Paperman

This weekend I went to the movie Wreck it Ralph in theaters and really enjoyed all of it, but there was something that happened before the movie that I found very interesting. It was a showing of the short animation Paperman that was about 5-8 minutes long. This animation was unexpectedly very entertaining and a great joy to watch. It is already being talked about as a definite contestant for an oscar nomination for best animated short of the year. After watching this I wonder what are the reasons that Disney would make a short like this. Now I know that money shouldn't be the sole reason to make art but when the short is just being played before a feature film I feel like it gets down played a lot. Another reason could be to try and win awards, but to make a time consuming short like that and the actual chances that they win or even get nominated for awards are very slim. Hopefully the reason Disney made this short was to just entertain and get a good message out to the audience, but who knows. If that is the reason that Disney makes these kind of shorts it makes me give them some props. That they aren't making money and probably aren't just doing it for an Oscar is honorable. The only thing that disappointed me was during the actual Wreck it Ralph movie. When two kids were playing a racing game, one of them set down a Subway cup and the screen instantly zoomed in on it. Instantly I thought, "Cmon Disney" because it seemed to be the only product placement, plus it seems like Disney should already have enough money to make a movie without one product plug.