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Like always Pixar has created another one of a kind short for all of us to enjoy.

Lifted is set in the quiet/peaceful country side. When a flying saucer appears to abduct a sleeping individual with a tracker beam. unfortunately the tracker beam is operated by an alien trainee who isn't doing too well on his first job. And keeps messing up on the job while the professional alien grades him on his performances.

I won't give away any of the good or funny parts. But it is one of the funniest Pixar shorts yet. The use of no dialog, interesting characters and special effects is all made possible by Pixar. Along with the ever popular films, their shorts are very highly acclaim. And each one makes a further break through in animation or experiment a story that hasn't been made into CGI yet.

You're able to see Lifted along with Ratatouie.

This is another fun little short in the tradition of fun little shorts from Pixar. Soundman extraordinaire Gary Rydstrom directs for the first time (according to IMDb), and the result is solid.

Not surprisingly, the sound for this short is fantastic, opening with some isolated nighttime noises of a country farmhouse. I've spent a fair amount of time on the real life equivalent of this digital set and this part sounded realistic to me.

By the way, I wrote this whole mini-review just so I could finish with this: Aieeeeeeeeee!

See Gary, the audience really IS listening.

I've always thought it fantastic that Pixar precedes their excellent feature-length films with an equally-excellent animated short, since it serves beautifully to settle the audience down and ready them for the coming feature. With 'Ratatouille' currently in cinemas, the short film this time around was 'Lifted,' a brief but amusing tale of an attempted alien abduction that doesn't quite go to plan. It was directed by Gary Rydstrom, a first-time director but incredible seven-time Oscar winner, thanks to his excellent work in the sound department on such films as 'Jurassic Park' and 'Titanic.' Like Pixar's finest short films, the simple plot is propelled forward without the need for any dialogue, relying mostly on effectively-chosen sound effects. Accordingly, Rydstrom was an ideal candidate to direct.

In a quiet country farmhouse, a human sleeps peacefully, blissfully unaware that an immense UFO has stationed itself outside his house. Inside the spaceship, a young alien, named Stu, is trying desperately to remember which unlabeled toggle switches to press, presented with a vast selection across a large control panel. Stu's instructor, Mr. B., watches over him menacingly, his expression offering not a hint to the correct procedure and answering every mistake by scribbling briefly onto his notepad. Meanwhile, as Stu fumbles tentatively with the controls, the unfortunate human finds himself lifted from his bed by the spacecraft's tractor-beam and tossed violently against the wall and ceiling, never waking from his slumber.

I thought it was rather ambitious that the filmmakers decided to show the beings inside the UFO, since it is rare that we actually get to see a cinematic alien fiddling with buttons and levers behind a control desk. Not only this, but the two extraterrestrials – in just five minutes – become relatively well-developed characters: we immediately sympathise with poor hapless Stu, and Mr. B. discovers a streak of compassion that we hadn't originally expected of him. The comedic timing is just about perfect, and we hold our breath as Stu moves to press another button, before laughing at the unexpected consequence of this upon the unlucky human – his movements largely represented by a holographic blip above the control panel. The sound effects are cleverly-chosen, and the addition of the Wilhelm scream at the very end was a nice touch.

A remote farm-house (probably in the Midwest) is suddenly bathed in a bright, clean light and the sleeping farmer is picked up from his bed and carried towards the window, where an alien craft awaits. Unfortunately for him, the abduction is being undertaken by a trainee, who really needs more hours in the simulator before tried to do it on a live subject.

This short film was screened before the feature Ratatouille and worked well in getting the audience in the laughing mood. Like the equally good "For the Birds" this short film delivers constant laughs in a short time before bowing out with a strong finish. The former short focused on a big tall bird, this film focuses on a trainee alien but the approach is the same – have one weakness or failing be the subject of the short. Here the trainee cannot get the man out the window with the controls and the repeated failures are simple but also very funny. This continues to the end, which is a nice big laugh at the end. The animation is typical Pixar, very clean, professional and impressive with plenty of cultural references in the alien abduction itself for film fans.

Overall then a very clever and funny short film that works very well because it knows just what it needs to do and does it in a ruthlessly efficient manner.

This animated short is on the 2-Disc Special Edition of Ratatouille, and I understand that it was also played in theaters right before aforementioned feature was. With a running time of five minutes and not a single spoken word, this communicates entirely through the visuals, and the quality is definitely top-notch. The story-telling is quite good, and this doesn't go for the cheap audience-pleaser of just doing fancy stuff with the ever-expanding technology, and instead uses it. This has a cool enough, minimalistic plot that you can instantly get into, and a conflict that takes a mere second to wrap your head around, including for young children, in spite of the exact situation being one that I'm willing to bet no one in the audience has found themselves in. All of the sound is excellent, as is the use of it. I didn't personally find this terribly funny, but I can imagine that many will. The material tends to be physical, with slapstick and sight gags. Cartoon violence, and a brief image that might remind people of plumbers is the extent of the offensive material. I recommend this to fans of CGI movies. 7/10

i just viewed this short a few minutes ago,and i thought it was great.the animation was excellent,but i really loved the story.i won't give anything away here,but if you're a fan of Pixar,you should really enjoy this little gem.even if you're not,i still think you'll enjoy it.it's very clever and manages to tell a great story in just 5 minutes.i laughed out loud more than once,in fact more often than i have in some full length comedies.if this is something that interests you,it's available as a Pixar collection of shorts which are probably available in most stores,or online.anyway,i loved Lifted and highly recommend it.

