Nuisible(s) is a short film about a tiny civilization living inside a man's very messy room, he orders a vacuum and the tiny people's lives are in peril as he starts vacuuming his room.
I actually really like the concept of this. The idea of a tiny civilization living in someone's room is pretty creative but this film doesn't really explore it. It just starts and ends abruptly (I'll get to that later). Nothing is explained either, nothing about why there are tiny people in a man's room, how the tiny people got in, how long they've been there or how the man didn't notice that there's tiny people and vehicles in his room. I get this is a short film, but you can still explore ideas and world build in a few minutes. I think it would've helped if this was a bit longer or if there was dialogue from characters to explain things. 3 minutes and 28 seconds can be enough time if you explore properly.
The vfx are actually pretty good, the cgi wasn't that noticeable (until the end), the movement/animation on the objects felt natural for the most part, the lighting on the models matched each place very well, and the textures are great. Until the end where the green screen effects are awful, I don't know what happened.
The acting is decent. No one talks at all which would've helped explain this world and how it works and whatnot (like I mentioned before). Some characters' mouths move but all you can hear are the sound effects and music.
The music is alright, it sounds a lot like something from Men in Black. It plays through almost the entire film which kind of got annoying. Sometimes having no music in scenes can be a good thing, it would've been better if the music stopped as the giant man was taking out the vacuum and setting it up, adding to the horror of the tiny people realizing they'll die within seconds but no, it just keeps playing and it doesn't even fit the setting.
Remember what I said about this ending abruptly earlier? Yeah so, when the man plugs in his vacuum and turns it on, everyone on the ground starts running away as a police waves his arm telling them to go. The vehicles get sucked up, the police (somehow not being sucked in) falls down and crawls backwards while watching the vacuum. Then it cuts to black and the credits roll. With that and nothing being explained, it just leaves the story incomplete. We don't know what happened to the tiny people (the ones who weren't near the vacuum like the ones on the table) or if the giant ever noticed they were tiny people.
One last thing, the giant seemed to never notice that the people were even in his room. They had a highway, cities and other places built which would've taken a while to contruct. So somehow he's never looked down at his floor and noticed or never accidentally stepped on someone, their car, a building. It makes no sense. Another thing that makes no sense is the guy climbing near the door. They make it look like he's a spy and has intel of the giant getting a vacuum but he never shows up again after his scene.
Overall, this film is meh, not the worst thing ever but not good.
I actually really like the concept of this. The idea of a tiny civilization living in someone's room is pretty creative but this film doesn't really explore it. It just starts and ends abruptly (I'll get to that later). Nothing is explained either, nothing about why there are tiny people in a man's room, how the tiny people got in, how long they've been there or how the man didn't notice that there's tiny people and vehicles in his room. I get this is a short film, but you can still explore ideas and world build in a few minutes. I think it would've helped if this was a bit longer or if there was dialogue from characters to explain things. 3 minutes and 28 seconds can be enough time if you explore properly.
The vfx are actually pretty good, the cgi wasn't that noticeable (until the end), the movement/animation on the objects felt natural for the most part, the lighting on the models matched each place very well, and the textures are great. Until the end where the green screen effects are awful, I don't know what happened.
The acting is decent. No one talks at all which would've helped explain this world and how it works and whatnot (like I mentioned before). Some characters' mouths move but all you can hear are the sound effects and music.
The music is alright, it sounds a lot like something from Men in Black. It plays through almost the entire film which kind of got annoying. Sometimes having no music in scenes can be a good thing, it would've been better if the music stopped as the giant man was taking out the vacuum and setting it up, adding to the horror of the tiny people realizing they'll die within seconds but no, it just keeps playing and it doesn't even fit the setting.
Remember what I said about this ending abruptly earlier? Yeah so, when the man plugs in his vacuum and turns it on, everyone on the ground starts running away as a police waves his arm telling them to go. The vehicles get sucked up, the police (somehow not being sucked in) falls down and crawls backwards while watching the vacuum. Then it cuts to black and the credits roll. With that and nothing being explained, it just leaves the story incomplete. We don't know what happened to the tiny people (the ones who weren't near the vacuum like the ones on the table) or if the giant ever noticed they were tiny people.
One last thing, the giant seemed to never notice that the people were even in his room. They had a highway, cities and other places built which would've taken a while to contruct. So somehow he's never looked down at his floor and noticed or never accidentally stepped on someone, their car, a building. It makes no sense. Another thing that makes no sense is the guy climbing near the door. They make it look like he's a spy and has intel of the giant getting a vacuum but he never shows up again after his scene.
Overall, this film is meh, not the worst thing ever but not good.
