Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Freaktana A Major Disappointment

Odelecol Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Humaira Grant It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.

IsaacAuzzy The animation in this film is incredibly fun and a has a very unique style very distinct to this director and writer. It did such a great job at making a extremely strange and morbid dystopian future, while also keeping the tone very cute and silly and very funny. It is very creative and surprisingly thought provoking. I found the subtle hints of making most of life, while also taking note of the simplicity of life to be very intelligent for the sort of the style the short was, which actually worked very well and took me almost completely for surprise.

PureLombardi Fresh off winning an Empire Jameson award for Best Short Film - although inexplicably snubbed for the Oscars - World of Tomorrow is a transcendent and masterful odyssey into what makes us human. Themes of memory, love and desire are all profoundly interwoven through a combination of visceral backgrounds, a visionary observation of the world to come and an emotional insight into how society will be affected by the new world. The short film follows a little girl named Emily (Winona Mae) who is taken on a tour of the future. Guiding her through this is a future version of herself: a 3rd generation version Emily (Julia Pott). Touring this future (227 years from the present), Emily delineates the abilities technology and science will wrought. Society can now clone, which is mainly used as a platform to subsequently store memories into, ultimately achieving immortality. Virtually all of the world can be solidified digitally into another platform: the "Outer-net", the next stage from the Internet. Here, limitless opportunities are possible, which include the ability to view any event in history, or to materialise any bit of consciousness. Completed with time travel, science and technology have distorted time and space.Notwithstanding the astounding evolution of this new world, it also has a bittersweet impact. Perpetually repeated, people have gradually become emotionless and mentally disintegrated using cloning. Lower class people are particularly affected, with millions dying over a cheap time travel method. And - a real possibility - the reliance of virtual reality has blurred the line between real and digital. This film imposes many questions and ideas. With cloning, will love become obsolete? Is the fear of the unknown our downfall? Audiences may feel confused upon a first viewing, but repetition will help to understand it viscerally. A viewer shall realise why the clones' memories are abstract: because they are comprised of digitalised memories. They did not experience them.Alike the director's previous film, It's Such a Beautiful Day, Don Hertzfeldt uses an emotionally fuelled narrative. World of Tomorrow's animated style of the characters is charming, and they fit well with the bleak abstract backdrops of the film. Little girl Emily is funnily and spontaneously voiced by 4-year-old Winona Mae, making the character's reactions feel genuine. Julia Pott voices Emily's clone understandably plain, but you can make small resonations with what sounds like feelings when she recounts her relationships. Coinciding magnificently with Hertzfeldt's beautiful use of classical music from the likes of Strauss and Gliere, this film invoked a lot in me. It taught me to value my life that tad bit more and to consider to what extent should the human race achieve their evolutionary goals. Needless to say, World of Tomorrow conveys more in 15 minutes than most features do in 120.

tiailds I had heard this recommended from various people. Knowing who made it, I had no idea what I was to expect."Was it interesting?" It's portrayal of the future is a almost Futurama level strange. It definitely gives a unique perspective.2 out of 3."Was it memorable?" Anything by Don Hertzfeldt is memorable in some way. The sound, the amazing artwork, the voice acting. I would ask for more, but would have probably overstayed it's welcome.2.5 out of 3."Was it entertaining?" Like most of Hertzfeldt, you are along for a ride. The bitter-sweet feel of the whole thing made it more poignant than most of this type of short.2 out of 3.Starting with 1 (because that's what my previous clone always did) 1 + 2 + 2.5 + 2 = 7.5 Giving this an 8 seems well deserved. There is so little to complain about it. Hope there is more like it in the future.

EmHud The thing about short films is that they are "short" for a reason. The difficult thing is to create something with meaning -- something that after the 17 minutes is over, the viewer is left with something they didn't have before. Sometimes film directors do not even possess this skill. I have to commend Don Hertzfeldt for his original idea and use of aesthetically pleasing images and representation of the future world: colorful, intangible, imaginary. This specific short film raises many philosophical questions regarding who we are as a generation and whether our consciousness is transferable.