Supelice Dreadfully Boring

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

filippaberry84 I think this is a new genre that they're all sort of working their way through it and haven't got all the kinks worked out yet but it's a genre that works for me.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

Michael_Elliott We Can't Live Without Cosmos (2014) *** (out of 4) This Russian film was nominated for a Best Animated Short Oscar and it's easy to see why as director Konstantin Bronzit doesn't use a word of dialogue and instead lets his two characters and animation tell the story. The story is quite simple as two best friends grow up in hopes of becoming cosmonauts and will do everything together in order to get their dreams.WE CAN'T LIVE WITHOUT COSMOS is a pretty good short that manages to have quite a bit of imagination going in it. I really loved the fact that this was an old-fashioned animation that used hand drawing. In a world full of CGI sometimes it's good to just go back to the old school stuff. For the most part the film moved extremely well and there's no question that it's well-made and looks terrific.

MartinHafer This Russian film is thoroughly enjoyable and done with traditional hand-drawn animation--something too often overlooked in this era of CGI. Like "Bear Story" it's told without words, so it can be enjoyed by anyone who likes a good cartoon.This short is a homage to the Russian cosmonauts who bravely risked their lives in the exploration of space. It specifically focuses on two best friends who work hard and are at the top of their class in the cosmonaut training school. However, as is the case with many of the real-life Russian space explorers, the story is a bit sad...and appropriately so. The ending, however, left me a bit flat.I strongly doubt if this animated short will win the Oscar, though it is among the nominated films for Best Animated Short. I'll update my review once I learn who has won this prestigious award.UPDATE: "Bear Story" won the Oscar in this category.

Horst in Translation (filmreviews@web.de) "Mi ne mozhem zhit bez kosmosa" or "We Can't Live Without Cosmos" is a Russian 15-minute animated short film from last year that managed an Academy Award nomination. It is probably not a front runner right now, but who knows if it may win. Surprises in the category are not a rarity. The writer and director is Konstantin Bronzit and the last film he made was "Lavatory Lovestory", 7 years ago and this one was also an Academy Award nominee. But back to this one here. It seems space is still as interesting as every after film like "Gravity", "Interstellar" and "The Martian" and it also extends to the genre of animation now. The first third of the film is really feel-good and humour as we watch a pair of close friends in a training facility for space travel. And the two are not only the best friends, they are also the most talented applicants. However, it becomes a lot more dramatic afterward and this is also where the film delivers the best. I did not really like the first part, but it gets better quickly. I think this is on par with the Chilean entry and Hertzfeldt's film, so I do not have a clear favorite yet. Still two short films to see, but I really like Hertzfeldt's older works, so maybe I will side with him. As for Bronzit's film here, the Academy Award nomination is a nice present briefly after his 50th birthday and it is also a good little movie. I recommend the watch.

hfhfdfse We Can't Live Without Cosmos is a 15-minute long animated film nominated for the Best animated short film Academy Award. It tells the story of 2 guys, who are life long friends, undergoing training preparing for space mission. 10 minutes into the film it's revealed that only one of them is a "real astronaut" while the other is just his backup / reserve astronaut. When the first guy blasts off into the space, his friend watches him leave while holding in his hand their photo.After a sudden plot twist the story turns into a drama. The space ship disintegrates and the astronaut is presumed dead. The second guy can not deal with the trauma of losing his best friend and literally goes insane. Eventually he is confined into medical facility from where he mysteriously disappears. The end of the story looks a little bit cryptic and leaves much to the viewers imagination. Well, I must say that this film is an absolute tear jerker, It is impossible to watch it without breaking into tears. From the technical point of view the animation might seem clumsy of dated but the excellence of the film lies within its plot. The art-house / festival public will be pleased with this short film.