Influences: 9

A nice, but flawed animated movie:



The film almost reminded me of 'The Borrowers' - tiny people in a large distorted world. The characters in 9 have their own world, using contraptions made of small bits and bobs to act as transportation, or weapons, or shelter. I always find that fascinating.

You never question the fantasy of the story and why some elements aren't fully explained (such as how did they make these contraptions in the first place?) in a way the filmmaker is letting you make the connections all by yourself. I think thats something to take note of for our own projects. No, we can't leave anything for chance, but the audience are also intelligent enough to join the dots when parts of the story aren't fleshed out in extreme detail, and most of time its irrelevant anyway.

The weaved textures of the main characters were particularly impressive.