Idiots and Angels

Watched Bill Plympton's Idiots and Angels a couple of nights ago because it was on Netflix. I have always enjoyed Plympton's style with morphing and transformations. I first saw some of his work in my History of Animation class while at BGSU. We watched his video How to Kiss and I thought that was all pretty funny. I also liked the Guard Dog and the extreme exaggeration of the dogs fear for his owners safety.
Idiots and Angels was a lot different than the other videos I had watched. It was definitely on a more serious note on the evils of other people using a persons gift for their own selfish needs. The colors were also a lot more toned down and neutralized but I think that plays into the tone of the movie. There was still quite a bit of humor that made me kind of chuckle and there was still plenty of morphing animations and deformations that I thought were awesome. Another thing I really liked about this film was the different camera angels for shots and angles. There was one shot where they were showing a bullet going through one of the characters. It was not fancy CSI shots but I still really enjoyed them.
One thing I thought the movie lacked though was its speed to get to the main point. There were a couple of moments during the movie where I was beginning to lose interest. Especially when the wings were still very small.
Overall I thinks it was a Bill Plympton original for those who like his style and his sense of humor.