Not as good as the usual Pixar shorts

neil-476

A lonely volcanic island sings a song of hopeful love over the years: just as he goes extinct and sinks below the surface, a new volcano arises, inspired by his song: but will they ever be together? Lava is the Disney/Pixar short which accompanies Inside Out. It is, as usual, visually beautiful but, for me, it falls quite a long way short of the usual standard of these short films: it is trite and obvious, and contains little of real substance other than its visuals. I was also not terribly amused by the conflation of "love/lava" in the song lyrics.

Sorry to be out of step on this one.

score 7/10

neil-476 7 August 2015

Reprint: https://www.imdb.com/review/rw3292450/