors in the movie Alive, the logs soon realize that to keep warm they will have to burn parts of their bodies – or rather, one of them realizes he will need to burn the other logs to survive himself. With such a dark premise it is a bit disappointing in the way it plays out, which is reasonably predictably. The idea is always a few levels smarter than the specifics of the delivery and, although the sight of logs burning one another is quite funny and dark, it doesn't really excel in its disturbing darkness or in how funny it is.

The animation is sharp and the film is well made, but it such a great idea from the start that it does feel like a shame that it is only 'okay' and not significantly above that.