The first impression of this movie was I already had feeling that it would become a funny movie. And I was not wrong. The film about two aliens working together in order to lift a human up to their UFO (Unidentified Flying Object) is brilliant. First of all, I like how they portrayed aliens as green slime like creatures. Not to mention they are irresistibly cute as well. The small alien is my favorite. He probably has no talent to be what aliens are supposed to be, but he would never stop trying. The human who is going to be lifted is so unrealistic in my opinion, but that is what makes this film more interesting in the first place. This film is only five minutes, and I recommend you to watch it.

Disney and Pixar are in their own separate league when it comes to animated movies and Lifted is not any different from the high standards they've set already. How they think of such original ideas year after year without compromising on the humor is hard to contemplate, really.

This short 5 minute film starts with an alien ship hovering over a stranded house in the middle of nowhere and as it happens in almost every sc-fi movie, aliens are trying to abduct the human from the house. You may not be laughing at the description, but trust me, when you see it, you will laugh. Laughter is inevitable.

This short is tears in your eyes hilarious. It is a one joke short, but the joke works so well and so funny that it doesn't matter, it only needs that one joke to carry it through.

Lifted may not be unique but it is surely funny and that's something you can't say for many movies these days. Lift your spirits with this one.

This is probably Pixar's weakest short film. Every Pixar short has one of these three qualities - It can be cute or it teach us something or atleast be funny. But this film did not has any of the three. I didn't feel entertained.

You will watch this short in the theatre before the beginning of Ratatouille. And it's very well placed, since it indicates much of the theme that drives Ratatouille. An artist puppeteering an instrument in order to create his art.

This short may be understood as a synonym for the work of an animator. Really really hard to manage, check out the number of buttons in the board of the spaceship. It's hard to learn the job, and while you don't master it, all you do will be a disgrace. But if you get to do it well, you'll do wonders. You'll puppeteer the world below, create and destroy, move and control.

These small appointments (not necessarily short films) are interesting to me because they are explicit indications pointing on how each creator comes out with his own originality and my opinion is, the creations reflect usually every stuff which is very close to the creator, usually his own thoughts and life (It's the second time in a short time i identify these signs, the other was with Miyazaki's Kiki).

The funny thing is when the construction, no matter how simple it is, is honest in its origins, works out very effective, so this short is really really funny.

My evaluation: 4/5

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It is hard to become full-fledged. It is the same for aliens. When you become full-fledged in your work, you have to pass your boss's mission. It is same with aliens. A green alien tries to abduct sleeping human from his bed. At last, did he clear his mission? This film is made by PIXAR which I think is the king of animation. It is only 5 minutes animation, but it was a respectable MOVIE. I felt much longer than 5 minutes. Despite the absence of conversation, alien's conversation seemed to hear by their face or moving. This is a great power of PIXAR animation which cannot be imitated by any other. I most like the last scene which the boss give the green alien control machine when he look the green alien is really disappointed about his failure. It is OK if the film finished by his failure. However, I think it is meaningful he could have another chance from his boss. I recommend watching this, both children and adult who is in management.

This story's characters are two monsters and a sleeping man. Monster 1 is intelligent and the other is dumb. Two monsters try to handle a UFO and they wanted to abduct a sleeping man. The dumb monster tries to take a man out but it does not go well any number of times.

I like this story so much. I think this movie can be enjoyed by everyone from children to adults. Especially, I like the dumb monster's behavior, because I think that the monster challenges many times is so cute. And I like this movie's images, because they give me the feeling of being there and are so simple. My favorite scene is when the intelligent monster helps many things. When the dumb monster made a blunder, the intelligent monster recovers the normal condition. I think it is so cool and they get along well.

I think this story's conclusion is a funny ending, because he did not grow up to the very end. This movie is so funny.I recommend this to you. Pixar's movies are worth seeing.

"Lifted" is a short comedy movie by Pixar Animation Studios in 2006. An alien, who takes a test how to control a spacecraft, tries to take a sleeping man into his spacecraft, but he cannot do it, because he has no idea how to use the machine. This movie does not have dialogue, but it can express the nature of the story by the actions of the alien.

Therefore, there is a consistency not only to the behavior, but also to the story itself. In addition, the alien is very expressive, so we can understand the situation that he is having trouble. The directions in the story are also excellent and admirable. For example, there are a swing and windmill which are swayed by the wind in the beginning of the story. I think it lets us know that something strange will happen in the quiet fields. Overall, this movie is interesting and easy to understand, so it is worth seeing.

The boy is sleeping on the bed in evening. Then, a huge UFO appears above the boy's house. Two green aliens who were in the UFO try to carry out the boy by using beam, but a small alien fails in carrying out man repeatedly because there are too many switches. Although the tale is simple, it is very interesting. The image of aliens is scared, clever, and so on, but this small alien is not clever. This is the funny point. I think that the fun of the Pixar work is in the abundance of the character's expression. There are no words in this story, but we can fully enjoy watching this film by the cute character's expressions. The big alien has a nice face, and he is very kind. I like his character. Although it is a short film, the composition of the tale is solid and we can laugh at the end. I would like to recommend this short film for everyone.

This movie is that the aliens try to lift a man to their spaceship who sleeps in his house.

There are many interesting scenes in this film. I like the contacts between aliens. It is very humorous. A small alien's trial and error is very funny and a big alien's correspondence is cool and interesting. The scene that a man in a house crashes into a wall many times is also funny. The BGMs in this movie are very good. They suit each scenes. They also enlarge the fun of this film.

There is no scene that I don't like. I like all of the scenes.

This movie is constituted by the funny moment, so I think it is made to make people funny. I like the movie that is full of fun. When you are sad and want to make yourself cheer up, you should watch it!