'Walt Disney Animation Short Films Collection' is a truly excellent collection of twelve short films ('John Henry', 'Lorenzo', 'Little Match Girl', 'How to Hook Up Your Home Theater', 'Tick Tock Tale', 'Operation Secret Santa', 'The Ballad of Bessie', 'Tangled Ever After', 'Paperman', 'Get a Horse', 'Feast' and 'Frozen Fever') from Disney. Short films that capture the magic that always captivated me about Disney, and all of them range from good to outstanding.
Have two personal favourites, for different reasons. One is 'Little Match Girl', which has to be up there with the most beautiful and most touching short films ever made. It's gorgeously animated (one of the most beautiful looking short films ever to me, animated and non-animated), has an immensely rootable lead character, makes me cry uncontrollably every time and has some of the best use of Borodin in visual media, more so than 'Kismet'. The other is 'Tangled Ever After', which is hilarious. Especially love Maximus, a major scene stealer in 'Tangled' so deserved a bigger focus.
Also very funny is 'How to Hook Up Your Home Theater', one of those short films that entertains and educates and very true to the spirit and style of the "How to..." Goofy cartoons. If you love that series and Goofy, you will get a kick out of it. Likewise with 'Get a Horse', which so cleverly emulates the spirit of classic "golden age" Disney. Close behind 'The Little Match Girl' in the emotional impact stakes is 'Paperman', also a powerful example of strong characterisation without saying a word.
'Tick Tock Tale' is immensely charming, and 'Lorenzo' could easily have been obnoxious and potentially distasteful but instead managed to be very entertaining. 'Frozen' seems to be one of the most hated-on films on the internet, personally love the film and loved 'Frozen Fever' too. 'Feast' and 'Ballad of Bessie' are also very well made charmers.
Of the twelve, my least favourite is 'Operation Secret Santa'. Which is still a good cartoon, but not a great one like most of the others in the collection. 'John Henry' is very well done if also a lesser effort, due to some of the animation not being to my taste.
In conclusion, great collection of Disney short films. 9/10
