Thanks for the memories!

Good movie, but best of all time? Hardly . . .

This is a small, humorous movie in some ways, but it has a huge heart. What a nice experience.

The film's masterful storytelling did its job. The message was clear. No need to overdo.

I am a band student, and this short basically sums up the arguments between band and orchestra. Two buskers fight over being one-men bands and winning a little girls coin, while in the end, the girl wins way more than either of them. The first man is using wind and percussion instruments, while the second is using string. Its a playoff between these two, with funny little accidents and alot of beautiful music!

This is a 5-minute animated short film from Pixar that was also nominated for an Oscar, but lost to the entry with the longest runtime that year. The story is pretty simple. We do not have one one man band in this film, no, we have two. They are fighting for a little girl's affection, or I should probably say golden coin. Who's gonna prevail? Find out for yourself. The animation is pretty good (obviously a given with Pixar), quite a decent watch with the costumes etc. as well and the ending is funny too. Other than that that (and the priceless look on the girl's face when her coin is lost), I really only found it mediocre. But it's not bad either, so certainly worth a watch for animation lovers. Oh and for music lovers, for the tunes in here are pretty nice. But the music also had to be good as all the focus is on this aspect with no people talking. By the way, one of the writer/director duo won an Academy Award for "Brave" not too long ago and the other is enjoying a pretty prolific career too. You can see glimpses of their talent in this short movie. Recommended.

Unfortunately, the theater's projection screen ruined the animation nuances -- strangely, "Cars" didn't suffer the same way. So this should be better suited to the DVD medium. Think of it as a high-tech nod to Melies.As for the metaphor, it's a Pixar jab at the big studios. This is a reminder that little Pixar doesn't need frippery to succeed. The competition only offers bells and whistles; Pixar offers core values first. Notice that the 'big guys' don't understand why they haven't won the 'gold coin'.Sadly, this is the end of Pixar as an uncompromising entity. The Disney deal will probably spell an inexorable slide into mediocrity.

This is different from the other Pixar shorts in a way. For instance it's taken place in a peasant village during the olden days.There's a One Band Guy trying to attract a crowd and get some doubloons.No one to be seen except for a kid with a doubloon.So he performs some catchy lyrics to get the kid's attention and hoping to get the doubloon.But another One Band guy comes by and starts performing his style of music, also hoping to get the doubloon.Eventually the 2 one band guys start competing each other by playing music or trying to look more impressive than the other.There's not much to say about it, so I won't give away the ending, since it's a short film.But one thing similar to the other shorts, is no dialog but contains a very simple and funny plot. Great animation and probably one of the best shorts yet.You're able to see this for yourself on the Cars DVD.